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Saturday – MRTI Update #7 – O’Ward grabs first Indy Lights pole in tight qualifying session

  After missing out on pole in Friday’s Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires qualifying session by one-tenth of a second, Andretti Autosport rookie Patricio O’Ward ended Saturday’s qualifying session the same amount ahead Colton Herta (Andretti Steinbrenner Racing). The Mexican pilot’s pole lap of 1:05.039, was quicker than Aaron Telitz’s pole lap of 1:05.1279 […]

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An extensive preview of the 2018 Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires season

By Steve Wittich The Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires series will take to the streets (and runways) of downtown St. Petersburg, Fla. for the 19th and 20th time. It will also be the 10th straight year that the series starts the season on the shores of Tampa Bay. Previous race winning drivers and teams […]

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Indy Lights testing from Homestead-Miami Speedway – road course testing recap, results and notebook

By Steve Wittich When the eventual quickest driver of the road course portion of spring training, Santi Urrutia, began his final lap just before the checkered came out, all seven drivers were within a scant four-tenths of a second of each other. But thanks to a triple hit of push-to-pass, which feeds the 2.0L turbo-charged […]

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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – Telitz bookends rookie season with a win in the opener and the finale

  By Steve Wittich The 2017 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire season ended the same way it began, with Aaron Telitz standing on the top step of the podium. Telitz, from Rice Lake, Wisc., tamed a wet 3.37-mile, 11-Turn road course, held off his hard-charging teammate, survived a red flag and restart, and came […]

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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – Indy Lights practice #1

By Steve Wittich Belardi Auto Racing, the team the won the Indy Lights race at Watkins Glen International last year with Zach Veach, has not lost that set-up. Three of the top six spots in the first Indy Lights practice were held by pilots from the Brownsburg, Ind. based squad. A lap at 92.790 seconds […]

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MRTI in Toronto – Sunday – Indy Lights Race #2

By Steve Wittich In the four races prior to arriving in Canada, it was Carlin’s Matheus Leist who was the hottest driver in the Indy Lights series, winning three of four races and gaining 37 points on Kyle Kaiser in the chase for the $1 million Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship. But a trip to the […]

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MRTI in Toronto – Friday – Indy Lights practice #1 – veterans lead the way

By Steve Wittich Similar to the first USF2000 practice session, it was a pair of veterans that were the quickest during the lone Indy Lights practice session. Championship leader Kyle Kaiser led the way with a quick lap of 1 minute, 6.399 seconds, which was just over a-tenth of a lap quicker than fellow veteran […]

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Matheus Leist Holds off All Challengers to Take Freedom 100 Spoils

Matheus Leist Holds off All Challengers to Take Freedom 100 Spoils Brazilian Rookie Claims First Mazda Road to Indy Victory in Style for Carlin Team SPEEDWAY, Ind. – Matheus Leist led from pole position to checkered flag in today’s Freedom 100 to earn a well-deserved maiden Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires victory. But this […]

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Mazda release and our notes: Aaron Telitz Signs With Belardi Auto Racing for 2017

Manufacturer Release: Aaron Telitz Signs With Belardi Auto Racing for 2017  – Pro Mazda Champion Moves Up to Indy Lights – IRVINE, Calif. (March 1, 2017) – Aaron Telitz will compete in the 2017 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires series with the Belardi Auto Racing team, driving the No. 9 car in Mazda’s iconic Soul […]

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Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” Race #2

Contact, penalties, and extended championship, a maiden win, and the first win of the season for a legacy team were the stories of the opening race of the final day of the “Soul Red Finale” at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. After three previous podiums in 2016, Nicolas Dapero got his first win in the U.S.A. […]

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