- Jonathan Summerton
Jonathan Summerton (born
April 21 ,1988 ) is an American race car driver fromKissimmee, Florida . He began racingkarts at the age of 14 and by the end of the year had began racingSkip Barber Series cars. In 2004 he began racing inFormula BMW USA and won the Formula BMW USA Scholarship to race in the international series the next year where he finished second atSpa-Francorchamps and finished 10th in the championship. In 2006 he competed inFormula Three Euroseries where he won the Hockenheim race and finished 9th in the championship. In 2007 he has made starts in theA1 Grand Prix series forA1 Team USA and took second in the feature race atAutodromo Hermanos Rodriguez inMexico City . For the rest of 2007 he drove a partial season in F3 EuroSeries in the debut of the newVolkswagen engine for RC Motorsport and tested aChamp Car Atlantic Series car forDerrick Walker . He has returned to A1 Team USA for the2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season . Summerton captured A1 Team USA's first A1GP victory in the feature race at Shanghai. [ [http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/a1gp-summerton-gives-usa-first-win/ Summerton Gives USA First Win] , "Racer Magazine", April 13, 2008] The American team would eventually finish 12th in the championship, with Summerton finishing 2nd in the final sprint race of the campaign, atBrands Hatch . For the 2008 season, he will race in theAtlantic Championship forNewman Wachs Racing .References
External links
* [http://www.formulajon.com/ Official Website]
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