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Atlantics: Bomarito on top in Houston

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Khatir Soltani
March 26 was the final day of testing in the Formula Atlantic series, and Jonathan Bomarito closed out his first test for Mathiasen Motorsports atop the time charts at the end of two days of activity at MSR Houston.

Bomarito posted a best lap at 1:19.007 in front of second-quickest Carl Skerlong for PCM/USRT with a lap at 1:19.577.

Third quickest was Canadian James Hinchcliffe for Forsythe Racing with a lap of 1:19.695 finishing ahead of teammate David Garza with a best lap at 1:19.704. American Alan Sciuto completed the top five with a lap at 1:19.714.

Quebecer Kevin Lacroix ranked 6th overall, beating the time he set in the first day of testing.

The 35th Anniversary season of the Atlantic Championship will get underway on the weekend of April 18-20 with the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Combined time for two days:

Driver Team Time Average speed
1. Jonathan Bomarito, No. 26 Mathiasen Motorsports, 1:19.007, 109.357 mph.
2. Carl Skerlong, No. 28 PCM/USRT, 1:19.577, 108.574 mph.
3. James Hinchcliffe, No. 3 Forsythe Racing Inc., 1:19.695, 108.413 mph.
4. David Garza, No. 7 Forsythe Racing Inc., 1:19.704, 108.401 mph.
5. Alan Sciuto, No. 27 Genoa Racing, 1:19.714, 108.387 mph.
6. Kevin Lacroix, No. 25 Walker Racing, 1:19.767, 108.315 mph.
7. Junior Strous, No. 6 Condor Motorsports/Team Holland, 1:19.838, 108.219 mph.
8. Dane Cameron, No. 17 Genoa Racing, 1:19.871, 108.174 mph.
9. Greg Mansell, No. 5 Walker Racing, 1:20.062, 107.916 mph.
10. Dominick Muermans, No. 9 Condor Motorsports/Team Holland, 1:20.416, 107.441 mph.
11. Simona De Silvestro, No. 34 Newman Wachs Racing, 1:20.480, 107.356 mph.
12. Douglas Soares, No. 11 Condor Motorsport, 1:20.808, 106.920 mph.
13. Frankie Muniz, No. 29 PCM/USRT, 1:20.837, 106.882 mph.
14. Leo Mansell, No. 15 Walker Racing, 1:21.009, 106.655 mph.
15. Brett Van Blankers, No. 13 Jensen MotorSport, 1:21.248, 106.341 mph.
16. Henri Karjalainen, No. 2 Jensen MotorSport, 1:21.723, 105.723 mph.
17. Andreas Wirth, No. 88 Brooks Associates Racing, 1:22.109, 105.226 mph.
18. Simona De Silvestro (T-car), No. 36 Newman Wachs Racing, 1:24.589, 102.141 mph.
19. Markus Niemela, No. 8 Brooks Associates Racing, 1:28.527, 97.597 mph.
Khatir Soltani
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