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Formula Mazda Pictures 2
4-8-01
Sonoma, CA
Christopher Hill does it again.
In the third race of the series, Christopher passed Steve Burrows on the last turn of the track in the last lap of the race and took the checkered flag. Christopher now leads the series with 60 points to Burrows' 34. There are two remaining races in the series, one to be run in May and the last to be run in June. The winner of the series will get to race in another Russell series later in the year.
It was quite a strange weather day at Sear Point Raceway. First it rained, then it cleared up, then it rained, and then the sun came out. The driver's started qualifying on slick tires but when it started raining again they switched to rain tires. About half way through the race the sun came out again which created some very difficult driving conditions for the drivers. Driving on dry pavement with rain tires is like driving on a road filled with ball bearings. Christopher started on pole but at one point he spun so, as a safety check, had to pull into the pit and get checked out. This put him in 5th place about 30-40 seconds behind the leaders. However, he persisted and drove smart and caught up to the leader on the last lap and passed him on turn eleven to win the race.
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