Erickson Paces P1
Watkins Glen, NY – Keeping up the momentum from his last F2000 weekend at VIR, Australian rookie Daniel Erickson paced practice one at Watkins Glen with a time of 1:53.8. Erickson, in the #18 Quantum Mechanics/Primus Racing Van Diemen was on top for the majority of the session as Chris Livengood, Jonathan Scarallo, Rob Nicholas and Keith McCrone followed.
While Erickson did not win at VIR, he reset the track record, took two poles, finished second in the first race by inches and ran away with the second race before a loose spark plug wire sent him home with a tenth place finish.
Championship leader Victor Carbone got his first laps in around the 11-turn road course after missing yesterday’s test sessions due to travel problems getting out of Brazil. However, a suspension failure sidelined Carbone relatively quickly during the session. The Brazilian was lucky as he managed to get the car stopped without making contact with any walls or barriers.
James Winslow, looking for some more track time before his Indy Lights race, contested the practice sessions in a Liberty Motorsports Van Diemen. Winslow may be taking part in the F2000 races as well, negotiations are pending.
The F2000 action continues at Watkins Glen with afternoon qualifying for race one at 2:45pm (GMT-5) and 4:45pm. Follow live updates online at www.F2000ChampionshipSeries.com and on Twitter @F2000.
P1 Results:
Pos No. Name Best Tm Best Spd In Lap Diff Gap 1 18 Daniel Erickson 1:53.809 106.600 8 - - 2 37 Chris Livengood 1:53.918 106.498 10 +0.109 +0.109 3 22 Jonathon Scarallo 1:54.021 106.401 9 +0.212 +0.103 4 89 Rob Nicholas/M 1:54.216 106.220 3 +0.407 +0.195 5 5 Keith McCrone/M 1:54.281 106.159 8 +0.472 +0.065 6 26 Fabio Orsolon 1:54.334 106.110 8 +0.525 +0.053 7 1 Cole Morgan 1:54.714 105.759 7 +0.905 +0.380 8 97 Chris Gumprecht 1:55.159 105.350 10 +1.350 +0.445 9 88 Tim Minor/M 1:55.266 105.252 8 +1.457 +0.107 10 80 Bobby Caldwell 1:55.520 105.021 10 +1.711 +0.254 11 95 Al Giubord, Jr. 1:55.608 104.941 7 +1.799 +0.088 12 11 Jesse Yorio 1:55.681 104.875 9 +1.872 +0.073 13 14 Steven McAleer 1:55.922 104.657 3 +2.113 +0.241 14 27 Craig Clawson/M 1:56.044 104.547 10 +2.235 +0.122 15 8 Mark Defer/M 1:56.298 104.318 8 +2.489 +0.254 16 83 Charles Finelli/M 1:56.562 104.082 7 +2.753 +0.264 17 7 Brent Gilkes/M 1:56.649 104.004 9 +2.840 +0.087 18 3 Phil Lombardi/M 1:56.971 103.718 1 +3.162 +0.322 19 90 Robert Wright/M 1:57.116 103.590 10 +3.307 +0.145 20 70 Tom Fatur/M 1:57.286 103.439 3 +3.477 +0.170 21 23 Victor Carbone 1:57.526 103.228 2 +3.717 +0.240 22 69 Paul Farmer/M 1:58.209 102.632 9 +4.400 +0.683 23 42 James Winslow 1:58.336 102.522 7 +4.527 +0.127 24 25 Jeff McCusker/M 1:58.350 102.510 10 +4.541 +0.014 25 85 Zach Craigo 1:58.627 102.270 10 +4.818 +0.277 26 51 Dan Denison/M 1:59.229 101.754 9 +5.420 +0.602 27 06 Tim Paul 1:59.893 101.190 1 +6.084 +0.664 28 73 Vaughn Horvath 2:01.408 99.928 7 +7.599 +1.515 29 12 Bob Reid 2:02.842 98.761 10 +9.033 +1.434 30 94 Al Guibord,Sr./M 2:04.913 97.124 2 +11.104 +2.071 31 29 Chris Camadella/M 2:09.200 93.901 7 +15.391 +4.287 32 28 Ardie Greenamyer/M 2:09.665 93.564 8 +15.856 +0.465