PWC GT Qualifying Results for Round 3 at St.Petersburg Fla

The #61 Ferrari of R.Ferri Motorsport/R.Ferri Racing driven by Olivier Beretta qualified in 6th place for Saturday’s Round 3 race.

1st  Ryan Eversely, # 43 RealTime/Acura Motorsports/HPD Acura TLX-GT with a lap of 1:27.990

2nd Kevin Estre, of Lochau, Austria, # 9 K-PAX/McLaren 650S GT3  with a lap of 1:23.956

3rd Ryan Dalziel, of Windermere, FL,# 31 EFFORT Racing/World PMO/Porsche 911 GT3R with a 1:24.934

4th James Davison, of St. Petersburg, FL, # 33 AE/ReplayXD/Nissan Nismo Nissan GT-R GT3 with a 1:25.172

5th Robert Thorne, of Littleton, CO, # 6 K-PAX McLaren 650S GT3 with a 1:25.429.

 

The Round 3 GT/GTA and GT Cup presented by MOMO race from St. Petersburg is scheduled for 11:10am Eastern Saturday, March 28. Watch live streaming of the race at www.world-challengetv.com and www.torque.tv.

Mark Wilkins Qualifies 3rd in PWC GTS category at St.Petes

By PWC Series Staff
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St. Petersburg, FL – Dean Martin, of Westland, MI set the fastest lap in the 30-minute GTS qualifying session to take the Round 3 pole at the Streets of St. Petersburg, as part of the Cadillac Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. It’s Martin’s third career Pirelli World Challenge GTS pole.

Early in the session, Martin jumped to the top of the charts with a fastest lap of 1:19.304, followed by Mark Wilkins, of Toronto, ON, in the No. 38 Kinetic Motorsports/Kia Racing Kia Optima PutOnTheBrakes.Org with a 1:19.377.

The session was red flagged a few minutes later for debris in turn 1. The session resumed with 22 minutes remaining and Martin quickly bettered his time with a 1:19.001.

Spencer Pumpelly jumped ahead of Wilkins soon after with a 1:19.262 at the half way point of the session and all three remained in position when the green flag flew to close qualifying.

Rounding out the top five were Andrew Aquilante, of Chester Springs, PA in the No. 32 Calvert Dynamics/Phoenix Performance Ford Mustang Boss 302 with a 1:19.476 and Ben Clucas, of Northampton, England, in the No. 36 Kinetic Motorsports/Kia
Racing DonorsChoose.Org Kia Optima with a 1:19.620.

Results are provisional until posted final.

The Round 3 race from St. Petersburg is scheduled for 10:15am Eastern Friday, March 27. Watch live streaming of the race at www.world-challengetv.com and www.torque.tv.

Canadian Maxx Ebenal leads 2015 championship by scoring ‘Maxximum’ amount of points

PRLog (Press Release) – March 24, 2015 – REGINA, Saskatchewan — BlackArts Racing driver Maxx Ebenal arrived in China one week before the first two rounds of the 2015 Asian Formula Renault 2.0 championship ready to prove a point. He was able to prove that point by winning both rounds back to back, scoring enough points to lead the championship.

Ebenal quickly adapted to the brand new FR2.0/13 car during practice early in the week, always being at the top of the timesheet. Saturday morning started with a 25 minute qualifying session which would take the driver’s two best times to decide their starting positions for the two races. Ebenal was first out of the pits and set the fastest time within two laps. Due to a caution flag in the last corner of the track, Maxx chose to come into the pits very early in the session to save his tires for the race. While Ebenal was waiting in the pits, another driver was able to steal the fastest time by .011 of a second. Maxx decided not to go back out on track to better his qualifying time, which could consequently wear out the tires even more. At the end of qualifying, Maxx would secure a 2nd place start for race #1 and Pole position for race #2.

Saturday afternoon the grandstands were over-filled with 35,000+ fans waiting to watch the first race of the AFR season. Maxx, in his BlackArts Racing formula renault, started in second position for race #1. After the start, Maxx followed the leader around for two laps waiting for the right moment to make his move. On lap 2 of the race, Maxx was able to take advantage of the leader, who was slow out of the first corner. Once Maxx was in the lead, he was able to build a comfortable gap between himself and 2nd place, for the rest of the race. Maxx crossed the finish line in first place, earning the maiden victory of the 2015 season.
The second race of the weekend would be held late Sunday afternoon. The BlackArts Racing formula renault would start on pole position. Maxx did not have his best start, and lost the lead going into corner 1. Two corners later chaos broke out when the 4th place driver outbroke himself. “I saw a blue car in my left mirror coming up WAY too fast, so I quickly decided to slow my car and avoid the mess”, says Ebenal.
After avoiding the wreck on the first lap, Maxx was able to maintain 2nd position until a safety car was deployed on lap 3. Surprisingly, the safety car was only out for half a lap. Two laps after the safety car, Maxx made a very aggressive move into turn 7 to successfully take the lead. Maxx handled the pressure from 2nd place for the rest of the 12 lap race, ultimately crossing the finish line in 1st position.

“If I was being honest, I am a bit suprised by our results this weekend. I don’t this it has quite sunk in yet, what we have achieved, in BlackArts Racing’s debut race weekend. Even though I came into the race weekend with confidence and high expectations, I didn’t imagine winning both races. I am now even more confident in my abilities, and I am looking forward to whatever opportunites come next for me.” says Ebenal after his two wins.

Already off to a great start, Maxx is looking for more partners to join him as he battles to be the 2015 AFR Champion. The next rounds of AFR will be in Malaysia at the Sepang F1 circuit held on April 25-26/2015.
For more information on Maxx, please visit his athlete website www.maxxspeed.ca
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twitter- Maxxspeed66

Race video- http://youtu.be/4fSogG1BKB0
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