Ernest Sikes

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Ernest Sikes is a former American racing driver. Sikes won the 1993 SCCA American Continental Championship, a precursor of the USF2000 series. Sikes also competed in the SCCA National Championship Runoffs.

Sikes, racing out of Lithonia, Georgia, raced in the 1991 SCCA National Championship Runoffs.[1] Racing in the Spec Racer class, the Georgia racing driver qualified on pole position. Despite leading a couple of laps, Sikes finished in seventh place.[2] He returned to the Runoffs in 1992 in the Formula Continental class. Again qualifying on pole position, won the race and Sikes settled for second place.[2] Also in 1992 Sikes made his debut in the professional Formula Continental series, the USAC FF2000 Eastern Division. At Road Atlanta, Sikes finished in second place, behind . Joining Primus Racing in 1993, Sikes raced in the SCCA sanctioned professional Formula Continental series, the American Continental Championship. The season was very successful. Sikes won races at Road Atlanta, Infineon Raceway, Des Moines and Trois-Rivières. As he also finished the two other races on the podium, Sikes won the championship.[3][4]

Motorsports results[]

SCCA National Championship Runoffs[]

Year Track Car Engine Class Finish Start Status
1991 Road Atlanta Spec Racer Ford Spec Racer 7 1 Running
1992 Road Atlanta Van Diemen RF92 Ford Formula Continental 2 1 Running

American Open-Wheel racing results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

American Continental Championship results[]

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos Points
Primus Racing ATL
1 		MOS
3 		SON
1
1 		WGI
3 		TRR
1 		1st
MOS1 WGI TRR MOS2 ATL
22 		DAL - 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Trois-Rivières, August 13-14-15 Août 1993 Grand-Prix Player's de Trois-Rivieres". Autocourse.ca. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "SCCA RUNOFFS DRIVER HISTORIES" (PDF). SCCA. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. ^ "ERNEST SIKES - OVERALL START/FINISH POSITIONS (CLASS POSITIONS NOT SHOWN)". USF2000. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. ^ "The Series". USF2000. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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