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Friday at New Jersey Motorsports Park - The Road to Indy goes testing…
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On this Saturday and Sunday New Jersey Motorsports Park will host USF2000 and Indy Pro 2000 for Season Rounds 14, 15 and 16 of each series.
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Today, both series rented the Thunderbolt track at NJMP to do 2 series tests apiece, in order to be truly proficient for the race weekend. We have the results of this testing here. We have COMBINED the two tests for each series, starting with the kids from USF2000:
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Here is the order of speed for the USF2000 tests COMBINED, with times for the TOP FIVE: [R] denotes rookie; the driver’s best session is in ( )
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1 - Josh Green, Turn 3 Motorsports - time of 01:18.5101s for a speed of 98.128mph (2)
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2 - Yuven Sundaramoorthy, Pabst Racing - time of 01:18.7722s for a speed of 97.801mph (1)
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3 - Spike Kohlbecker [R], Ignite Autosport w/ Cape Motorsports - time of 01:18.8408s for a speed of 97.716mph (2)
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4 - Kiko Porto, DEForce Racing - time of 01:18.8868s for a speed of 97.659mph (2)
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5 - Michael d’Orlando, Cape Motorsports - time of 01:18.9013s for a speed of 97.641mph (2)
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6 - Nolan Siegel, DEForce Racing (2)
7 - Prescott Campbell, DEForce Racing (2)
8 - Christian Brooks, Exclusive Autosport (1)
9 - Dylan Christie [R], Turn 3 Motorsports (2)
10 - Jace Denmark [R], Pabst Racing (1)
11 - Elysiah Navarro [R], DEForce Racing (2)
12 - Thomas Nepveu [R], Cape Motorsports (2)
13 - Myles Rowe [R], Force Indy (2)
14 - Christian Weir [R], Turn 3 Motorsports (2)
15 - Josh Pierson, Pabst Racing (2)
16 - Billy Frazer [R], Exclusive Autosport (2)
17 - Evan Stamer [R], Ignite Autosport w/ Cape Motorsports (2)
18 - Bijoy Garg, Jay Howard Driver Development (2)
19 - Peter Vodanovich [R], Jay Howard Driver Development (2)
20 - Michael Myers, Michael Myers Racing (2)
21 - Trey Burke [R], Joe Dooling Autosports (1)
22 - Kent Vaccaro [R], Miller Vinatieri Motorsports (2)
23 - Nathan Byrd [R], Legacy Autosport (2)
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Notable:
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The fast guys here were also the fast guys at the triple header at Mid-Ohio - the last series races. Kiko Porto, Michael d’Orlando and Yuven Sundaramoorthy are 1,2 3 in the points, while Josh Green already has 6 TOP FIVES on the season and Spike Kohlbecker shows better with every race weekend.
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Notably absent, however, is Simon Sikes. The TEAM USA Scholarship alum was on all three podiums at Mid-Ohio, but Legacy Autosport is only fielding Nathan Byrd this weekend.
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We are surprised at the rather lackluster showing of Josh Pierson. The 15-year-old is much quicker than this.
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Most of the drivers were faster in the afternoon session.
Simon Sikes - AWOL
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Josh Pierson - out to lunch
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Josh Green - another Team USA Scholarship alum
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