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Barber – Saturday – USF2000 Race #2 report and results – Askew cruises as the rest of the field has an eventful first lap

Oliver Askew, who was feeling under the weather today, didn’t suffer any ill effects of a carnage filled first lap and pressure from closest rival, Team Pelfrey’s rookie stand-out Kaylen Frederick, as he cruised to a third straight Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda victory and an ever increasing points lead. As the front row […]

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Barber – USF2000 Race #1 recap and results – Askew wins, three rookies on the podium

USF2000 race #1 notes and results The box score for the first of two Mazda USF2000 Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by Cooper Tires races will show that Mazda scholarship driver Oliver Askew led all 19 laps between the green and checkered flags on the way to his second straight USF200 win. What it won’t […]

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USF2000 qualifying notes and results – Askew scores first MRTI pole after a one hour delay.

USF2000 qualifying notes and results by Steve Wittich Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda championship leader Oliver Askew overcame a one-hour delay to win his very first Mazda Road To Indy presented by Cooper Tire pole. “It’s fantastic,” exclaimed the Cape Motorsports rookie and MRTI $200K Scholarship Shootout winner, who’s quickest lap of 1 minute, […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – USF2000 Practice #1

By Steve Wittich The first official USF2000 practice session for the Mazda USF2000 Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by Cooper Tires rolled off of pit road at exactly 3:30pm, and was led by three rookie drivers from three different teams. Pabst Racing rookie Calvin Ming led the session with a quick lap of 1 minute […]

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Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series finalizes schedule and announces generous prize package

After a successful four event, eight-race championship taking place during the final third of calendar year 2016, the Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series (LOFCRS) kicks off their second title fight in only two weeks.  The opening round of the seven event, 14 race  championship takes place on Saturday, April 1, and Sunday, April 2 at […]

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St. Petersburg – USF2000 practice session #1 – Team Pelfrey dominates, and rookies do rookie things

The first official practice session of the USF-17 era in USF2000 took place under sunny skies along the shores of Tampa Bay, and things started off very well for Team Pelfrey. The trio in the familiar yellow and black liveries finished with all three drivers in the top four. The first red flag flew 12 […]

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Previewing the 2017 USF2000 season – new cars, new teams, seasoned veterans and rapid rookies

For the eighth straight year, the Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda Series visits the 1.8-mile, 14 Turn, Streets Of St. Petersburg street circuit early in the chase for the nearly $400,000 Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship prize package. After seven years of competition featuring a Mazda powered, Van Diemen based chassis, the first step of […]

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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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Fisher (Pro Mazda) and Askew (USF2000) lead first day of MRTI testing at Homestead-Miami Speedway

By Steve Wittich I apologize for the lack of photographs. The Amazon S3 outage impacted the photo repository. They will be added to the story a little late. Thanks. If you spent any amount of time in the pit boxes of Cape Motorsports, Newman Wachs Racing, and Team Pelfrey during the final Cooper Tires USF2000 […]

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