Team USA Top-6 All F1600 Racers.

[problemchild]

http://teamusascholarship.org/?p=4468

• Dario Cangialosi, 18, Chester, N.J., F1600 Championship Series
• Jake Craig, 20, Mission Viejo, Calif., Toyo Tires F1600 Ontario
• Braden Eves, 19, New Albany, Ohio, F4 U.S. Championship
• Nicky Hays, 16, Huntington Beach, Calif., SCCA Formula F
• Colin Mullan, 16, Danville, Calif., IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar
• Tyler O’Connor, 21, New Hartford, Conn., F1600 Championship Series

For those not following along.
Dario, Tyler, and Yuven enter the final FRP event within 40 points of each other.
Nicky races SCCA FF and will be at the Runoffs. He ran FRP-Summit with Pelfrey (two podiums).
Braden ran FRP PIRC with us and had two wins and a second.
Colin ran FRP Summit with us and had two wins.
Jake was runnerup in the Canadian F1600 SuperSeries and goes to the final Toyo F1600 event as one of two championship contenders.

Congratulations to all six F1600 racers!
Was there ever any doubt that F1600 was, is, and will be, the place for racers to develop their car racing skills!

[rick payne_75]

Nicky Hays just withdrew his entry from the 2018 runoffs. There can only be one reason!

[LenFC11]

For those of us who don't know what is that reason?

[problemchild]

There are many reasons why people choose to pass on the Runoffs.

Nicky did win a race at NJ, Tyler won the other 2, and Dario won the Championship over Tyler and Yuven.

I expect the Team USA announcement will come this week.

[LenFC11]

Greg

I understand the many reasons not to do the runoffs.. especially with f1600 series.. but Rick said there is only one reason and left it at that like we all should know..

I'm not quite as involved at this point in time so not in the know but still have interest

[Bob Wright]

Well...if one looks at the dates of the SCCA runoffs; they are Oct 16-21. The Formula Ford Festival in England is Oct 20-21. Nicky Hays is one of the finalists...if he withdrew, then it stands to reason he just might be one of the two Team USA scholarship drivers....

[LenFC11]

Thanks Bob that makes sense

[problemchild]

Mullan and Craig winners. Eves cannot go.
http://www.f1600series.com/news/1706...ers-named.html

Honored to have raced with and against all the nominees!

[Lenny T.]

Mullan and Craig winners. Eves cannot go.
http://www.f1600series.com/news/1706...ers-named.html

Honored to have raced with and against all the nominees!

Was Eves picked as one of final 2 ? Why couldn't he go ?

[problemchild]

Was Eves picked as one of final 2 ? Why couldn't he go ?

Braden had surgery for an arm injury. I know it was bothering him when he drove our car.
I expect he wanted to make sure he was ready for USF2000 by St Pete, so had gone ahead with surgery before the Team USA decision was made.

Having seen all of them drive, and watched most on video, I don't think there was a poor choice in the group.