2011 Star Mazda / F2000 / Skip Barber season

[gomick]

Thomas McGregor & Brandon Newey took the Skip Barber race wins...

2011 Skip Barber Points

[gomick]

Connor de Phillippi wins Rnd 1 at St Petersburg in Star Mazda...

STANDINGS (after 1 of 11)

Connor de Phillippi - 45
Martin Scuncio - 41
Tristan Vautier - 37
Patrick McKenna - 34
Chris Miller - 32
Carlos Linares - 30
Nick Mancuso - 29
Gustavo Menezes - 28
Richard Heistand - 27
Jerimy Daniel - 26

Rounds 3 & 4 of USF2000 was also held - Spencer Pigot & Petri Suvanto shared the race wins. 4 different race winners so far this season...

2011 USF2000 Points

[NaBUru38]

Results at Barber:

1. Tristan Vautier
2. Nick Andries
3. Tatiana Calderón
4. João Victor Horto
5. Carlos Linares
6. Nick Mancuso
7. Gustavo Menezes
8. Larry Pegram
9. Sage Karam
10. Connor de Phillippi
11. MartÃ*n Scuncio
12. Zack Meyer
13. Patrick McKenna
14. Walt Bowlin
15. Jérimy Daniel
16. Richard Heistand

Standings after 2 races:

1. Tristan Vautier
2. Connor de Phillippi
3. MartÃ*n Scuncio
4. Carlos Linares
5. Nick Andries

Next race for both Star Mazda and USF2000 is on May 28 at Indianapolis Raceway Park on the Night Before the 500.

[JasonZBell]

Hey Star Mazda fans,

I created a open discussion group on LinkedIn yesterday, so please feel free to join the conversation. It's really an anything goes type group, so feel free to bring up anything on your mind. I would love if you joined and helped bring more exposure to this group of talented racers. Since they have not received TV exposure this year, I am trying to do what I can to help the series out and help get the drivers any media exposure possible. Some of them are going to be the future of open wheel racing if they can get the backing and luck they need!

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Star-...s-Open-3893950

Thanks and I hope you guys help support the group and series.

-Jason

[JasonZBell]

Originally Posted by Tim Northcutt

Here is some news on the Star Mazda front:

http://www.pelfreyindyracing.com/


I met Dale and Nick last May in Indy when Andersen Racing gave Nick a Star Mazda test at Indianapolis Raceway Park on the oval, then later put him in a team car for most of the rest of the season.

Nick is a sharp young man with talent and Dale is a savvy businessman with a great passion for racing.

I was impressed by both men and i wish them well.

You can officially consider me to be the very first fan of this new Star Mazda team.

Tim,

If you are fan number one, then I am fan number two! I do not know Nick (just a couple emails back and forth), but I talk to Connor De Phillippi everyday. Team Pelfrey has a great team this year, IMO, the overall team to beat. Connor won the first race of the season, then tangled with another car in round two. Nick had an awesome run in round two and picked up the much deserved podium. Let's hope they both can continue kicking butt, move on up to Indy Lights and onward! I'll be at Indy with Connor and his family so I will finally get a chance to meet all the guys that have done such a fantastic job for the team this year.

Here is a press release from eformulacarnews.com that mentioned both Connor and Nick.

http://eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=8844

[NaBUru38]

Star Mazda - Indianapolis

1. Connor de Phillippi
2. Nick Andries
3. Sage Karam
4. Tristan Vautier
5. Joao Victor Horto
6. Martin Scuncio
7. Gustavo Menezes
8. Nick Mancuso
9. Tatiana Calderon
10. Jérimy Daniel
11. Patrick McKenna
12. J.W. Roberts
13. Carlos Linares
14. Joao Jardin

Standings after 3 rounds:

1. Tristan Vautier, 117
2. Connor de Phillippi, 116
3. Nick Andries, 101
4. Martin Scuncio, 96
5. Joao Victor Horto, 89
6. Nick Mancuso, 87
7. Sage Karam, 86
8. Gustavo Menezes, 86
9. Carlos Linares, 85
10. Tatiana Calderón, 83

USF2000 - Indianapolis

1. Petri Suvanto
2. Zach Veach
3. Juan Piedrahita
4. Spencer Pigot
5. Wayne Boyd
6. Matthew DiLeo
7. Timmy Megenbier
8. Roman Lagudi
9. Vincent Beltoise
10. Luca Forgeois
11. Shannon McIntosh
12. J.R. Smart
13. Luke Ellery
14. Rodin Younessi
15. Ardie Greenamyer

Standings after 3 rounds:

1. Petri Suvanto, 139
2. Spencer Pigot, 123
3. Zach Veach, 113
4. Wayne Boyd, 78
5. Luke Ellery, 72
6. Matthew DiLeo, 70
7. Juan Piedrahita, 67
8. Vincent Beltoise, 58
9. Cole Morgan, 54
10. Shannon McIntosh, 47
11. Timmy Megenbier, 45

Both the Star Mazda and the USF2000 will join IndyCar and Indy Lights at Milwaukee in three weeks.

