Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway hosted the third race of the season for the popular one-make, sports automobile series the Ferrari Challenge. The mechanical opera of the new Ferrari 458 Challenge EVO race automobile made their return to Monterey, California on Might 16-18, 2014 to challenge the 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course of action.
2014 marks the twenty-second day for the series, which currently runs on more or less of the as a rule beautiful circuits in North American, European and Asia-Pacific, with drivers at the wheel of opposition 458 Italia Challenge race cars, specifically built at the Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy.
The Ferrari Challenge runs two categories, the Trofeo Pirelli and the Coppa Shell. The series popularity is due, in cut because it brings together mutually footpath novices who move in the Coppa Shell category and qualified opposition drivers, who move the Trofeo Pirelli. Both category has their distinct classifications and season ending title.
Two races were detained greater than the past weekend the first race on Saturday afternoon, the second on Sunday. The 1st race was won by Harry Cheung (Ferrari of Beverly Hills) who started from pole and led from start to come to an end claiming the win in the Trofeo Pirelli category. Chris Ruud (Ferrari of Beverly Hills) won the Coppa Shell category.
The 2nd race on Sunday saying Ricardo Perez (Ferrari of Houston) take the win from pole position to privilege his second victory of the season. Chris Ruud would go on to win for the second time this weekend in the Coppa Shell, making this his 4th victory for the season.
Subsequent this race at Laguna Seca, the calendar for the North American series bidding continue to Montreal, Canada, (during the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve), June 6-8 Mont Tremblant, Canada, June 27- 29 Road America, July 11-13 Watkins Glen, Sept. 19-21 Austin, Oct. 31-Nov. 2 and bidding end in December with the traditional Finali Mondiali December 3-6. 2014 marks the first time the Finali Mondiali is being detained beyond Europe, at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The Yas Marina Circuit is additionally home to the Ferrari Humankind theme park. This is somewhere the top invited drivers from North America bidding go up against the supplementary leaders from Asia-Pacific and Europe for the overall 2014 title.
The Ferrari Challenge North America Series is organized by Ferrari North America, Inc., and is sanctioned by IMSA. Bring to an end Ferrari Challenge information is accessible at www.ferrarichallenge.com.
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