2007 Round of France

The 2007 Round of France was the fourth race of the 2007 TM Master Cup season. It was held at the Jen Valley Raceway near Saint-Eteinne, France.

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Summary
Anthony Evans won the pole. On the opening lap, Scott Bates powered by Evans to take the lead. On the end of lap two however, Bates hit the wall and fell back. The first caution was on lap eight, when James Dalton hit Danny Savin. Dalton nearly flipped onto his roof, and almost collected Damien Snyder. On the restart, Ryan Nawrocki passed Evans for the lead, but was himself passed by former Le Mans winner Esme Rosseau. Eric Jackson and Manny Brown joined the battle. There was a minor crash involving Ryan Hearne and Steve Marshall but no caution. Soon green-flag pitstops began. Alan Hodges and Rachel Rainsford came in early, while Evans and Alexis Rainsford stayed out. On Lap 19, Eric Jackson, Joel Rodriguez, and Justin Brooks spun. Lorne Roth had engine troubles in the pits. Evans and Rainsford took the lead, but on the restart, Jackson was spun by Tony Durbin, but later that lap Craig Cross made contact with Danny Savin and Cross and Stuart Sandoval hit the wall. Franz Redlich, running in the car usually run by Jack Cronin, retired from the race with engine troubles. Alexis Rainsford had the lead with Stephanie McGlynn, Yuliya Nosova, Jerry Luther, and the aforementioned Rosseau were contenders. Rainsford got a major lead. With 19 laps to go the race ended due to massive amounts of standing water on the track due to the rains.

This would mark the first time in Master Cup history that female drivers finished in 4 of the top 5 spots.