{"id":7140,"date":"2024-06-05T13:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=7140"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:38:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T17:38:02","slug":"abel-motorsports-trio-back-in-action-at-road-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/abel-motorsports-trio-back-in-action-at-road-america\/","title":{"rendered":"ABEL Motorsports trio back in action at Road America"},"content":{"rendered":"

– Jacob Abel holds a 25-point INDY NXT by Firestone championship lead heading into the second of two successive race weekends<\/em><\/p>\n

– Yuven Sundaramoorthy (Wisconsin) and Jordan Missig (Illinois) both consider Road America their home track<\/em><\/p>\n

SPEEDWAY, Ind. (5 June 2024) \u2013 ABEL Motorsports heads to this weekend\u2019s INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Road America with plenty of storylines, and\u00a0a driver trio that includes the points leader (Jacob Abel) and two local drivers (Yuven Sundaramoorthy and Jordan Missig).<\/p>\n

All three drivers have a great deal of experience on the historic 4.048-mile road course termed \u201cAmerica\u2019s National Park of Speed\u201d through their junior formula careers and, in Missig\u2019s case, his sports car career as well.<\/p>\n

Born in Oconomowoc, Wis., Sundaramoorthy figures that between June Sprints, F1600 Championship races, and the USF Pro Championships, he has raced at Road America 20 times. His family moved to China for his father\u2019s work when he was three years old, then moved near Albany, NY when he was 10, but Wisconsin remained a mythical figure in his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up, I would always say that I was from Wisconsin. My parents always bought me Badger stuff growing up because I was into the Wisconsin sports. It\u2019s always been a faint memory in the back of my mind, and I knew I wanted to go to college there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graduating from the University of Wisconsin at Madison last year with a degree in computer science, Sundaramoorthy came away from school with much more than just a degree \u2013 his time in Formula SAE gave him practice, real-world knowledge that he puts to use as a race car driver.<\/p>\n

Sundaramoorthy will drive the\u00a0Formula SAE<\/a>\u00a0electric vehicle he helped build while studying computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u00a0The student team will compete for the electric vehicle championship title at Michigan International Speedway, against as many as 119 university-based teams from all over the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking with the Formula SAE team gave me so much valuable experience, including ways to use my computer science knowledge with a connection to racing. Through the FSAE team, I got to understand more of the intricacies of a race car, more of the physics side of the car, which has given me more of an understanding of the details behind the car \u2013 instead of just being the driver.\u201d<\/p>\n

With such a short turnaround between Detroit and Road America, the ABEL team was grateful to come away from last weekend\u2019s street fight with very little damage and for Abel, still holding the points lead. With two podiums and four top fives in six junior formula races at Road America (including last year\u2019s INDY NXT second place finish), Abel considers the scenic road course to be one of his best. It\u2019s also the very first racetrack he visited.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel as though last year\u2019s race was a win that got away from us,\u201d said Abel. \u201cWe got unlucky in qualifying and started back in the field but drove up to second. It\u2019s one of our best tracks so I\u2019m looking forward to it. It\u2019s also one of my best memories \u2013 it\u2019s the very first track I attended. I was in fourth or fifth grade and my grandfather took me out of school to go see my dad in the vintage races there. I\u2019ve been going there at least 15 years so it holds a very special place in my heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year was a crucial year at Road America, because of the new surface,\u201d continued Abel. \u201cWe were all still learning the Firestone tires last year and they adapted to that new surface well, so it\u2019s a high-speed, high grip track now. You just have to have confidence out there and as a third-year driver in the series, I\u2019m confident with the car and tire at Road America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Missig, from Joliet, Ill. returns to the team for what he considers to be his home race.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis track has meant a lot to me over the years \u2013 it\u2019s given me a lot of wins and a lot of great finishes so I\u2019m hoping to deliver more of that kind of results this weekend,\u201d said Missig, who earned two Lamborghini Super Trofeo Series victories at Road America in 2021, on his way to a third-place finish in the championship. \u201cBut this weekend is also special because most of the crew from Autobahn Country Club is coming up to support me, including executives and members. It will be fun to be racing in front of the hometown fans and people who are important to me, on the biggest stage that I\u2019ve been on.\u201d<\/p>\n

ABEL Motorsports thanks partners ABEL Construction Company, Advance Ready Mix, Boyd Cat\u00ae, S Team Motorsports and OMP for their continued support.<\/p>\n

The INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix at Road America takes the green flag Sunday at 1:05 p.m. ET. The race will be streamed live in the U.S. on Peacock, while international viewers can watch via\u00a0INDYCARLIVE<\/a>, with INDYCAR Radio available at\u00a0indycar.com<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0Sirius XM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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