2008 Atlantic Championship season
Encyclopedia
The 2008 Atlantic Championship season was the thirty-fifth Atlantic Championship season. It began on April 20, 2008 and ended on October 4, 2008. Despite the merger of Champ Car's premier series with the Indy Racing League, the Champ Car owners will continue to own and operate the series under a new legal entity, Atlantic Racing Series, LLC. Champ Car continued to sanction the first two events of the season at Long Beach and Laguna Seca with the remainder of the season running under IMSA
International Motor Sports Association
The International Motor Sports Association is an American sports car auto racing sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia. It was started by John Bishop, a former employee of SCCA , and his wife Peggy in 1969 with help from Bill France, Sr...

 sanction. The Cooper Tires Presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda Drivers' Champion was Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

 driving for Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in Tucson, Arizona, which competes in the Indy Lights series. It previously competed in the Atlantic Championship where it won the 2008 season championship....

.

Events

The original 12-race 2008 Atlantic Championship calendar, which featured many supporting runs during Champ Car World Series events, had to be scrapped as a result of the 2008 open-wheel reunification announcement. The Long Beach, Laguna Seca, Edmonton, Mont-Tremblant and Road America races, which had been part of the Champ Car schedule before reunification, remained in the calendar. The Road America races were changed, as the American Le Mans Series
American Le Mans Series
The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Teams compete in one of five classes: LMP1, LMP2 and LMPC...

' Generac 500 weekend meet was changed from one to two races (a Saturday and Sunday race). The Edmonton race, now part of the IndyCar Series
IndyCar Series
The IZOD IndyCar Series is the premier level of American open wheel racing. The current championship, founded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George, began in 1996 as a competitor to CART known as the Indy Racing League . Citing CART's increasing reliance on expensive machinery and...

, also switched to a two-race format. The original races at Trois-Rivieres and Miller were not affected, since the Quebec race was part of the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivieres (which also features the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series , commonly abbreviated as NCATS, is a national NASCAR racing series in Canada that is based from the old CASCAR Super Series which was founded in 1981.-History:...

), and the Utah race was conducted as part of the Rolex Sports Car Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
The Rolex Sports Car Series is the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It is a North American-based sports car series that was founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed United States Road Racing Championship...

 Sunchaser 1000 weekend. On April 3 a revised post reunification schedule was released featuring 11 races including the seven weekends that were kept (with two races at Edmonton and Road America), and two new races, one at New Jersey and a second Road Atlanta (as a support race to the Petit Le Mans
2008 Petit Le Mans
The 2008 Petit Le Mans powered by the Totally New Mazda6 was the eleventh running of the Petit Le Mans and the tenth round of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, United States of America on October 4, 2008...

).
Rd Race Name Circuit City/Location Race Date
1   Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Challenge of Long Beach Long Beach Grand Prix
Long Beach Grand Prix
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California. Christopher Pook is the founder and promoter which began as a vision while working at a travel agency in downtown Long Beach. It was the premier circuit in the Champ Car from 1996, and...

Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

April 20
2   Monterey Festival of Speed Atlantic Championship
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....

 
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....

Monterey, California
Monterey, California
The City of Monterey in Monterey County is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in Central California. Monterey lies at an elevation of 26 feet above sea level. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,810. Monterey is of historical importance because it was the capital of...

May 18
3   Sommet des Legends Circuit Mont-Tremblant Mont-Tremblant, Quebec June 29
4   Rexall Edmonton Indy Twin Races - Race 1 Edmonton Indy Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

July 25
5   Rexall Edmonton Indy Twin Races - Race 2 Edmonton Indy Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

July 26
6   Road Race Showcase/Road America - Race 1
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

 
Road America
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, located within the northwestern part of the county within the Town of Rhine. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area...

August 9
7   Road Race Showcase/Road America - Race 2
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

 
Road America
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, located within the northwestern part of the county within the Town of Rhine. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area...

August 10
8   Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières
Circuit Trois-Rivières
The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has hosted American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Rolex Series, Trans-Am series and Formula Atlantic races in the past...

Circuit Trois-Rivières
Circuit Trois-Rivières
The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has hosted American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Rolex Series, Trans-Am series and Formula Atlantic races in the past...

Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Trois-Rivières is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers. It is situated in the Mauricie administrative region, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from the city of Bécancour...

August 17
9   Mazda Formula Zoom Zoom
New Jersey Motorsports Park
New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

New Jersey Motorsports Park
New Jersey Motorsports Park
New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

Millville, New Jersey
Millville, New Jersey
Millville is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city population was 26,847. Millville, Bridgeton and Vineland are the three principal New Jersey cities of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area which...

September 14
10   SunRichGourmet.com 1000
Miller Motorsports Park
Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...

Miller Motorsports Park
Miller Motorsports Park
Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...

Tooele, Utah
Tooele, Utah
Tooele is a city in Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 22,502 at the 2000 census, and 30,708 as of the 2009 estimates. It is the county seat of Tooele County...

September 21
11   Atlanta Atlantic Challenge
Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...

Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...

Braselton, Georgia
Braselton, Georgia
Braselton is a town in Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Jackson Counties in the U.S. state of Georgia, about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 7,511....

October 3

Television

The 2008 series was be televised at 5 PM ET on Sundays starting on November 9, 2008 on Speed TV.
  • November 9 – Grand Prix of Long Beach
  • November 16 – Laguna Seca and Race 1 of Edmonton
  • December 14 – Race 2 of Edmonton and Race 1 of Road America
  • December 21 – Race 2 of Road America and Trois Rivières
  • December 28 – Miller Motorsports Park and Road Atlanta

Drivers and Teams

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2008 Atlantic Championship season. All teams used the Swift
Swift Engineering
Swift Engineering is an American engineering firm, most notable for producing racing cars for a variety of open-wheel racing series, including Champ Car World Series, Formula Atlantic, and Formula Nippon.-History:...

 016.a chassis powered by a Mazda
Mazda
is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...

-Cosworth
Cosworth
Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries...

 MZR 2.3 liter inline-4
Straight-4
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....

 engine and Cooper
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is a United States based company that specializes in the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of replacementautomobiles and truck tires, and subsidiaries that specialize in medium truck, motorcycle and racing tires...

 tires.
Team No Drivers Sponsor Notes
  Jensen MotorSport
Jensen MotorSport
Jensen MotorSport is an auto racing team that competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series. It formerly competed in the Champ Car Atlantic Championship, the Formula BMW Americas Championship, and fielded a car for one Champ Car World Series race...

