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DD2
Sabre Cook
CRG-USA DD2 Sunday Report
In Tucson, Matt Jaskol (CRG) was able to post the fast lap in
the qualifying session, however, he saw it taken away due to a
technical inspection issue. A month later here in Phoenix, the PSL
West driver was able to post a fast lap early, and the time stood
for the remainder of the 15-minute session. Point leader and
Saturday winner Sabre Cook (CRG) closed in late, but came one
tenth of a second short. Round Two winner Michael Ilavia was a
close third in the order with Ben Schermerhorn (Kosmic) fourth.
For the first time in the four rounds of racing, contact decided
the results of a race, with Ilavia scoring the Prefinal win. Jaskol
and Cook slotted into the top-two positions after the green flag,
and reaching turn eight for the first time, contact was made.
Both drivers went off, with Ilavia moving into the lead and Scher-
merhorn to second. Cook and Jaskol continued on, with Jaskol
pulling off after five laps. As the race wore on, Schermerhorn
kept Ilavia in his sights, but was ran down by Cook. She con-
tinued the fast laps of the race to land on the bumper of Ilavia
with four laps to go. They finished that way, with Ilavia first to the
checkered. Cook, however, was penalized five seconds for the
contact, dropping her to third and putting Schermerhorn on the
front row for the main event.
Ilavia led the way in the Final, as Cook and Jaskol fought for
the second position. Once Jaskol assumed the spot, he began
working on the leader Ilavia. It wasn’t until lap 18 that he pulled
the trigger, bringing Cook with him. Ilavia fought back on Cook,
and this gave Jaskol the breathing room he needed to drive to
the checkered flag for his first series victory. Cook was a close
third with Ilavia on the podium in third and Schermerhorn in
fourth.
Matt Jaskol
Michael Ilavia
DD2
Masters