NAGP Season 32 Info

Replay from last night's GT race in Mexico

 

Replay from last night's F1 race at Spa

 

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The North American Grand Prix Thursday night GT series pays its first ever visit to Road Atlanta this evening in the championships penultimate round of the season.

Peter Szabo powered his Lamborghini Huracan to his second win of the season last week in Mexico finishing just over one second ahead of second place Zack Hefner in the Glickenhaus. Salem Montgomery Jr. took home third in the Audi thirty seconds behind the leader. The finishing results for the top three tightened the championship standings up to the closest they've been all season, setting the table for a fantastic close out to the season tonight at Road Atlanta and next week at Road America.

The drivers standings heading into tonight's all important round nine has Eiran Parsons leading the way with 117 points. It's worth noting that Parsons is the only driver in the top six who has yet to win a race, although his consistency has been impeccable. Just five points behind Parsons is Zack Hefner with 112 points followed by Brad Merys in third with 109 points and Peter Szabo in fourth with 103 points.

The team championship remains hotly contested with Zack Hefner and Kevin Kirkbride of Podium Hunters in the Glickenhaus leading with 200 points. Precision Motor Racing's Eiran Parsons and Chris Moses in the Porsche are second with 193 points. Gotta Go Bye!'s Brad Merys and Al Marimon are third in the McLaren with 165 points.

Join Jake Feimster and Jack Ivy on NAGPTV this evening starting at 9pm eastern for complete coverage or round nine from Road Atlanta. The racing begins with twenty-five minutes of open qualifying followed immediately after by the 200km race.

If one could say that there was a clear front runner heading into tonight's race, you can't. The practice times are incredibly close among the front runners. This race is truly up for grabs tonight.

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Replay from last night's GT race at Road Atlanta

 

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After eleven weeks of intense competition in the incredibly tight GT championship, super pole qualifying for round ten of the North American Grand Prix Thursday night GT series takes place this evening at Road America.

It took nine races, but championship leader Eiran Parsons in the Porsche brought home his first win of the season last week at Road Atlanta giving himself a bit of breathing room in the drivers championship heading into the final round at Road America. Parsons finished five seconds ahead of second place Kevin Kirkbride in the Glickenhaus and fourteen seconds ahead of Brad Merys in the McLaren in third. The win for Parsons, and the added success ballast that he will be straddled with for the final round, sets the table for a fantastic showdown over the next two events for round ten's super pole tonight and the feature race in two weeks.

Before we close out the season in two weeks for the Road America 400km feature race, the drivers must qualify for the event. Join Jake Feimster and Jack Ivy this evening on NAGPTV starting at 9pm eastern. The night will be split into two sessions beginning with single lap qualifying. Each driver will have one flying lap in an attempt at pole position. The top two qualifiers in the session will be guaranteed their front row starting positions in the feature race in two weeks time. Following the single lap session there will be a thirteen lap sprint race. The remainder of the field will need to lock in their starting positions based on their results in the qualifying race. One point will awarded to the pole setter and the top three finishers in the race will be awarded championship points, three for first, two for second and one for third.

With Eiran Parsons 143 points leading the drivers championship, he is not a shoe-in just yet. With twenty-eight points on offer over the next two weeks, Brad Merys, second in the championship sixteen points behind and Zack Hefner, third in the championship nineteen points back, are still very much in contention.

Like the drivers championship, the same can be said in the team championship with Zack Hefner and Kevin Kirkbride of Podium Hunters currently leading with 232 points. Eiran Parsons and Chris Moses of Precision Motor Racing with 225 Points, and Al Marimon and Brad Merys of Gotta Go Bye! with 191 points, both teams are still alive in the team championship fight.

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Replay from last night's Super Pole Qualifying at Road America

 

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After eleven intense weeks of competition, the twelfth and final round of the North American Grand Prix Monday night open wheel series takes place this evening at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

As we head into tonight's championship deciding round, five drivers remain in contention for the drivers championship. Philippe Simard, with four wins under his belt this season and 162 championship points, holds a slim two point lead over Chris Moses in second with 160 points. After last weeks win at Monza, Matt Taylor moved into a tie for third in the standings with Eiran Parsons, each driver with 147 points, fifteen points behind the leader. The fifth driver with a shot at the championship this evening is Marc DeGras, who led the series briefly going into round ten at Spa, however a no points finish at that event has left him eighteen points behind the leader heading into the finale.

In the team championship, Precision Motor Racing's Chris Moses and Matt Taylor have made a late season surge to move into the lead of the team championship. PMR's 307 points has them ten points ahead of The French Connections Philippe Simard and Ian Jolicoeur. TBROKDAMBAM's Eiran Parsons and John Houston and the Ligier duo of Marc DeGras and Kevin Lechmanski, although not in the team title fight any longer, are embroiled in a close battle for third as both teams are tied in the championship with 253 points.

Finally, the competition index standings, which is the award given to the driver who covers the most distance in a season, newcomer Joel Eckman currently leads by 15.608km over second place Eiran Parsons. Through eleven races, Eckman has completed 460 laps for a total of 2,191.545km.

Join NAGPTV at 9pm eastern for complete coverage of round twelve from Barcelona. The night of racing begins with twenty-five minutes of open qualifying followed immediately after by the 200km race.

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Replay of last nights open wheel season finale at Barcelona

 

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The North American Grand Prix Thursday night GT series will come to an end this evening, but not before we close out season XXXII with a final 400km endurance race at Road America.

Championships are up for grabs tonight for drivers, teams and the competition index. We'll begin with the drivers championship. With 143 points, Eiran Parsons heads into tonight's race with a sixteen point advantage over last weeks qualifying race winner Zack Hefner and Brad Merys, who are both tied for second with 127 points. Parsons will be strapped with a 40kg success ballast disadvantage compared to 20kg for Merys and no weight for Hefner. Parsons will need to finish at least tenth to secure yet another championship title on Thursday nights.

The team championship title in season XXXII is down to two teams. Kevin Kirkbride and Zack Hefner of Podium Hunters eliminated Gotta Go Bye! from contention after scoring six points combined in last weeks super pole qualifying, increasing their season points total to 238. Eiran Parsons and Chris Moses of Precision Motor Racing are thirteen points behind the leaders and will be looking to sweep the team titles for season XXXII after PMR clinched the open wheel team championship last Monday. This will not be an easy task for PMR with Hefner and Kirkbride starting the race on the front row.

Finally, in the competition index, the prize awarded to the driver who covers the most distance in a season, Chris Moses leads with 2,515.882km completed, just 2.916km ahead of second place Zack Hefner and Eiran Parsons who are both tied. As long as Moses can stay on the lead lap, he should be able to clinch the award this evening.

We invite you to join NAGPTV's Jake Feimster and Jack Ivy for the last broadcast of the season. The green flag waves at 9pm eastern.

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Replay of last night's GT finale at Road America