2   Henri Karjalainen
Henri Karjalainen
Henri Mikael Karjalainen is a Finnish racing driver. He will race in GT Finnish Championship in the year 2010. Henri's manager is Finnish Sport Management Agency SportElite.-Formula BMW:...

Did not appear at Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...

22   Eric Jensen
Eric Jensen
Eric Jensen is a Canadian former professional race car driver from Toronto who competed in the Champ Car Atlantic Series series and Indy Lights series from 1997 to 2005. During that time he made 40 Atlantics starts, usually on a part-time basis, making his most season starts in 2003 and finishing...

Trois-Rivières
Circuit Trois-Rivières
The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has hosted American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Rolex Series, Trans-Am series and Formula Atlantic races in the past...

 and New Jersey
New Jersey Motorsports Park
New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

 only
  Forsythe Championship
Racing
Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing.-History:...

3   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

Indeck
7   Davíd Garza Pérez
Davíd Garza Pérez
David Garza Pérez is a Mexican racing driver. He has raced in the A1 Grand Prix and Champ Car Atlantic series.- Karting :* 2005 : 2nd in Shifter 125cc debut season* 2004 : Mexican Rotax Jr. Champion ; Champion in Rotax Jr...

Axtel
Axtel
Axtel , is a Mexican telecommunications company, headquartered in Monterrey, that provides telecommunication products and services in Mexico...

/Madisa Cat/Tecate
Tecate
Tecate is a small city in Baja California, Mexico and the municipal seat of Tecate Municipality. It is located on the border with Tecate, California, United States in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. There is a small port of entry betwixt the sister cities that serves as a calmer...

  David Martínez
David Martínez
David Martinez is a Mexican racing driver. He holds the record for the best debut ever by a Mexican driver in a premiere open-wheel series with his 9th place finish at the 2006 Gran Premio de Mexico.-IndyCar 2012:Martinez is currently in negotiations to become the only Mexican driver in the...

Injury replacement for Road America
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

,
Trois-Rivières
Circuit Trois-Rivières
The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has hosted American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Rolex Series, Trans-Am series and Formula Atlantic races in the past...

, New Jersey
New Jersey Motorsports Park
New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

, Miller
Miller Motorsports Park
Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...

  Walker Racing
Walker Racing
Walker Racing is a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. Presently the team competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series.-Early success:...

5   Greg Mansell
Greg Mansell
Greg Mansell is a British racing driver and road cyclist, currently racing in cycling's Halfords Tour Series, having previously competed in motorsports Formula Renault 3.5 Series...

Sunseeker
15   Leo Mansell
Leo Mansell
Leo Mansell is a British racing driver. He is the son of 1992 Formula One world champion, Nigel Mansell, and elder brother of fellow racing driver Greg Mansell....

Sunseeker
25   Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix is a Canadian racing driver from Saint-Eustache, Quebec.After karting, Lacroix drove in Formula BMW USA in 2005 and finished second with four wins. In 2006 he competed in the Star Mazda Series for John Walko Racing and finished second in points with five podium finishes but no wins...

Uni-Select/Deans Knight/Wasteco
  Condor Motorsports 6   Junior Strous
Junior Strous
Junior Strous is a Dutch racing driver, model and advertising spokesman from Wassenaar. Junior is the youngest most successful Race Car Driver from the Netherlands.-Racing career:...

Shell/HTP/Muermans Group/Red White & Bluezz
9   Dominick Muermans
Dominick Muermans
Dominick Muermans is a Dutch racing driver.Dominick raced full time in the Atlantic Championship in the 2008 season....

Hugenholtz Property Group/Jumbo Supermarkten/Muermans Group
11   Douglas Soares Banco BMG
77   Brian Thienes Bare Elegance/Valley Ball Cabaret Long Beach
Long Beach Grand Prix
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California. Christopher Pook is the founder and promoter which began as a vision while working at a travel agency in downtown Long Beach. It was the premier circuit in the Champ Car from 1996, and...

 Only
  Brooks Associates
Racing
Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in Tucson, Arizona, which competes in the Indy Lights series. It previously competed in the Atlantic Championship where it won the 2008 season championship....

8   Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

Mr. Jones Bar & Kitchen
88   Andreas Wirth
Andreas Wirth
Andreas Wirth is a German racing driver. Wirth won the Formula BMW USA championship in 2004 after coming stateside and advanced to Champ Car Atlantics in 2005. He has raced in that series for two years, winning three races and finishing 6th and 3rd in the championship...

Wirsol/Sueba USA First 3 Rounds
  Tom Sutherland ClickAway Computers & Networking
  Pacific Coast
Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports was a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. It was founded by Tadevic in 2003 and has competed in the American Le Mans Series, Champ Car Atlantic Series, and Rolex Grand-Am series. In 2007 it moved to the Champ Car World Series, one of America's premier open-wheel racing...

14   Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

King Taco
King Taco
King Taco is a fast food restaurant chain based in Los Angeles, California, serving soft tacos, burritos, sopes, tamales, nachos, and authentic Mexican drinks such as horchata, , and tamarindo. Some locations also serve roasted chicken...

Did not appear at Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...

 (injury)
41   Frankie Muniz
Frankie Muniz
Francisco "Frankie" Muniz IV is an American actor, musician, writer, producer, and racecar driver. He is known primarily as the star of the FOX television family sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. In 2003, he was considered "one of Hollywood's most bankable teens". In 2008, he put his acting career...

Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2006, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and...

  Genoa Racing 17   Alan Sciuto Deans Ultra Plug Long Beach
Long Beach Grand Prix
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California. Christopher Pook is the founder and promoter which began as a vision while working at a travel agency in downtown Long Beach. It was the premier circuit in the Champ Car from 1996, and...

 Only
  Tõnis Kasemets
Tonis Kasemets
Tõnis Kasemets is an Estonian race car driver.He emigrated to the United States in 1995 and began SCCA racing. He advanced through the open wheel ranks and by 2004 was in the Toyota Atlantic series. In 2005 he placed second in the series championship to Charles Zwolsman...

Road America
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

 Only
  J.R. Hildebrand Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...

