Rookie Dane Cameron, driving for Genoa Racing, posted the quickest lap in the first day of Spring Training at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the Atlantic Championship.
It was Cameron's first test day with the Genoa Racing operation, as the 2007 Star Mazda champion joined the team for spring training after the original Atlantic team with which he signed for 2008, Sierra Sierra Enterprises, elected to discontinue its Atlantic program.
Carl Skerlong finished the day in second place; the second-year Atlantic driver will be working with Atlantic championship-winning engineer Burke Harrison during the 2008 season.
Posting an impressive third-quickest time in his first test of the year was Dutchman Junior Strous with a lap at 1:16.580 in the No. 6 Condor Motorsports car.
Fourth quickest on the day was Canadian racer Daniel Morad in the No. 70 Eurointernational machine. Morad won the 2007 Formula BMW USA title and will be a rookie in the 2008 Atlantic season. Third-year Atlantic driver James Hinchcliffe (No. 3 Forsythe Racing Inc.) was fifth.
Combined Times and Speeds from Day 1 of Spring Training:
Name Team Time
Dane Cameron, No. 17 Genoa Racing, 1:16.465, 105.366 mph.
Carl Skerlong, No. 28 PCM/USRT, 1:16.492, 105.329 mph.
Junior Strous, No. 6 Condor Motorsports/Team Holland, 1:16.580, 105.208 mph.
Daniel Morad (R), No. 70 Eurointernational, 1:16.958, 104.691 mph.
James Hinchcliffe, No. 3 Forsythe Racing Inc., 1:16.969, 104.676 mph.
Jonathan Summerton (R), No. 36 Newman Wachs Racing, 1:16.983, 104.657 mph.
Kevin Lacroix, No. 25 Walker Racing, 1:17.142, 104.441 mph.
Greg Mansell (R), No. 5 Walker Racing, 1:17.232, 104.319 mph.
Edoardo Piscopo (R), No. 16 Eurointernational, 1:17.244, 104.303 mph.
David Garza, No. 7 Forsythe Racing Inc., 1:17.411, 104.478 mph.
Markus Niemela (R), No. 11 Brooks Associates Racing, 1:17.618, 103.801 mph.
Simona De Silvestro, No. 34 Newman Wachs Racing, 1:17.874, 103.459 mph.
Alan Sciuto, No. 26 Mathiasen Motorsports, 1:18.170, 103.068 mph.
Leo Mansell (R), No. 15 Walker Racing, 1:18.558, 102.559 mph.
Adrien Herberts, No. 45 Paladin Motorsports, 1:18.594, 102.512 mph.
Dominick Muermans (R), Condor Motorsports/Team Holland, 1:18.643, 102.448 mph.
Frankie Muniz, No. 29 PCM/USRT, 1:18.662, 102.423 mph.
Imran Husain, No. 37 Genoa Racing, 1:21.844, 98.441 mph.
It was Cameron's first test day with the Genoa Racing operation, as the 2007 Star Mazda champion joined the team for spring training after the original Atlantic team with which he signed for 2008, Sierra Sierra Enterprises, elected to discontinue its Atlantic program.
Carl Skerlong finished the day in second place; the second-year Atlantic driver will be working with Atlantic championship-winning engineer Burke Harrison during the 2008 season.
Posting an impressive third-quickest time in his first test of the year was Dutchman Junior Strous with a lap at 1:16.580 in the No. 6 Condor Motorsports car.
Fourth quickest on the day was Canadian racer Daniel Morad in the No. 70 Eurointernational machine. Morad won the 2007 Formula BMW USA title and will be a rookie in the 2008 Atlantic season. Third-year Atlantic driver James Hinchcliffe (No. 3 Forsythe Racing Inc.) was fifth.
Combined Times and Speeds from Day 1 of Spring Training:
Name Team Time
Dane Cameron, No. 17 Genoa Racing, 1:16.465, 105.366 mph.
Carl Skerlong, No. 28 PCM/USRT, 1:16.492, 105.329 mph.
Junior Strous, No. 6 Condor Motorsports/Team Holland, 1:16.580, 105.208 mph.
Daniel Morad (R), No. 70 Eurointernational, 1:16.958, 104.691 mph.
James Hinchcliffe, No. 3 Forsythe Racing Inc., 1:16.969, 104.676 mph.
Jonathan Summerton (R), No. 36 Newman Wachs Racing, 1:16.983, 104.657 mph.
Kevin Lacroix, No. 25 Walker Racing, 1:17.142, 104.441 mph.
Greg Mansell (R), No. 5 Walker Racing, 1:17.232, 104.319 mph.
Edoardo Piscopo (R), No. 16 Eurointernational, 1:17.244, 104.303 mph.
David Garza, No. 7 Forsythe Racing Inc., 1:17.411, 104.478 mph.
Markus Niemela (R), No. 11 Brooks Associates Racing, 1:17.618, 103.801 mph.
Simona De Silvestro, No. 34 Newman Wachs Racing, 1:17.874, 103.459 mph.
Alan Sciuto, No. 26 Mathiasen Motorsports, 1:18.170, 103.068 mph.
Leo Mansell (R), No. 15 Walker Racing, 1:18.558, 102.559 mph.
Adrien Herberts, No. 45 Paladin Motorsports, 1:18.594, 102.512 mph.
Dominick Muermans (R), Condor Motorsports/Team Holland, 1:18.643, 102.448 mph.
Frankie Muniz, No. 29 PCM/USRT, 1:18.662, 102.423 mph.
Imran Husain, No. 37 Genoa Racing, 1:21.844, 98.441 mph.