Steve Wittich
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By Steve Wittich The sun shone between low clouds, and the ambient temperature was still a comfortable 81F when the lone USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires practice session started. The early leader in the half-hour practice on used tires was reigning USF2000 Championship Presented By Cooper Tires champion Michael d’Orlando (Turn 3 Motorsport). […]
By Steve Wittich The single half-hour USF2000 Championship Presented By Cooper Tires practice session before Friday morning qualifying took place late on Thursday afternoon, getting the green flag at 5:10 pm. The sun shone in Speedway, Ind, and the ambient temperature was 82F. After five minutes of running, race control reminded the teams and drivers […]
By Steve Wittich With three wins, four podiums and three fastest laps, USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires rookie Myles Rowe (Pabst Racing) is off to one of the hottest starts in all of motorsport this season. The 22-year-old, who recently graduated from Pace University in New York, NY, carries a commanding 42-point lead […]
By Steve Wittich The USF2000 Championship Presented By Cooper Tires, travels to Indianapolis, Ind., where 25% of the season’s points are available between now and Memorial Day Weekend. The “Month of May” begins with a triple-header on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the 22nd, 23rd and 24th races on the infield […]
By Steve Wittich For Nicolas Giaffone, dominance at Barber Motorsports Park was expressed by the number 11.277. That massive number is the combined margin by which the Brazillian won two Friday races. For the second straight race, the 18-year-old scored a maximum of 33 points while leading every lap from the pole and setting the […]
By Steve Wittich Second-generation racer Nicolas Giaffone and DEForce Racing continued their domination that began in qualifying on Thursday afternoon. The Brazilian led a one-two-three finish for the Houston, Texas-based DEForce Racing, the team’s third straight USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires win at Barber Motorsports Park. Giaffone finished ahead of his teammates, Australian Quinn […]
By Steve Wittich The second USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires qualifying sessions at Barber Motorsports Park finished like the first, with dominant performances by second-generation driver Nicolas Giaffone and DEForce Racing. The 18-year-old from Brazilian was over half a second quicker than his teammates Lucas Fecury and Quinn Armstrong, lowering his track record at […]
By Steve Wittich A dominant performance by rookie Nicolas Giaffone capped off a stellar qualifying effort for DEForce Racing, who will start from the first three spots in tomorrow’s first USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires race. The 18-year-old Giaffone’s pole-winning lap of 85.802 seconds was over a half second ahead of his teammates Lucas […]
By Steve Wittich The USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires championship joins the NTT INDYCAR SERIES at Barber Motorsports Park this weekend. The pair of Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Alabama races mark the only time that the first rung on the USF Pro Championships joins the top series this season. If the three rounds […]