F2000: Carbone Dominates for Road Atlanta Win
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May 8 2010
=CARBONE DOMINATES FOR ROAD ATLANTA WIN=
A new lap record and another pole for Carbone. (click for high-res). (photo:
Janice Eakin).
Braselton, GA – Victor Carbone took his third win in four races and stamped
his name on the Road Atlanta weekend by dominating the second and final race
of the weekend to further extend his points lead to 28 over Cole Morgan.
Carbone started from pole and lost the lead on the start as Rob Nicholas
made it three wide by diving to the inside going into turn one. The young
Brazilian, driving for Alegra Motorsports, took the lead back two laps later
going into turn one and never looked back to take the win over Jonathan
Scarallo and Phil Lombardi.
“At the start, (Rob) Nicholas was already there and there was nothing I
could do,�?? said Carbone, who took pole and won at Road Atlanta in the first
event of the weekend as well. Today, not only did he win and start from
pole, he sweeps the maximum number of points possible by setting the fastest
race tap too.
“I got by him (Rob Nicholas) a couple laps later and then just nailed it.
This season has been awesome so far. I can’t say enough good things about
the team, we had a perfect weekend and I hope the momentum continues into
Mosport,�?? added Carbone.
Scarallo stayed out of trouble to finish second. (click for high-res).
(photo: Janice Eakin).
Jonathan Scarallo capitalized on an incident between Fabio Orsolon and Rob
Nicholas to finish second in his R-Sport Van Diemen. It was his best F2000
finish to date.
“If today was a usual race we would have had a DNF,�?? commented Scarallo, who
had two mechanical failures on Thursday during testing. “But at the start,
the Red Sea happened and the field seemed to part for me going into turn
one. I was in the battle for second late in the race with Rob Nicholas and
Fabio (Orsolon) and I knew they were going to crash so I hung back waiting
for them to hit each other and they did.�??
While Carbone checked out on the field, Rob Nicholas, who finished fourth
yesterday, held onto second place as Carbone’s teammate, Fabio Orsolon
mounted a charge. With a few laps to go the two made contact. Nicholas ended
up in a gravel trap with a bent suspension while Orsolon retired to the pits
with a missing front wing.
Phil Lombardi took the Masters Class win, finishing third to complete the
podium. “I’ll take third and the Masters Class win,�?? Lombardi said. “I was
trying to get by Jonathan (Scarallo) but the car picked up a bit of a
vibration. GTP Motorsports prepped a heck of a car this weekend, I can’t
wait for Mosport.�??
At the start of the race, a slight incident in turn one sent Cole Morgan
spinning off the track from his sixth-place starting position. Morgan
recovered but pulled off a few laps later with a reported mechanical issue.
Continuing the turn one drama at the start, Tim Kautz started from fourth
and made contact with the wall in his Liberty Motorsports Van Diemen,
recovering to finish ninth.
“In turn one it was wheel to wheel and I went into the wall on the
outside,�?? explained Kautz. “The front wing was tweaked and the alignment was
off so I just drove the car as hard as I could.�??
Tim Minor finished fourth ahead of Keith McCrone, in the other R-Sport
entry.
Gerald Kraut was sixth for JDC with Chris Livengood not far behind in the
Pinto-powered Van Diemen. Mark Defer, Tim Kautz and Ardie Greenamyer rounded
out the top ten.
Two drivers will have to split the CellMark Paper Hard Charger, with both
Blake Teeter and Dan Denison improving 13 places.
Also notable was Tim Paul who recovered from a huge crash in the first race
of the weekend to finish 17^th after starting from the back of the grid.
Matthew Inge had a challenging day to end up a distant 19^th. Inge and Brian
Belardi tangled early in the race to send Inge to the pits for a quick
check-up while Belardi never recovered.
The 18-lap race was run in its full distance without any caution periods.
The F2000 Championship Series next heads to Mosport, June 11-13 for rounds
five and six of the 2010 Championship. Fans can keep up to date with the
latest news at www.F2000ChampionshipSeries.com or on Twitter @F2000.
_Race Results:_
Pos No. Name Laps Total Tm Diff Gap Avg. Speed Best Tm
1 23 Victor Carbone 18 25:57.009 - - 105.710 1:25.641
2 22 Jonathon Scarallo 18 26:04.561 +7.552 +7.552 105.200 1:25.884
3 3 Phil Lombardi/M 18 26:07.768 +10.759 +3.207 104.985 1:26.110
4 88 Tim Minor/M 18 26:11.605 +14.596 +3.837 104.729 1:26.186
5 5 Keith McCrone/M 18 26:25.590 +28.581 +13.985 103.805 1:27.143
6 55 Gerald Kraut/M 18 26:32.219 +35.210 +6.629 103.373 1:26.993
7 37 Chris Livengood 18 26:33.395 +36.386 +1.176 103.296 1:26.470
8 8 Mark Defer/M 18 26:41.591 +44.582 +8.196 102.768 1:27.832
9 36 Tim Kautz/M 18 26:45.691 +48.682 +4.100 102.505 1:26.227
10 28 Ardie Greenamyer/M 18 26:49.459 +52.450 +3.768 102.265 1:28.151
11 51 Dan Denison/M 18 26:49.766 +52.757 +0.307 102.246 1:27.407
12 70 Tom Fatur/M 18 26:51.536 +54.527 +1.770 102.134 1:28.064
13 14 Blake Teeter 18 26:58.235 +1:01.226 +6.699 101.711 1:27.767
14 27 Craig Clawson/M 18 27:05.068 +1:08.059 +6.833 101.283 1:28.097
15 69 Paul Farmer/M 18 27:08.797 +1:11.788 +3.729 101.051 1:28.765
16 90 Robert Wright/M 18 27:09.201 +1:12.192 +0.404 101.026 1:28.477
17 06 Tim Paul 18 27:17.796 +1:20.787 +8.595 100.496 1:28.561
18 16 Peter Gonzalez/M 18 27:23.039 +1:26.030 +5.243 100.175 1:28.026
19 20 Matthew Inge 18 27:27.946 +1:30.937 +4.907 99.877 1:27.044
20 94 Al Guibord,Sr./M 15 22:46.612 3 Laps 3 Laps 100.365 1:28.905
21 10 Mikhail Goikhberg 15 26:50.944 +4:04.332 +4:04.332 85.143 1:26.756
22 26 Fabio Orsolon 14 21:13.267 4 Laps 1 Lap 100.541 1:26.102
23 42 Bill Jordan/M 14 22:00.384 +47.117 +47.117 96.954 1:28.291
24 89 Rob Nicholas/M 13 18:48.963 5 Laps 1 Lap 105.293 1:26.071
25 41 Brian Belardi 13 19:37.615 +48.652 +48.652 100.943 1:26.392
26 80 Bobby Caldwell 11 16:36.360 7 Laps 2 Laps 100.951 1:27.577
27 1 Cole Morgan 9 13:22.155 9 Laps 2 Laps 102.594 1:26.125
28 97 Chris Gumprecht 6 11:53.928 12 Laps 3 Laps 76.848 1:28.031
DNS 7 Brent Gilkes/M 0 -.--- - - - -.---
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