USF2000 – Cape Motorsports Sweeps the Winter Fest Race 1 Podium

The Cooper Tires Winter Fest, a six-race mini-series that preludes the Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda, began today with qualifying for Race #1 taking place this morning and the race itself taking place late this afternoon. Cape Motorsports dominated the 20-car field with a podium sweep and Spencer Pigot leading flag to flag. In second was Matthew Brabham, son of the famous sportscar driver, Geoff Brabham, and grandson to the famous Formula 1 three-time World Driver Champion. (no pressure, though). Rounding out the podium was Trent Hindman who moved up one spot from his starting position in P4.

It’s interesting that Team Pelfrey, last year’s strong rookie team that almost took the championship in Star Mazda, is sponsoring Mr. Pigot.

“It was a really good race. I started from the pole and was pressured pretty hard by my teammate Matt [Brabham] throughout the whole race. It was a bit of an interrupted race with the long yellow, but it was a great day for my first race with the Capes and the team. I have to thank Mazda, Team Pelfrey and all my sponsors.” — Spencer Pigot, #2 Cape Motorsports

The biggest mover of the race was Andretti Autosport’s Shelby Blackstock moved up from his back-half of the grid starting position of P14 to finish nine positions higher in P5 at the end of the 10-lap sprint. Yes, that’s nearly a car per lap!

“We had a rough qualifying session and started the race 14th. However, once the race began we were full of confidence and worked our way up to fifth. I am proud of the Andretti Autosport team and how great they did setting up the car. I can’t wait for the races to come.” — Shelby Blackstock, #8 Andretti Autosport

Another strong mover was one of JDC MotorSports’ newest drivers, Michael Johnson. In his first USF2000 start, he moved up from P18 to finish in P12. Might not sound like much at first, but moving up through the field six spots with only ten laps is no mean feat!

The starting grid for Race #2 will be set by Race #1’s results, and likewise for Race #3. Action begins tomorrow at 0950 EST for Practice #1, with the green flag for Race #2 dropping at 1320 EST and for Race #3 at 1620 EST. Check out all the action live on USF2000’s new Timing and Scoring page, http://usf2000.com/Multimedia/Live.aspx.

 

Official Results for the Cooper Tires Winter Fest Race #1 at Sebring International Raceway

P

No

CLS

DRIVER NAME

LAP

LAPTIME

FL

BESTIME

DIFF

GAP

LED

ST

STATUS

LSPEED

BSPEED

ELAPSED

1

2

CHP

Spencer Pigot

10

2:05.356

10

2:05.356

> 10 <

> 10 <

10

1

Active

0.000

0.000

30:52.303

2

83

CHP

Matthew Brabham

10

2:07.929

8

2:05.715

2.960

2.960

0

2

Active

0.000

0.000

30:55.263

3

3

CHP

Trent Hindman

10

2:05.221

10

2:05.221

6.539

3.579

0

4

Active

0.000

0.000

30:58.842

4

14

CHP

Scott Anderson

10

2:07.181

10

2:07.181

11.108

4.569

0

9

Active

0.000

0.000

31:03.411

5

8

CHP

Shelby Blackstock

10

2:07.235

9

2:07.225

12.211

1.103

0

14

Active

0.000

0.000

31:04.514

6

56

CHP

Matthew DiLeo

10

2:07.883

9

2:07.078

13.678

1.467

0

10

Active

0.000

0.000

31:05.981

7

38

CHP

Scott Hargrove

10

2:08.171

10

2:08.171

14.121

0.443

0

8

Active

0.000

0.000

31:06.424

8

15

CHP

Luigi Biangardi

10

2:07.412

9

2:07.388

14.242

0.121

0

6

Active

0.000

0.000

31:06.545

9

93

CHP

Zac Silver

10

2:07.389

10

2:07.389

15.006

0.764

0

7

Active

0.000

0.000

31:07.309

10

5

CHP

Dalton Kellett

10

2:07.254

10

2:07.254

15.726

0.720

0

12

Active

0.000

0.000

31:08.029

11

4

CHP

Roman Lagudi

10

2:08.904

9

2:08.484

18.819

3.093

0

11

Active

0.000

0.000

31:11.122

12

54

CHP

Michael Johnson

10

2:09.416

10

2:09.416

26.051

7.232

0

18

Active

0.000

0.000

31:18.354

13

23

CHP

Jason Wolfe

10

2:10.979

10

2:10.979

30.189

4.138

0

19

Active

0.000

0.000

31:22.492

14

6

NAT

J.R. Smart(FC)

10

2:13.866

10

2:13.866

44.604

14.415

0

15

Active

0.000

0.000

31:36.907

15

19

CHP

Neil Alberico

10

2:28.282

8

2:08.390

1:53.644

1:09.040

0

5

Active

0.000

0.000

32:45.947

16

11

CHP

Colin Thompson

10

2:08.599

10

2:08.599

1:58.492

4.848

0

13

Active

0.000

0.000

32:50.795

17

7

CHP

Thomas McGregor

8

2:07.069

8

2:07.069

> 8 <

1LAP

0

3

Active

0.000

0.000

26:46.338

18

12

NAT

James Dayson(FC)

–.—

No Time

> 0 <

8LAPS

0

20

Active

0.000

0.000

–.—

19

9

CHP

Luca Forgeois

–.—

No Time

0

17

Active

0.000

0.000

–.—

20

97

NAT

Paul Asbach(FE)

–.—

No Time

0

16

Grid

0.000

0.000

–.—

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