1994 Rejects-1 Grand Prix of United States

The 1994 Rejects-1 Grand Prix of United States was the first race of the newly founded Rejects-1 World Championship after Life GP's demise at the end of 1993.

It was held at Sebring International Raceway on April 3, 1994.

Report

The race was won by Jan van der Maeyede of Al Smith Racing Enterprises from pole position. The Dutchman scored a hat trick by setting a fastest lap of 1:53.843. The British drivers, who made up around 25% of the grid, were unfortunately all struck down by various technical failures, as was most of the other drivers the grid, whilst Jorg Scrattenheim sent Sam Winton into the wall, ending his race. Scrattenheim was accused of being a danger on-track by the Union Saver Developments principal and promptly penalised. Their only classified driver at the end was Rachel Graham. She suffered an engine failure, but having completed more than 90% of the race distance, was classified 16th.

The reject of the race was Jeice Swan as the Irishman amateurishly tried to go back to racing line and hit Mike Stern, causing him to retire, and also tried to back to racing line without looking in mirrors and took himself out with Thomas Day.

Only 40% of the grid actually was classified.

Results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Jan van der Maeyede	Al Smith Racing Enterprises	34	1:05:58:287	1	22
2	2	Natascha Zaugg	Foster's Good Call Racing	34	+18.106	3	15
3	43	W.A. Stokins	Union Saver Developments	34	+36.947	6	12
4	88	Jorg Scrattenheim	Scuderia Asso di Fiori	34	+55.521	13	10
5	666	Mikhail Karimov	Rob Lomas Racing	34	+56.346	7	8
6	84	Bernard Leclercq	Buoygues EBL	34	+57.145	12	6
7	13	Joe Gaera	Loyer Racing Technologies	34	+1:03.485	16	4
8	222	Jean-Philippe Henri	Buoygues EBL	34	+1:04.029	10	3
9	76	Shigeru Hashimoto	HTMTRT	34	+1:19.375	25	2
10	10	Nic Tooas	Aussie Motorsport	34	+1:20.280	15	1
11	3	Kim-Jong Sung	Great Leap Backward	34	+1:20.760	22
12	53	Marky Howard	Rockets to Russia	34	+1:22.217	30
13	71	Cameron Maroon	Al Smith Racing Enterprises	34	+1:40.485	14
14	444	Pedro Capilé	V.I.D.A.	34	+1:42.851	37
15	5	Fidrik Arnason	Ursus Racing	33	Suspension	34
16	77	Rachel Graham	Mackenzie Financial	33	Engine	40
Ret	52	Geoff Donnelly	Scuderia Asso di Fiori	30	Suspension	19
Ret	44	Pjotr Madunochev	Foxhound Life	29	Suspension	9
Ret	0	Jose Braggia	Foster's Good Call Racing	26	Gearbox	2
Ret	78	Jeice Swan	HTMTRT	23	Accident	33
Ret	37	Thomas Day	Hunter Autosport	23	Accident	39
Ret	26	Jimmy Rosenforth	Rosenforth Engineering	22	Gearbox	5
Ret	25	Algernon Bell	Ursus Racing	22	Gearbox	20
Ret	40	Piergiuseppe Cinotti	Cinotti Corse	20	DNF	23
Ret	39	Richard Arthurs	Cinotti Corse	20	Brakes	26
Ret	35	Danny Ramone	Rockets to Russia	20	Engine	18
Ret	95	Kenneth Baker	Loyer Racing Technologies	19	Brakes	24
Ret	47	Sam Pritchard	HURT Racing	18	Engine	21
Ret	79	Vic Sunset	Blokkmonsta Racing	16	Accident	4
Ret	333	Julio Vaca	V.I.D.A.	16	Brakes	35
Ret	36	Deanna McMahon	Hunter Autosport	16	Engine	11
Ret	27	Archibald March	Rob Lomas Racing	15	Engine	27
Ret	99	Christopher Arthurs	Mackenzie Financial	14	Gearbox	29
Ret	31	Carlos Marquez	Great Leap Backward	11	Brakes	38
Ret	14	Petrus Handoyo	Caraxl Racing	8	Brakes	36
Ret	11	Andrew MacMillan	Northgate Engineering	8	Brakes	31
Ret	12	Rafael Modena	Northgate Engineering	6	Gearbox	28
Ret	42	Sam Winton	Union Saver Developments	5	Accident	8
Ret	62	Mike Stern	Rosenforth Engineering	0	Engine	32
Ret	8	Sam Sun	Aussie Motorsport	0	Clutch	17

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Jan van der Maeyede	22
2	Natascha Zaugg	15
3	W.A. Stokins	12
4	Jorg Scrattenheim	10
5	Mikhail Karimov	8
6	Bernard Leclercq	6
7	Joe Gaera	4
8	Jean-Philippe Henri	3
9	Shigeru Hashimoto	2
10	Nic Tooas	1