F600 CHALLENGE SERIES: ROUND #2 AT ROAD AMERICA JUNE SPRINTS

F600 CHALLENGE SERIES:  ROUND #2 AT ROAD AMERICA JUNE SPRINTS

The four mile long iconic track with its long straights and fast corners makes top end speed critical.  Calvin Stewart, the high speed master in his Blade, won the pole with a 2:22.398 followed by the veteran Aaron Ellis with a 2:24.814, 3^rd Sven DeVries in the yellow Banana Boat, 4^th Barry Luterek, 5^th Carl Maier, 6^th Hunter Brayton in his brand new Wildcat, 7^th George Fox and 8^th Mo Makki with no time due to a bad axle.  In the race, Calvin did not start for religious reasons, so Aaron Ellis inherited the pole and led the whole race with Sven DeVries in 2^nd with a dragging brake caliper slowing him down; Mo Makki was 3^rd, Barry Luterek, with motor trouble, was 4^th, Hunter Brayton was 5^th and Carl Maier was 6^th.

Qualifying for the 2^nd race was based on either your qualifying time or your race time whichever was faster.  Thus Calvin Stewart retained the pole with his 2:22.398 qualifying time and since Aaron Ellis did not beat Calvin’s time in the Saturday race (2:25.335) he stood on his earlier qualifying time of 2:24.814, 3^rd was Sven DeVries, 4^th was Barry Luterek, 5^th was Carl Maier, 6^th was Hunter Brayton and 7^th was Mo Makki who had fixed his axle.  For the race on Sunday, Aaron Ellis used all of his veteran experience and stayed with Calvin Stewart and they swapped the lead several times during the race.  Aaron bettered his qualifying time by about a tenth of a second at 2:24.752 during this back and forth action.  On the last lap Aaron got ahead of Calvin but Calvin was able to draft back past Aaron to take the win by just over three tenths of a second – a good, close race.  Barry Luterek fixed his motor issue from the 1^st race and finished a fine 3^rd place, Sven DeVries was 4^th, Mo Makki was 5^th, and Carl Maier was 6^th.

After four races the points standings are as follows:

1. Aaron Ellis                       48
2. Carl Maier                       38
3. Mo Makki                       38
4. Sven DeVries                 38
5. Barry Luterek                38
6. Calvin Stewart                 14
7. Jeff Delong                     14
8. Zak Morvik                       12
9. Hunter Brayton               12

The F600 Challenge Series moves on to Round #3 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Aug. 12 -14.

We are very thankful for our valued sponsors who have made this series possible:

• Metalloid Corporation of Sturgis, Michigan (www.metalloidcorp.com )
• Shrieve Chemical Products of Houston, Texas ( www.shrieve.com )
• Hoosier Racing Tire ( www.hoosiertire.com )
• Honda Performance Development (www.hpd.honda.com/racing-line)
• Solo Performance Specialties (SPS) (www.soloperformance.com)
• Pegasus Auto Racing Supplies   (www.PegasusAutoRacing.com)
• Speed Partz   (www.speedpartz.com )
• Hawk Performance  ( www.hawkperformance.com )
• Winding Road Racing  (www.WindingRoadRacing.com )

The Formula 600 Challenge Series was developed to help promote an affordable open wheel formula car class to showcase talent without large financial race budgets. The Formula 600 open wheel cars use a 600cc motorcycle engine and a 6 speed sequential transmission revving up to 15,000 rpm with speeds in excess of 140 mph. The sound of this drive train is likened to a F1 car.

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For more information, please contact:

Jim Murphy                                           Fred Edwards                                                Carl Maier
770-861-2337                                      260-438-4295                                                972-897-9763
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