Auto Club Speedway Season Finale
For Immediate Release
Series Returns to Auto Club Speedway for Season Finale
Malibu, Calif. (October 13, 2015) – The Pacific Formula F2000 Championship Series presented by Primus Racing Parts is returning to where the season began ten months ago, Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California for the final two rounds of the Championship this weekend, October 17 & 18. Running with the California Sports Car Club (CalClub) at their Pacific Coast Road Racing Championships, the series will again have their own stand alone run group which will include both F2000 and F1600 competitors as they tackle the 2.88 mile road course inscribed within the 2 mile oval.
Weather this weekend is to be in the mid-eighties, clear and sunny and should be perfect for some excellent racing.
This will be the final series event before the series inclusion in the Mazda Road to Indy USF2000 $200k Scholarship Shootout in 2016. The shootout will be expanded to include the champions of junior open-wheel and karting series both nationally and internationally. The winner of the knockout style shootout will be provided with a $200k Scholarship to enter the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda in 2017 – the first rung in the Mazda Road to Indy ladder sanctioned by INDYCAR. This event should provide opportunities for new competitors to run with the series in preparation for next year’s championship.
After a season which has seen the lead in the battle for the championship change hands six times, the title has come down the series’ final two races to be settled between the leading points scorers Tom Hope and Peter West with Connor Funk, who is 38 points adrift, still a mathematical possibility.
Tom Hope arrives at Fontana with a series high four victories and looks to put the mechanical unreliability he suffered there in January behind him having retired on the second lap in round 1 and after leading the entire race suffered a suspension failure on the final lap in round 2. Hope is carrying the momentum from having won both rounds of the most recent event at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in September. Hope is always one of the quickest drivers and despite some mechanical issue has benefitted from claiming pole positions and fastest race laps and the bonus points that come with them.
Peter West comes to Fontana armed with the confidence provided by having claimed his first series victory in round 1 in January. He followed that up claiming a second win in round in round 6 at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in May. West has been consistently quick and delivered steady performances that have provided him with seven podium finishes and armed with the impeccable preparation provided by Dave Freitas Racing looks to continue on to a championship.
Series Rookie Connor Funk, who also drives for Dave Freitas Racing, is third in the championship despite not joining the series until round 3, has an outside chance at taking the series title. Funk has been fast all season and claimed his first victory in round 5 at Buttonwillow Raceway in May.
Scott Huffaker will arrive at Fontana having already secured the F1600 crown with his series leading four victories and hopes to add to that total.
Racing begins with practice on Saturday beginning at 9:00am.
The series can be followed at https://www.facebook.com/pacificf2000racing and https://www.twitter.com/PacificF2000.
For more details go to http://www.pacificf2000.com or contact Peter West at 310-363-9444, or by email, pacificf2000@hotmail.com.
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