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In the first and only triple header race weekend of the race season, the ArmsUp Motorsports team faced their share of adversity to earn the team's
first top-five finish of 2013 in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. Sharing a weekend with the complete Mazda Road to Indy, the
USF2000 drivers competed at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with the Pro Mazda Championship, Firestone Indy Lights and the IZOD IndyCar Series.
Weather conditions hampered Race 1, eight of the competitors to have off-track excursions, including AUM's Felipe Donato. Although less than
three laps of the 13 lap race were run under green conditions, remaining ArmsUp drivers Tim Paul and James Dayson gained a total of twelve positions
in the 28 car field.
Race 2 hosted sunny and dry weather conditions, allowing the field of young racers to have eighteen green laps of racing
during the twenty lap race. Relatively inexperienced on the legendary course, the drivers raced consistently. Donato started sixth, but after a spin
out, found himself down to 24th. Undeterred, he worked his way up to 18th before the checker flag. Tim Paul climbed several positions before pitting
for a safety check with twenty minutes remaining on the clock. He rejoined to finish in 26th. Dayson finished third in the National class, gaining two
positions overall.
In lap one of Race 3, a spin out at the front of the field caused an eleven car pileup. Felipe Donato and James Dayson
avoided the carnage, but Tim Paul was caught up, forcing him to retire from the race with damage. Donato went on to finish 5th after starting 8th,
earning the team the highest finishing result of the year. Dayson gained eleven positions, starting 27th to finish 16th, also earning his seventh
second-place finish this year.
Rounds 11 and 12 will take place September 6-7 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with GRAND-AM Road
Racing.
Results Race 1, Round 8, Starting Position in Parenthesis
15th (S23)Timothy Paul, Mount Kisco, NY
22nd, 2nd in class (S27)
James Dayson Vancouver, BC, Canada
28th (DNS) Felipe Donato Sao Paulo, Brazil
Results Race 2, Round 9
18th (S6) Felipe Donato Sao
Paulo, Brazil
25th, 3rd in class (S27) James Dayson Vancouver, BC, Canada
26th, (S22) Timothy Paul Mount Kisco, NY
Results Race 3,
Round 10
5th (S8)Felipe Donato Sao Paulo, Brazil
16th, 2nd in class (S27) James Dayson Vancouver, BC, Canada
27th (DNS) T imothy Paul
Mount Kisco, NY
About ArmsUp Motorsports
Based in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin ArmsUp Motorsports is a full service prep shop for Formula
Continentals, Formula Atlantics, and Vintage racing cars. The team just celebrated their first Vintage race win of the season at Road America Road
Course. For more information please visit the official ArmsUp website at www.ArmsUpMotorsports.com.
ArmsUp Motorsports earns first top 5 finishes at Mid-Ohio.
(Photo Courtesy - USF2000.com)
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