Frankie Muniz and Tom Sutherland travelled west to compete in the 3rd annual Edmonton Grand Prix this past weekend. The event was doubly important to the season championship, with two races held over the weekend.
Muniz, driving the #13 Chandler Developments car, continued his streak of scoring points with a 17th place finish in Race #1. Muniz then had a strong race #2 of the weekend, placing in 15th position following the post race disqualification of the car of Adrian Carrio. Muniz made one of the best passes of the weekend late in Race #2, as he chased down the car driven by veteran driver Mike Forest and completed a daring pass under the brakes in Turn 1. Muniz is now 24th in the season point standings, but with another strong finish at San Jose next weekend he will pass two more drivers as he continues to develop his competitiveness during his rookie Atlantic season.
Tom Sutherland looked to break out of a string of hard luck at the Edmonton Grand Prix. An early victim of the rain during the race at Toronto, and also an innocent victim of contact at the Mont Tremblant event, meant that Sutherland entered the Edmonton event having not finished a race lap in the past two events. While attempting a daring move again on the opening lap of Race #1 at Edmonton, Sutherland made contact with the car driven by Mike Forest, ending the day early for both. Sutherland, driving the #2 Drive Energy Soda / ClickAway Computers race car, rebounded for a strong 13th place result in the Sunday feature race. Sutherland actually was running in a strong 11th place with 2 laps remaining, but unfortunately ran wide allowing several cars to pass. For sure much better momentum gained by the Los Gatos California driver as he prepares for his home race this weekend on the streets of San Jose. |