2012 Wisconsin SuperPrix

2012 Wisconsin SuperPrix
Date	n/a
Location	Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI
Laps	20
Polesitter	Recindo Gonzalez
First	Recindo Gonzalez
Second	Garry Carter
Third	Kenny Morales
Cautions	N/A
Race Results

The 2012 Wisconsin SuperPrix was the ninth round of the 2012 Formula Overdrive season. It was held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

Pre-race storylines

For the first time ever, the Hanmore Formula Overdrive series would act as a support race for a TM Master Cup Series race. Teams packed up and headed to the famous Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin to showcase their talents in front of the stock car owners and sponsors. It would be the first race after taking a late-summer break after the Atlanta race. There was some controversy surrounding Team Visit Ohio and driver Sulinder Pushanda, but thankfully it has died down and the teams could focus on the task at hand.

Summary

Recindo Gonzalez carried his momentum from the Atlanta win to put his No. 8 Red-Hot Race Wear ClarTech-powered machine on the pole. Ross Carter and Peter Kreamer put on impressive performances to qualify 2nd and 3rd respectively. Garry Carter and Kenny Morales rounded out the top five. Perhaps the most shocking qualifying result was that of points leader Chaud Roddick who could only muster a dismal 24th on the grid. It certainly did not help him that his main points rival put his car on the pole.

When the green flag came out, the field spread three and four wide heading into turn one, a heavy braking right hander. Gonzalez held his lead, but Garry Carter in the No. 92 moved from his 4th starting position to take second away from his son Ross coming out of the first corner, and had a huge run on Gonzalez heading down the long backstretch, and completed the pass for the lead into Station Five.

As the field spread out after the first lap, Cody Keaton and Ethan Gilreath fell off the pace considerably. It didn't help Gilreath's race when he promptly binned the car in the sand trap in the Carousel before getting stuck in the tire barriers.

Sara Gallagher in the No. 26 has been great on natural terrain courses during her short tenure on the circuit, but her race would end on Lap 2 after an alternator went south in her engine.

Up front, Garry Carter continued to lead, until Lap 5, when Recindo Gonzalez made a ballsy dive-bomb on the No. 92 to take the lead through the Kink, regarded as the fastest corner on the racetrack. It was clear early on that Gonzalez's car had come alive and he was not letting the title get away from him.

Cody Keaton had an awful day. This was easily his worst performance of the season, but because Road America is over four miles in length, no one was in sight to get caught up in his errors. He spun three times, once at Turn 8, and twice at Canada Corner before eventually throwing his No. 9 machine comically off the course in the Carousel, embedding himself in the tires. He refused medical attention and transportation to the medical center. Four hours after the race had concluded, Keaton still hadn't shown up to his pitbox, garage, or personal bus. His whereabouts are currently unknown.

Recindo Gonzalez extended his lead further, and still had the lead when pit stops cycled through. It was an easy victory for him, giving him his second straight win, and command of the points standings.

Results

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Position	Number	Driver	Sponsor	Team	Car	Pts.
1	8	Recindo Gonzalez	Red-Hot Race Wear	ClarTech, Inc.	ClarTech	24
2	92	Garry Carter	DSR Ferries	DSR Carter Racing	Atsuro	17
3	08	Kenny Morales	Scrubbles Cleaning Products	Leckliter Racing	Xenos	15
4	6	Tommi Arjanien	Kalberg Ice Cream	ClarTech Inc.	ClarTech	12
5	2	Ross Carter	DSR Ferries	DSR Carter Racing	Atsuro	11
6	15	Alessandro Rossini	Rossini Kart Engineering	Rossini Sport	ClarTech	10
7	71	Regina McCloud	Dublin Downs Casino and Resort	Gravity Racing, Inc.	ClarTech	9
8	49	Allyson Wetherbee	Voltso Batteries	Team Whiper	Atsuro	8
9	22	Natalie Kendall	Cromwell Racing Parts	DSR Carter Racing	Atsuro	7
10	58	Zach Branch	Faaslane Trailers	Xenos Development	Xenos	6
11	19	Akira Ishikawa		FAC Motorsports	Atsuro	3
12	4	Peter Kreamer	Tsubato	Xenos Development	Xenos	2
13	12	Sulinder Pushanda	VisitOhio.org	Team Visit Ohio	Xenos	1

2012 Hanmore Formula Overdrive Drivers Points Standings

Recindo Gonzalez becomes the first multi-race winner this season, and is the first driver to win back-to-back races since Alois Godard in 2008. And with 4 consecutive top 2 finishes, Gonzalez vaults from 17th to 1st in the standings.