 Only
19   Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

MAZDASPEED/Finlay Motorsports/Lynx Racing
  Mathiasen Motorsports 26   Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

RLM Investments/Discount Tire Centers/Stone Brewing
  PR1 Motorsports 32   Mike Forest Konica Minolta/Earthwater/Dynacor Media Long Beach
Long Beach Grand Prix
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California. Christopher Pook is the founder and promoter which began as a vision while working at a travel agency in downtown Long Beach. It was the premier circuit in the Champ Car from 1996, and...

 Only
  Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

34   Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss race car driver from Thun, Switzerland. She is currently competing for HVM Racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series...

Nuclear Clean Air Energy
36   Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

Nuclear Clean Air Energy
  Paladin Motorsports 45   Greg Minium Long Beach
Long Beach Grand Prix
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California. Christopher Pook is the founder and promoter which began as a vision while working at a travel agency in downtown Long Beach. It was the premier circuit in the Champ Car from 1996, and...

 Only
  Christopher Zoechling X8ment4u.com Laguna Seca
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....

 & Edmonton Only
  EuroInternational 46   Luis Schiavo Constructora Iriaca Did not appear at New Jersey
New Jersey Motorsports Park
New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

 or Miller
Miller Motorsports Park
Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...

70   Daniel Morad
Daniel Morad
Daniel Morad is a Canadian racecar driver currently competing in the Atlantic Championship with Italian team EuroInternational. He is notable for winning the 2007 American Formula BMW championship....

Metro Directories of Georgia Did not appear at New Jersey
New Jersey Motorsports Park
New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

, Miller
Miller Motorsports Park
Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...

 &
Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...

  Polestar Motor Racing 66   Rich Zober Zober Industries New Jersey
New Jersey Motorsports Park
New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

 Only

Full series results

Rd Race Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1   Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Challenge of Long Beach
Long Beach Grand Prix
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California. Christopher Pook is the founder and promoter which began as a vision while working at a travel agency in downtown Long Beach. It was the premier circuit in the Champ Car from 1996, and...

  Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

  Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

  Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss race car driver from Thun, Switzerland. She is currently competing for HVM Racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

Report
2   Monterey Festival of Speed   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

  Douglas Soares   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

Forsythe Pettit Racing
Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing.-History:...

Report
3   Sommet des Legends   Junior Strous
Junior Strous
Junior Strous is a Dutch racing driver, model and advertising spokesman from Wassenaar. Junior is the youngest most successful Race Car Driver from the Netherlands.-Racing career:...

  Junior Strous
Junior Strous
Junior Strous is a Dutch racing driver, model and advertising spokesman from Wassenaar. Junior is the youngest most successful Race Car Driver from the Netherlands.-Racing career:...

  Junior Strous
Junior Strous
Junior Strous is a Dutch racing driver, model and advertising spokesman from Wassenaar. Junior is the youngest most successful Race Car Driver from the Netherlands.-Racing career:...

Condor Motorsports Report
4   Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton - Race 1   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

  David Garza Pérez
Davíd Garza Pérez
David Garza Pérez is a Mexican racing driver. He has raced in the A1 Grand Prix and Champ Car Atlantic series.- Karting :* 2005 : 2nd in Shifter 125cc debut season* 2004 : Mexican Rotax Jr. Champion ; Champion in Rotax Jr...

  Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

Mathiasen Motorsports Report
5   Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton - Race 2   Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

  Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

  Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

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6   Road Race Showcase/Road America - Race 1
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

  Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

  Tõnis Kasemets
Tonis Kasemets
Tõnis Kasemets is an Estonian race car driver.He emigrated to the United States in 1995 and began SCCA racing. He advanced through the open wheel ranks and by 2004 was in the Toyota Atlantic series. In 2005 he placed second in the series championship to Charles Zwolsman...

  Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

Mathiasen Motorsports Report
7   Road Race Showcase/Road America - Race 2
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

  Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

  Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

  Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

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8   Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières
Circuit Trois-Rivières
The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has hosted American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Rolex Series, Trans-Am series and Formula Atlantic races in the past...

  Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

  Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

  Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

Mathiasen Motorsports Report
9   Mazda Formula Zoom Zoom
New Jersey Motorsports Park
New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

  Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

  Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

  Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports was a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. It was founded by Tadevic in 2003 and has competed in the American Le Mans Series, Champ Car Atlantic Series, and Rolex Grand-Am series. In 2007 it moved to the Champ Car World Series, one of America's premier open-wheel racing...

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10   SunRichGourmet.com 1000
Miller Motorsports Park
Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...

  Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

  Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

  Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in Tucson, Arizona, which competes in the Indy Lights series. It previously competed in the Atlantic Championship where it won the 2008 season championship....

Report
11   Atlanta Atlantic Challenge
Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...

  Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

  J.R. Hildebrand   Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in Tucson, Arizona, which competes in the Indy Lights series. It previously competed in the Atlantic Championship where it won the 2008 season championship....

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Round 1: Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Challenge of Long Beach
Long Beach Grand Prix
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is an open-wheel race held on a street circuit in Long Beach, California. Christopher Pook is the founder and promoter which began as a vision while working at a travel agency in downtown Long Beach. It was the premier circuit in the Champ Car from 1996, and...

  • Sunday April 20, 2008 - 1:30 p.m. EDT
    North American Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

  • Streets of Long Beach - Long Beach, California
    Long Beach, California
    Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

     (1.968 mile street circuit)
  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 38 laps / 74.784 miles
  • Race weather: 60° F, Sunny skies
  • Television: Speed (November 9, 2008 - 5:00 p.m. EST
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

    )
  • Pole position winner: #26 Jonathan Bomarito
    Jonathan Bomarito
    Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

    , 93.286 mph (150.125 km/h)
  • Race Summary
The 2008 Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Challenge of Long Beach was won by the young Swiss driver Simona de Silvestro making her only the second female driver to ever win an Atlantic Championship race after Katherine Legge
Katherine Legge
Katherine Legge is a British auto racing driver, formerly racing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.-Early racing and Atlantics:Prior to joining the Toyota Atlantic series, she raced in several developmental open-wheel series in Britain, including Formula Three, Formula Renault and Formula Ford....

.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps led
1 2 34   Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss race car driver from Thun, Switzerland. She is currently competing for HVM Racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

38 50:51.261 15
2 4 17   Alan Sciuto Genoa Racing 38 +1.285 0
3 5 25   Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix is a Canadian racing driver from Saint-Eustache, Quebec.After karting, Lacroix drove in Formula BMW USA in 2005 and finished second with four wins. In 2006 he competed in the Star Mazda Series for John Walko Racing and finished second in points with five podium finishes but no wins...

