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With just one weekend left in the 2025 season, Formula Race Promotions (FRP) will crown their season champions across the next couple of days at Summit Point Motorsports Park. 

Today, teams got the chance to experience the track with practice sessions. Additionally, the Challenge Cup Formula Vee Series, sporting their largest field of 2025, got the chance to lay down their first qualifying laps of the weekend with an afternoon session.

In total, over 90 open-wheel cars are taking part in this weekend’s event, taking on the 2.2-mile, 10-turn circuit that has already produced quick lap times across the first day of practice.

Here’s how the first day of sessions went:

F1600:

Practice 1 (Overall):

1. Wesley Gundler – 1:16.633
2. Ayrton Cahan – 1:16.745
3. Cooper Travis – 1:16.952
4. Gabriel Cahan – 1:16.991
5. Chace Supplee – 1:17.238

Practice 1 (Masters):

1. David Adorno – 1:17.247
2. John Thompson – 1:17.601 
3. Bob Reid – 1:17.853
4. Scott Rubenzer – 1:17.865
5. Michael Scanlan – 1:18.435

Practice 2 (Overall):

1. Wesley Gundler – 1:17.402
2. Chace Supplee – 1:17.651
3. Gabriel Cahan – 1:17.706
4. Scott Rubenzer (M) – 1:17.778
5. Will Velkoff – 1:17.998

Practice 2 (Masters):

1. Scott Rubenzer – 1:17.778
2. David Adorno – 1:18.142
3. John Thompson – 1:18.304
4. Bob Reid – 1:18.675
5. Michael Scanlan – 1:19.248

Out of the three drivers mathematically still in the championship fight, Wesley Gundler stood out the most in Friday practice as he ran quickest in both sessions ahead of championship rivals Gabriel Cahan and Ayrton Cahan.

The three traded spots near the top of the leaderboards throughout the session, with Chace Supplee also landing in the top five in both sessions.

David Adorno and Scott Rubenzer, first and second in the F1600 Masters standings, grabbed the top spot in the sessions in their class as well.

F2000:

Practice 1:

1. Nick Palacio – 1:12.313
2. Robert Wright – 1:13.165
3. Carter Sheets – 1:13.641

Practice 2:

1. Nick Palacio – 1:13.546
2. Robert Wright – 1:15.142
3. Carter Sheets – 1:15.260
4. Dave Weitzenhof – 1:16.738
5. Gabriele Jasper – 1:18.379

After winning both races in the last round of the championship at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Nick Palacio continued his strong pace with a best time of 1:12.313 for the day and going quickest in both of the practice sessions. 

Palacio is looking for his fourth victory of the season, and could jump up to third place in the final championship standings this weekend. Above him, Carter Sheets is looking to finish off his F2000 championship campaign and will just need two finishes in any position to do it after carrying a 50-point lead entering the race weekend.

Sheets was third quickest in both sessions. The only driver who can mathematically win the title outside of Sheets, Robert Wright, went second quickest in both sessions.

Atlantic:

Practice 1 (Atlantic-016):

1. John McAleer – 1:05.965

Practice 1 (Atlantic-Open):

1. R. Bruce Hamilton – 1:07.574
2. Nathan Byrd – 1:08.829
3. Charles Livingston – 1:08.933
4. Justin di Lucia – 1:14.269

Practice 2 (Atlantic-016):

1. John McAleer – 1:07.113

Practice 2 (Atlantic-Open):

1. R. Bruce Hamilton – 1:07.897
2. Nathan Byrd – 1:08.585
3. Charles Livingston – 1:09.405
4. Justin di Lucia – 1:14.542

John McAleer set the fastest overall times across Formula Race Promotions competition with a 1:05.965 in the opening practice session as the lone competitor in the Atlantic-016 class and all-but-mathematically the class champion heading into the final two races. 

McAleer, who has five wins and eight podiums in as many races this season, is set to take the title after finishing second place in the class standings last season.

R. Bruce Hamilton went quickest in the Atlantic-Open sessions, and could jump to fifth in the standings this weekend. Hamilton’s quickest time was 1:07.574. Although the championship is already locked up, Charles Livingston, third in both sessions, can take a runner-up finish in the championship by picking up 37 points in the championship this weekend, equal to a third or better in either of the two races.

Formula Enterprises-2:

Practice 1:

1. James Davison – 1:10.758
2. Gian Buffomante – 1:10.773
3. Jason Conzo – 1:11.223
4. Steve Whitston – 1:11.372
5. Dexter Czuba – 1:11.752

Practice 2:

1. James Davison – 1:11.329
2. Gian Buffomante – 1:11.581
3. Steve Whitston – 1:11.714
4. Jason Conzo – 1:12.059
5. Dexter Czuba – 1:12.414

In the Formula Enterprises-2 class, James Davison ran quickest in both practice sessions. Gian Buffomante ran behind him, running close by to the leader and being just a tenth of a second off in the quicker first practice session.

Challenge Cup Formula Vee Series:

Practice 1:

1. Andrew Whitston – 1:29.122
2. Mitchell Ferguson – 1:29.417
3. Jonathan Weisheit – 1:29.812
4. Jeff Filipowski – 1:30.516
5. Luke Testerman – 1:30.618

Qualifying 1:

1. Andrew Whitston – 1:28.360
2. Mike Lawrence – 1:29.205
3. Matt Clark – 1:29.309
4. Trevor Carmody – 1:29.530
5. Steve Whitston – 1:29.555

Andrew Whitston was the fastest car in both sessions of Formula Vee competition today at Summit Point. Mike Lawrence, the Challenge Cup Formula Vee Series points leader, ran second quickest in both practice and qualifying.