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In 1975, Skip Barber started the Skip Barber School of High-Performance Driving, later renamed the 'Skip Barber Racing School.'
In time, Barber created the Skip Barber Race Series.
The Skip Barber Race program offers three different series - Regional, Masters and National. The Skip Barber National Championship, presented by RACER, is an entry-level professional series. Bryan Herta, A.J. Allmendinger, Ryan Hunter-Reay and dozens of other racing stars, have competed in the series. The cars used in the series are identically prepared R/T 2000. The R/T 2000 is built around a steel space frame chassis equipped with a Ricardo five-speed sequential transmission. The car uses a composite body with dual-element rear and single-element front wings. The front suspension is a pushrod-activated coil-overs design with adjustable roll-bars. The rear utilizes uprights with lower A-arms and twin trailing arms with coil-overs. The rear also has an adjustable roll-bar. Penske shock absorbers are used on all four corners. Stopping the R/T 2000 are Dodge Neon R/T ventilated brake rotors with two-piston calipers. Drivers compete on BFGoodrich g-Force racing tires. The R/T 2000 is powered by Dodge's 2.0-liter SOHC four-cylinder. The engine has a dry sump, electronic control unit and headers. This combination can achieve a top speed of 135-mph. With the exception of round one at Sebring International Raceway all 2003 National championship events consist of doubleheader race weekends.
Rounds six and seven of the 2003 Skip Barber National Championship series were held at Mosport International Raceway. Drivers would compete on the ten-turn 2.459-mile road course.
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Twenty Skip Barber National competitors round Mosport's corner nine for the second race of the weekend. On the pole is the No. 75 Tropical Commodities Inc. R/T 2000 driven by Saturday's winner, Raphael Matos. Sharing the front row with Matos is Salvador Duran in the No. 87 R/T 2000 with backing from Quaker State. Behind the leaders are the No. 71 R/T 2000 of Chris Prey and Joe D'Agostino in the No. 38 R/T 2000. |
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Barber-Champ Car Scholarship driver Raphael Matos collected his first victories of the season at Mosport International Raceway. Matos started race one in the third spot. He passed Gerardo Bonilla and Ben Freudenberg on lap 1 for the lead. Despite a restart, Matos held on for the win. On Sunday, he started on the pole and passed Chris Prey for his second victory of the event. Matos' performance gave him the championship lead. |
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The points leader heading into rounds six and seven was Matt Jaskol. Jaskol won the season s first contest at Sebring International Raceway. At Mosport, he drove the No. 49 R/T 2000 and qualified fifth for Saturday's race. Jaskol battled with Zilvinas Oskutis, Dominque Claessens and Ben Freudenberg before finishing second. The next day, he started in the eleventh but charged through the field to finish third. However, it was not enough to retain the points lead. |
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Ben Freudenberg drove the No. 62 Freudenberg.com R/T 2000. Freudenberg won round three at Virginia International Raceway. He qualified second fastest for the first contest at Mosport International Raceway but could not hold off Matt Jaskol and finished third. Freudenberg started in the sixth position for the final event of the weekend. He was not a factor in the race and fell down the order for an eleventh- place result. |
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The No. 71 R/T 2000 was piloted by Chris Prey at Mosport International Raceway. Before the series stopped at Mosport, Prey's best result was a pair of twelfth-place finishes. He qualified twelfth fastest for round six, but during the race, Prey advanced to cross the finish line in sixth place. On Sunday, Prey started in the third position and grabbed the lead from Rafeal Matos. He lost the top spot to Matos on the last lap but still collected second. |
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The top three finishers for round seven of the 2003 Skip Barber National Championship series at Mosport International Raceway. In the center for the second time this weekend is the winner, Rafeal Matos. The Barber-Champ Car Scholarship driver's performance moved him to the top of the points chase. On the left is the runner-up, Chris Prey, who earned his best result of 2003. Completing the rostrum is the third-place finisher, Matt Jaskol. |
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| FINISH | START | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 3 | Rafael Matos | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 2 | 5 | Matt Jaskol | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 3 | 2 | Ben Freudenberg | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 4 | 8 | Dominique Claessens | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 5 | 6 | Phillipe Gelinas | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 6 | 12 | Chris Prey | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 7 | 1 | Gerardo Bonilla | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 8 | 4 | Zilvinas Oskutis | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 9 | 15 | Abraham Zimroth | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 10 | 13 | Richard Schmidt | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 11 | 18 | Salvador Duran | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 12 | 9 | David Jurca | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 13 | 17 | Brian Frisselle | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 14 | 7 | Zoltan Bodor | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 15 | 10 | John Angelone | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 16 | 20 | Roland Isra | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 17 | 11 | Jad Dea | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 18 | 19 | Sergey Shleikin | R/T 2000 | 17 | - |
| 14 | 14 | Joe D'Agostino | R/T 2000 | 9 | Did Not Finish |
| 20 | 16 | Cliff White | R/T 2000 | 8 | Did Not Finish |
| FINISH | START | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rafael Matos | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 2 | 3 | Chris Prey | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 3 | 11 | Matt Jaskol | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 4 | 4 | Joe D'Agostino | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 5 | 6 | Phillipe Gelinas | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 6 | 2 | Salvador Duran | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 7 | 12 | Dominique Claessens | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 8 | 8 | Richard Schmidt | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 9 | 10 | Gerardo Bonilla | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 10 | 15 | Brian Frisselle | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 11 | 6 | Ben Freudenberg | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 12 | 14 | David Jurca | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 13 | 16 | John Angelone | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 14 | 17 | Sergey Shleikin | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 15 | 20 | Cliff White | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 16 | 9 | Zilvinas Oskutis | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 17 | 19 | Roland Isra | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 18 | 5 | Abraham Zimroth | R/T 2000 | 18 | - |
| 19 | 18 | Jad Dea | R/T 2000 | 15 | Did Not Finish |
| 20 | 13 | Zoltan Bodor | R/T 2000 | 9 | Did Not Finish |
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