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NWR focused on improvement after strong outing at Barber

 MUNDELEIN, IL (September 24, 2020) – After a little over a month hiatus to the 2020 Formula Regional America’s season, Newman Wachs Racing returns to competition at the historic 17-turn, 3.74-mile road course of Sebring International Raceway this weekend. Led by Team Manager Brian Halahan, NWR is focused on building on their momentum and will once again put Jordan Missig and Victor Franzoni on-track to continue their chase for race wins and the series championship. Franzoni is coming off his second podium finish of the season, having taken second in Race 1 at Barber Motorsports Park in July, while Missig will chase his second podium of the season this weekend as his rookie open wheel formula car season continues. Franzoni sits third in the championship standings, while Missig is eighth, just three points out of sixth.

“I’m really looking forward to getting back to racing,” Halahan commented. “It’s been a long break and we are ready to go for the last part of the season. We’ve spent some time testing with both Victor and Jordan during this downtime and I’m feeling very confident as we head into the end of this season.”

The drivers will participate in a pair of practice sessions on Friday before heading into qualifying late on Saturday morning. The first race of the tripleheader event will be run on Saturday afternoon (3:00 pm) while the second and third races will hit the track on Sunday (10:00 am / 2:00 pm). Live timing and scoring will be available on the series website (www.framericas.com) and both live video coverage and live timing of the races can be enjoyed on www.fanracing.live.

 

EVENT INFORMATION:

 

Series:                                     2020 Formula Regional Americas Championship Powered by Honda

Events:                                    Rounds 9-10-11

Track:                                      Sebring International Raceway

Location:                                 Sebring, Florida

Date:                                        September 25 – September 27, 2020

 

SCHEDULE:

 

Friday, September 25

Practice 1 – 10:40 am – 11:10 am

Practice 2 – 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Saturday, September 26

Qualifying – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (30-min. green flag track time)

Race 1 - 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (35-min. green flag racing)

Sunday, September 27

Race 2 – 10:00 am – 11:00 am (35-min. green flag racing)

Race 3 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (35-min. green flag racing)

 

DRIVER INFORMATION AND QUOTES:

 

Driver: Jordan Missig - #48 Missig Performance Group Ligier JSF3

Age: 22

Hometown: Channahon, IL

Current Championship Standing: 8^th (41 pts)

Social Media:

Facebook: @JordanMissigRacing
Twitter: @JordanMRacing

Instagram: @Jordan.Missig.Racing

 

Quote: “I’m super pumped to get back into the car out at Sebring. Both Victor and I have done a lot of testing with the rest of the team over this month and a half summer break and I’m excited to see how these new discoveries with the car will better our performance on-track. I’ve been looking forward to this race all year, as Sebring is one of my favorite tracks, so I have had this race circled on the calendar for a while.”

 

Driver: Victor Franzoni - #23 NWR Ligier JSF3

Age: 24

Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Current Championship Standing: 3^rd (93 pts)

Social Media:

Facebook: @OfficialVictorFranzoni
Twitter: @VictorFranzoni

Instagram: @VictorFranzoni

 

Quote: “I’m super excited for Sebring. I do not have much experience at Sebring, but I love that track. Also, I am very confident with our car development, as we have made great progress during this break. I’m feeling really confident and ready to fight for the win with the whole NWR team!”

 

 

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Twitter:                         @newman_wachs

Instagram:                    @newman_wachs