Peter Dempsey, quickly earning the nickname 'the Irish Steamroller,' rolled to his fourth victory in the last five races with a lucky but dominant win in Race 2 / Round 10 of the Star Mazda Championship at New Jersey Motorsports Park.
The driver of the #21 car previously won three races back-to-back at Road America, Trois Rivieres and Mosport. Finishing second after battling through a weekend informed almost exclusively by bad luck was Louisiana racer Alex Ardoin, driving the #51 Mazda. Coming home third, despite fighting a bad cold that saw him collapse on the podium, was the winner of Saturday's Round 1 / Race 9, American John Edwards in the #7 car. Another driver overcoming adversity to win this weekend was Expert Series (driver 30 to 44) victor Chris Cumming, who retired the #16 car with just four laps into Saturday's race, but brought it home first in class today. The winner in the Master Series (drivers 45 and older) was Chuck Hulse, who repeated his victory of yesterday in the #12 Mazda. Next race will be in Road America, on October 3rd. It will be the next to last race of the 2008 Star Mazda Championship. Round Nine and Ten - Star Mazda Championship New Jersey Motorsports Park Round Ten Qualifying Pos No. Name Best Tm Best Spd In Lap Diff 1 7 John Edwards 1:15.167 104.264 12 - 2 20 Joel Miller 1:15.240 104.163 10 0.073 3 21 Peter Dempsey 1:15.340 104.024 9 0.173 4 51 Alex Ardoin 1:15.915 103.237 7 0.748 5 31 Valle Makela 1:16.182 102.875 6 1.015 6 77 Charles Hall 1:16.184 102.872 9 1.017 7 5 Tom Gladdis 1:16.298 102.718 9 1.131 ... 14 16 Chris Cumming 1:17.586 101.013 13 2.419 ... 18 12 Chuck Hulse 1:18.030 100.438 7 2.863 ... Round Ten Race Pos No. Name Laps Total Tm Diff Best Tm Best Spd 1 21 Peter Dempsey 32 41:23.080 - 1:16.415 102.561 2 51 Alex Ardoin 32 41:37.740 14.660 1:16.674 102.215 3 7 John Edwards 32 41:54.125 31.045 1:16.322 102.686 4 20 Joel Miller 32 41:54.661 31.581 1:16.456 102.506 5 77 Charles Hall 32 42:01.160 38.080 1:17.426 101.222 ... 10 16 Chris Cumming 32 42:27.545 1:04.465 1:17.818 100.712 ... 13 5 Tom Gladdis 32 42:29.336 1:06.256 1:16.583 102.336 ... 15 12 Chuck Hulse 31 41:25.244 1 Lap 1:18.396 99.969 ... Recent Articles
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