MILLVILLE, N.J. — In a dominating performance at New Jersey Motorsports Park’s Thunderbolt Raceway, Carl Skerlong claimed his first career Cooper Tires presents The Atlantic Championship powered by Mazda victory in the inaugural Mazda Formula X.
With the victory, Skerlong became the sixth-different winner in nine Atlantic races this season.
Skerlong led every session in which he participated throughout the weekend, earning the maximum number of championship points (34) from the weekend, taking bonus points for being the fastest qualifier in both qualifying sessions and also earning a bonus point for turning the race’s fastest lap in addition to his 31 points for the victory.
Rookie Markus Niemela finished 2.464 seconds behind Skerlong at the checkers.
Meanwhile, Jonathan Summerton completed his third-straight podium run with a third-place finish.
Kevin Lacroix and Junior Strous rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Carl Skerlong, Markus Niemela, Jonathan Summerton, Kevin Lacroix, Junior Strous, Tom Sutherland, Greg Mansell, David Martinez, Jonathan Bomarito, Frankie Muniz, Simona De Silvestro, Leon Mansell, Douglas Soares, Dominick Muermans, Henri Karjalainen, James Hinchcliffe, Rich Zober, Eric Jensen, Dan Cameron.