OPEN WHEEL: US VW Formula 3 Race Results
28 June 2000
USF3 Round One: ANDRETTI INHERITS OPENING WIN
USF3 Round Two: CROW SCORES REBOUND VICTORY
TULSA, OK --- Familiar names found their ways to Victory Lane in the first two
races of the inaugural United States Formula Three Championship Powered by Volkswagen.
Adam Andretti and Stuart Crow each won a round at the Hallett Motor Racing Circuit
near Tulsa to kick-off the new season.
Practice
Stuart Crow dominated Friday's unofficial practice session in his new Ralt F3/2000
prepared by Dave McMillan's DM Racing. Crow's Ralt, with a double-front shock
system, seemingly adapted to the bumpy Hallett circuit more than the mono-shock
system of the Dallara race cars. Crow, a former race school instructor at Hallett,
also knew his way around the quick circuit and was a com-fortable two plus seconds
faster than the entire field.
Qualifications - Round One
Crow easily captured the pole position by nearly 1.3 seconds over Adam Andretti
in the Duesenberg Brothers Racing/Western Union Dallara F300.
George Frazier was third in the Arcadia Motorsports Dallara F300.
Race - Round One
Andretti and Frazier both beat Crow off the start into turn one; however Crow
was able to pass both before the end of the first lap. Crow maintained a 4 second
lead until lap 12 when a minor electrical problem sidelined his Ralt.
Andretti, brother of NASCAR star John and nephew of Mario, inherited the lead
and won the first-ever United States Formula Three Championship Powered by Volkswagen
race. Skip Weld, driving the Weldsports Dallara F300, was second and Frazier
finished third. The Andretti win also allowed the Duesenberg name to return to
Victory Lane. Car owner Keith Duesenberg is a grandson of the eldest Duesenberg
brother who pioneered the Duesenberg name into car making and motorsports.
Qualifications - Round Two
Andretti clipped Crow in qualifying for pole position in the second race by less
than .140 seconds. Frazier posted third quickest time.
Race - Round Two
Andretti and Frazier both made good starts to be 1-2 into turn one. Crow passed
Frazier on the back straight and chased Andretti. Andretti was able to hold off
Crow until lap 4 when the Ralt out-braked the Dallara into the first turn.
Andretti tried desperately to stay with Crow for several laps before spinning
off twice. He recovered to finish second about 22 seconds behind the winner.
Paul Jenkins, a Gulf War Navy F-14 pilot, was third.
Jenkins ran the Pilette Speed Tradition Dallara F399.
Brad Noe Volkswagen Grand Prix of Tulsa - Round One of
the United States Formula Three Championship Powered
by Volkswagen at the Hallett Motor
Racing Circuit - June 24, 2000
Pole Position: Stuart Crow, Dallas, TX (Ralt F3/2000/VW)
Results:
1. Adam Andretti, Indianapolis, IN (Dallara F300/VW), 2. Skip Weld, Lake Forest,
IL (Dallara F300/VW), 3. George Frazier, Louisville, KY (Dallara F300/VW), etc.
Margin of Victory: 22.79 seconds Average
Speed: 82.353 MPH
Fastest Lap: Stuart Crow 1.15.114
USF3 Round One - ANDRETTI INHERITS OPENING WIN
USF3 Round Two - CROW SCORES REBOUND VICTORY
Brad Noe Volkswagen Grand Prix of Tulsa - Round Two of
the United States Formula Three Championship Powered
by Volkswagen at the Hallett Motor
Racing Circuit - June 25, 2000
Pole Position: Adam Andretti, Indianapolis, IN (Dallara F300/VW)
1.Stuart Crow, Dallas, TX (Ralt F3/2000/VW), 2. Adam Andretti, Indianapolis,
IN (Dallara F300/VW), 3. Paul Jenkins, Chicago, IL (Dallara F300/VW), etc.
Margin of Victory: 21.98 seconds Average Speed:
85.379 MPH
Fastest Lap: Stuart Crow
1:14.083
Point Standings (after two races):
1. Adam Andretti USA 35 points
2. Stuart Crow USA 30 points
3. Skip Weld USA 23 points
4. George Frazier USA 22 points
5. Paul Jenkins USA 22 points