Walker Racing
Walker Racing
Walker Racing is a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. Presently the team competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series.-Early success:...

38 +2.256 0
4 6 36   Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

38 +2.983 0
5 1 26   Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

Mathiasen Motorsports 38 +4.605 23
Race average speed:
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 2 Laps

Round 2: Monterey Festival of Speed Atlantic Championship
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....

  • Sunday May 18, 2008 - 4:00 p.m. EDT
    North American Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

  • Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
    Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
    Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....

     - Monterey, California
    Monterey, California
    The City of Monterey in Monterey County is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in Central California. Monterey lies at an elevation of 26 feet above sea level. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,810. Monterey is of historical importance because it was the capital of...

  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 34 laps / 76.092 miles
  • Race weather: 89 °F, sunny skies
  • Television: Speed (November 16, 2008 - 5:00 p.m. EST
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

    )
  • Pole position winner: #3 James Hinchcliffe
    James Hinchcliffe
    James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

    , 1:16.189 (105.748 mph)
  • Race Summary
Canadian James Hinchciffe took the pole at Laguna Seca with a 1:16.189 which was a track record qualifying run on by an Atlantic car on Saturday after taking the provisional pole on Friday. He then went on to dominate Sunday's race.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps
Led
1 1 3   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

Forsythe/Pettit Racing 34 50:50.352 28
2 2 14   Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports was a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. It was founded by Tadevic in 2003 and has competed in the American Le Mans Series, Champ Car Atlantic Series, and Rolex Grand-Am series. In 2007 it moved to the Champ Car World Series, one of America's premier open-wheel racing...

34 +2.391 6
3 4 6   Junior Strous
Junior Strous
Junior Strous is a Dutch racing driver, model and advertising spokesman from Wassenaar. Junior is the youngest most successful Race Car Driver from the Netherlands.-Racing career:...

Condor Motorsports 34 +6.671 0
4 5 8   Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in Tucson, Arizona, which competes in the Indy Lights series. It previously competed in the Atlantic Championship where it won the 2008 season championship....

34 +13.027 0
5 11 9   Dominick Muermans
Dominick Muermans
Dominick Muermans is a Dutch racing driver.Dominick raced full time in the Atlantic Championship in the 2008 season....

Condor Motorsports 34 +18.404 0
Race average speed: 89.803 mph
Lead changes: 2
Cautions: 2 for 9 laps

Round 3: Sommet des Legends

  • Sunday June 29, 2008 - 1:00 p.m. EDT
    North American Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

  • Circuit Mont-Tremblant - Mont-Tremblant, Quebec (2.621 mile road circuit)
  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 30 laps / 78.630 miles
  • Race weather: 75° F, Partly cloudy skies
  • Television: TBA
  • Pole position winner: #6 Junior Strous
    Junior Strous
    Junior Strous is a Dutch racing driver, model and advertising spokesman from Wassenaar. Junior is the youngest most successful Race Car Driver from the Netherlands.-Racing career:...

    , 1:28.805 (106.251 mph)
  • Race Summary
Dutch driver Junior Strous dominated the weekend by taking pole and leading every lap in the race. The win was his first ever in the Atlantic Championship, as was his pole position. He leads the season championship with 74 points over James Hinchcliffe and Markus Niemelä who are tied at 67.
Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps led
1 1 6   Junior Strous
Junior Strous
Junior Strous is a Dutch racing driver, model and advertising spokesman from Wassenaar. Junior is the youngest most successful Race Car Driver from the Netherlands.-Racing career:...

Condor Motorsports 30 53:50.600 30
2 3 8   Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in Tucson, Arizona, which competes in the Indy Lights series. It previously competed in the Atlantic Championship where it won the 2008 season championship....

30 +0.487* 0
3 4 14   Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports was a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. It was founded by Tadevic in 2003 and has competed in the American Le Mans Series, Champ Car Atlantic Series, and Rolex Grand-Am series. In 2007 it moved to the Champ Car World Series, one of America's premier open-wheel racing...

30 +0.966 0
4 5 3   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing.-History:...

30 +1.514 0
5 8 19   Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

Genoa Racing 30 +2.057 0
  * Race finished under caution
Race average speed: 87.621 mph
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: 3 for 10 Laps

Round 4: Rexall Edmonton Indy Twin Races - Race 1

  • Friday July 25, 2008 - 5:15 p.m. MDT
    Mountain Time Zone
    The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time, during the shortest days of autumn and winter , and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time in the spring, summer, and early autumn...

  • Rexall Speedway
    Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport
    Edmonton City Centre Airport, , is located within the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is bordered by Yellowhead Trail to the north, Kingsway to the south, 121 Street to the west, and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology to the east. It encompasses approximately of land just north...

     - Edmonton, Alberta
    Edmonton
    Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

     (1.973 mile temporary airport circuit)
  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 38 laps / 74.974 miles
  • Race weather: 80° F, Partly cloudy skies
  • Television: Speed (November 16, 2008 - 5:30 p.m. EST
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

    )
  • Pole position winner: #3 James Hinchcliffe
    James Hinchcliffe
    James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

    , 1:05.910 (107.765 mph)
  • Race Summary
Polesitter James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

 led from the green flag but was closely stalked by Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

, who finally made the pass in Turn 1 on lap 31. A late race caution set up a one lap sprint to the finish with Bomarito holding off Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

 to become the fourth race winner in as many races this season. The win was Bomarito's third Atlantic victory and the first victory for his team, Mathiasen Motorsports, in 36 starts. In the points chase, Niemelä leads Hinchcliffe 94-93.

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps led
1 2 26   Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

Mathiasen Motorsports 38 45:18.942 8
2 5 8   Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in Tucson, Arizona, which competes in the Indy Lights series. It previously competed in the Atlantic Championship where it won the 2008 season championship....

38 +0.691 0
3 1 3   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing.-History:...

38 +1.151 30
4 4 19   Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

Genoa Racing 38 +1.757 0
5 6 7   David Garza Pérez
Davíd Garza Pérez
David Garza Pérez is a Mexican racing driver. He has raced in the A1 Grand Prix and Champ Car Atlantic series.- Karting :* 2005 : 2nd in Shifter 125cc debut season* 2004 : Mexican Rotax Jr. Champion ; Champion in Rotax Jr...

Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing.-History:...

38 +2.170 0
Race average speed: 99.269 mph
Lead changes: 1
Cautions: 1 for 3 Laps

Round 5: Rexall Edmonton Indy Twin Races - Race 2

  • Saturday July 25, 2008 - 12:45 p.m. MDT
    Mountain Time Zone
    The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time, during the shortest days of autumn and winter , and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time in the spring, summer, and early autumn...

  • Rexall Speedway
    Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport
    Edmonton City Centre Airport, , is located within the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is bordered by Yellowhead Trail to the north, Kingsway to the south, 121 Street to the west, and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology to the east. It encompasses approximately of land just north...

     - Edmonton, Alberta
    Edmonton
    Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

     (1.973 mile temporary airport circuit)
  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 36 laps / 71.028 miles
  • Race weather: 80° F, Mostly cloudy skies
  • Television: Speed (December 14, 2008 - 5:00 p.m. EST
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

    )
  • Pole position winner: #14 Carl Skerlong
    Carl Skerlong
    Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

    , 1:05.455 (108.514 mph)
  • Race Summary
A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix was a 'single make' open-wheel auto racing series. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most formula racing series. As such, it was often promoted as the "World Cup of Motorsport"...

 veteran (but Atlantic rookie) Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

 jumped into the lead from third on the starting grid and dominated the race, leading every lap on the way to his first Atlantic series win. He became the fifth different winner in five races and the first rookie to top a podium this year. James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

 finished third and jumped to the top of the points table. He has 118 points, five more than Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

.

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps led
1 3 36   Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

18 45:08.751 36
2 1 14   Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports was a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. It was founded by Tadevic in 2003 and has competed in the American Le Mans Series, Champ Car Atlantic Series, and Rolex Grand-Am series. In 2007 it moved to the Champ Car World Series, one of America's premier open-wheel racing...

18 +2.222 0
3 4 3   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing.-History:...

18 +6.039 0
4 5 26   Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

Mathiasen Motorsports 18 +6.719 0
5 2 19   Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

Genoa Racing 18 +7.195 0
Race average speed: 94.398 mph
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: 1 for 5 Laps

Round 6: Road Race Showcase/Road America - Race 1
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

  • Saturday August 8, 2008 - 1:00 p.m. CDT
  • Road America
    Road America
    Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

     - Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
    Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
    Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, located within the northwestern part of the county within the Town of Rhine. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area...

     (4.048 mile permanent road circuit)
  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 18 laps / 72.864 miles
  • Race weather: 76° F, Partly cloudy skies
  • Television: Speed (December 14, 2008 - 5:30 p.m. EST
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

    )
  • Pole position winner: #19 Dane Cameron
    Dane Cameron
    Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

    , 1:59.190 (122.265 mph)
  • Race Summary
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

 became the first multiple time winner in the 2008 Atlantic series. He took the lead from pole sitter Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

 at the standing start. On lap 10, Cameron passed Bomarito in Canada Corner but Bomarito was able to pass him back on the following lap, taking the lead which he would hold for the remainder of the race. James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

 finished fifth, high enough to keep the points lead with 139 points. Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

 trails Hinchcliffe by 7 and Bomarito is only 9 points back. Atlantic and Champ Car
Champ Car
Champ Car was the name for a class and specification of open wheel cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...

 veteran Tõnis Kasemets
Tonis Kasemets
Tõnis Kasemets is an Estonian race car driver.He emigrated to the United States in 1995 and began SCCA racing. He advanced through the open wheel ranks and by 2004 was in the Toyota Atlantic series. In 2005 he placed second in the series championship to Charles Zwolsman...

 made his first appearance since last year's Atlantic round at Road America and finished on the podium in third.

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps led
1 2 26   Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

Mathiasen Motorsports 18 45:02.334 17
2 1 19   Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

Genoa Racing 18 +0.411 1
3 8 17   Tõnis Kasemets
Tonis Kasemets
Tõnis Kasemets is an Estonian race car driver.He emigrated to the United States in 1995 and began SCCA racing. He advanced through the open wheel ranks and by 2004 was in the Toyota Atlantic series. In 2005 he placed second in the series championship to Charles Zwolsman...

Genoa Racing 18 +0.978 0
4 9 14   Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports was a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. It was founded by Tadevic in 2003 and has competed in the American Le Mans Series, Champ Car Atlantic Series, and Rolex Grand-Am series. In 2007 it moved to the Champ Car World Series, one of America's premier open-wheel racing...

18 +6.384 0
5 3 3   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing.-History:...

18 +7.230 0
Race average speed: 97.068 mph
Lead changes: 1
Cautions: 2 for 6 Laps

Round 7: Road Race Showcase/Road America - Race 2
Road America
Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

  • Sunday August 9, 2008 - 1:30 p.m. CDT
  • Road America
    Road America
    Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

     - Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
    Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
    Elkhart Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States, located within the northwestern part of the county within the Town of Rhine. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area...

     (4.048 mile permanent road circuit)
  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 20 laps / 80.960 miles
  • Race weather: 75° F, Partly cloudy skies
  • Television: Speed (December 21, 2008 - 5:00 p.m. EST
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

    )
  • Pole position winner: #26 Jonathan Bomarito
    Jonathan Bomarito
    Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

    , 1:59.564 (121.883 mph)
  • Race Summary
Race 1's winner Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

 led away from the pole, while behind him Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

 was charging up through the field from ninth place on the grid. On lap 18, Summerton passed Bomarito in Turn 1, leading only the final two laps home to the checkered flag. Even with the second place finish Bomarito jumped to the top of the points chase. He leads with 157, three in front of the previous leader James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

 and six in front of Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

.

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps led
1 9 36   Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

20 46:39.544 2
2 1 26   Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

Mathiasen Motorsports 20 +1.084 18
3 2 17   Tõnis Kasemets
Tonis Kasemets
Tõnis Kasemets is an Estonian race car driver.He emigrated to the United States in 1995 and began SCCA racing. He advanced through the open wheel ranks and by 2004 was in the Toyota Atlantic series. In 2005 he placed second in the series championship to Charles Zwolsman...

