Atlantics 2005 (spoilers)

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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.

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

Well, Katherine did in one race what Danica couldn't do in two seasons. Even though I'm sure most would agree Danica faced stiffer competition. Beating Bessette and Moran doesn't stack up to beating Allmendinger, Fogarty, Dalziel, or Valiante.