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AVONDALE, La. (March 29, 2025) – Titus Sherlock took his fifth-career victory on Saturday morning at NOLA Motorsports Park, winning in the Formula Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas) season opener. After finishing fourth in the championship standings last season, Sherlock (No. 31 Crosslink Motorsports Ligier JS F3) looks to contend for the title with his Crosslink Motorsports team in 2025.

Notes of Interest:

• Titus Sherlock earned the fifth win of his career, and first win of the season with today’s Race 1 win at NOLA Motorsports Park.
• Sherlock is one of three Crosslink Motorsports competitors in the FR Americas field. His teammate, Barrett Wolfe, finished third.
• Nicolas Ambiado earned the seventh podium of his career and first of the season in today’s season-opening race. Ambiado switches from his family-owned Velox USA team to race under the Kiwi Motorsport banner this season.
• Barrett Wolfe secured his first-career podium in his FR Americas debut. The 21 year old spent the off season racing in New Zealand as part of the Formula Regional Oceania Championship.
• Ambiado set a new track record for FR Americas during yesterday’s qualifying session to start from the pole in today’s event.

Track conditions were especially challenging on Saturday morning after rain passed through the area overnight, leaving areas of puddling around the 2.75-mile circuit. Race director Scott Goodyear declared the event a wet race, but gave the seasoned FR Americas field the choice of starting on racing slicks or rain tires. The field was split on the decision, with the first five starters electing slicks, and sixth-place starter Sherlock as the first to select rain tires. 

After two formation laps, the field filed down the starting line with Nicolas Ambiado (No. 55 Velox USA Ligier JS F3) in the point position. To his outside was Bruno Ribeiro (No. 01 Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F3), who had been quick all weekend, but got narrowly edged out by Ambiado during the closing minutes of qualifying. As the lights went out, Ambiado jumped to the lead, while Riberio stalled on the starting block, forcing the drivers behind him to take evasive action.

Brady Golan (No. 80 Toney Driver Development Ligier JS F3) had a great jump from his fifth-place starting position, darting ahead to take the race lead as the field barreled toward Turn 1. Ambiado filed into second, while Sherlock used the treaded tires to his advantage, climbing to third during the opening turns. Racing hard deep in the pack, Ribeiro and Connor Roberts (No. 46 Apexspeed.com / Entropy Cellars Ligier JS F3) had contact, spinning Ribeiro across the track and bringing out the full-course caution. 

Golan led the field to the green flag as the race resumed a few minutes later, but Sherlock wasted no time, making a move to take the lead in Turn 1 on the restart. Sherlock’s teammate, Barrett Wolfe (No. 13 Crosslink Motorsports Ligier JS F3), also took advantage of his rain tires to move through the field on the restart, passing both Golan and Ambiado to move into second. Meanwhile, Ambiado made his way around Golan as the drivers once again settled into a rhythm while trying to navigate the damp track. 

The caution flag waved one more time when Anthony Autiello (No. 07 Hope For The Warriors / Momentum Motorsports Ligier JS F3) got stuck in Turn 2 after dropping two wheels off the racing surface. Safety crews got him back on track with just enough time for competitors to make a one-lap dash to the checkered flag. As the green and white flags waved, Sherlock once again pulled ahead of the field, while Wolfe followed in his wake. Ambiado charged to the outside of Wolfe as they raced through Turn 3, setting himself up to dive to the inside and complete the pass as they worked through Turn 4.

As they crossed the finish line, it was Sherlock, followed by Ambiado and Wolfe. Alex Benavitz (No. 5 Crosslink Motorsports Ligier JS F3) finished fourth, while Lincoln Day (No. 95 Toney Driver Development Ligier JS F3) took fifth.

     SEE MORE:  Race 1 Official Results

“It felt great to win today,” said Sherlock after climbing from the car. “It’s been such a tough weekend so far, with hardly any practice for us. We took the gamble in the end—most of our competition was on slicks, but it turned out to work. I couldn’t be more thankful to the whole Crosslink crew. We really preserved through it, and I’m grateful to get the first win in the first race.”