Rounds 5 and 6 of the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazdaproved to be a thrilling race weekend at Virginia International Raceway. Both races had intense battles forthe lead positions and the last laps of both races brought epic shuffles in the field.

Several drivers came into the race weekend with struggles behind the scenes to overcome. In a SkipBarber Regional Finale race in Sebring two weeks ago, Dennis Trebing broke a bone in his hand andentered the race weekend with a temporary cast. The cast did little to impede his performance, placing inthe top five for both lapping sessions, the practice session, and both qualifying sessions. English driversDaniel Lloyd and Isaac Lyons were stranded overseas due to the Icelandic volcano ash still in theEuropean skies. Daniel Lloyd and his father managed to book flights to America, only to almost misstheir flight due to a traffic accident. Isaac Lyons made it to the track in time for the first qualifyingsession, only to have the airlines lose his luggage (which was eventually found). Despite the loss of tracktime and the less than ideal travel schedule Lyons qualified in the sixth position for round five.

Round 5Dennis Trebing clinched the pole position for round five after an intense qualifying session that saw thepole position change hands several times. In typical Skip Barber National fashion the battle at the front ofthe pack was intense with no less than nine cars in the lead group. Five drivers officially lead at the stripewith Dennis Trebing leading six times at the line and Spencer Pigot, Ashley Freiberg, Mukul Sud, andIsaac Lyons all taking turns at the point.

Spencer Pigot started the last lap in the third position. In the famous Oak Tree corner, theMAZDASPEED Motorsports Development driver moved past Sud to assume second as the field enteredthe long back straight for the final time. Pigot then gave chase to Trebing and took the lead into turnfourteen with a solid breaking maneuver and went unchallenged to the stripe to claim his second win ofthe season. Ashley Freiberg, the recently crowned Skip Barber Southern Series Champion had anincredibly strong run, leading one lap, and ultimately finishing in the second spot. Rookie Scott Andersonturned in his best performance of the season running in the lead pack the entire race, scoring his firstpodium finish with a third place result. Pole sitter Trebing was running second in the final lap when hewas forced off course and finished tenth. Brandon Newey gained the most ground, running consistentlythrough the race and impressively fighting his way up from eleventh to fifth. Ultimately, there were fiverace leaders with Pigot taking home the race win.

Round 6The Skip Barber National Championship drivers were greeted by a damp but drying Virginia InternationalRaceway for the round six qualifying session. Round five winner Spencer Pigot made the most of thechanging conditions claiming his second pole of the season. Two rookies put in impressive qualifyingruns with Brandon Newey claiming second and Scott Anderson third.

With clear skies and a dry track, the field took the green for round six. Pigot lead from the pole into turnone and was immediately challenged by fellow MAZDASPEED driver Felix Serralles for the top position.By mid race Isaac Lyons moved to the front and lead laps four and five. The top seven cars ran nose totail the entire race with all the drivers racing clean for the length of the race. Pigot moved back to thepoint on lap five and lead until the penultimate lap. On the final lap Luis Michael Dörrbecker, who hadbeen stalking the leaders from fifth, moved into the lead for the first time of the race. In turn ten contactbetween the second place car of Spencer Pigot and third place car of Nick Andries gave Dörrbecker justenough gap to hang onto the lead down the long VIR back straight. Dörrbecker, who started seventh,scored his first ever Skip Barber National victory. Felix Serralles and Nick Andreas rounded out theround six podium.

OFFICIAL RESULTS BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by MazdaApril 24, 2010, Round 5 of 14, Virginia International Raceway, 20 turn, 3.27 mile road course(Starting position in parentheses)1. (4) Spencer Pigot, Windermere, Fla., 11 laps2. (3) Ashley Freiberg, Homer Glen, Ill., 113. (5) Scott Anderson, Fort Collins, Colo., 114. (8) Luis Michael Dörrbecker, Mexico, 115. (11) Brandon Newey, Indianapolis, Ind., 116. (6) Isaac Lyons, Northern Ireland, 117. (7) Nick Andries, Pinellas Park, Fla., 118. (1) Dennis Trebing, Cape Coral, Fla., 119. (9) Mukul Sud, India, 1110. (2) Felix Serralles, Haines City, Fla., 1111. (10) Daniel Lloyd, England, 1112. (12) Brian Cook, Northampton, Mass. S, 11Race length: 11 laps of 3.27-mile road courseTime of race: 25 minutesConditions: Dry and cloudyMargin of victory: 0.257 sec.Lap leaders: Dennis Trebing 1-4; Ashley Freiberg 5; Trebing 6; Freiberg 7; Spencer Pigot 8; Isaac Lyons9; Freiberg 10; Pigot 11Cautions: NoneFastest qualifier: Dennis Trebing 2:12.874 / 88.959 mphFastest race lap: Serralles, 2:07.784 / 92.124 mph; Lap 5

OFFICIAL RESULTS BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by MazdaApril 25, 2010 Round 6 of 14, Virginia International Raceway, 3.27-mile, 20-turn road course(starting position in parenthesis)1. (7) Luis Michael Dörrbecker, Mexico, 82. (4) Felix Serralles, Haines City, Fla., 83. (8) Nick Andries, Pinellas Park, Fla., 84. (10) Isaac Lyons, Northern Ireland, 85. (9) Ashley Freiberg, Homer Glen, Ill., 86. (3) Scott Anderson, Fort Collins, Colo., 87. (2) Brandon Newey, Indianapolis, Ind., 88. (1) Spencer Pigot, Windermere, Fla., 89. (5) Dennis Trebing, Cape Coral, Fla., 810. (6) Daniel Lloyd, England, 811. (11) Mukul Sud, India, 812. (12) Brian Cook - S, Northampton, Mass., 8Race length: 8 laps of 3.27-mile road courseTime of race: 25 minutesConditions: Dry, windy and sunnyMargin of victory: 0.834 sec.Cautions: NoneFastest qualifier: Spencer Pigot, 2:22.551 / 82.581 mphFastest race lap: Serralles, 2:07.784 / 92.124 mph; Lap 5

2010 Skip Barber National points standings after 6 of 14 rounds, top 10 drivers:1. Spencer Pigot, 189 points2. Isaac Lyons, 1743. Dennis Trebing, 164-. Nick Andries, 1644. Felix Serralles, 1605. Ashley Freiberg, 1546. Luis Michael Dörrbecker 1507. Daniel Lloyd, 1319. Mukul Sud, 12610. Brandon Newey, 125

2010 Skip Barber Cup points standings after 4 of 14 rounds, top 5 drivers:1. Jim Norman, 1342. Brian Cook, 703. Brian Skinner, 654. John Giddens, 585. Al Carter 35