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11 Mar 2007, 18:33 (Ref:1863736) | #1 | |
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US National Star Mazda Championship
Having just been pipped for a drive in the 2007 Indy Pro series, Jamie Morrow has secured a seat with Velocity Motorsports, a front running Star Mazda team, where his team mate will be Aussie driver James Davison.
Morrow flys to the US tomorrow for 2 days of testing, before making his Star Mazda debut at the season opener on Friday, 16th March at Sebring in Florida. |
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is this just a one off or is it subject to plenty of $$$$$ turning up soon!!
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I'm pleased to say that a corporate sponsor has funded the entire season, so its for all 12 races. Full details will be announced later this week.
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Thats very good news for Jamie.
Venezuealan Riccardo Vasmer, who has raced in US F200 for the last 2 seasons & tested a F Renault with Fortec in 2005 will be one of the drivers Jamie will be competing against. |
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11 Mar 2007, 20:55 (Ref:1863879) | #5 | |
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El_Gibletto,
Thanks. The standard and depth of competition is high. None the less, Jamie is racing with a good team, so he's every chance of doing well. Fingers crossed! |
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Is the Star Mazda series considered a step up from FBMW and FF2000 in the states? I'm unclear on the 'racing ladder' in America.
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read somewhere that the ff2000 championship was dead...
fbmw, star mazda, atlantics, champcar - thats close to the stepping stones i think |
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I watched a bit of the Star Mazda races last night on World Motorsport on Sky.
FF2000 is still going strong. It just changed companies that ran it and also the tyres they run on. |
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Today that is!!
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13 Mar 2007, 22:28 (Ref:1865977) | #12 | |
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The national FF2000 series is toast after the dallara debacle but there is still a east and west championship.
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30+ cars at the Sebring test. Looks like UKFF runner Jonny Baker has crossed the Atlantic too.
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This debate is similar to the FFord / FRenault / FBMW one in the UK, in reality they do not feed each other as they do not here. If you look at the Atlantic drivers this year by my rough count 8 came straight from BMW and 4 from Mazda, the BMW drivers did not go through Mazda. I would suggest the ladder goes. FBMW or FMazda or possibly FF2000 then Atlantics or Indy Pro then Champ Car or IRL.
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true, though aussie james davison has gone fbmw (05), atlantics (06) & back to star mazda in 2007.... guess he didnt have a good time in atlantics...
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have a look at the news items on the Champcar Atlantic site and the Walker racing site concerning davison and there might be a clue to that one.
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sebring star mazda qualifying times... 32 cars in the field
1. 19 Dane Cameron 1:59.986 2. 21 Marco DiLeo 2:00.190 0.204 0.204 3. 7 James Davison 2:00.229 0.039 0.243 4. 25 Ricardo Vassmer 2:00.517 0.288 0.531 5. 20 Dan DiLeo 2:00.619 0.102 0.633 6. 51 Alex Ardoin 2:00.834 0.215 0.848 7. 68 Tyson Sy 2:01.021 0.187 1.035 8. 23 Lorenzo Mandarino 2:01.117 0.096 1.131 9. 28 Russell Walker 2:01.200 0.083 1.214 10. 2 Charles Anti 2:01.276 0.076 1.290 11. 69 Ron White 2:01.303 0.027 1.317 12. 11 Cole Morgan 2:01.322 0.019 1.336 13. 3 Eric Freiberg 2:01.358 0.036 1.372 14. 73 Nick Haye 2:01.404 0.046 1.418 15. 14 Jonathan Goring 2:01.462 0.058 1.476 |
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Race results....
1. 7 James Davison 8 0.000 0.000 2:23.445 2. 21 Marco DiLeo 8 5.817 5.817 2:25.742 3. 20 Dan DiLeo 8 0.167 5.984 2:24.939 4. 19 Dane Cameron 8 0.597 6.581 2:26.088 5. 23 Lorenzo Mandarino 8 0.433 7.014 2:23.805 6. 11 Cole Morgan 8 1.678 8.692 2:24.886 7. 25 Ricardo Vassmer 8 0.516 9.208 2:26.441 8. 2 Charles Anti 8 2.261 11.469 2:25.217 9. 73 Nick Haye 8 1.421 12.890 2:24.659 10. 14 Jonathan Goring 8 4.795 17.685 2:27.930 11. 3 Eric Freiberg 8 0.760 18.445 2:31.006 12. 51 Alex Ardoin 8 1.094 19.539 2:31.249 13. 29 Phil Fogg, Jr. 8 3.133 22.672 2:29.104 14. 22 Phil Saville 8 0.148 22.820 2:27.788 15. 77 Jamie Morro 8 1.558 24.378 2:29.407 go james... dropping back from atlantics has done him no harm |
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Davison has the win taken away for passing under the yellow so it's a DiLeo 1-2 finish!