Genoa Racing 20 +6.202 0
4 10 25   Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix is a Canadian racing driver from Saint-Eustache, Quebec.After karting, Lacroix drove in Formula BMW USA in 2005 and finished second with four wins. In 2006 he competed in the Star Mazda Series for John Walko Racing and finished second in points with five podium finishes but no wins...

Walker Racing
Walker Racing
Walker Racing is a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. Presently the team competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series.-Early success:...

20 +6.832 0
5 4 14   Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports was a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. It was founded by Tadevic in 2003 and has competed in the American Le Mans Series, Champ Car Atlantic Series, and Rolex Grand-Am series. In 2007 it moved to the Champ Car World Series, one of America's premier open-wheel racing...

20 +8.993 0
Race average speed: 104.108 mph
Lead changes: 1
Cautions: 2 for 5 Laps

Round 8: Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières
Circuit Trois-Rivières
The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has hosted American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Rolex Series, Trans-Am series and Formula Atlantic races in the past...

  • Sunday August 17, 2008 - 1:30 p.m. EDT
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

  • Circuit Trois-Rivières
    Circuit Trois-Rivières
    The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has hosted American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Rolex Series, Trans-Am series and Formula Atlantic races in the past...

     - Trois-Rivières, Quebec
    Trois-Rivières
    Trois-Rivières means three rivers in French and may refer to:in Canada*Trois-Rivières, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivières, a racetrack in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...

     (1.521 mile temporary street circuit)
  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 44 laps / 66.924 miles
  • Race weather: 70° F, Clear
  • Television: Speed (December 21, 2008 - 5:30 p.m. EST
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

    )
  • Pole position winner: #26 Jonathan Bomarito
    Jonathan Bomarito
    Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

    , 58.989 (92.824 mph)
  • Race Summary
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

 led away from the standing start and was never seriously challenged on his way to his third Atlantic victory of the year. Bad days for James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

 and Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

 allowed him to open a sizable lead in the season championship going into the final three races of the year. Bomarito leads the championship with 191, 28 points ahead of Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

 who has 163. Hinchcliffe is still in third, but is 36 points back with 155.

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps led
1 1 26   Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

Mathiasen Motorsports 44 50:17.453 44
2 2 36   Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

44 +1.590 0
3 8 6   Junior Strous
Junior Strous
Junior Strous is a Dutch racing driver, model and advertising spokesman from Wassenaar. Junior is the youngest most successful Race Car Driver from the Netherlands.-Racing career:...

Condor Motorsports 44 +5.682 0
4 11 34   Simona De Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss race car driver from Thun, Switzerland. She is currently competing for HVM Racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

44 +7.878 0
5 4 19   Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

Genoa Racing 44 +10.015 0
Race average speed: 79.844 mph
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: 2 for 9 Laps

Round 9: Mazda Formula Zoom Zoom
New Jersey Motorsports Park
New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

  • Sunday September 14, 2008 - 1:00 p.m. EDT
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

  • New Jersey Motorsports Park
    New Jersey Motorsports Park
    New Jersey Motorsports Park is a racing facility located in Millville, New Jersey. The park has two road courses and a high-performance karting facility. In the future, a tri-oval track and off-road course are to be built on the park's property. NJMP hosts amateur and professional automobile and...

     - Millville, New Jersey
    Millville, New Jersey
    Millville is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city population was 26,847. Millville, Bridgeton and Vineland are the three principal New Jersey cities of the Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area which...

     (2.177 mile permanent road circuit)
  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 42 laps / 91.434 miles
  • Race weather: 86° F, Clear
  • Television: TBA
  • Pole position winner: #14 Carl Skerlong
    Carl Skerlong
    Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

    , 1:10.211 (111.624 mph)
  • Race Summary
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

 dominated the weekend, leading every session and leading every lap in the race to claim his first Atlantic victory. He even set the fastest lap, giving him a perfect score of 34 points for the weekend. Points leader Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

 finished ninth, which reduced his margin to 16 points over Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

 and 22 over Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

 with two races left in the season.

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps led
1 1 14   Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports was a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. It was founded by Tadevic in 2003 and has competed in the American Le Mans Series, Champ Car Atlantic Series, and Rolex Grand-Am series. In 2007 it moved to the Champ Car World Series, one of America's premier open-wheel racing...

42 50:49.282 42
2 2 8   Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in Tucson, Arizona, which competes in the Indy Lights series. It previously competed in the Atlantic Championship where it won the 2008 season championship....

42 +2.464 0
3 4 36   Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

42 +10.441 0
4 3 25   Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix is a Canadian racing driver from Saint-Eustache, Quebec.After karting, Lacroix drove in Formula BMW USA in 2005 and finished second with four wins. In 2006 he competed in the Star Mazda Series for John Walko Racing and finished second in points with five podium finishes but no wins...

Walker Racing
Walker Racing
Walker Racing is a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. Presently the team competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series.-Early success:...

42 +22.772 0
5 6 6   Junior Strous
Junior Strous
Junior Strous is a Dutch racing driver, model and advertising spokesman from Wassenaar. Junior is the youngest most successful Race Car Driver from the Netherlands.-Racing career:...

Condor Motorsports 42 +23.914 0
Race average speed: 107.948 mph
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: None

Round 10: SunRichGourmet.com 1000
Miller Motorsports Park
Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...

  • Sunday September 21, 2008 - 2:30 p.m. MDT
    Mountain Time Zone
    The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time, during the shortest days of autumn and winter , and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time in the spring, summer, and early autumn...

  • Miller Motorsports Park
    Miller Motorsports Park
    Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...

     - Tooele, Utah
    Tooele, Utah
    Tooele is a city in Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 22,502 at the 2000 census, and 30,708 as of the 2009 estimates. It is the county seat of Tooele County...

     (4.486 mile permanent road circuit)
  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 20 laps / 89.720 miles
  • Race weather: 71° F, Mostly Cloudy
  • Television: Speed (December 28, 2008 - 5:00 p.m. EST
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

    )
  • Pole position winner: #8 Markus Niemelä
    Markus Niemelä
    Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

    , 2:28.915 (108.448 mph)
  • Race Summary
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

 followed up his first Atlantic series pole position with his first series victory, leading every lap in the race. Three drivers are still alive for the series championship going into the final round of the season. Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

, who finished sixth, now leads with 224 points. He has an eight point advantage over Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

 and a 10 point lead over Niemelä.

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps led
1 1 8   Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in Tucson, Arizona, which competes in the Indy Lights series. It previously competed in the Atlantic Championship where it won the 2008 season championship....

