CalSpeed IronMan 2020 Round 3 Preview

We’re back! It has been 4 months since the IronMan Series took to the twists and turns of CalSpeed, and with the re-opening only happening one week ago, this will be the very first racing event since the Sprint Series on March 7th,  just before the shutdown took effect. The last time the checkered flew for the IronMan drivers, it was Paulo Franca scoring the W, joined by Michael Hazlewood and Sean Fite on the podium.

It is also the return of the forward direction at CalSpeed, with the Sportivo layout in place for the first time in over a year; with the last time we were heading in the clockwise direction being August last year for the Classico Grand Prix Weekend.

This is almost going to feel like a season opener, but the reality is that there are two events already in the books. And a key thing to point out, is the fact a few things have changed in the schedule: It is now an 8 round championship instead of 10, and only 1 drop instead of 2. Further, while this was originally scheduled to be a 2-Hour, that has been scrapped, and instead there is only one 2-hour race on the calendar, which is the penultimate round in september.

And remember, there are plenty of new procedures and protocols in place, so be sure to familiarize yourself with at this link here, and other media channels.

Things may look and feel a little different with all the new protocols and procedures at the track, but once the visor goes down, it is going to be all the same. All the more reason to dive into our first preview back, and we have plenty to cover…

Provisional Starting Grid

1. Pietro Moro
2. Tom Zevin
3. Spencer Russell
4. John Rice
5. Matt Steele
6. Tyler Redman
7. Bill Kreig
8. Jose da Silva
9. Chris Huerta
10. Diego Morales
11. Max Demoss
12. Ayrton Demoss
13. TJ Blackledge
14. Ariel Rubio
15. Andres Prieto
16. Sean Fite
17. Michael Hazlewood
18. Paulo Franca
19. Sheng Wu
20. Celso Pierre
21. Carl Zhu
22. Brock Newcomer
23. Alyssa Yauney
24. Patrick Britain
25. Cameron Rose
26. Evan Karp
27. Lukas Dziemidok
28. Brian Farley
29. Matt Ludwig
30. Kiron Chakraborty