Will start race 1 from #3 position inside row 2 Saturday at Indy
LOVELAND, OH (June 19, 2026) – Evagoras Papasavvas dominated the morning practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Friday clocking the fastest lap time (1:22.445) and the fastest speed turning in a 106.500/MPH in his #71 Crosslink Motorsports Formula Regional Americas car on lap 4.
Even with the fastest lap and speed for the day. Evagoras proved a little slower in the afternoon practice/provisional qualifying ending the session with the third fastest lap and speed less than 1/2 second behind the pole qualifier Brady Golan. That effort places Papasavvas and the #71 Crosslink Motorsports car #3 on the starting grid – inside position on the second row – for the FRA Championship Race #1 at IMS Saturday. It’s a timed 35 minute race with start time 1:25 P.M. and finish set for 2:00 P.M.
Evagoras enters the three-race weekend event at IMS as the Driver Championship points leader with 118.5 points after the first eight Formula Regional Americas championship rounds. Brady Golan and Cooper Shipman stand second & third with just 1/2 point separating them (87.5 for Golan and 87 for Shipman). They trail Papasavvas by 31 and 31.5 points respectively. Papasavvas hopes to continue to increase his driver championship lead with a potential for a maximum of 75 points with a sweep of P1 finishes in all three races. He is currently riding a three-track winning streak after earning P1 finishes in races at NOLA, Road America, and Mid-Ohio to start the Formula Regional Americas 2026 Championship racing season.
Loveland Beacon will continue to provide updates as available during the race weekend. Remember tune into “Tracking Evagoras Papasavvas Racing” – A Loveland Beacon Podcast for a complete racing update from Evagoras following completion of the race weekend…