Chaves, Orsolon Win Wild Skip Barber National Openers
Fourteen year old Gabby Chaves beat Hayden Duerson and Revere Greist in the season opener of the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda and in the weekend’s second race, Fabio Orsolon led flag-to-flag from pole in the wet over FelipePolehtto and Conor Daly. Both races ended under yellow, the first due to a misconstrued ‘‘medical’’ situation and the second because of a Turn 17 crash by third-at-the-time Chris Holmes. Two solid finishes by newcomer Felipe Polehtto – a fourth and a second, plus a pole – has him leaving Sebring with a four point lead in the standings.
Results, BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda
March 13, 2008, round 1 of 14, BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda Sebring International Raceway, 17-turn, 3.7-mile road course(Starting position in parentheses)1. (5) Gabby Chaves, Bogota, Colombia, 6 laps, 78.014 average mph2. (4) Hayden Duerson, St. Petersburg, Fla., 6 laps3. (11) Revere Greist, Madison, Wis., 64. (1) Felipe Polehtto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 65. (10) Steven McAleer, Glasgow, Scotland, 66. (9) Josef Newgarden, Henderson, Tenn., 67. (8) Michael DeNino, Gaithersburg, Md., 68. (7) A.J. Riley, Wilton, Conn., 69. (13) Nick Tonkin, Port Coquitlam, B.C., Canada., 610. (12) Fabio Orsolon, Cabo Frio, Brazil, 611. (2) Conor Daly, Noblesville, Ind., 612. 1M (20) Dom Bastien, West Palm Beach, Fla., 613. (25) Marcio Pasaneli, Manaus, Brazil, 614. (22) Jeff Oleen, Bethesda, Md., 615. (15) Hamilton Smith, West Hartford, Conn., 616. (24) Dale Kistler-Collins, Thornton, Colo., 617. (28) Ryan Booth, Coral Springs, Fla., 618. (23) Thiago Calvet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 619. 2M (17) Peter Tucker, Dallas, Texas, 620. (14) Tyler Schaal, Sioux Falls, S.D., 621. (21) Eoin Ryan, Ireland, 622. (16) Dex Tuttle, Charlotte, N.C., 623. (3) Conner De Phillippi, San Clemente, Calif., 624. 3M (26) Jose Polido, Bogota, Colombia, 625. (27) Andre Polido, Bogota, Colombia, 626. (6) Chris Holmes, West Yorkshire, England, 3 (accident)27. (19) Lee Carpentier, New Canaan, Conn., 3 (accident)28. (18) Mark Bumgarner, Asheboro, N.C., 3 (accident)
Race length: 6 laps of 3.7-mile, 17-turn road course for 22.2 milesTime of race: 17 minutes, 04.430 secondsConditions: Sunny and warmMargin of victory: Finished under yellowLap leaders: Polehtto 1 - 4; Chaves 5 - 6Cautions: One, for two laps (5 - 6)Fastest qualifier: Polehtto, 2:22.995 / 93.150 mphFastest race lap: Greist, 2:23.947 / 92.534 mph, lap 3
March 14, 2008, round 2 of 14, BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda Sebring International Raceway, 17-turn, 3.7-mile road course(Starting position in parentheses)1. (1) Fabio Orsolon, Cabo Frio, Brazil, 8 laps, 65.801 average mph2. (5) Felipe Polehtto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8 laps3. (7) Conor Daly, Noblesville, Ind., 84. (4) Michael DeNino, Gaithersburg, Md., 85. (10) Revere Greist, Madison, Wis., 86. (14) Hayden Duerson, St. Petersburg, Fla., 87. (2) Josef Newgarden, Henderson, Tenn., 88. (16) Marcio Pasaneli, Manaus, Brazil, 89. (18) Jeff Oleen, Bethesda, Md., 810. (9) A.J. Riley, Wilton, Conn., 811. (13) Ryan Booth, Coral Springs, Fla., 812. (3) Hamilton Smith, West Hartford, Conn., 813. (22) Dale Kistler-Collins, Thornton, Colo., 814. (11) Nick Tonkin, Port Coquitlam, B.C., Canada., 815. (25) Lee Carpentier, New Canaan, Conn., 816. (17) Mark Bumgarner, Asheboro, N.C., 817. 1M (21) Peter Tucker, Dallas, Texas, 818. 2M (19) Dom Bastien, West Palm Beach, Fla., 819. (12) Tyler Schaal, Sioux Falls, S.D., 820. (23) Thiago Calvet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 821. (24) Dex Tuttle, Charlotte, N.C., 822. (27) Andre Polido, Bogota, Colombia, 823. (20) Eoin Ryan, Ireland, 724. (8) Chris Holmes, West Yorkshire, England, 5 (accident)25. (15) Steven McAleer, Glasgow, Scotland, 5 (cut tire)26. (6) Conner De Phillippi, San Clemente, Calif., 1 (accident)27. 3M (26) Jose Polido, Bogota, Colombia, 1 (retired)Race length: 8 laps of 3.7-mile, 17-turn road course for 29.6 miles
Time of race: 26 minutes, 59.420 secondsConditions: RainMargin of victory: Finished under yellowLap leaders: Orsolon 1 - 8Cautions: One, for two laps (7 - 8)Fastest qualifier: Orsolon, 2:21.041 / 94.441 mph (R)Fastest race lap: Newgarden, 2:48.448 / 79.075 mph, lap 6
2008 Skip Barber National points standings after 2 of 14 rounds, top 15 drivers:1. Felipe Polehtto, 612. Fabio Orsolon, 573. Hayden Duerson 574. Revere Greist, 565. Michael DeNino, 526. Conor Daly, 507. Josef Newgarden, 498. A.J. Riley, 449. Marcio Pasaneli, 4110. Nick Tonki, 3911. Jeff Oleen, 3912. Gabby Chaves, 3513. Hamilton Smith, 3514. Ryan Booth, 3415. Dale Kistler-Collins- Rick Roso
