At the New Jersey Motorsports Park's Thunderbolt Raceway, Carl Skerlong claimed his first career Atlantic Series victory in the inaugural Mazda Formula X. He was the sixth different winner in nine Atlantic races this season.
Driving for Pacific Coast Motorsports, Skerlong led every session in which he participated throughout the weekend. He earned the maximum number of championship points (34) from the weekend, taking bonus points for being the fastest qualifier in both qualifying sessions and also earning a bonus point for turning the race's fastest lap in addition to his 31 points for the victory under hot and humid conditions. He led every lap to win by 2.464 seconds ahead of Brooks Associates Racing's Markus Niemela.
Newman-Wachs Racing's Jonathan Summerton earned his third consecutive podium result with a third-place. It was also the American's fourth podium in the last five races and was his seventh result of sixth or better of the season.
Canadian driver Kevin Lacroix picked up his second top-four result in his past three starts with a fourth-place run for Walker Racing. Lacroix also finished fourth in Round 7 at Road America last month and the best result of his season to date was a third-place performance in April's season-opener at Long Beach.
Dutch racer Junior Strous completed the top five Condor Motorsports/Team Holland. It was the second consecutive top-five result of the year for Strous and was his fourth top five of the season overall.
Driving for Pacific Coast Motorsports, Skerlong led every session in which he participated throughout the weekend. He earned the maximum number of championship points (34) from the weekend, taking bonus points for being the fastest qualifier in both qualifying sessions and also earning a bonus point for turning the race's fastest lap in addition to his 31 points for the victory under hot and humid conditions. He led every lap to win by 2.464 seconds ahead of Brooks Associates Racing's Markus Niemela.
Newman-Wachs Racing's Jonathan Summerton earned his third consecutive podium result with a third-place. It was also the American's fourth podium in the last five races and was his seventh result of sixth or better of the season.
Canadian driver Kevin Lacroix picked up his second top-four result in his past three starts with a fourth-place run for Walker Racing. Lacroix also finished fourth in Round 7 at Road America last month and the best result of his season to date was a third-place performance in April's season-opener at Long Beach.
Dutch racer Junior Strous completed the top five Condor Motorsports/Team Holland. It was the second consecutive top-five result of the year for Strous and was his fourth top five of the season overall.