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Hey, there wasn't a single American driver at the Indy Lights race! Of course, most have graduated already (Newgarden, Hildebrand). But Clauson and Wagner could do more Indy Lights.
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One could argue that staying on the sidelines won't improve their road racing skills. But "forcing the issue" and pulling out a road program in Lights could be a money and reputation killer. Ed Carpenter is there to prove that the transition can be very hard, and take a lot of time. But anyway, back to the car count problem. One thing that surprised me at Toronto: 21 cars in Star Mazda, 11 in Lights. Is the difference in terms of budget that big between the two series? Good spot on the lack of American drivers in Lights, I noticed that too. But this might change very soon, there are a few bright talents in Star Mazda right now. Conor de Philippi and Sage Karam in particular. Maybe Ashley Freiberg could graduate too thanks to TrueCar money. |
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Star Mazda standings after Toronto:
1. Jack Hawksworth, 197 2. Connor de Phillippi, 158 3. Gabby Chaves, 150 4. Martin Scuncio, 141 5. Juan Piedrahita, 140 5. Sage Karam, 140 7. Petri Suvanto, 133 Next races are Edmonton and Trois-Rivières. |
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Wasn't there only 11 lights cars at Toronto? What's going on???
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In 2007 you had a solid 23-26 car grid in Atlantics in addition to 15-18 in the IPS. Star Mazda had a solid grid and you had plenty of young American drivers throughout these series. In Atlantics you had Indycar and Ferrari driver Raphael Matos, current Indycar driver James Hinchliffe, current Indycar driver J.R. Hildebrand and current Camaro factory driver John Edwards with guys like Wickens, Strous and Perara also in the field. Something is seriously wrong when only 11 cars show up with no young Americans in the field, hopefully Connor De Phillippi and Sage Karam (Sage is with Andretti) could be in Lights next year. But I see many of the other guys going off to Europe.
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Speaking of Sage Karam...
Here's a video of him going from 21st to 3rd. At Toronto. He gained them all on track. No pitstops or significant attrition involved. Not a mean feat. Especially in a close spec-series like Star Mazda. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW5Dt5qmLYA |
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Camilo Schmidt & Jack Hawksworth get the race wins...
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Tristan Vautier closed right in on Indy Lights championship leader and Sam Schmidt team-mate Esteban Guerrieri by taking his third victory of the season in Trois-Rivieres in Canada.
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7 points gap with 2 races to go. Should be interresting isn't it?
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Because of the points scale, it depends more on retirements than wins.
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31 Aug 2012, 16:34 (Ref:3127948) | #91 | |
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Lam Park will be happy... Adderly Fong is racing in Lights this week-end.
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Vautier on pole, Guerrieri second. Now the championship difference is only 6 points in favour of Esteban Guerrieri.
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The interresting part is that Guerrieri is pretty much forced to make a move on Vautier if he wants to go to the finale as the championship leader.
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That's cool. Let's see how it goes.
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Funny how the Fontana finale have such similar scenarios for both Lights and IndyCar.
The mighty fast road course specialist, chased by the more complete driver. |
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Jack Hawksworth & Gabby Chaves win at Laguna Seca - 1 round to go at Road Atlanta on October 20... |
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Tristan Vautier is new Indylights champion, little annoying that Esteban Guerrieri not won the championship.
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Second (rookie) title in 2 years for Vautier. Even with Lights' pretty bad current state, this is damn impressive.
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