Pos Car Driver Laps Gap Diff Best Lap Best Speed 1 21 Marco DiLeo 8 5.817 5.817 2:25.742 91.41 2 20 Dan DiLeo 8 5.984 0.167 2:24.939 91.91 3* 7 James Davison 8 0.000 0.000 2:23.445 92.87 4 19 Dane Cameron 8 6.581 0.597 2:26.088 91.19 5 23 Lorenzo Mandarino 8 7.014 0.433 2:23.805 92.64 6 11 Cole Morgan 8 8.692 1.678 2:24.886 91.95 7 25 Ricardo Vassmer 8 9.208 0.516 2:26.441 90.97 8 2 Charles Anti 8 11.469 2.261 2:25.217 91.74 9 73 Nick Haye 8 12.890 1.421 2:24.659 92.09 10 14 Jonathan Goring 8 17.685 4.795 2:27.930 90.05 |
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Jamie 15th from a 24th start. Not bad given he'd not raced for over 6 months + had never driven at Seebring and had only done ma handful of laps in a Star Mazda car. More to come!
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The full results.
Pos Car Driver Laps Gap Diff Best Lap Best Speed 1 21 Marco DiLeo 8 5.817 5.817 2:25.742 91.41 2 20 Dan DiLeo 8 5.984 0.167 2:24.939 91.91 3* 7 James Davison 8 0.000 0.000 2:23.445 92.87 4 19 Dane Cameron 8 6.581 0.597 2:26.088 91.19 5 23 Lorenzo Mandarino 8 7.014 0.433 2:23.805 92.64 6 11 Cole Morgan 8 8.692 1.678 2:24.886 91.95 7 25 Ricardo Vassmer 8 9.208 0.516 2:26.441 90.97 8 2 Charles Anti 8 11.469 2.261 2:25.217 91.74 9 73 Nick Haye 8 12.890 1.421 2:24.659 92.09 10 14 Jonathan Goring 8 17.685 4.795 2:27.930 90.05 11 3 Eric Freiberg 8 18.445 0.760 2:31.006 88.22 12 51 Alex Ardoin 8 19.539 1.094 2:31.249 88.08 13 29 Phil Fogg, Jr. 8 22.672 3.133 2:29.104 89.35 14 22 Phil Saville 8 22.820 0.148 2:27.788 90.14 15 77 Jamie Morrow 8 24.378 1.558 2:29.407 89.16 16 33 Devon Cunningham 8 24.820 0.442 2:26.721 90.80 17 68 Tyson Sy 8 27.295 2.475 2:28.964 89.43 18 28 Russell Walker 8 29.243 1.948 2:29.057 89.37 19 26 Sean Burstyn 8 38.798 9.555 2:34.658 86.14 20 97 Scott Rettich 8 40.915 2.117 2:31.952 87.67 21 99 Mike Fitzgerald 8 42.484 1.569 2:35.827 85.49 22 24 Jon Brownson 8 45.808 3.324 2:38.406 84.10 23 6 Jonny Baker 8 49.777 3.969 2:33.759 86.64 24 69 Ron White 8 51.473 1.696 2:45.026 80.73 25 58 Dan Tomlin, Jr. 8 56.622 5.149 2:41.699 82.39 26 17 Steve Hickham 8 57.170 0.548 2:41.349 82.57 27 52 Tony Rivera 8 1:40.137 42.967 3:03.983 72.41 28 65 JW Roberts 8 2:09.277 29.140 2:57.242 75.16 29 30 Michael Duncalf 4 4 Laps 4 Laps 2:30.810 88.33 30 91 John Strickler 2 6 Laps 2 Laps 4:21.154 51.01 31 55 Gerald Kraut 2 0.918 0.918 4:19.358 51.36 32 88 Dan Weyland 2 9.246 8.328 4:21.665 50.91 |
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A link to the Star Mazda site here in case anyone's looking for more info on this series including live timing and all that and, a schedule of tape-delayed race broadcasts on SPEEDTV here, again if you're interested. Have to wait for March 24th to watch this one but the race was only like half distance or so because of rain.
By the way, I've never heard it called "US National" Star Mazda before. Is that monicker for the purpose of identifying the thread on tenths or, where'd that come from? It's just Star Mazda or Formula Mazda (maybe).... Last edited by Last2LiftOff; 17 Mar 2007 at 12:49. |
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