BROWNSBURG, Ind. — The traditional Carb Night Classic at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on Friday produced a pair of impressive USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire victories for Israel’s Ariel Elkin, in USF Pro 2000 and Canada’s Anthony Martella in USF2000.
Elkin’s commanding performance in the Freedom 90 represented the rookie’s third win from the last four races for TJ Speed Motorsports. It was enough to vault him into second place in the point standings ahead of Turn 3 Motorsport’s Alessandro de Tullio, who passed Canadian polesitter Mac Clark (Exclusive Autosport) shortly after the 90-lap race’s only full-course caution.
Martella also controlled proceedings in the Freedom 75 race for USF2000. After enduring a difficult start to the season for Jay Howard Driver Development, the youngster from Woodbridge, Ont., Canada, swept into the lead after 12 laps and rocketed away to become the third first-time USF2000 winner from the last three races.
VRD Racing’s Thomas Schrage, from Bethel, Ohio, maintained his recent run of form by finishing second ahead of Martella’s JHDD teammate, Brad Majman, from Melbourne, Australia. Schrage’s sixth successive podium finish, which included a maiden victory two weeks ago on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, moved him into the championship lead for the first time.
