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DE PHILLIPPI WINS STAR MAZDA SEASON FINALE, VAUTIER WINS 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP Mazda Raceway / September 18, 2011 -- Leading the entire way from the pole, Team Pelfrey racer Connor De Phillippi, of San Clemente, CA, won his fourth race of the season driving the #11 Team Pelfrey / Justice Brothers Products / Trademark Garage Floors Mazda in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. JCD Motorsports driver Tristan Vautier, of Grenoble, France, who led the championship since the first of his four victories - in Round 2 at Barber Motorsports Park - finished 5th in the #5 JDC Motorsports / Cecibon / Circuit du Laquais Mazda, scoring enough points to win the 2011 championship and the Mazda Road to Indy scholarship to race in the 2012 Indy Lights series. |
AND THE SECOND SHALL BE FIRST, PART II – CONNOR DE PHILLIPPI ON POLE FOR THE STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONHSIP SEASON FINALE TODAY AT MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca / September 18, 2011 – Following up on his quick time in Friday practice Team Pelfrey driver Connor De Phillippi, currently second in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear points battle with three wins – scored his second pole of the season with a lap of 1:20.546 in his #11 Team Pelfrey / Justice Brothers Products / Trademark Garage Floors Mazda. De Phillippi, the only driver standing between points leader Tristan Vautier and the championship - turned the quick time on Lap 7 of the 45-minute qualifying session and was the only driver to break into the .20s. |
AND THE SECOND SHALL BE FIRST – CONNOR DE PHILLIPPI QUICKEST IN STAR MAZDA FRIDAY OFFICIAL PRACTICE FOR THE 2011 SEASON FINALE AT MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca / September 16, 2011 – Team Pelfrey driver Connor De Phillippi, currently second in the 2011 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear points battle with three wins – and the only driver standing between points leader Tristan Vautier and the championship - turned the quick time in today's first official practice sessions for this weekend's season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. De Phillippi, quick during most of the session, topped the time sheet with a 1:20.700 in his #11 Team Pelfrey / Justice Brothers Products / Trademark Garage Floors Mazda. |
JOÃO VICTOR HORTO QUICKEST IN BOTH THURSDAY STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca / September 15, 2011 – Juncos Racing driver João Victor Horto, winner of Round 6 at Mosport, was quickest in both Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear promoter test sessions today at Mazda Raceway. His quickest lap – and everyone's quickest lap for that matter -- came in the afternoon session, a 1:21.198, in the #7 Juncos Racing / Programa Leilões Mazda. |
THREE OF FOUR SERIES TITLES STILL UP FOR GRABS AS THE STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP HEADS TO THE 2011 SEASON FINALE AT MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA Continuing a battle they began last year, championship leader Tristan Vautier and Connor De Phillippi are the only two drivers still in the hunt for the overall series championship and the 2012 Indy Lights ride that comes with it, a much-coveted prize funded by a scholarship from the Mazda Road to Indy driver development program. Vautier, from Grenoble, France, leads the battle 392 points vs. 354 for Connor De Phillippi of San Clemente, CA. With 46 points available (44 for first, 1 for pole and 1 for fastest race lap), De Phillippi will need not only to drive the race of his life, but will need to have some serious bad luck befall his adversary… but anyone who has been in racing long enough knows that the oddest things happen in the last race with the championship on the line. |