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Both of Formula Race Promotions Saturday races at Watkins Glen had last-lap passes which determined class winners as the series battled through a warm Watkins Glen day to settle their first two of five weekend races.

In F1600, Ayrton Cahan, one of the three main championship contestants, took victory over Wesley Gundler on a last-lap pass where the two got past season debutant Timothy Steele to take victory. A similarly exciting finish took place in F2000, where Carter Sheets made a move on Jonathan Farmer to take the race win and the championship lead in the class.

The series will have three more races tomorrow with two F1600 races and one Atlantic/F2000 race. The F1600 race will be streamed live on YouTube at SpeedTour TV.

F1600:

Qualifying (Overall):

1. Wesley Gundler – 2:00.374
2. Ayrton Cahan – 2:00.577
3. Cooper Travis – 2:00.735
4. Timothy Steele – 2:00.762
5. Gabriel Cahan – 2:00.889

Qualifying (Masters):

1. Joe Colasacco- 2:02.070
2. David Livingston – 2:02.315
3. Phil Kingham – 2:02.493
4. Michael Scanlan – 2:03.649
5. John Thompson – 2:03.834

Race 1 (Overall):

1. Ayrton Cahan
2. Wesley Gundler
3. Timothy Steele
4. Gabriel Cahan
5. John Dole

Race 1 (Masters):

1. Joe Colasacco
2. Phil Kingham
3. David Adorno
4. David Livingston
5. Bob Reid

Ayrton Cahan took victory in F1600 on the final lap of the race by making a move past Timothy Steele to grab his third victory of the 2025 season.

Cahan entered the race weekend with an eight-point lead after drops over his brother Gabriel Cahan, who took fourth position. Wesley Gundler, the primary rival in the championship to the Cahan brothers, took second position ahead of Steele who drove an impressive result for his return to the series for his first appearance of the season.

Fifth in the F1600 Masters standings, Joe Colasacco took class victory over Phil Kingham and F1600 Masters championship leader David Adorno.

F1600 will race twice tomorrow, with the first race beginning at 8:45 a.m. eastern time.

F2000:

Qualifying:

1. Carter Sheets – 1:52.741
2. Jonathan Farmer – 1:52.995
3. Robert Wright – 1:54.012
4. Joe Colasacco – 1:54.484
5. Dave Weitzenhof – 1:55.621

Race 1:

1. Carter Sheets
2. Jonathan Farmer
3. Joe Colasacco
4. Gabriele Jasper
5. Robert Wright

In one of the most impressive moves of the entire season, Carter Sheets made a last lap move through the boot to get past Jonathan Farmer and secure the F2000 class victory as well as the lead in the championship standings.

Sheets stayed within a second of Farmer throughout most of the race and made multiple attempts at the lead through the bus stop and the boot. His luck finally drew on the final lap when he positioned himself at the inside of Farmer and stuck the move to get the win.

It gave him a championship lead after drops over Robert Wright, who finished fifth. Joe Colasacco rounded out the podium on a day where he saw the class win in F1600 Masters and stood on the F2000 podium as well.

The F2000 class will race again at 2:55 p.m. tomorrow.

Atlantic:

Qualifying (ATL-016):

1. Matthew Butson – 1:41.377
2. John McAleer – 1:42.863
3. Richard Zober – 1:43.827

Qualifying (ATL-Open):

1. Brandon Schwarz – 1:46.376
2. Charles Livingston – 1:47.782
3. Paulie Gatto – 1:49.217

Qualifying (Atlantic JRs):

1. Justin di Lucia – 1:50.997

Race 1 (ATL-016):

1. Matthew Butson
2. John McAleer
3. Richard Zober

Race 1 (ATL-Open):

1. Brandon Schwarz
2. Charles Livingston
3. Paulie Gatto

Race 1 (Atlantic JRs):

1. Justin di Lucia

Matthew Butson took a commanding victory in the Atlantic-016 class as he built up a gap of 20 seconds over championship leader John McAleer, who extended his points lead with a second-place finish.

Speaking of championship leaders, Havoc’s Brandon Schwarz pulled off a fantastic performance to secure his seventh win of the season in the class in just nine races as he continues his domination of the Atlantic-Open class.

Justin di Lucia ran at the front in the Atlantic JRs class and secured the class victory as well as the lone participant, his fifth class victory of the year.

The Atlantic class will race again at 2:55 p.m. tomorrow.