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MRTI at Mid Ohio – Saturday – USF2000 and Pro Mazda qualifying

A crazy final two minutes of qualifying for the second Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Presented by Allied Building Products of the weekend ended up with Exclusive Autosport’s Parker Thompson putting a beat down on his competitors. Thompson was joined by championship contenders Oliver Askew, and Rinus VeeKay in a final shootout for […]

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MMRTI at Mid-Ohio – Friday – Pro Mazda qualifying #1 – Carlos Cunha storms to first career pole

By Steve Wittich Qualifying for the first of three Pro Mazda races at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course began under partly cloudy skies when the 14 Mazda Renesis powered entries took to the 2.258-mile, 13-Turn natural terrain road course. Team Pelfrey’s Carlos Cunha was the early leader, but by the time the 20 minute qualifying […]

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MRTI from Road America – Saturday – Pro Mazda Race #2 – quick recap and results

With points leader Victor Franzoni starting at the tail end of the 15 car field after the team held the Brazilian on pit road too long ,the second Pro Mazda race of the KOHLER Grand Prix weekend at Road America was certainly going to be exciting. The final of three straight MRTI races began with […]

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MRTI at Road America – Friday – USF2000 and Pro Mazda Qualifying – Indy Lights Practice

Qualifying notes and results for the first of two Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Mazda Parker Thompson, Oliver Askew, Rinus Van Kalmthout and David Malukas were all on point during a hectic five minutes of qualifying, and in a somewhat of a surprise it was Malukas’ lap of 2 minutes, 12.797 seconds […]

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Championship leader Franzoni draws first blood at Road America – will start on pole in Pro Mazda Race #1

After a half-hour practice session earlier in the afternoon was led by reigning Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda champion Anthony Martin, 13 drivers took to the 14-Turn, 4.014-mile Road America road course just after 5:15pm to qualify for the first of two Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Road America Presented by Allied Building Products […]

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Previewing the 2017 Pro Mazda season – a huge prize and saying goodbye to an old friend

For the eighth straight year, the Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire series visits the 1.8-mile, 14 Turn, Streets Of St. Petersburg street circuit early in the chase for season title, which this year is a generous $790,000 Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship prize package. With a “lame-duck” car and a long offseason, Pro Mazda fans […]

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Mazda release and our notes: Mazda Scholarship Drivers Will Race with Cape Motorsports in 2017

Mazda release: Mazda Scholarship Drivers Will Race with Cape Motorsports in 2017 – Anthony Martin and Oliver Askew Will Both Drive Mazda Soul Red Cars – IRVINE, Calif. (March 2, 2017) – Anthony Martin and Oliver Askew, two Mazda driver development scholarship winners, will race with Cape Motorsports for the 2017 season in the Mazda […]

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Recapping the day in Pro Mazda and USF2000 testing with a little flavor for Patrick Stephan

  Our lede for Wednesday’s MRTI testing recap changed from “Rookie Cape Motorsports pilot leads all six USF2000 test sessions” to, “beat by just ‘that’ much, when MRTI $200K Scholarship Shootout winner Oliver Askew lost the top spot on the timesheet after a lap by Newman Wachs Racing rookie Rinus Van Kalmthout nudged him out […]

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Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” Race #2 – title decider

For the second straight day, it was Victor Franzoni who won the battle, but it was Anthony Martin who won the season long war for the $363,000 Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship. When the day started, we knew that one of two Cape Motorsports with /WTR pilots would become the sixth straight driver from the St. […]

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Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” qualifying – Saturday 11:38am

After dominating both practice sessions on Friday, ArmsUp Motorsports veteran Victor Franzoni will start on pole for the second time in 2016. The 21-year old is a long-shot to win the championship, but scoring the single point for pole certainly won’t hurt. Next up, Franzoni will need to secure his fourth Mazda Road To Indy […]

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