[gomick]

Pity the Star Mazda fields are only 12/13 cars these days - 3 or 4 years ago there where 20+...

[Tim Northcutt]

NIce job, Nick Andries!

I enjoyed watching you run at Lucal Oil Raceway Park last Saturday night.

[JasonZBell]

Here is a video I shot during the pre-race ceremonies for the Centennial Indy 500, that included an interview with "Night Before the 500" winner and Star Mazda driver Connor De Phillippi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV4JXLhxzN8

[racer69]

Luke Ellery did a great job at Lucas Oil Raceway at the "Night Before the 500" meeting un the USF2000 race, he dropped back as far as 5th at the start, bought came through the pack to take the lead, before getting involved in an accident with a backmarker (i was looking the wrong way when the crash happened at turn 3)

The Silver Crown cars in particular were fantastic to watch... the only pity was the rain delayed preceedings by two hours.... and it was bloody hard to get a taxi back to downtown Indianapolis at 1230am lol....

[Morris Dancer]

Originally Posted by gomick

Pity the Star Mazda fields are only 12/13 cars these days - 3 or 4 years ago there where 20+...

Could it be because the Mazda 'driver development ladder' ends at Star Mazda?

Last year's F2000 champions Victor Carbone and Sage Karam bypassed Star Mazda to go directly into Indy Lights, which might be a sign that the series is losing credibility among ambitious young drivers.

[ptclaus98]

Originally Posted by Morris Dancer

Could it be because the Mazda 'driver development ladder' ends at Star Mazda?

Last year's F2000 champions Victor Carbone and Sage Karam bypassed Star Mazda to go directly into Indy Lights, which might be a sign that the series is losing credibility among ambitious young drivers.

Sage Karam is in Star Mazda...

[JasonZBell]

Originally Posted by Morris Dancer

Could it be because the Mazda 'driver development ladder' ends at Star Mazda?

Last year's F2000 champions Victor Carbone and Sage Karam bypassed Star Mazda to go directly into Indy Lights, which might be a sign that the series is losing credibility among ambitious young drivers.

Unless there are two Sage's, he is running in Star Mazda and with his win last weekend, I think he is 4th in the standings.

[NaBUru38]

Star Mazda standings after Milwaukee:

1. Tristan Vautier (JDC), 151
2. Connor de Phillippi (Pelfrey), 146
3. Nick Andries (Pelfrey), 139
4. MartÃ*n Scuncio (Juncos), 136
5. Sage Karam (Andretti), 131
6. Gustavo Menezes, 118
6. João Victor Horto, 118
8. Nick Mancuso, 112
9. Carlos Linares, 111
10. Tatiana Calderón, 110
11. Jérimy Daniel, 97
12. Patrick McKenna, 82


USF2000 standings after Milwaukee:

1. Petri Suvanto (Cape), 156
2. Zach Veach (Andretti), 139
3. Spencer Pigot (Andretti), 138
4. Wayne Boyd (Belardi), 109
5. Luke Ellery, 92
6. Juan Piedrahita, 89
7. Matthew DiLeo, 83
8. Timmy Megenbier, 59
8. Shannon McIntosh, 59
10. Vincent Beltoise, 58
11. Cole Morgan, 54

[gomick]

There are 2 Sage's - the good one won again in Star Mazda, this time at Iowa...

STANDINGS (after 5 of 11)

Tristan Vautier - 185
Sage Karam - 177
Connor de Phillippi - 171
Nick Andries - 168
Martin Scuncio - 160
JV Horto - 158
Gustavo Menezes - 155
Tatiana Calderon - 142
Carlos Linares - 139
Nick Mancuso - 139

[NaBUru38]

Star Mazda has a four-week break and visits Canada: Mostport on July 24 back to the ALMS bill, then Trois-Rivieres two weeks later joining Indy Lights. USF2000 will take a long break until IndyCar's Mid-Ohio Race on August 6.

[ptclaus98]

I know it's not USF2000, but man, Ralph Firman Racing has made quite the looker in F2000. Future is looking bright if the cars on the ladder evolve like this.


http://www.rfrcars.com/gallery/

[Jonerz]

That is quite the handsome race car.

Chris

[NaBUru38]

The thread is called "F2000", so this is in. What a mean car! It's hard to do meanacing formula cars this short and tall.

[Rob29]

Originally Posted by ptclaus98

I know it's not USF2000, but man, Ralph Firman Racing has made quite the looker in F2000. Future is looking bright if the cars on the ladder evolve like this.


http://www.rfrcars.com/gallery/

Where exactly do these cars race if not in USF2000? Link is already 8 months old,but british FF2000 finnished some years ago.Where else are these cars destined if not the USA?

[NaBUru38]

There are dozens of F2000 / SCCA Formula C championships in the United States. It's a big country with lots of cities, lots of tracks and lots of racers.

[gomick]

Couple of the feeder series rounds where run over the last weekend...

US Formula 2000 after Mid Ohio - Points
Star Mazda after Trois Rivieres - Points

[gomick]

Spencer Pigot & Petri Suvanto share the US F2000 race wins at Road America...

Points