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Formula Vee And Dunlop Abarth Cup Headline Season Opener |
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Wednesday, 04 April 2007 |
Mondello Park kicks off the Irish circuit racing season this weekend with an eleven race programme featuring the second race of the Formula Vee season and the first two rounds of the Dunlop Abarth Cup. The Co. Kildare Motor Club will be in charge for Sunday's busy event which also includes the opening rounds of a number of other Irish championships.
The Formula Vee season got off to a controversial start last weekend at Kirkistown where the championship points were decided by a two lap sprint. Following a red flag the race was run over just two laps with class veteran Ray Moore taking the win from pole sitter Paul Sammin. Sammin was under the Co. Down tracks lap record in qualifying and a similarly hot pace can be expected at Mondello Park this weekend.
The Fiat Abarth's will race twice on Sunday with both races counting
for championship points. Gordon Kellett, Nigel Pratt and Simon Quinn
head the entry list and with no previous champion currently entered the
way is open for a new name to steal a march in the championship chase
Formula
Libre will add some extra speed and noise to proceedings as the usual
mix of F3000 machinery and assorted other high powered single seaters
take to the grid. Dan Daly, Alan Kessie, Dan Rooney and Jonathan Fildes
will pilot the F3000 cars with the less powerful but more nimble
Formula Ireland and Formula Renault derived cars hot on their heels
throughout both races.
A twenty car grid of Stryker Sports cars
should prove to be a great spectacle with a number of drivers building
new cars for the new season. The resurgent class is now split into two
with 1800cc engines for the experienced racers and 1600cc for the
novice drivers creating two highly competitive races in one. The
Strykers will open their season with the last of the weekends double
headers.
Also split into two divisions will be another class
that is making a comeback, the Fiat's, who will have just one race. the
Punto class has benefited from an influx of ex-Uno drivers over the
winter leaving the Uno championship to the less experienced drivers and
a healthy dose of new arrivals.
Single races for Historic cars
and Closed Wheel Libre round out the eleven races and the programme
gets underway with the Vee Qualifying race at Noon.
TIMETABLE
09:30 Formula Vee Session 1 Qualifying
09:50 Formula Vee Session 2 Qualifying
10:10 Abarths Qualifying
10:30 Strykers Qualifying
10:50 Historics Qualifying
11:10 Uno/Punto Qualifying
11:30 Formula Libre Qualifying
11:50 CW Libre/Saloon Cars Qualifying
12:10 Formula Vee Qualifier Race 1 12 Laps
12:35 Abarths Race 1 12 Laps
Lunch
14:00 Strykers Race 1 12 Laps
14:25 Formula Libre Race 1 12 Laps
14:50 Uno/Punto Race 1 15 Laps
15:15 Historics Race 1 15 Laps
15:40 Formula Vee Final Race 2 15 Laps
16:05 Abarths Race 2 15 Laps
16:30 Strykers Race 2 15 Laps
16:55 Formula Libre Race 2 15 Laps
17:20 CW Libre (Saloon Cars) Race 1 15 Laps
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