Road Atlanta-May 2013 (Race 5 & 6)

Race 5

Loshak Sweeps Road Atlanta Weekend!

Photo Credit: Robert Bowe

Photo Credit: Robert Bowe

Lawrence Loshak skipped rounds 3 and 4 at VIR but returned to the US Formula 1000 Championship East presented by Hoosier Racing Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels, George Dean Racing Engines, Jongbloed Racing Wheels, Hyperco, LS Motorsports, and Geartronics and picked up where he left off at Circuit of the Americas.  He took the win in both Road Atlanta rounds, one of them from the pole.  The only spoiler preventing a perfect weekend for Loshak was JR Osborne, who took the pole for Saturday’s race with a qualifying lap of 1:21.474.  Osborne led in the early laps but dropped out on lap 7 with an engine misfire, leaving Loshak and Glenn Cooper to duke it out for the top step of the podium. Loshak prevailed but Cooper wasn't far behind at the stripe. Alex Mayer was able to move up from his 5th grid spot to take the final step on the podium.


After strong storms passed through the area early Sunday morning, there was dark skies and a steady rain at race time.  In addition to Osborne, who was unable to repair his electrical problem in time for round 6, McEwan and Slahor elected to sit out the soaked race.  This left Loshak, Glenn Cooper, and Alex Mayer to battle for the lead.  On the opening lap, Mayer spun in turn 3, giving a position to Michael Crowe.  Mayer recovered quickly and repassed Crowe, who pulled off later in the same lap with a fuel supply. problem.  Before completing the opening lap, a crash in turn 1 brought out a full course caution, allowing the field to bunch up behind Loshak.  After 3 laps behind the pace car, the green flag came out again and Mayer resumed his charge, getting past Cooper and setting his sights on Loshak.  After only two more racing laps, another crash on the front straight prompted officials to checker the race early, preventing Mayer from running down Loshak, and putting an exclamation point on a near perfect weekend for Loshak.

Full results-Race 5:

1. Lawrence Loshak
   
2. Glenn Cooper
   
3. Alex Mayer
   
4. Michael Crowe
   
5. Jason Slahor
   
6. Alastair McEwan
   
7. Tim Pierce
   
8. Nicho Vardis
   
9. Richard Franklin
   
10. Mike Beauchamp
    
11. Nicholas Ortiz
    dnf         JR Osborne
    dns        John Hudak
    dns        Tyler Thielmann

 

Prize Fund for Race 5
1st Place	Lawrence Loshak	4 Hoosier Tires,   1 pair Hyperco Springs, $100 Jongbloed Certificate, $750 Geartronics certificate
2nd Place	Glenn Cooper	2 Hoosier Tires, $50 Hyperco Certificate
3rd Place	Alex Mayer	1 Hoosier Tire, $25 Hyperco Certificate, $75 Jongbloed Certificate, $250 Geartronics certificate
5th Place	Jason Slahor	$50 Jongbloed Certificate
Pole	JR Osborne (1:21.474)	1 Hoosier Tire
Random Drawing	Richard Franklin	1 Hoosier Tire
Sunoco Hard Charger Award	Richard Franklin	$150.00 cash (moved up 3 positions)

Race 6

Photo Credit: Robert Bowe

Photo Credit: Robert Bowe

Full results-Race 6:

1. Lawrence Loshak
   
2. Alex Mayer
   
3. Glenn Cooper
   
4. Mike Beauchamp
   
5. Tim Pierce
   
6. Nicholas Ortiz
   
7. Nicho Vardis
   
8. John Hudak
   
9. Richard Franklin
   dnf         Michael Crowe
   dns        JR Osborne
   dns        Jason Slahor
   dns        Alastair McEwan
   dns        Tyler Thielmann

Prize Fund for Race 6
1st Place	Lawrence Loshak	4 Hoosier Tires, 1 pair Hyperco Springs, $100 Jongbloed Certificate, $750 Geartronics certificate
2nd Place	Alex Mayer	2 Hoosier Tires, $50 Hyperco Certificate, $500 Geartronics certificate
3rd Place	Glenn Cooper	1 Hoosier Tire, $25 Hyperco Certificate, $75 Jongbloed Certificate, $75 cash from Geartronics
5th Place	Tim Pierce	$50 Jongbloed Certificate
Pole	Lawrence Loshak (1:21.536)	1 Hoosier tire
Random Drawing	Nicho Vardis	1 Hoosier Tire
Sunoco Hard Charger Award	Nicholas Ortiz	$150.00 cash (moved up 5 positions)

Point Race

With a sweep of the weekend, Loshak jumps from 5th to 2nd in the US Formula 1000 Championship East.  Cooper, however, retains a commanding lead of 114 points over Loshak’s 84.  Ortiz falls one spot to 3rd with 77 points and Franklin is right behind him with 74 points. Mayer has moved up from 8th to 5th.  
Points Standings after 6 rounds:

http://www.usf1000.com/Standings.html