20 50:40.529 20
2 2 36   Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

20 +0.446 0
3 3 19   Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

Genoa Racing 20 +2.296 0
4 6 14   Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports
Pacific Coast Motorsports was a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. It was founded by Tadevic in 2003 and has competed in the American Le Mans Series, Champ Car Atlantic Series, and Rolex Grand-Am series. In 2007 it moved to the Champ Car World Series, one of America's premier open-wheel racing...

20 +2.828 0
5 4 34   Simona De Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss race car driver from Thun, Switzerland. She is currently competing for HVM Racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

20 +22.363 0
Race average speed: 106.229 mph
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: None

Round 11: Atlanta Atlantic Challenge
Road Atlanta
Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...

  • Friday October 3, 2008 - 2:10 p.m. EDT
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

  • Road Atlanta
    Road Atlanta
    Road Atlanta is a 2.54-mile road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, USA. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and testing for motorsports teams...

     - Braselton, Georgia
    Braselton, Georgia
    Braselton is a town in Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Jackson Counties in the U.S. state of Georgia, about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 7,511....

     (2.540 mile permanent road circuit)
  • Time: 50 minutes
  • Distance: 35 laps / 88.900 miles
  • Race weather: 72° F, Clear
  • Television: Speed (December 28, 2008 - 5:30 p.m. EST
    Eastern Time Zone
    The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...

    )
  • Pole position winner: #36 Jonathan Summerton
    Jonathan Summerton
    Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

    , 1:14.137 (123.339 mph)
  • Race Summary
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

 won the race and cliched the series championship on an eventful day at Road Atlanta. At the start Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

 took the race lead from the standing start while Niemelä got around the pole sitter Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

 for second place. Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

, the points leader going into the race, dropped out of the race with mechanical troubles after only 10 laps. Going into a restart on lap 33, Niemelä was in second and Summerton was in third, but Summerton was in line to clinch the championship. On the restart, Niemelä got around Cameron to take the lead on the track and Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix is a Canadian racing driver from Saint-Eustache, Quebec.After karting, Lacroix drove in Formula BMW USA in 2005 and finished second with four wins. In 2006 he competed in the Star Mazda Series for John Walko Racing and finished second in points with five podium finishes but no wins...

 passed Summerton for third, which put Niemelä in position to take the championship. Summerton attempted to pass Cameron to put himself back into the championship position but they made contact and both cars were knocked out of the race. Niemelä cruised the final laps under yellow. Niemelä finished the season with 245 points followed by Bomarito at 228 and Summerton with 224.

Top Five Finishers
Fin.
Pos
St.
Pos
Car
No.
Driver Team Laps Time Laps led
1 3 8   Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing
Brooks Associates Racing is an American motorsport team based in Tucson, Arizona, which competes in the Indy Lights series. It previously competed in the Atlantic Championship where it won the 2008 season championship....

35 50:19.931 3
2 4 25   Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix is a Canadian racing driver from Saint-Eustache, Quebec.After karting, Lacroix drove in Formula BMW USA in 2005 and finished second with four wins. In 2006 he competed in the Star Mazda Series for John Walko Racing and finished second in points with five podium finishes but no wins...

Walker Racing
Walker Racing
Walker Racing is a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. Presently the team competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series.-Early success:...

35 +0.730* 0
3 7 3   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe Championship Racing
Forsythe/Pettit Racing is a racing team that competed in the Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe and Dan Pettit. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing.-History:...

35 +1.311 0
4 11 34   Simona De Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss race car driver from Thun, Switzerland. She is currently competing for HVM Racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series...

Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing
Newman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...

35 +1.807 0
5 8 5 Greg Mansell
Greg Mansell
Greg Mansell is a British racing driver and road cyclist, currently racing in cycling's Halfords Tour Series, having previously competed in motorsports Formula Renault 3.5 Series...

Walker Racing
Walker Racing
Walker Racing is a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. Presently the team competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series.-Early success:...

35 +4.174 0
  * Race finished under caution
Race average speed: 105.976 mph
Lead changes: 1
Cautions: 2 for 7 Laps

Points system

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Points 31 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1


Bonus Points
  • 1 point to fastest driver in a qualification session.
  • 1 point to driver who leads the most laps in the race.
  • 1 point to driver who improves the most positions in the race.

Driver results and standings

EWLINE
Pos Driver LGB   LS   MTT   EDM1   EDM2   ELK1   ELK2   TRR   NJ   UT   ATL   Points
1   Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä
Markus Niemelä is a Finnish race car driver, currently in the Atlantic Championship series in North America. He is the 2008 series champion after winning the final round at Road Atlanta...

 (R)
7 4 2 2 6 6 6 Ret 2 1 1 245
2   Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito
Jonathan Bomarito is an American racing driver from Monterey, California.After much success in karting and two years driving in Grand-Am Cup, Jonathan Bomarito moved to Formula Ford 2000 USA in 2003 and won the championship. The next year he moved to the Atlantic Championship and finished 9th in...

5 Ret 6 1 4 1 2 1 9 6 Ret 228
3   Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton is an American race car driver.-Early Racing:He began racing karts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had begun racing Skip Barber Series cars...

 (R)
4 6 12 6 1 Ret 1 2 3 2 Ret 224
4   James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe is a Canadian race car driver from Oakville, Ontario currently competing in the IndyCar Series.-Early racing:...

10 1 4 3 3 5 8 Ret 16 10 3 196
5   Junior Strous
Junior Strous
Junior Strous is a Dutch racing driver, model and advertising spokesman from Wassenaar. Junior is the youngest most successful Race Car Driver from the Netherlands.-Racing career:...

8 3 1 13 9 8 11 3 5 8 8 196
6   Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong
Carl Skerlong is an American racing driver from Seattle, Washington.-Racing career:Skerlong began his racing career in Formula TR 1600 Pro Series in 2005 where he won the championship...

23 2 3 19 2 4 5 Ret 1 4 Inj 189
7   Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron is an American racing driver from Newport Beach, California.After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship. In 2006 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship and finished...

 (R)
11 17 5 4 5 2 17 5 Ret 3 Ret 169
8   Simona De Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro
Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss race car driver from Thun, Switzerland. She is currently competing for HVM Racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series...

