Pacific Coast Motorsports Race Notes from Long Beach

Sunday Race Notes from Long Beach

- The 20th race of the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship at Long Beach got
underway Sunday morning in overcast and cool conditions.
- Racing in front of his hometown crowd, Pacific Coast Motorsports driver
Alex Figge was looking forward to the start of the race.
- Following two pace laps, the field took the green. On the start Figge got
caught out and fell back to ninth place.
- In the opening laps, Figge was engaged in a fierce three-car battle for
position with Luis Diaz and Danica Patrick.
- Working lap four, Figge got a good jump exiting the hairpin, closing on
Patrick. Entering turn one, Figge got to the inside and passed Patrick,
moving into eighth place.
- On lap seven, Ryan Dalziel spun in turn one, which then resulted in Marc
DeVellis and Diaz making contact. Avoiding the incident, Figge moved into
fifth position.
- Following two laps behind the pace car, for the incident in turn one,
Figge got a good restart and was able to hold his position.
- As the race progressed, Figge maintained his position, never being
challenged.
- On lap 19, Patrick made contact with the tire barrier in turn one,
resulting in another full-course caution.
- On the ensuing restart, Figge got a good jump, holding off sixth place.
- For the next few laps, Figge proceeded to close on fourth place, though
never challenged for the position.
- Late in the race, Figge held of a hard charging Diaz.
- At the checkered flag, Figge had captured a career-best fifth place
finish, posting a fast lap of 1:17.504 (91.412 MPH).
- The next round of the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship is May 31, at
Milwaukee, Wis.

"I’ll take that," said Figge. "As usual, the entire Pacific Coast
Motorsports gave me a good car and I was able to drive a strong race. To put
on a good show for all my friends and family and leave Long Beach with more
points in the Championship is fantastic. Now it’s Miller time!"