Anders Krohn tops opening Star Mazda practice
Rounding out the top-5 were Brazilian Caio Lara with a 1:12.545 (89.324 mph) lap in the #19 JDC Motorsports / MLD / ATW Mazda and Richard Kent, who had a disastrous outing at Sebring when a driveshaft on his #33 Team GDT / Traka Mazda broke on the reconnaissance lap, leaving him stranded by the side of the track while the rest of the field took the green. He led early in the session and ultimately would up with a 5th-fast lap of 1:12.662 (89.180).
MAZDASPEED Motorsports Driver Development Ladder scholarship winner Connor De Phillippi was 6th fast in the #11 JDC Motorsports / MAZDASPEED Motorsports / Skip Barber Mazda and the quickest of the trio of local drivers was St. Petersburg College student Nick Andries, who turned the 11th-fast lap of 1:13.574 mph (88.075 mph) in the #81 Andersen Racing / Team Pelfrey / Tampa Bay Auto Museum Mazda.
With a 17th-fast lap of 1:14.596 (86.868 mph), the quickest Expert Series (drivers 30-44 years old) racer was Californian Patrick O'Neill, making his first start of the season in the #64 / JDC Motorsports / O'Neill Construction Mazda. The fastest Master Series (drivers 45 and older) driver, with a 22nd-fast lap of 1:16.611 (84.583 mph) was Puerto Rico racer Carlos Conde in the #31 Team GDT / Pronto-GMT / Olympus Securities Mazda.
Results
Pos |
No. | Name | Best Tm | Best Speed | In Lap | Diff | Gap |
1 | 47 | Anders Krohn | 1:11.798 | 90.253 | 23 | – | – |
2 | 38 | Tristan Vautier | 1:11.812 | 90.236 | 26 | 0.014 | 0.014 |
3 | 9 | Jorge Goncalvez | 1:12.329 | 89.591 | 27 | 0.531 | 0.517 |
4 | 19 | Caio Lara | 1:12.545 | 89.324 | 21 | 0.747 | 0.216 |
5 | 33 | Richard Kent | 1:12.662 | 89.180 | 15 | 0.864 | 0.117 |
6 | 11 | Connor De Phillippi | 1:12.882 | 88.911 | 27 | 1.084 | 0.220 |
7 | 17 | Mikael Grenier | 1:12.888 | 88.904 | 18 | 1.090 | 0.006 |
8 | 22 | Conor Daly | 1:12.915 | 88.871 | 20 | 1.117 | 0.027 |
9 | 27 | Court Vernon | 1:13.011 | 88.754 | 21 | 1.213 | 0.096 |
10 | 18 | Joao Horto | 1:13.083 | 88.666 | 27 | 1.285 | 0.072 |
11 | 81 | Nick Andries | 1:13.574 | 88.075 | 26 | 1.776 | 0.491 |
12 | 66 | Rusty Mitchell | 1:13.583 | 88.064 | 17 | 1.785 | 0.009 |
13 | 28 | Juan Piedrahita | 1:13.841 | 87.756 | 18 | 2.043 | 0.258 |
14 | 13 | Michael Furfari | 1:13.851 | 87.744 | 27 | 2.053 | 0.010 |
15 | 85 | Chris Miller | 1:13.944 | 87.634 | 28 | 2.146 | 0.093 |
16 | 16 | David Ostella | 1:13.944 | 87.634 | 26 | 2.146 | |
17 | 64 | Patrick O'Neill | 1:14.596 | 86.868 | 27 | 2.798 | 0.652 |
18 | 25 | Tatiana Calderon | 1:14.963 | 86.443 | 20 | 3.165 | 0.367 |
19 | 94 | Hayden Duerson | 1:15.211 | 86.158 | 27 | 3.413 | 0.248 |
20 | 20 | Carlos Linares | 1:15.280 | 86.079 | 22 | 3.482 | 0.069 |
21 | 65 | JW Roberts | 1:15.777 | 85.514 | 26 | 3.979 | 0.497 |
22 | 31 | Carlos Conde | 1:16.611 | 84.583 | 25 | 4.813 | 0.834 |
23 | 23 | Walt Bowlin | 1:17.504 | 83.609 | 22 | 5.706 | 0.893 |
After a final practice session this afternoon, Star Mazda Championship qualifying takes place from 8:50 – 9:35 am Saturday, March 27, with the 45-minute race scheduled to take the green light at 11:50 am Sunday, March 28.