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Calvin Ming podiums at Virginia International Raceway
Virginia International Raceway, Alton, Virginia, USA – The 3rd stop on the 2016 F1600 Formula F Championship Series descended at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) for rounds 7, 8, and 9. These F1600 are light weight,
Calvin Ming (right) after his 3rd place finish at the Virginia International Raceway (VIR).
non-winged race built single-seater race cars powered by Honda FIT motors. Guyanese Calvin Ming continued his impressive run on the international scene as he looks to advance his career in motor sport.
Race 1, #82, Calvin Ming started in the 2nd position as he had qualified brilliantly in a time of 1:59.408 which was only about a half second behind the pole sitter. The race had numerous battles throughout the field with # 82, Calvin Ming of Team Pelfrey narrowly missing the podium and finished 4th overall behind # 07, Steve Bamford in the Rice Race Prep car out of Canada. # 81, Phillippe Denes, Ming’s teammate was nipped at the finish line by a narrow margin by race winner # 3, Neil Verhagen of K-Hill Motorsports in the 13 car field that saw a few caution flags.
Race 2, # 82, Calvin Ming once again started in the 2nd position after a wonderful qualifying session and battled hard amongst the 14 field (setting a best lap time of 1:59.622) before being edged at the finish line by 0.053 seconds in a 3-way photo finish but, nonetheless a podium finish with his Team Pelfrey teammate # 81, Phillippe Denes
Calvin Ming during his drive at the VIR last weekend.
finishing in 2nd place. The race winner, # 90, Trenton Estep of Exclusive Autosport claimed his first victory of the campaign by 0.025 seconds after failing to finish in the previous race due to contact with another competitor after battling upfront.
Race 3, # 82, Calvin Ming started 3rd on the grid with another decent qualification and was part of the exciting battle towards the checkered flag. Fortunately, Ming was able to avoid the incident that included a number of lead cars on the final lap. He went on to finish 4.103 seconds behind in 5th overall. The podium was filled by # 07, Steve Bamford in 3rd overall (Masters Winner), # 90, Trenton Estep in 2nd place with his teammate in the Exclusive Autosport Spectrum entry, # 92, Ben Auriemma capitalizing on the last lap incident to claim his first victory.
With a decent weekend(4th, 3rd, 5th), # 82, Calvin Ming picked up needed points towards the championships and will no doubt be ready to contest the next round to be held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 1- 3, 2016.
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