Fate would treat US RaceTronics a bittersweet day. 

A promising day for Carl Skerlong (#24 King Taco/USRT) ends on a negative note while David Garza's (#4 Axtel/Tecate/Madisa/USRT) day turned out well.  One more day lies ahead for the duo as both try to change their fates for tomorrow's race.

Saturday morning began with the second qualifying session of the weekend. From the beginning both drivers started off fast with Skerlong immediately jumping up to the top 3 position while Garza closely followed.  As track temperatures got higher so did the times.  Garza would eventually fall back to the fourteenth position and was unable to put up a complete fast lap due to several blocking incidents.  The youngster from Monterrey Mexico was not able to improve his times as a result.  Garza will start tomorrow's race in fourteenth.  Skerlong kept his times up and managed to pull off a third fastest time and saw the time stay there as the session ended.  This is Skerlong's best start in his career with the Champ Car Atlantic Series.

 USRT Edmonton Saturday Report

The race held later that afternoon was a whole different story.  The first of two races would leave the USRT team with mixed results once again.  Skerlong was plagued by a bad start and quickly had to work hard to regain the positions lost on the start.  Skerlong's problem on the standing start put him back to the seventh spot while Garza slipped back to fifteenth, a full seven spots from where he started.  Garza would eventually race himself back to the thirteenth spot before the Yellow Flag came out on Lap #5.  Once the Green Flag came out and both USRT drivers immediately began where they left off with Garza jumping to the tenth spot while Skerlong began to close on Jonathon Bomarito.  In turn #10 Skerlong passed Bomarito for position and they both made contact, resulting in the #24 King Taco entry going into the tire barrier and unable to continue.  Skerlong's day came to a crushing end.  Bomarito would be penalized for the incident.  The USRT crew would repair the car for tomorrow's race.

For Garza, his race would end on a more positive note as he and Adrian Carrio would end up battling for most of the later half of the race for the seventh and eight positions.  Garza was able to maintain his position and it wasn't until the last lap that Carrio was able to get around and collect the seventh spot.   The eighth place finish ties Garza's best finish of the year which was at Cleveland. 

Carl Skerlong - "I made a great pass but I guess Jonathan (Bomarito) didn't like it.  It's a shame things ended the way they did but at least we have another chance to get back out there tomorrow.  We definitely have the speed to match the leaders here and thankfully we've got time to get the car back together for tomorrow morning's warm-up!"

David Garza -"It was a tough race but we made it and the team did a great job.  We have another race tomorrow and I'm going to try to give the team and our sponsors a great result."

About US RaceTronics: 2007 marks the third year of competition in the Champ Car Atlantic Championship Series for US RaceTronics. Led by former Dorricott Racing Team Manager Shane Seneviratne, US RaceTronics enters the 2007 season with Monterrey Mexico native David Garza and American Carl Skerlong.  US RaceTronics is part of Pacific Coast Motorsports Jr. Team program

 For more information on US RaceTronics and its partners, visit www.usracetronics.com.  You can visit David Garza's website at www.david-garza.com and Carl Skerlong's website at www.cskerlong.com