Tristan Vautier Quickest in Star Mazda Oval Test at Milwaukee

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May 23, 2011 in Motorsport

Tristan Vautier Quickest in Star Mazda Oval Test at Milwaukee

STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS LEADER TRISTAN VAUTIER QUICKEST IN SERIES OVAL TEST AT THE MIWAUKEE MILE

The Milwaukee Mile (May 21, 2011) – With the top-5 drivers on the time sheet surpassing the existing lap record, it was French racer and current points leader in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, Tristan Vautier, who turned the quickest time of the series' official oval track test this weekend at the Milwaukee Mile.

Driving the #5 JDC Motorsports / Cecibon / Circuit du Laquais Mazda, his 44th lap of the famed oval, a mile of concrete with virtually no banking, was 27.489 sec. (103.961 mph) – almost half a second faster than Richard Kent's pole time of 27.971 (128.705 mph) from the last Star Mazda race held at this track in 2009.

Vautier finished on the podium in Round 1 of the 2011 season, and won from the pole in Round 2 at Barber Motorsports Park. His first race on an oval last year, which must have come as a considerable shock after his extensive European open-wheel experience, saw him qualify 11th and finish 6th at Lucas Oil Raceway, followed by an 8th-place qualifying effort and an 8th-place finish at Iowa Speedway. Second-quick was Florida driver Nick Andries with a lap of 27.637 sec. (130.260 mph) in the Team Pelfrey / Lithionics Battery / GS610 Brake Fluid / Trademark Garage Floors Mazda. Andries' Star Mazda oval-track experience consists of the 2010 Iowa Speedway event, where he started 12th and finished 6th. This season, he is currently 5th in the championship battle, starting from the pole in Round 1 and scoring a podium finish in Round 2.

Third-fastest -- not surprisingly considering his USF2000 podium at Lucas Oil Raceway and win from the pole last year at Iowa Speedway – was 2010 USF2000 champion Sage Karam. Driving for Andretti Autosport with scholarship funding from the Mazda Road to Indy program, the young wrestler/racer who hails from the Andretti family hometown of Nazareth, PA, turned a lap of 27.709 sec. (129.922 mph) in the#88 Andretti Autosport / MAZDASPEED / Comfort Revolution Mazda.

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