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MOMENTUM AND MOISTURE TAKE A HAND AS KARAM LEADS FLAG-TO-FLAG IN COMPLETING HIS IOWA HAT TRICK AT THE IOWA SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION STAR MAZDA 100 Iowa Speedway / June 23, 2012 – Starting from the pole for the third time in three years, Andretti Autosport driver Sage Karam completed his Iowa hat trick with a flag-to-flag run driving the #88 Andretti Autosport / Comfort Revolution Mazda in Round 6 of the 2012 Star Mazda Championship. The race was cut ten laps short by a combination of lightning and rain, but not before championship points leader Jack Hawksworth – who qualified on the outside of the front row and was running in third hot on the heels of the leaders – spun and crashed in Turn 4 at the three-quarter mark. |
HURTLING TOWARD A HAT TRICK – SAGE KARAM WINS THE PEAK PERFORMANCE Iowa Speedway / June 23, 2012 – After setting the fast time in practice yesterday, Nazareth, PA native Sage Karam waited patiently for a light rain shower to pass and the jet blower to dry the track before taking his #88 Andretti Autosport / Comfort Revolution Mazda out to win the PEAK Performance Pole Award for tonight's Iowa Speedway Foundation Star Mazda 100. His lap of 21.907 (146.912 mph) marks his third straight pole at this track – 2010 in USF200 and 2011 in Star Mazda. If he wins the race this evening, he will have scored a 'hat trick' in the most complete sense of the word. |
SAGE KARAM TOPS THE TIME SHEETS IN BOTH STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY PRACTICE SESSIONS FOR THIS WEEKEND'S IOWA SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION STAR MAZDA 100 Iowa Speedway / June 22, 2012 – Cranking his #88 Andretti Autosport / Comfort Revolution Mazda up another tenth (and a touch), Sage Karam, winner of last year's Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear race at Iowa Speedway, completed his domination of Friday's two practice sessions leading up to tomorrow's Iowa Speedway Foundation Star Mazda 100. His lap of 21.832 sec. (147.417 mph) in the morning was comfortably faster than the existing Star Mazda lap record of 21.933 at Iowa Speedway set by Conor Daly in 2010 – and his afternoon lap of 21.768 sec. (147.768 mph) was quicker still. |
SAGE KARAM BETTERS STAR MAZDA LAP RECORD FOR IOWA SPEEDWAY IN FIRST PRACTICE SESSION FOR THIS WEEKEND'S IOWA SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION STAR MAZDA 100 Iowa Speedway / June 22, 2012 – Sage Karam, winner of last year's Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear race at Iowa Speedway, was quickest in Friday's first practice session for this year's Iowa Speedway Foundation Star Mazda 100. His lap of 21.832 sec. (147.417 mph) in the #88 Andretti Autosport / Comfort Revolution Mazda… and interesting to note that this time, set in the first session on old tires left over from the previous oval race at the Night Before the 500, is quicker than the outright Star Mazda lap record at Iowa Speedway set by Conor Daly in 2010. |
AMERICANS RULE THE OVALS WHILE HOTSHOES FROM ACROSS THE POND LEAD THE POINTS – INTRIGUING BATTLE SHAPING UP AT THE IOWA SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION STAR MAZDA 100 Iowa Speedway / June 14, 2012 – Fresh from a victory in which he dominated the prestigious Night Before the 500 – and American drivers finished 1-2-3 – Californian Connor De Phillippi is looking to this weekend's Iowa Speedway Foundation Star Mazda 100 as a golden opportunity to level the playing field between he and arch-rival English racer Jack Hawksworth, the current Star Mazda Championship points leader. Both drivers have scored two wins, each victory coming from the pole, but Hawksworth's four podiums to De Phillippi's three have kept the Englishman in the points lead (129 vs. 117) despite finishing 7th at the Night Before the 500. |