Neil Verhagen
Neil Verhagen (born 18 February 2001) is a racing driver from the United States of America. Verhagen is the youngest to win the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. Verhagen did so in 2016 in the Formula F class.
Career
Karting
Neil started indoor karting along with his brother Alex. The duo trained and raced at the Grand Prix New York failities in Mount Kisco, New York under the instruction of racing driver Stevan McAleer. McAleer raced many classes and won the 2015 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in the ST class.[1] After racing at the Oakland Valley Race Park club scene, Verhagen joined the WKA and various Rotax Max racing series.[2] In 2012 the young driver finished second in the Florida Winter Tour Minimax series. Verhagen beat many hopefuls such as Logan Sargeant, Patricio O'Ward and Trenton Estep.[3]
To increase their sons chances at a successful racing career, the Verhagen family moved form Richfield, Connecticut to Mooresville, North Carolina in 2014. The family exchanged the WKA scene for the United States Pro Kart Series.
Formula racing
Verhagen made is auto racing debut at Road Atlanta in the Skip Barber Winter Series. The young driver won the first three races of the championship at Road Atlanta and Sebring International Raceway. Verhagen, racing a Mazda powered Reynard chassis, finished second in the championship.[4] Later in 2015 Verhagen debuted in the F1600 Championship Series. At the Pittsburgh International Race Complex Verhagen competed in a Spectrum.[5] At the F2000 Championship Series finale at Pittsburgh Verhagen finished tenth in a RFR F2000.
For 2016 Verhagen joined K-Hill Motorsports in the F1600 Championship Series.[6] The young driver won the championship beating teammate Peter Portante both racing Mygale SJ11 chassis.[7] Verhagen also competed in the SCCA club racing scene. Winning the SCCA Majors Tour Northeast Conference Verhagen qualified for the SCCA National Championship Runoffs.[8] Verhagen went on to become the youngest driver to win the Runoffs at 15 years and 242 days.[9] Winnin the Runnofs Verhagen qualified for the 2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout.
Motorsport result
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mid-Ohio | Mygale SJ11 | Honda Fit | Formula F | 1 | 1 | Running |
American Open-Wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
F1600 Championship Series
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | K-Hill Motorsports |  ATL 4 |
ATL 1 |
ATL 5 |
WGL 3 |
WGL 2 |
WGL 2 |
VIR 1 |
VIR 4 |
VIR 7 |
MDO 2 |
MDO 14 |
MDO 1 |
PIT 1 |
PIT 1 |
PIT 4 |
NJMP 3 |
NJMP 1 |
NJMP 1 |
VIR 1 |
VIR 2 |
VIR 1 |
1st | 832 |
References
- ↑ "Stevan McAleer". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "Neil Verhagen". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "Florida Winter Tour - Rotax Mini Max 2012 standings". DriverDB.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "A day at the races: Skip Barber Summer Series hits soggy VIR". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "2015 Pittsburgh - Race 1". F1600 Championship Series. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "Neil Verhagen Announced as Second K-Hill F1600 Driver". F1600 Championship Series. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "Victory for Title-Winner Verhagen at VIR". F1600 Championship Series. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "2016 SCCA Majors Championship Point Standings Northeast Conference". SCCA. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "Verhagen Becomes the Youngest SCCA National Champion With Formula F Win". SCCA. Retrieved 11 October 2016.