Another Road Atlanta Pole for Victor Carbone
Braselton, GA – Make it two poles at Road Atlanta and a bigger championship lead for Victor Carbone. The young Brazilian set a new lap record of 1:25.192 during morning qualifying to take pole position and three more championship points ahead of teammate Fabio Orsolon. The Alegra Motorsports duo have dominated the official part of the event, pacing every single session with Carbone going wire-to-wire for his second career F2000 victory with Orsolon finishing second in the first race of the weekend on Friday afternoon.
Starting third will be Rob Nicholas, who took the Masters Class victory yesterday and almost got by Carbone for the lead in the late stages of the race. On the outside of row two will be the first of three entries from Liberty Motorsports, Tim Kautz.
Jonathan Scarallo, with a fresh engine installed overnight, will start fifth alongside former F2000 Champion Cole Morgan.
Brian Belardi, in another Liberty entry, qualified seventh. Phil Lombardi, Chris Gumprecht and Keith McCrone, Scarallo’s R-Sport teammate rounded out the top ten.
Following in 11th was yesterday’s CellMark Paper Hard Charger, Matthew Inge, who was reported to have a weak motor. Chris Livengood, after posting the fourth fastest time in the morning practice in the only Pinto-powered chassis, was 12th. Tim Minor, Gerald Kraut and Ardie Greenamyer followed.
SMR got Tim Paul’s #06 prepped for the session following heavy damage during yesterday’s race. Paul is nursing a sore elbow but will make the 1:15pm race start.
Action continues today with the second and final 18-lap or 30-minute race of the weekend, scheduled to start 1:15pm. Fans and competitors can follow live updates, news and photos on www.F2000ChampionshipSeries.com or on Twitter @F2000.
Race 2 Qualifying Results:
Pos No. Name Best Tm Best Spd In Lap Diff Gap 1 23 Victor Carbone 1:25.192 107.334 8 - - 2 26 Fabio Orsolon 1:25.365 107.116 11 +0.173 +0.173 3 89 Rob Nicholas/M 1:25.527 106.914 17 +0.335 +0.162 4 36 Tim Kautz/M 1:25.664 106.743 10 +0.472 +0.137 5 22 Jonathon Scarallo 1:25.668 106.738 9 +0.476 +0.004 6 1 Cole Morgan 1:25.708 106.688 10 +0.516 +0.040 7 41 Brian Belardi 1:26.070 106.239 17 +0.878 +0.362 8 3 Phil Lombardi/M 1:26.116 106.182 9 +0.924 +0.046 9 97 Chris Gumprecht 1:26.188 106.094 10 +0.996 +0.072 10 5 Keith McCrone/M 1:26.205 106.073 17 +1.013 +0.017 11 20 Matthew Inge 1:26.225 106.048 6 +1.033 +0.020 12 37 Chris Livengood 1:26.257 106.009 10 +1.065 +0.032 13 88 Tim Minor/M 1:26.365 105.876 16 +1.173 +0.108 14 55 Gerald Kraut/M 1:26.672 105.501 9 +1.480 +0.307 15 28 Ardie Greenamyer/M 1:27.124 104.954 4 +1.932 +0.452 16 27 Craig Clawson/M 1:27.213 104.847 9 +2.021 +0.089 17 8 Mark Defer/M 1:27.287 104.758 9 +2.095 +0.074 18 80 Bobby Caldwell 1:27.453 104.559 4 +2.261 +0.166 19 70 Tom Fatur/M 1:27.489 104.516 10 +2.297 +0.036 20 10 Mikhail Goikhberg 1:27.612 104.369 3 +2.420 +0.123 21 16 Peter Gonzalez/M 1:28.013 103.894 3 +2.821 +0.401 22 90 Robert Wright/M 1:28.238 103.629 7 +3.046 +0.225 23 42 Bill Jordan/M 1:28.487 103.337 11 +3.295 +0.249 24 51 Dan Denison/M 1:29.297 102.400 3 +4.105 +0.810 25 69 Paul Farmer/M 1:29.344 102.346 16 +4.152 +0.047 26 14 Blake Teeter 1:30.047 101.547 8 +4.855 +0.703 27 94 Al Guibord,Sr./M 1:30.300 101.262 7 +5.108 +0.253 28 06 Tim Paul 1:30.464 101.079 3 +5.272 +0.164 29 7 Brent Gilkes/M -.--- - 0 - -