Atlantics for 2009 - Page 2

runshaw · 12 Mar 2009, 12:57 (Ref:2414254)

Borja Garcia? He will surely be a championship favourite! Theres some pretty competitive drivers there even though quantity is lacking. Glad to see Frankie Muniz still plucking away at it. He has improved tremendously over just 3 years. I like the fact he quit acting because he loved motor sport!

bluelite · 15 Mar 2009, 12:34 (Ref:2415947)

Vervisch will be racing for Genoa Racing at Sebring and James Winslow races for Conquest.

**gomick** · 15 Mar 2009, 22:26 (Ref:2416268)

James Winslow has signed for the whole season - good to see Aussie F3 help a driver through the ranks

runshaw · 16 Mar 2009, 12:37 (Ref:2416631)

Great news for Winslow. It's looking very competitve this year with Vervisch, Edwards and Garcia too. Considering Champcar is now defunct, do the IRL teams keep a close eye on Atlantics as well as Indy Lights?

**gomick** · 17 Mar 2009, 04:39 (Ref:2417129)

Would this be the 1st time (in a while atleast) that the Atlantic cars have raced at Sebring...

JOWT Blog · 17 Mar 2009, 15:33 (Ref:2417468)

Quote:

Originally Posted by gomick

Would this be the 1st time (in a while atleast) that the Atlantic cars have raced at Sebring...

Interesting question, I know they have done a lot of testing at Sebring over the years, but I couldn't pinpoint the exact year that they last raced there....so I did a little digging. Here is what I found...The last time the Atlantic cars raced at Sebring was the 1988 East Coast Atlantic Racing Season Finale. Scott Harrington won the race, which I believe may have been his last race win.

bluelite · 17 Mar 2009, 19:41 (Ref:2417693)

First test @ Sebring (top 10):

01. Frédéric Vervisch (Genoa Racing) 1:55.158
02. John Michael Edwards (Newman Wachs Racing) +0.255
03. Matt Lee (Jensen MotorSport) +0.921
04. Simona de Silvestro (US Racetronics) +0.991
05. Jonathan Bomarito (Mathiesen Motorsports) +1.188
06. Markus Niemelä (Newman Wachs Racing) +1.342
07. Borja Garcia (Condor Motorsports) +1.546
08. Jonathan Summerton (Genoa Racing) +2.364
09. Haralds Slegelmilhs (Conquest Racing) +2.389
10. Frankie Muniz (US Racetronics) +2.534

**gomick** · 19 Mar 2009, 07:30 (Ref:2418956)

14 Atlantic cars are at Sebring & 5 C2 cars...

1st Qualifying Times...

1. Jonathan Summerton Genoa Racing 1:53.571
2. Frederic Vervisch* Genoa Racing 1:53.625
3. John Edwards Newman Wachs Racing 1:53.715
4. Harald Schlegelmilch Conquest Racing 1:53.810
5. Borja Garcia* Condor Motorsports 1:53.984
6. Markus Niemela Newman Wachs Racing 1:54.083
7. Jonathan Bomarito Mathiasen Motorsports 1:54.206
8. Simona De Silvestro Team Stargate Worlds 1:54.525
9. Frankie Muniz Team Stargate Worlds 1:54.846
10. Matt Lee Jensen MotorSport 1:54.955

runshaw · 19 Mar 2009, 13:36 (Ref:2419286)

The website isn't up and running yet, they need to hurry up!

08u05 · 19 Mar 2009, 15:08 (Ref:2419371)

Gomick - what do the asterisks next to Vervisch and Garcia mean?

**chunterer** · 19 Mar 2009, 16:05 (Ref:2419415)

Rookies I guess?

**gomick** · 20 Mar 2009, 21:28 (Ref:2420513)

Yeah i'd say so....

Jonathan Summerton held onto the pole from John Edwards & Frederic Vervisch...

ems · 20 Mar 2009, 23:06 (Ref:2420601)

John Edwards claimed his first career Atlantic Championship series victory in a dominating performance at Friday's season opener at Sebring International Raceway. After starting second, he took the lead from pole-sitter Jonathan Summerton on the opening lap and was never challenged en route to a 4.731-second victory over Belgian rookie Frederic Vervisch. He earned $50,000 for the victory. "It was an incredible feeling just pulling into pit lane and seeing all of the cameras coming to me," Edwards said. "It was a great race."

**gomick** · 20 Mar 2009, 23:16 (Ref:2420606)

$50,000 is a great 1st prize - congrats to Edwards

runshaw · 21 Mar 2009, 03:42 (Ref:2420681)

$50,000 for winning one race?! I don't understand the prizes in American motorpsort compared to Europe, never have. Can someone please clarify why Edwards got that amount of money for one race?

mountainstar · 21 Mar 2009, 04:16 (Ref:2420687)

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Originally Posted by runshaw

$50,000 for winning one race?! I don't understand the prizes in American motorpsort compared to Europe, never have. Can someone please clarify why Edwards got that amount of money for one race?

We've always had big prize money in the USA. To the victor goes the just rewards. The total purse for Atlantics this year is $3 million.

Back in the 1990's I remember the Atlantic purse was around $1.5 million. Indy Lights was around the same amount.

Albeckinho · 21 Mar 2009, 07:44 (Ref:2420721)

That's it, I'm going to drive Atlantics next year. What does the last driver get? ;O

ems · 21 Mar 2009, 07:49 (Ref:2420726)

the champion gets $1m and second gets $500k

Albeckinho · 21 Mar 2009, 09:03 (Ref:2420774)

You always miss my jokes.

Shaddix · 21 Mar 2009, 14:03 (Ref:2420964)

great result from Vervisch

a shame he still hasn't a fixed seat, he has won 2 F3 titles last year, how much better can you do? stupid money issues..

bil588 · 18 Apr 2009, 02:39 (Ref:2443493)

Will the Atlantic championship lose teams to Firestone Indy Lights or will more teams try to have a ladder program?

Do some Atlantic teams want to support IMSA instead of the IRL?

JOWT Blog · 21 Apr 2009, 03:11 (Ref:2446004)

Primetime Race Group of the ALMS has decided to enter the Atlantic Championship after purchasing the Brooks Associates cars. They will be a nice addition to the series, that said, it's sad to see BAR leaving the series after winning the championship in 2008.

**gomick** · 18 May 2009, 01:27 (Ref:2464259)

Round 2 of the series is at Miller Park in Utah...

Qualifying...

1. Simona De Silvestro 1:36.891
2. Jonathan Summerton 1:36.933
3. Frederic Vervisch 1:37.214
4. John Edwards 1:37.267
5. Markus Niemela 1:37.553

bluelite · 18 May 2009, 13:30 (Ref:2464541)

Quality of the field is just great (at least 7 or 8 top drivers), but there are just not enough cars

JOWT Blog · 19 May 2009, 01:58 (Ref:2464900)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluelite

Quality of the field is just great (at least 7 or 8 top drivers), but there are just not enough cars

Yeah it was definitely a disappointing turnout, it will be interesting to see how the double header in New Jersey looks...

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