After a season that saw him take two wins and seven top-five finishes including a maiden win Carl Skerlong has seen his Atlantic Series campaign come to an early end following a high-speed accident at Road Atlanta.
The second-year driver was on top of the times at the wheel of the #14 King Taco car when he went off at turn one during Tuesday testing and suffered concussion which in turn prevents him from taking part in the race.
Having admitted he felt confident of fighting for a second win of the year, Skerlong was left understandably disappointed but paid tribute to his PCM-run team for its work during the campaign.
The car was good, he said. Our lap times were improving each lap and we were quickest until I lost it in turn one. We rolled off with a quick car; I think we had a car that could win the race.
I was so excited to fight for a top-three finish in the Championship this weekend. I am quite sore from the accident but not being able to race is much more painful! I want to thank King Taco for their continued support, also my engineer Burke Harrison for giving me fast cars all season and thanks to Shane, Tyler and the entire PCM/USRT crew, they are terrific and it has been a good season.
Skerlong will remain at Road Atlanta throughout the weekend working with his team-mate Frankie Muniz as Muniz is fighting Daniel Morad for tenth position in the standings.
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