Position	Number	Driver	Pts.	Deficit
1	8	Recindo Gonzalez	96
2	08	Kenny Morales	83	-13
3	6	Tommi Arjanien	74	-22
4	09	Chaud Roddick	73	-23
5	24	Gordon Sting	67	-29
6	15	Alessandro Rossini	60	-36
7	71	Regina McCloud	53	-43
8	-	Meghan Gallagher	51	-45
8	14	Hamilton Porteau	51	-45
10	16	Fuoco Volare	47	-49
11	44	Jeff Fischer	45	-51
11	-	Tanya Carter	45	-51
13	2	Ross Carter	42	-54
14	72	Cliff Raymond	41	-55
14	19	Akira Ishikawa	41	-55
16	17	Patrick McNeil	40	-56
17	58	Zach Branch	33	-63
18	34	Felipe Silverio	27	-69
19	92	Garry Carter	26	-70
20	-	Des Inman	24	-72
21	11	Lukas Schmitt	22	-74
22	22	Natalie Kendall	17	-79
23	1	Klaus Schneider	13	-83
23	90	Mika Paasonen	13	-83
25	30	Ethan Gilreath	8	-88
25	26	Sara Gallagher	8	-88
25	4	Peter Kreamer	8	-88
25	49	Allyson Wetherbee	8	-88
29	7	Christophe Tremblay	5	-91
30	12	Sulinder Pushanda	3	-93
31	-	Sovero Yohans	1	-95
32	9	Cody Keaton	-3	-99

2012 Hanmore Formula Overdrive Road Course Championship Points Standings

Position	Number	Driver	Pts.	Deficit
1	08	Kenny Morales	57
2	8	Recindo Gonzalez	55	-2
3	72	Cliff Raymond	41	-16
3	-	Meghan Gallagher	41	-16
5	09	Chaud Roddick	38	-19
6	71	Regina McCloud	37	-20
7	6	Tommi Arjanien	34	-23
8	15	Alessandro Rossini	33	-24
9	24	Gordon Sting	31	-26
10	19	Akira Ishikawa	30	-27
11	16	Fuoco Volare	28	-29
11	2	Ross Carter	28	-29
13	92	Garry Carter	26	-31
14	44	Jeff Fischer	22	-35
14	58	Zach Branch	22	-35
16	17	Patrick McNeil	20	-37
17	22	Natalie Kendall	17	-40
18	14	Hamilton Porteau	13	-44
19	34	Felipe Silverio	12	-45
20	1	Klaus Schneider	9	-48
ELIMINATED FROM CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION
21	49	Allyson Wetherbee	8	-49
22	-	Des Inman	7	-50
23	-	Tanya Carter	6	-51
24	12	Sulinder Pushanda	3	-54
24	90	Mika Paasonen	3	-54
26	26	Sara Gallagher	2	-55
26	30	Ethan Gilreath	2	-55
26	4	Peter Kreamer	2	-55
29	7	Christophe Tremblay	1	-56
29	-	Sovero Yohans	1	-56
31	11	Lukas Scmitt	0	-57
31	9	Cody Keaton	0	-57

2012 Hanmore Formula Overdrive Manufacturers Standings

Position	Manufacturer	Pts.	Deficit
1	ClarTech	84
2	Xenos	72	-12
3	Atsuro	63	-21
4	TTE	51	-33

2012 Hanmore Formula Overdrive Nation's Cup Points Standings

Position	Nation	Pts.	Deficit
1	United States	170
2	Ireland	140	-30
3	Mexico	123	-47
4	Italy	118	-52
5	Finland	101	-69
6	Canada	88	-82
7	Germany	79	-91
8	Japan	76	-94
9	France	66	-104
10	India	63	-107
ELIMINATED FROM CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION
11	Brazil	37	-133
12	England	25	-155

Penalties

• Cody Keaton – Three-point penalty for failing to report to infield care center after accident