Livengood Edges Connery for Pole
Bowmanville, ONT – Chris Livengood missed out on a race win to Kyle Connery on Friday at Mosport but bounced back for the Saturday morning F2000 qualifying session to take the Afterburner Pole over Connery by three hundredths of a second with a lap of 1:21.000 around the 10-turn road course.
Livengood took the lead during Friday’s first F2000 race from Remy Audette on lap two before Connery tracked him down in the closing stages to grab his fourth win of the year.
Livengood, driving for Work Racing/John Walko Racing, won his second career F2000 Championship Series race at Mid-Ohio in early July and hopes to continue the momentum at Mosport.
American rookie Connery will line up on the outside of the front row, with a fast lap of 1:21.037 in the #91 CC Autosport and James Lee Racing entry. Connery bagged yet another win at Mosport during Friday’s race, passing Audette for second and then Livengood for the lead. Connery has just five races left to run down Audette from a sizable gap in the Championship.
Robert La Rocca finished fourth on Friday and hopes to find the podium as the weekend concludes in Ontario, as the RFR chassis for HP-Tech Motorsport qualified third.
Championship leader Audette had to settle for fourth in his #21 Audette Racing Van Diemen after leading on Friday from pole on his home turf in Canada.
Tim Minor will line up fifth, the position he finished in during Friday’s race in the #88 Ski Motorsports entry.
Matt McDonough qualified the new Radon chassis in sixth place, but will start from the rear of the field, using the race for more testing miles.
Zach Craigo continued the momentum from his best finish ever on Friday – sixth – to qualify seventh for Front Range Motorsports with teammate Dwight Rider in eighth, Dan Denison in ninth for Polestar Racing Group and Brent Gilkes rounding out the top ten.
Gustavo Rizzo missed the session and will miss the last race of the weekend at Mosport following a crash during Friday’s race.
The weekend at Mosport concludes with a 6:05 p.m. scheduled race start. Follow live on www.F2000Series.com and on Twitter @F2000.
Race Grid:
Pos No. Name Best Tm Best Spd In Lap Diff Gap 1 37 Chris Livengood 1:21.000 109.289 5 - - 2 91 Kyle Connery 1:21.037 109.239 10 +0.037 +0.037 3 10 Robert La Rocca 1:21.314 108.867 10 +0.314 +0.277 4 21 Remy Audette 1:21.551 108.550 10 +0.551 +0.237 5 88 Tim Minor/M 1:21.813 108.203 16 +0.813 +0.262 6 77 Matt McDonough 1:22.471 107.340 11 +1.471 +0.658 7 9 Zach Craigo 1:22.511 107.288 11 +1.511 +0.040 8 60 Dwight Rider/M 1:22.818 106.890 6 +1.818 +0.307 9 51 Dan Denison/M 1:22.903 106.780 9 +1.903 +0.085 10 7 Brent Gilkes/M 1:23.347 106.211 13 +2.347 +0.444 11 26 Angel Benitez 1:23.422 106.116 13 +2.422 +0.075 12 06 Tim Paul 1:23.462 106.065 7 +2.462 +0.040 13 27 Craig Clawson/M 1:24.105 105.254 9 +3.105 +0.643 14 42 Bill Jordan/M 1:24.171 105.172 20 +3.171 +0.066 15 67 Dave Weitzenhof/M 1:24.270 105.048 3 +3.270 +0.099 16 90 Robert Wright/M 1:24.314 104.993 8 +3.314 +0.044 17 14 Fred Bross/M 1:24.744 104.460 4 +3.744 +0.430 18 22 Giancarlo Potolicchio 1:25.787 103.190 13 +4.787 +1.043 19 61 Tom Drake/M 1:25.896 103.060 2 +4.896 +0.109