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Birmingham, Ala. - July 31, 2005... Edoardo Piscopo (EuroInternational) capitalized on his first career Formula BMW USA pole to take the Round 10 victory today at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. In leading the race from start to finish, he completed 14 laps of the 2.3-mile circuit in the 30-minute contest, finishing 6.311 seconds ahead of Maxime Soulet (Gelles Racing). James Davison (HBR Motorsports Team USA) finished third.
Piscopo made an excellent start and was never challenged for the lead by the balance of the 20-car field. Every lap he was able to extend his margin, setting the fastest lap of the race on lap seven (1:28.224). Soulet also made a heads-up start from the fifth position and moved up two spots before the first turn. Overall Points leader Kevin Lacroix started second, but a spin on the third lap dropped him to an eighth-place finish. He now leads Richard Philippe by only one point, while Philippe's fourth-place finish today moves him to the top of the Rookie Points for the first time this season. Race Johnson continued to have a good weekend, finishing a season's-best fifth. Piscopo said, "I am very happy for my team and myself. We really worked hard on the car. We improved the setup from yesterday because today it was even hotter. The heat also made it difficult to keep concentration, but I pushed really hard in the first laps and later I started to manage the car better because I didn't have to risk too much by driving too fast." Soulet added, "I had a very good car today. The setup couldn't have been better. I had an excellent start. I passed James Davison and Richard Philippe on the start and after three laps Kevin Lacroix made a mistake and I moved into second position. I want to thank my team for working so hard this weekend." Davison said, "I got an average start and Maxime did very well. Richard Philippe was behind me the whole race, 14 laps. It was hard keeping him behind me and I am really happy to have held him off. My car was better towards the end. I want to thank my team HBR for doing their best. We got our best qualifying position and we finished where we started, scoring 12 points."
Lacroix continues to lead the Overall points with 110 points. Philippe is second (109), and Soulet third (94). Philippe takes over the Rookie points lead with 116 over Lacroix (114) second and Wickens (106) third. The top finishing Rookies were Piscopo (P1), Davison (P3), Philippe (P4), Johnson (P5) and Bunker (P6).
Rounds 11 and 12 of the 2005 Formula BMW USA Series will be held on Aug. 12-14 at the Grand Prix of Denver.
Round 10 - Results (14 laps)
1 Edoardo Piscopo EuroInternational 20:47.463
2 Maxime Soulet Gelles Racing 20:53.774
3 James Davison HBR Motorsport Team USA 20:59.678
4 Richard Philippe Team Autotecnica 21:00.181
5 Race Johnson HBR Motorsport Team USA 21:01.308
6 Rob Bunker AIM Autosport 21:02.376
7 Robert Wickens Team Apex Racing USA 21:03.163
8 Kevin Lacroix AIM Autosport 21:03.835
9 Matthew Lee Twintooth/BRM Motorsport 21:08.173
10 Tom Sutherland HBR Motorsport Team USA 21:09.306
11 Doug Boyer Jensen MotorSport 21:09.501
12 Daniel Herrington Jensen MotorSport 21:15.560
13 Reed Stevens HBR Motorsport Team USA 21:16.085
14 Darin Marcus Gelles Racing 21:19.210
15 Adrien Herberts Atlantic Racing Team 21:23.658
16 Justin Moon Gelles Racing 21:24.665
17 Ryan Campbell Gelles Racing 21:30.854
18 Jules Duc Jensen MotorSport 21:36.763
19 Derek Burseth Burseth Racing 21:49.022
20 Dan Abbale Atlantic Racing Team 8 laps Championship points after 10 of 14 races:
1. Kevin Lacroix (AIM Autosport, 110), 2. Richard Philippe (Team Autotecnica, 109), 3. Maxime Soulet (Gelles Racing, 94), 4. Robert Wickens (Team Apex Racing USA, 89), 5. James Davison (HBR Motorsport Team USA, 77), 6. Reed Stevens (HBR Motorsport Team USA, 63), 7. Edoardo Piscopo (EuroInternational, 46), 8. Tom Sutherland (HBR Motorsport Team USA, 35), 9. Rob Bunker (AIM Autosport, 28), 10. Justin Moon (Gelles Racing, 23), 11. John Zartarian (Jensen MotorSport, 23), 12. Tobias Hegewald (Atlantic Racing Team, 22), 13. Jonathan Summerton (Walker Racing, 22), 14. Race Johnson (HBR Motorsport Team USA, 21), 15. Daniel Herrington (Jensen MotorSport, 18), 16. Matthew Lee (Twintooth/BRM Motorsport, 10), 17. Adrien Herberts (Atlantic Racing Team, 8), 18. Darin Marcus (Gelles Racing, 7), 19. Doug Boyer (Jensen MotorSport, 2), 20. Paul Rees (Walker Racing, 1), 21. Derek Burseth (Burseth Racing, 0), 22. Ryan Campbell (Gelles Racing, 0), 23. Nathan DePagter (DRE Autosport, 0), 24. Jules Duc (Jensen MotorSport, 0), 25. Scott Harnell (SDH3 with Cinema Concepts, 0), 26. Ryan Phinny (Gelles Racing, 0), 27. Paul Rees (Walker Racing, 0), 28. Robbie Pecorari (Walker Racing, 0), 29. Dan Abbale (Atlantic Racing Team)
Rookies: 1. Richard Philippe (116), 2. Kevin Lacroix (114), 3. Robert Wickens (106), 4. James Davison (88), 5. Reed Stevens (77), 6. Edoardo Piscopo (54), 7. Rob Bunker (47), 8. Race Johnson (42), 9. Justin Moon (34), 10. John Zartarian (31), 11. Matthew Lee (23), 12. Tobias Hegewald (22), 13. Darin Marcus (20), 14. Adrien Herberts (19), 15. Doug Boyer (12), 16. Ryan Campbell (3), 17. Jules Duc (2), 18. Nathan DePagter (0), 19. Ryan Phinny (0)
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