Perhaps the biggest story of the event was the race turned in by Burnaby, BC, Canada driver,Marc De Vellis (Sierra Sierra Enterprises/Pro Works Swift 014.a), who along with his team, were competing in their first CART Toyota Atlantic Championship race ever this afternoon. De Vellis picked his way through the field and with two laps remaining, passed Jon Fogarty (Dorricott Racing/Thomas Fogarty Winery & Vineyards Swift 014.a) to take the final podium spot.
The attitude going into this was to be pretty conservative, said De Vellis whose team is still less than a year old. I think we went back a few positions at the start, but I didnt mind because I wanted to keep clean because I knew we would have a very strong race car in the later stages of the race. I basically just waited for the car to come in and then charged hard at the end.
When I went to pass Fogarty first, I tried on the inside. He tried to protect his line so he blocked me, but racing is racing and I tried again and made it past him. This is a sign of good things to come."