Dempsey Finishes 2nd in Suprise F2000 Debut

Added: 12th May 2008

Peter Dempsey finished 2nd to team mate Andres Krohn at Road Atlanta in America on Saturday 10th May. This was Peter's first race ever in a Formula Ford 2000 car and his first ever time to race at Road Atlanta.

The Irish Young Driver of the Year runner up was back in America for a test at Miller Motorsport Park Utah in his Star Mazda and then travelled with the Andersen Racing Team to Road Atlanta to spanner one of the Formula Ford 2000 cars but when one of the drivers could not compete the team put Peter in the car.

With a borrowed helmet, race suit and gloves Dempsey jumped into the car for qualifying. Peter astounded everybody when he appeared 2nd quickest on the time sheets having only completed 5 laps around the circuit. He finished 4th on the grid only •5 of a second off the pace having only done 10 laps.

The Motorsport Ireland backed driver was very disappointed when his clutch failed as he left to go to the grid for race one and had to sit and watch the race from turn 1.

This morning they had a practice session for Race 2 but it was wet. Once again Dempsey surprised everyone by setiing a time .5 quicker then the rest of the field. Peter qualified 3rd on the grid for Race 2 and finished 2nd behind championship leader and team mate Anders Krohn, a brilliant result as he was only to be a mechanic for the weekend.

Peter said “It has been great as it was totally unexpected. I came here with the team to help and when one of the drivers could not compete Andersen Racing decided put me in the car. I had no race gear with me so I had to borrow everything. I am glad I was able to help the team have its second one two of 2008. It is off to Miller Motorsport Park Utah next week to race in the Star Mazda championship. Let’s hope that might go one better!”

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