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10 Apr 2005, 18:53 (Ref:1274910) | #1 | ||
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Atlantics 2005 (spoilers)
The first round at Long Beach was just completed.
Katherine Legge won her first race in the series. The first female to win a Formula Atlantics race. (afaik?) Based on what I can tell from the live timing commentary... Legge had a collision with Fernando Rees while battling for P3, causing Rees to eventually retire. Legge later battled with Rocky Moran Jr for P2, she passed him going into turn 1, but was repassed by him a few laps later. Moran and Legge both caught the leader Antoine Bessette, and both passed him in one lap for P1 and P2. Legge, Moran, and Bessette were in a pack until Moran pulled off with some mechanical failure with three laps to go. Legge then held off Bessette, and took the win. Code:
Fin Str -- Fastest Lap -- Pos Pos Car# Driver Team Laps Time Mph Kph Lag Status 1 7 12 Katherine Legge Polestar Racing Group 32 47:04.618 80.345 129.299 0.000 In Pit 2 1 3 Antoine Bessette Polestar Racing Group 32 47:05.125 80.331 129.276 0.506 In Pit 3 19 11 Charles Zwolsman Condor Motorsports 32 47:06.151 80.301 129.229 1.532 Active 4 4 16 Chris Dyson Thetford/Norcold Dyson Racing 32 47:36.488 79.449 127.857 31.869 Active 5 11 15 Justin Sofio Binder Racing 32 48:15.226 78.386 126.146 1:10.607 Active 6 12 9 Dan Cobb Dan Cobb Racing/Team Tonis 31 47:35.501 76.992 123.904 1 Lap Active 7 9 49 Dan Selznick The Room Store 31 47:37.959 76.926 123.797 1 Lap Active 8 8 24 Kyle Kelley McAtee Motorsports 31 47:53.290 76.516 123.137 1 Lap Active 9 15 71 Mark Ishikawa Ishikawa Racing 31 48:14.563 75.953 122.232 1 Lap Active 10 5 5 Rocky Moran Jr. P-1 Racing 30 44:28.379 79.734 128.316 2.433 Mechanical 11 14 18 Bob Siska RJS Motorsport 30 47:36.449 74.484 119.867 2 Laps Active 12 13 48 Lee Atkins Atkins Racing 30 48:01.056 73.848 118.843 2 Laps Active 13 16 32 Roby Feazell US RaceTronics 30 48:13.053 73.542 118.351 2 Laps Active 14 18 19 Brian McAtee McAtee Motorsports 30 48:35.352 72.979 117.445 2 Laps Active 15 6 6 Tonis Kasemets Dan Cobb Racing/Team Tonis 15 22:33.215 78.613 126.512 13.824 Mechanical 16 3 10 Fernando Rees Brooks Associates Racing 11 14:53.674 87.294 140.482 9.286 Contact 17 10 23 Tom Nastasi Blackforest Motorsports Group 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 9 Laps DNS 18 17 96 Ben Johnston Blackforest Motorsports Group 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 9 Laps DNS 19 2 8 Andreas Wirth Brooks Associates Racing 0 0.011 0.000 0.000 9 Laps Contact |
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10 Apr 2005, 19:15 (Ref:1274936) | #2 | |
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Top Class from Katherine !....she has been on it all weekend , ive been watching the live timings of practice and qualifying and she really deserves this .
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10 Apr 2005, 19:22 (Ref:1274943) | #3 | |
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Wow. I thought she had ran out of money and packed up racing a couple of years ago. Great stuff.
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10 Apr 2005, 22:14 (Ref:1275103) | #4 | ||
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She did, till Kalkhoven met her, he's sponsoring her completely. Actually she hadn't retired completely. She did partial seasons in American Formula Renault the last year or two.
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11 Apr 2005, 16:19 (Ref:1275646) | #5 | ||
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I seem to remember her getting a telling off as an instructor in Formula Woman when she let a pupil lose an RX8 into the armco.
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11 Apr 2005, 16:38 (Ref:1275671) | #6 | |
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Well done to Katherine, but I suspect her winning the race says a lot about the quality of the other drivers in it, I'm afraid.
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11 Apr 2005, 17:06 (Ref:1275684) | #7 | ||
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So what do the rest of you guys think about the quality of the Atlantics field? Did SpeedTV broadcast the race? I didn't catch it.
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11 Apr 2005, 17:47 (Ref:1275710) | #8 | ||
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I think the race is on this weekend coming up on Speed.
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11 Apr 2005, 17:49 (Ref:1275711) | #9 | ||
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It will be broadcast next Saturday. All of the Toyo Atlantic races will be broadcast with a week tape delay.
http://www.toyotaatlantic.com/Event/....asp?Year=2005 I haven't seen the race yet. Katherine is obviously a very talented driver, and I won't say she wouldn't have been able to win a race last year or the year before, but the field is noticeably shallow this year in talent compared to recent years. |
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11 Apr 2005, 18:08 (Ref:1275726) | #10 | ||
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Re;the result list in post1.could someone explain the meaning of the term 'in pit' for the first 2 home?
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11 Apr 2005, 18:31 (Ref:1275734) | #11 | ||
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That list was probably made right after the race ended. Katherine and Antoine had probably just pulled into the pits while the drivers behind them were still on their cool down lap.
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16 Apr 2005, 17:42 (Ref:1279716) | #12 | ||
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Just a reminder, the Atlantics Long Beach GP is coming up on Speed in twenty minutes (2pm est/11am pst).
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16 Apr 2005, 19:08 (Ref:1279753) | #13 | ||
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Good race!
Legge seemed a bit green at the start (which she was intitled to be), but really seemed to get into her own once the race progressed. Bessette seemed a bit green too. He was smoking everyone at the start, but then wasn't able to continue that pace. The commentators suggested pressure, I dunno. We didn't get to see a lot of Zwolsman, but he looks darn good. Moran was unlucky not to win, a shame about his engine. I loved all the dicing between him and Legge. Long term I think Legge may have been a little faster, but I don't think there was enough time left in the race for her to have gotten by legitimately. The C2 class is an interesting concept, which I didn't fully understand and still don't. They run 75lbs more, but have a bit more power and are allowed a wider range of damper options. I'm not sure what qualifies C2 as valid for amature competition? Why is Moran in a C2 car, costs? He appears to have better sponsorship than the others. Why not regulate everyone to run a C2 car to reduce costs for the series? The only other difference that they made note of was that the C2 cars had analog gauges instead of the fancy telemetry. Last edited by Snrub; 16 Apr 2005 at 19:10. |
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Great to see Katherine doing so well, sure the grid might not be what it was in 2004 but there are a few very talented drivers in that series at the moment not least Chris Dyson. Okay hes no superstar but he is a very talented driver with a good track record, especially in the ALMS racing for Dyson. To beat drivers of his calibre certainly says something about Katherine's abilites IMO. Lets hope she can carry this form throughout the rest of the season.
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