Dixon makes it three
Dixon makes it three
After capturing the Sunoco Pole Award with a qualifying time of 1:16.243, it was Brandon Dixon in his Citation/Suzuki to once again come out the Winner in Round 3 of the Formula 1000 Championship Series presented by Goodyear.
Starting from the outside of row one, JR Osborne in the Stohr Cars/C3 Construction Stohr/Suzuki would get a jump on Dixon for the lead. It was a hard fought battle and Osborne held off a hard charging Dixon until lap 8.
Glenn Cooper in the Hell No Kitty / RFR Firman/Suzuki finished out the podium after starting fifth in the 20 lap race.
Jason Slahor in his Van Diemen/Suzuki captured the Rilltech Hard Charger Award after starting in 12th position and finishing in 4th place. Alex Mayer rounded out the top five in his Elan DP-04/Suzuki.
The race went green all the way through with the only casualty being Brian Novak who started from outside the second row in his Nova Piper/Suzuki, when the gearbox case cracked spiting out all the engine oil and resulting in a brief engine fire and a 12th place finish.
Area 81 Racing teammates Richard Franklin (Stohr/Suzuki) and Tim Pierce (Firman/Suzuki) finished 6th and 7th respectfully in their Waterfall Security Solutions entries. New comer Ivin Seabrook would finish in 8th place in his Stohr/Suzuki with Canadian Ryan Verra claiming a season best 9th place finish in a Philidelphia Motorsports DB-F1000/Honda.
Bill McLaughlin rounded out the top ten in his McLaughlin Motorsports/RFR/AIM/Pro-Shift Firman/Suzuki with Peter Seabrook in his Stohr/Suzuki finishing in 11th place.
Qualifying for Sunday's race was determined by the fastest race lap of each car in Round three with the following results:
STARTING POSITIONS FOR ROUND 4
Pos Car# Driver/Hometown Car/Sponsor Fast Lap Time
1 7 Brandon Dixon/Tuscaloosa, AL Citation 1:18.837
2 83 JR Osborne/Greenwood Vil, CO Stohr/Stohr cars. C3 Construt. 1:18.885
3 43 Glenn Cooper/Roswell, GA Firman/Hell No Kitty 1:19.504
4 56 Bill McLaughlin/Mooresville,IN Firman/AIM,Pro-Shift,RFR 1:21.234
5 9 Jason Slahor/Ellicott City, MD Van Diemen 1:22.807
6 77 Alex Mayer/Harleysville, PA Elan DP-04 1:23.959
7 70 Brian Novak/Dearborn, MI Nova Piper 1:24.043
8 5 Ryan Verra/Calgary, AB Philly DB-F1000/Enemy Sport 1:24.196
9 81 Richard Franklin/Wilmington, NC Stohr/Waterfall Security Solut. 1:24.771
10 19 Peter Seabrook, Bridgeton, NJ Stohr 1:24.995
11 18 Tim Pierce, Leland, NC Firman/Waterfall Security Solut. 1:25.260
12 71 Ivin Seabrook, Greenwich, NJ Stohr 1:25.624
