It was nine Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport drivers who combined for three podium results and sixteen top-ten finishes this past weekend at the 4.104-mile Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Taking on the second event weekend in both the FR Americas Championship and F4 United States Championship Powered by Honda programs, the Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport squad left the weekend winless but hungrier than before as they turn their focus to the next event.
“We are pretty pleased with the results in FR. Coming away with three podiums is great, but we still have work to do,” explained Garry Orton. “On the F4 side of the program our drivers had good pace, but we need to work on turning that speed into podium winning results.”
Leading the way on the results sheets was second year FR Americas Championship Powered by Honda driver Dylan Tavella. After qualifying in the third position on Saturday morning, Tavella earned a pair of podium results with second and third place finishes in the first two races on the weekend and added a fourth-place finish in race three to score a trio of top-five results.
Ryan Yardley qualified fifth for the first race of the weekend and turned that qualifying effort into a third place podium finish in race one. A disappointing DNF in race two saw him classified twelfth on the results sheets but he returned in race three to finish sixth. He now sits fifth on the overall points standings with four rounds left in the season.
Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport will be on track for at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for rounds seven, eight and nine of both series over the June 23-26 weekend.
With practice scheduled on Thursday and Friday, Saturday will feature one qualifying session and the first race of the weekend while Sunday will be the home of rounds eight and nine of both series.
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