ESERIES: CHAOTIC NORTH AMERICAN ROUND MIXES RESULTS

Winners mixed in chaotic North American round

All four race victories in Round 4 of the Supercars All Stars Eseries were claimed by Holden Commodore drivers with Shane van Gisbergen, Chaz Mostert, Anton de Pasquale and Jamie Whincup sharing the wins.

By DAN McCARTHY

However it was the consistent Tickford Racing Ford Mustang driver Cameron Waters who claimed the round honours by collecting the most points over the four races.

This week the e-Series travelled over to North America to race at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Canada and Watkins Glen in America, with race requiring one compulsory pit stop.

With an American theme it was only fitting that the Supercars regulars were joined by 2018 NASCAR Cup Series winner Joey Logano, former Indy500 winner Alexander Rossi and former Supercars champion and NASCAR race winner Marcus Ambrose.

De Pasquale took pole from van Gisbergen and series leader Scott McLaughlin for Race 1, as the lights went out they all made an even jump off the line and remained in that order. The pole sitter ran in a little too deep into Turn 1 ran through the grass and out wide at Turn 2, allowing the van Gisbergen swoop into the lead.

The new leader was the first of the front trio to stop on lap 6, and was followed a lap later by McLaughlin and on lap 8 the Penrite Racing driver followed suit. At the completion of the stops McLaughlin had jumped into second and started to hunt down van Gisbergen.

As they started the final lap van Gisbergen blocked into Turn 1 and 2, McLaughlin tapped his fellow Kiwi wide to take the lead but was told he had to redress the position. In doing so the DJR Team Penske driver allowed de Pasquale to sneak around the outside and take second position and that was the way it stayed, Will Davison was fourth ahead of Waters.

The reverse grid race in Canada was absolute chaos, with 90 percent of the field involved in a crash by the exit of Turn 2 resulting in the safety car being called.

In the end Mostert managed to stay out of trouble to take his first Supercars e-Series win from former teammate Waters and Matt Stone Racing driver Zane Goddard.

The top three finishers in Race 1 all had to take repairs, de Pasquale finished 13th while both McLaughlin and van Gisbergen finished outside the top 20.

It was van Gisbergen who qualified on pole at Watkins Glen but made a shocking start and fell to seventh by Turn 1.

De Pasquale led McLaughlin out of Turn 1 and the pair quickly pulled away from the rest of the field.

Van Gisbergen slowly crept his way back up the order but the damage had been done, the leading duo has scarpered.

By the end of the race Penrite Racing driver de Pasquale had pulled a comfortable margin to take the win from McLaughlin, while van Gisbergen recovered to third with Lee Holdsworth best of the rest.

The final reverse grid race at ‘The Glen’ was also quite chaotic, this time Van Gisbergen and McLaughlin were able to stay out and trouble and march through the pack as de Pasquale ran into trouble.

By avoiding the first lap drama ahead, seven-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup made his way into the lead.

Despite his lead diminishing late on Whincup held off Rossi and McLaughlin to take the race win. Impressively Wildcard Rossi came home second from McLaughlin, van Gisbergen and Waters, de Pasquale finished one lap down in 25th.

The next round of the Supercars All Stars Eseries takes place next Wednesday in Europe with the Supercars Championship racing virtually at Spa-Francorchamps and the Nurburgring.

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