June 2,
2007
Saturday, Milwaukee Mile, Wisconsin
Before the First Lap is Completed,
the Race is Completed for Four Drivers.
© Suburban Journals of Chicago Inc.
by Dan Peters
The race begins with the crash and loss of 4 cars and drivers,
Hideki Mutoh, Andrew Prendeville, Chris Festa, and Stephen
Simpson. Logan Gomez only made one lap while Jaime
Camara
ended the day with just 3 laps. The weather kept dry and the
event ended with a happy winner, Mr. Lloyd Stomps.
© Suburban Journals of Chicago Inc.
by Dan Peters
LLOYD STOMPS ‘EM TO WIN ROAD RUNNER 100 IN RECORD FASHION
Milwaukee, Wis., June 2—The Road Runner 100 Indy Pro Series race was an
exercise in record-breaking proportions for emerging open wheel
sensation Alex Lloyd.
For the first time in Indy Pro Series history, a driver has won the
first five events to start a season. The same old movie played in a
different town Saturday as Alex Lloyd led flag-to-flag to score his
fifth consecutive Series victory in the Roadrunner 100 at The Milwaukee
Mile, driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
“It’s crazy,” Lloyd stated following his convincing win. “I always set
high expectations, but five wins wasn’t something we really even
thought about,” Lloyd continued. “But I’m enjoying this too much to let
it end anytime soon.”
Lloyd started from the pole position and led every lap in holding
off Mike Potekhen and Jonathan Klein following a late caution, for a
2.28 second margin of victory.
“I had a good car and just tried to keep my nose clean the best I
could,” Potekhen admitted after edging Klein at the line for second
place. “I knew we didn’t have anything for Alex (Lloyd) and he kind of
just left us in the dust. But it’s a good showing for our fifth race of
the year to be on the second step of the podium.”
For Klein, 20, the third place result was appreciated at the track
closest to his Long Grove, Ill. hometown. “Some of my best friends from
high school were here today to watch,” Klein stated. “It was good to
get a good result for them.”
First-year series Indy Pro Series driver Stephen Simpson made contact
with the turn two wall and then continued on America’s Legendary Oval.
Forced to retire early due to contact were Hideki Mutoh, Chris Festa,
Andrew Prendeville, Logan Gomez, and defending race winner Jaime
Camara.
Alex Lloyd of Sam Schmidt Motorsports Celebrates His Win at the
Historic Milwaukee Mile
A view of the start of the race from the grandstands at the Historic
Milwaukee Mile.
An early race pile-up scattered the field
Following another quick caution for a Jon Brownson spin, the race
unfolded under the green flag with Lloyd pulling out to a near
straightaway advantage over Potekhen and Klein, while Sean Guthrie
moved up nicely to secure the fourth spot. When Ken Losch spun off turn
two and hit the inside backstretch wall to draw a caution on lap 89, a
ten lap dash to the finish was set up with Potekhen and Klein looking
to end Lloyd’s perfect season victory record.
However as the final restart ensued, Lloyd was not to be denied and he
shot ahead, building to a 2.28 second margin of victory.
Guthrie crossed the finish line in fourth place, the last car on the
lead lap, one spot better than Oconomowoc, Wis. native Bobby Wilson,
who remains fourth in the point standings.
Portland, Oregon’s Ryan Justice, Al Unser III, Joey Scarallo, Marc
Williams, and recent Vanderbilt University mechanical engineering
graduate Brad Jaeger completed the top ten.
Road Runner 100 Official Results
Fin Str Car
Driver
Team
Laps
1
1 7 Alex
Lloyd Sam Schmidt
Motorsports 100
2 4
53 Mike Potekhen Apex
Racing
100
3 2
2 Sean Guthrie
Jonathan
Klein
100
4 9
4 Sean Guthrie
Guthrie
Racing
100
5 17
1 Bobby Wilson Brian
Stewart
Racing
99
6 3
38 Ryan Justice Sam
Schmidt Motorsports 99
7 16 12 Al Unser
III Playa Del
Racing
98
8 18 15 Joey
Scarallo RLR/Anderson
Racing
97
9 20
6 Marc Williams Michael Crawford
Motorspts 97
10 21 3
Brad Jaeger Brain Stewart
Racing
93
11 8 34 Jon
Brownson SWE Racing
93
12 10 27 Wade
Cunningham Andretti Green/AFS
Racing 90
13 14 52 Ken
Losch Apex
Racing
81
14 19 13 Robbie
Pecorari Team
KMA
42
15 22 8 P.J.
Abbott Michael Crawford
Motorsports 25
16 13 40 Tom
Wieringa Guthrie
Racing
20
17 11 11 Jaime
Camara Andretti Green/AFS
Racing 3
18 12 23 Logan
Gomez Sam Schmidt
Motorsports 1
19
5 55 Hideki
Mutoh Super Aguri-Panther Racing
0
20
7 5 Andrew
Prendeville RLR/Andersen
Racing 0
21
15 9 Chris
Festa CGR Indy Pro Series
0
22
6 24 Stephen
Simpson Kenn Hardley Racing
0
WEST ALLIS, Wis. - Qualifying Saturday for the Road Runner 100 Indy Pro
Series event on the 1-mile The Milwaukee Mile, with starting position,
car number in
parentheses, driver and speed:
1.
(7) Alex Lloyd, 146.077
2. (2) Jonathan Klein, 145.067
3. (38) Ryan Justice, 144.407
4. (53) Mike Potekhen, 144.151
5. (55) Hideki Mutoh, 144.001
6. (24) Stephen Simpson,
143.523
7. (5) Andrew Prendeville,
143.096
8. (34) Jon Brownson, 142.652
9. (4) Sean Guthrie, 142.279
10. (27) Wade Cunningham,
141.774
11. (11) Jaime Camara, 141.381
12. (23) Logan Gomez, 140.987
13. (40) Tom Wieringa, 140.833
14. (52) Ken Losch, 140.437
15. (9) Chris Festa, 140.198
16. (12) Al Unser III, 140.027
17. (1) Bobby Wilson, 139.195
18. (15) Joey Scarallo, 138.825
19. (13) Robbie Pecorari,
137.071
20. (6) Marc Williams, 135.179
21. (3) Brad Jaeger, 134.601
22. (8) P.J. Abbott, 123.963
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