Verschoor wins in Invercargill
RICHARD Verschoor has started his fightback in the Toyota Racing Series by winning yesterday’s race at the second round at Teretonga, Invercargill.
The 17-year-old Dutch driver lies third on the points table after failing to finish the Lady Wigram Trophy race at Ruapuna last Sunday.
‘‘I’ve just got to focus on finishing in front of the others,’’ said Verschoor. ‘‘I can’t change what happened with a technical failure last weekend.’’
Verschoor, starting from the outside of the front row of the
Initially Verschoor got away, but then ran slightly wide out of one corner and the gaps closed up.
‘‘I wanted to save my tyres at the finish,’’ said Verschoor, who took a narrow win.
Shwartzman and Armstrong both made good starts off the second row of the grid to complete the lockout of the top three places in the same order they finished the first race at Ruapuna.
Novalak had just as much track speed and once he gets his starts dialled in will become a real threat. Behind him English 17-year-old James Pull finished BRUCE JENKINS fifth with Florida-based Ecuadorian Jean Manuel Correa sixth.
For today’s main race, Armstrong will start on pole, with Novalak alongside him and Shwartzman and Verschoor on the second row of the grid.
Armstrong has a nine points lead in the series, with Verschoor another 42 points back. 1 Richard Verschoor (Netherlands) 2 Robert Shwartzman (Russia) 3 Marcus Armstrong (Christchurch) 4 Clement Novalak (England) 5 James Pull (England) 6 Jean-Manuel Correa (USA) 7 Brendon Leitch (Invercargill) 8 Reid Harker (Albany) 9 Cameron Das (USA) 10 Calvin Ming (Guyana)