Billy Frazer maintained his remarkable record of finishing second in the opening race of each Cooper Tires USF2000 event weekend this season in the first of three races which will comprise this week’s Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Indianapolis. Experienced Englishman Alex Quinn on his USF2000 debut while third-generation racer Jagger Jones, from Scottsdale, Ariz., claimed an eventful third for Cape Motorsports after starting from pole position.
“We’ve had a solid race car all weekend, though P10 in qualifying wasn’t where I wanted to start,” commented Frazer. “This was fantastic racing, though the cautions were pretty scary – you know that when it goes green, you just have to fly into Turn One and do your best. It was such a racecraft race – I was making passes inside, outside, down the middle, using as much of the draft as possible.
“This finish was so important: these are the kind of races that help win championships, minimizing the bad luck. I was close to the incident between Rowe and d’Orlando but I was able to squeeze through and make it work. Super happy for the team, the No. 92 Corpay/Giltrap car was on fire.”
Fellow Kiwi driver Jacob Douglas finished 15th after qualifying in 19th position.
Two more races will complete the Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Indianapolis, starting with Race Two at 8:05 a.m. EDT (12:00am Sunday NZ time). Frazer will start from 10th while Douglas will start from 19th.
Provisional championship points after 5 of 18 races:
- Jagger Jones, 102
- Billy Frazer, 95
- Myles Rowe, 90
- Michael d’Orlando, 87
- Jace Denmark, 76
- Simon Sikes, 75
- Christian Weir, 74
- Thomas Nepveu, 70
- Spike Kohlbecker, 60
- Bijoy Garg, 59
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