1 10 9 8 Ret 9 18 4 11 5 4 167
9   Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix
Kevin Lacroix is a Canadian racing driver from Saint-Eustache, Quebec.After karting, Lacroix drove in Formula BMW USA in 2005 and finished second with four wins. In 2006 he competed in the Star Mazda Series for John Walko Racing and finished second in points with five podium finishes but no wins...

3 15 13 7 7 14 4 Ret 4 11 2 161
10 Greg Mansell
Greg Mansell
Greg Mansell is a British racing driver and road cyclist, currently racing in cycling's Halfords Tour Series, having previously competed in motorsports Formula Renault 3.5 Series...

 (R)
13 Ret DNS 9 Ret 12 13 9 7 9 5 105
11   Frankie Muniz
Frankie Muniz
Francisco "Frankie" Muniz IV is an American actor, musician, writer, producer, and racecar driver. He is known primarily as the star of the FOX television family sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. In 2003, he was considered "one of Hollywood's most bankable teens". In 2008, he put his acting career...

15 13 11 12 13 11 10 12 10 14 9 102
12   Daniel Morad
Daniel Morad
Daniel Morad is a Canadian racecar driver currently competing in the Atlantic Championship with Italian team EuroInternational. He is notable for winning the 2007 American Formula BMW championship....

 (R)
6 9 Ret 11 8 Ret 9 6 95
13   Davíd Garza Pérez
Davíd Garza Pérez
David Garza Pérez is a Mexican racing driver. He has raced in the A1 Grand Prix and Champ Car Atlantic series.- Karting :* 2005 : 2nd in Shifter 125cc debut season* 2004 : Mexican Rotax Jr. Champion ; Champion in Rotax Jr...

12 7 8 5 10 Inj Inj Inj Inj Inj 6 94
14   Dominick Muermans
Dominick Muermans
Dominick Muermans is a Dutch racing driver.Dominick raced full time in the Atlantic Championship in the 2008 season....

 (R)
17 5 10 Ret 15 16 16 14 14 17 12 80
15   Tom Sutherland
Tom Sutherland
Tom Sutherland is a former competitive rifle shooter from New Zealand.At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the bronze medal in the men's fullbore rifle event.-References:...

10 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 7 10 78
16   David Martínez
David Martínez
David Martinez is a Mexican racing driver. He holds the record for the best debut ever by a Mexican driver in a premiere open-wheel series with his 9th place finish at the 2006 Gran Premio de Mexico.-IndyCar 2012:Martinez is currently in negotiations to become the only Mexican driver in the...

7 7 7 8 13 74
17   Henri Karjalainen
Henri Karjalainen
Henri Mikael Karjalainen is a Finnish racing driver. He will race in GT Finnish Championship in the year 2010. Henri's manager is Finnish Sport Management Agency SportElite.-Formula BMW:...

 (R)
14 16 Ret 14 11 Ret 14 10 15 12 70
18   Douglas Soares (R) 16 14 Ret 15 12 15 15 11 13 15 Ret 70
19 Leo Mansell
Leo Mansell
Leo Mansell is a British racing driver. He is the son of 1992 Formula One world champion, Nigel Mansell, and elder brother of fellow racing driver Greg Mansell....

 (R)
19 11 Ret 17 Ret 13 Ret 13 12 16 11 68
20   Luis Schiavo (R) 18 Ret DNS 16 14 10 12 16 7 60
21   Tõnis Kasemets
Tonis Kasemets
Tõnis Kasemets is an Estonian race car driver.He emigrated to the United States in 1995 and began SCCA racing. He advanced through the open wheel ranks and by 2004 was in the Toyota Atlantic series. In 2005 he placed second in the series championship to Charles Zwolsman...

3 3 51
22   Andreas Wirth
Andreas Wirth
Andreas Wirth is a German racing driver. Wirth won the Formula BMW USA championship in 2004 after coming stateside and advanced to Champ Car Atlantics in 2005. He has raced in that series for two years, winning three races and finishing 6th and 3rd in the championship...

9 8 7 45
23   Alan Sciuto 2 27
24   Christopher Zoechling (R) 12 18 16 18
25   Eric Jensen
Eric Jensen (driver)
Eric Jensen is a Canadian former professional race car driver from Toronto who competed in the Champ Car Atlantic Series series and Indy Lights series from 1997 to 2005. During that time he made 40 Atlantics starts, usually on a part-time basis, making his most season starts in 2003 and finishing...

15 Ret 9
26   J. R. Hildebrand
J. R. Hildebrand
John R. Hildebrand Jr. is an American race car driver. He currently competes in the IZOD IndyCar Series; driving the #4 National Guard car for Panther Racing. Hildebrand's nickname is Captain America...

Ret 7
27   Rich Zober (R) 17 4
28   Brian Thienes 20 1
29   Mike Forest 21 0
30   Greg Minium (R) 22 0
Pos Driver LGB   LS   MTT   EDM1   EDM2   ELK1   ELK2   TRR   NJ   UT   ATL   Points
EWLINE
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
(Top 5)
Light Blue 6th-10th place
(Top 10)
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
(Ret)
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Driver
replacement
(Rpl)
Injured
(Inj)
No race held
(NH)

See also

  • 2008 Champ Car season
    2008 Champ Car season
    The 2008 Champ Car season was to have been the 30th season of the series. It was scheduled to begin on April 20, 2008 and end on November 9. The season, with the sole exception of the Long Beach Grand Prix , was canceled February 21, 2008 because of the buyout of Champ Car by the rival Indy Racing...

     (cancelled)
  • 2008 Indianapolis 500
    2008 Indianapolis 500
    The 92nd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race was run on Sunday May 25, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, USA. Scott Dixon of New Zealand won the race from the pole position. It was the thirteenth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and served as the showcase event of...

  • 2008 IndyCar Series season
    2008 IndyCar Series season
    The 2008 IndyCar Series season was the 13th season of the IndyCar Series. Its premier event was the 92nd Indianapolis 500 on May 25. The first race was held March 29 at Homestead. It was the 97th recognized season of top-level American open wheel racing....

  • 2008 Indy Lights season
    2008 Indy Lights season
    The 2008 Indy Racing League Firestone Indy Lights Series season, formerly the Indy Pro Series, began on March 29, 2008 and consisted of 16 races. Due to the discontinuation of the United States Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the series lost its Liberty Challenge double header...


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