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It was F1600 Masters class dominance in the F1600 class of Formula Race Promotions on Sunday from Road America as three of the five overall spots in the final race were made up by Masters drivers as a battle across generations took place at the front of the pack of the final race of the weekend.

Coming out on top was Gabe Cahan, the series rookie who picked up a monumental points haul in Road America with his second win of the weekend. Wesley Gundler, finishing behind him in third, also found himself on the top step of the podium himself in the second race of the weekend.

And then in the F2000/Atlantic races, a wide array of competitive drivers across the Atlantic-016 and Atlantic-Open classes contested as we saw new winners this weekend in both classes, with both those new winners taking the victory today.

Learn more about today’s racing:

F1600:

RACE 2 (OVERALL)

1. Wesley Gundler
2. Ayrton Cahan
3. Parker Gill
4. Gabriel Cahan
5. Cooper Travis

RACE 2 (MASTERS):

1. David Adorno
2. Phil Kingham
3. Robert Perona
4. Scott Rubenzer
5. Bob Reid

RACE 3 (OVERALL)

1. Gabriel Cahan
2. Robert Perona (M)
3. Wesley Gundler
4. David Adorno (M)
5. Bob Reid (M)

RACE 3 (MASTERS):

1. Robert Perona
2. David Adorno
3. Bob Reid
4. David Livingston
5. Greg Peluso

Race 2 Recap

In a caution-shortened race, Wesley Gundler was able to take advantage of a fantastic restart to build the gap necessary to take his second win of the season and his sixth consecutive podium as he continued to close the gap to his F1600 championship rivals ahead.

Gundler started the race from eighth but held with the pack to get toward the front of the field. Twelve minutes into the race, amidst a shuffling top pack, Gundler made a move to the outside on the front straight to make the move to take the lead, and eventually the race win.

“I just had to time my passes right,” said Gundler. “It went really well for us and I got a great restart, so I can’t be upset with that.”

Gundler was joined in the podium by championship leader Ayrton Cahan and FRP debutant Parker Gill, who had a fantastic race after bringing his Brian Graham Racing car from 12th to 3rd and secured the top starting position for the next race.

In the master’s class, David Adorno continued his dominant run with his third master’s victory in the past four races by just beating out overall pole sitter Phil Kingham. Adorno came home to finish the race in sixth position.

Race 3 Recap

In the last F1600 race of the weekend, a late-race caution put an end to a three-way battle where Gabriel Cahan, Wesley Gundler, and Robert Perona all came across the line within two hundredths of a second of each other.

Cahan ended up on top at the second the caution came out due to an incident between Chace Supplee and Scott Rubenzer, giving the series rookie Cahan his series-leading fourth victory of the season.

Throughout most of the race, a pack of nine cars jousted for position but began to break up as the top three began to pull away after pole sitter Parker Gill had to recover himself from heading off the course in turn 12.

Perona’s second-place finish marked the best finish for a F1600 Masters driver in the overall classification for a race in 2025. It also was his second top-five finish, after finishing fourth in the opening race of the weekend.

F2000:

QUALIFYING 2:

1. Nick Palacio – 2:13.888
2. Carter Sheets – 2:16.969
3. Glenn Cordova – 2:18.119
4. Bob Wright – 2:17.559
5. Arshia Akhtar – 2:24.541

RACE 2:

1. Nick Palacio
2. Bob Wright
3. Arshia Akhtar
4. Glenn Cordova

Race 2 Recap

After not finishing the first race of the weekend, Nick Palacio put together a stellar performance to take victory in the F2000 class for the first time this weekend in a dominant performance which saw him put on a victory by over ten seconds.

Following a disqualification impacting Carter Sheets; Bob Wright finished in second place.

Fellow Wright Racing car Arshia Akhtar also finished in the top five, coming home in a season-best third place and picking up her first podium of the year.

ATLANTIC:

QUALIFYING 2 (ATL – 016):

1. Dudley Fleck – 1:59.643
2. John Mcaleer – 2:00.844
3. Kirk Kindsfater – 2:02.671
4. Richard Zober – 2:08.214

QUALIFYING 2 (ATL – OPEN):

1. J.R. Smart – 2:05.522
2. R. Bruce Hamilton – 2:06.354
3. Brandon Schwarz – 2:06.943
4. Paulie Gatto – 2:08.959
5. Bob Corliss – 2:10.021

QUALIFYING 2 (ATL – USF JUNIORS):

1. Justin Di Lucia – 2:11.309
2. Kaylee Countryman – 2:11.336
3. Ayrton Cahan – 2:12.548
4. Connor Aspley – 2:12.769
5. Gabe Cahan – 2:59.418

RACE 2 (ATL – 016):

1. Dudley Fleck
2. John McAleer
3. Kirk Kindsfater
4. Richard Zober

RACE 2 (ATL – OPEN):

1. J.R. Smart
2. Brandon Schwarz
3. Paulie Gatto
4. Roman McCurdy
5. Charles Livingston

RACE 2 (ATLANTIC JUNIORS):

1. Justin Di Lucia
2. Gabriel Cahan
3. Kaylee Countryman
4. Connor Aspley
5. Ayrton Cahan

Race 2 Recap

After taking his first victory of the season in the previous race in the Atlantic-016 class, Dudley Fleck doubled up his win total on the weekend where he led from [pole and was able to hold off John McAleer to pick up his second win in a row.

McAleer came home in second place in the 016 class to pick up his fourth consecutive podium and extend his championship lead to over 180 points heading out of Road America.

In the open class, Brandon Schwarz’s win streak of six races came to an end as J.R. Smart was able to hold him off to take his first win of the year in the classification. Schwarz still managed to pick up a second-place finish, extending his class podium streak to all eight races of the season.

In the Atlantic-Juniors class, Justin Di Lucia held off teammates Gabriel Cahan and Kaylee Countryman to take his fourth class win in the past five races. Countryman also secured her second consecutive podium of the weekend.