By Steve Wittich When testing for the 2017 Mazda Road To Indy presented by Cooper Tire season began, Victor Franzoni was not sure he was going to have a home, but when the checkered flag fell for the final time at the “Soul Red Finale,” the 21 year-old walked away with the $790,000 prize, […]
By Steve Wittich Victor Franzoni used a daring outside pass of Anthony Martin with three laps remaining in the penultimate Pro Mazda race to win his sixth race of the season, and increase his three point lead to eight points as the middle rung of the Mazda Road To Indy presented by Cooper Tire […]
By Steve Wittich Victor Franzoni, who took the lead in the chase for the $790,000 Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship that will be awarded to the Pro Mazda champion, led the first and only practice session before qualifying this afternoon. Franzoni’s quickest lap was timed at 103.813 seconds, and was just over a half-of-a-second quicker than […]
By Steve Wittich Talk about pressure. Only two points separate Victor Franzoni and Oliver Askew heading into the Pro Mazda Watkins Glen Grand Prix Presented by Cooper Tires double header at Watkins Glen International this weekend. On the line? Only a $790,000 Mazda Motorsports Scholarship that will allow the winner move up to Indy Lights, […]
By Steve Wittich Championship points leader Anthony Martin started the lone oval weekend of the 2017 Pro Mazda season on the front foot, after a lap of 140.964mph. The Australian was followed closely by Victor Franzoni, Carlos Cunha, Nikita Lastochkin, and TJ Fischer. The lone 45-minute Pro Mazda practice session was only a few minutes […]
By Steve Wittich For the first time in Pro Mazda history, the series will visit the 1.25 mile Gateway Motorsports Park paperclip oval in Madison, Ill. Reigning USF2000 champion Anthony Martin and his main competitor for the $790,300 Mazda Motorsports scholarship package, Victor Franzoni, headline a nine car field entered for the St. Louis Pro […]
By Steve Wittich An extremely determined Anthony Martin, who has won his fifth race in his last six tries at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, put in the most dominating MRTI drive of the season. Martin, the reigning USF2000 champion beat the points leader coming into the race, Victor Franzoni, to the checkered flag by […]
After 23 mostly sedate laps, the second Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Presented by Allied Building Products of the weekend triple-header was turned on it’s head. Pole sitter Anthony Martin was able to get to the first turn before Victor Franzoni, who started outside of him. For the first 85% of the […]