It was all Trent Walko and the Global Racing Team in F2000 qualifying as he dominated the session with a time of 2:14.697 shattering the old 2010, 2:15.271 qualifying record held by Daniel Erikson to earn the pole position ahead of Team Pelfrey’s Dexter Czuba. ZSports Dylan Schenk edged the #90 of Robert Wright by .002 for the third starting position as Austin Hill solidified a top-five starting spot in fifth.
Trent Walko continued his way in the first F2000 race of the weekend but for him, it wasn’t really a race. Setting a new race lap record of 2:14.718 vs the 2:16.326 of Victor Carbone, Walko was the class of the field driving to another victory this season. Austin Hill, who had to rent a car just before qualifying due to a loss in oil pressure in his primary ride, drove to an impressive second place result with Czuba crossing the line in third and rounding out the podium. Schenk fell one position in the race to narrowly miss the podium but managed to finish just ahead of the fifth-place driver Robert Wright.
Picking up where he left off on Saturday, Trent Walko again claimed the F2000 pole position for the second wheel-to-wheel action of the weekend and lowered the qualifying record to 2:14.327. Austin Hill lined up on the outside of the front row as Dext Czuba slotted his Team Pelfrey entry into the third position. When the green flag flew it was all Walko as he turned another race lap record of 2:14.445 enroute to his second win of the weekend. Czuba advanced forward from his third place starting position to finish second as Robert Wright held on for his first podium result of the weekend in third. Steve Thomson finished fourth on track, just ahead of F2000C competitor Mark Hutchison who crossed the stripe sixth overall but first in his class.
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