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 PosNo.NameBest TmBest SpdIn LapDiff 17John Edwards1:15.167104.26412 -220Joel Miller1:15.240104.163100.073321Peter Dempsey1:15.340104.02490.173451Alex Ardoin1:15.915103.23770.748531Valle Makela1:16.182102.87561.015677Charles Hall1:16.184102.87291.01775Tom Gladdis1:16.298102.71891.131...1416Chris Cumming1:17.586101.013132.419...1812Chuck Hulse1:18.030100.43872.863... Round Ten Race
PosNo.NameLapsTotal TmDiffBest TmBest Spd 121Peter Dempsey3241:23.080- 1:16.415102.561251Alex Ardoin3241:37.74014.6601:16.674102.21537John Edwards3241:54.12531.0451:16.322102.686420Joel Miller3241:54.66131.5811:16.456102.506577Charles Hall3242:01.16038.0801:17.426101.222...1016Chris Cumming3242:27.5451:04.4651:17.818100.712...135Tom Gladdis3242:29.3361:06.2561:16.583102.336...1512Chuck Hulse3141:25.2441 Lap1:18.39699.969...
New Jersey Motorsports Park
Round Ten Qualifying PosNo.NameBest TmBest SpdIn LapDiff 17John Edwards1:15.167104.26412 -220Joel Miller1:15.240104.163100.073321Peter Dempsey1:15.340104.02490.173451Alex Ardoin1:15.915103.23770.748531Valle Makela1:16.182102.87561.015677Charles Hall1:16.184102.87291.01775Tom Gladdis1:16.298102.71891.131...1416Chris Cumming1:17.586101.013132.419...1812Chuck Hulse1:18.030100.43872.863... Round Ten Race
PosNo.NameLapsTotal TmDiffBest TmBest Spd 121Peter Dempsey3241:23.080- 1:16.415102.561251Alex Ardoin3241:37.74014.6601:16.674102.21537John Edwards3241:54.12531.0451:16.322102.686420Joel Miller3241:54.66131.5811:16.456102.506577Charles Hall3242:01.16038.0801:17.426101.222...1016Chris Cumming3242:27.5451:04.4651:17.818100.712...135Tom Gladdis3242:29.3361:06.2561:16.583102.336...1512Chuck Hulse3141:25.2441 Lap1:18.39699.969...