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PREVIEW: FORMULA BMW USA; ROUNDS 9 & 10, ROAD AMERICA

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PREVIEW: FORMULA BMW USA; ROUNDS 9 & 10, ROAD AMERICA

Written by Jeff Seabrook

Wednesday August 04, 2004

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. - August 3, 2004... Road America, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, will host Rounds 9 and 10 of the Formula BMW USA Championship on August 7th and 8th. One of North America's classic road racing circuits, Formula BMW now joins the great racing series that have competed on Road America's 14 turns that wind through four miles of some of Wisconsin's most beautiful landscape.

With passes for the lead in every race leading to Road America, Rounds 9 and 10 should prove equally exciting. Jonathan Summerton has won half of the races to-date, including a sweep of Rounds 7 and 8 at Cleveland. Summerton has moved into second place in the Championship, only seven points in arrears of his HBR Motorsport teammate, Andreas Wirth. Wirth, a double-winner in Rounds 1 and 2, has led the standings since the opening round and has never finished out of the top-five. Rookie points leader James Hinchcliffe stands third.

The top-three have put a bit of distance between themselves and the rest of the field, but the chase for the inaugural Formula BMW USA Championship is anything but decided. Red Bull Search driver, Matt Jaskol, stands fourth. The Las Vegas youngster has had the speed it takes to to win, but not the luck to string top finishes together. Billy Johnson continues to hold fifth place.

Although he has yet to reach the top step of the podium, Hinchcliffe leads the Rookie points through eight top-five finishes, including four as runner-up. Jonathan Summerton and Tom Milner stand second and third respectively in Rookie points.

"I am definitely ready to get back to the race track," said Summerton. "I have not been racing anything since Cleveland, but I feel I still have the momentum to win with me."

Hinchcliffe said, "My goals for this year are to finish in the top-three of the Championship and win the Rookie title. Jonathan has made some ground up in the Rookie points recently, but second place just isn't an option for me. I have been training very hard throughout this past month and can't wait to get started again."

Tom Milner, of Team PTG Motorsport, had his best races of the season at Cleveland with a pole, two fifth-place finishes and one fast race lap. He probably speaks for every one of the young Formula BMW USA competitors when he says, "My confidence in both myself and my car is growing with every lap I drive."

Practice and qualifying for Round 9 will be held on Friday, August 6th. Qualifying for Round 10 and the Round 9 race will be on Saturday. The Round 10 race will start at 12:05 p.m. on Sunday.

Championship points after 8 of 14 races:

1. Andreas Wirth (HBR Motorsport, 115), 2. Jonathan Summerton (HBR Motorsport, 108), 3. James Hinchcliffe (AIM Autosport, 102), 4. Matt Jaskol (Team Autotecnica, 79), 5. Billy Johnson (Team PTG Motorsport, 54), 6. Brian Frisselle (PoleVision Racing, 41), 7. Tom Milner (Team PTG Motorsport, 35), 8. Joey Hand (Team PTG Motorsport, 22), 9. Dominik Jackson (Atlantic Racing Team, 20), 10. Kyle Herder (Atlantic Racing Team, 16), 11. Lawson Aschenbach (Team PTG Motorsport, 13), 12. Graham Rahal (Vitesse Farm Racing, 13), 13. Federico Montoya (Atlantic Racing Team, 10), 14. Gerardo Bonilla (Jensen Motorsport, 8), 15. Tom Sutherland (Team PTG Motorsport, 5), 16.Trevor Daley (Atlantic Racing Team, 4), 17. Alan Sciuto (Team PTG Motorsport, 1), 18. Daniel Herrington (Jensen Motorsport, 1), 19. Derek Burseth (PoleVision Racing, 1), 20. Alexis Fenton (Team Autotecnica, 0), 21. Mogan Spurgas (Jensen Motorsport, 0)

Rookies: 1. James Hinchcliffe (140), 2. Jonathan Summerton (128), 3. Tom Milner (95), 4. Graham Rahal (58), 5.Tom Sutherland (54), 6. Alexis Fenton (23), 7. Trevor Daley (22), 8. Federico Montoya (20), 9. Derek Burseth (20), 10. Alan Sciuto (16), 11. Daniel Herrington (14)

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