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A TWO MAN WAR NO MORE – CHILEAN RACER MARTIN SCUNCIO SCORES HIS FIRST-EVER STAR MAZDA VICTORY WITH A WIN FROM THE OUTSIDE POLE IN RACE 2 AT BARBER Barber Motorsports Park / April 1, 2012 – For a while, a little while, it looked as though the 2012 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear was shaping up to be a two-man war, between Californian Connor De Phillippi, now in his third season of Star Mazda competition, and English racer Jack Hawksworth, a hungry rookie with a very heavy right foot. De Phillippi won Race 1 in the St. Pete season-opener last weekend; Hawksworth won Race 2, and followed that up with a dominant win in Race 1 at the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama earlier today. So there was every reason to believe one of the two would win Race 2 this afternoon. |
BACK-TO-BACK HAWKS – ENGLISH ROOKIE JACK HAWKSWORTH WINS SECOND STAR MAZDA RACE IN A ROW WITH A DOMINANT FLAG-TO-FLAG RUN IN RACE 1 AT BARBER Barber Motorsports Park / April 1, 2012 – Englishman Jack Hawksworth, fresh off a win from the pole in Race 2 of the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear season opener at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg last weekend, has won his second race in a row – from the pole – in today's Star Mazda Race 1. Driving his #82 Team Pelfrey / TORGOEN Swiss Watches / EXA Networks Mazda, Hawksworth (black suit) crossed the finish line 6.9 second ahead of 2nd-place finisher Sage Karam (orange / white) in the #88 Andretti Autosport / Comfort Revolution Mazda. This was his first podium of the season after winning two races last year but getting off to a rocky start with mechanical problems in Round 1 at St. Pete. |
HAWKSWORTH WINS SECOND PEAK PERFORMANCE POLE AWARD IN A ROW WITH Barber Motorsports Park / March 30, 2012 – Englishman Jack Hawksworth, fresh off a win from the pole in Race 2 of the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear season opener at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg last weekend, has won his second PEAK Performance Pole Award in a row with a split-second effort on a soaking wet track here at Barber Motorsports Park. Driving the #82 Team Pelfrey / TORGOEN Swiss Watches / EXA Networks Mazda amid a flock of rooster-tails, he took the premium starting spot on the gird – if there can be said to be such a thing under these conditions – by a mere 93/100ths of a second over Martin Scuncio in the #22 Juncos Racing / Pullman Bus Mazda. |
BACK AND FORTH BATTLE BETWEEN HAWKSWORTH AND DE PHILLIPPI CONTINUES IN THURSDAY'S TWO STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP PRACTICE SESSIONS AT THE INDY GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA Barber Motorsports Park / March 29, 2012 – The first two Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear practice sessions on Thursday presented a replay of the battle between Connor De Phillippi and Jack Hawksworth that defined the season-opener at last weekend's Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. De Phillippi won Race 1 of the weekend's double-header, while Hawksworth won Race 2. Both won from the pole. |
EXPERIENCE vs. HUNGER – THE BATTLE FOR THE 2012 STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY GOODYEAR COMES TO THE INDY GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA FOR ROUND 2 THIS WEEKEND Barber Motorsports Park / March 28, 2012 – The battle for the 2012 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear has been well and truly joined, and it seems to be shaping up as a battle between experience and hunger, between drivers who have a season or two of experience in Star Mazda vs. hungry young rookies with raw speed and a willingness to push the envelope right to the ripping point. |