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Indy Lights at Barber Motorsports Park – Sunday at 11:45am – O’Ward reigns in Birmingham’s rain

By Tony DiZinno Call him the rain-meister. Patricio O’Ward dominated the second race in the Mazda Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Cooper Tires at Barber Motorsports Park, in a near-perfect weekend for Andretti Autosport. O’Ward delivered his third win in four Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires series races. While Saturday’s was under sunny […]

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Indy Lights at Barber Motorsports Park – Sunday – 8:45am – O’Ward ends a hectic qualifying session on top.

Quick programming note – the Indy Lights race has been moved up one hour and 20 minutes to a 10:40 am local start. By Steve Wittich Five different drivers swapped the provisional pole a total of seven times in the last seven minutes of qualifying for the second Mazda Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by […]

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Barber – Indy Lights practice #1 – notes and results – Blackstock leads tight field

The first, and only practice for the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire series was led by Belardi Auto Racing veteran driver Shelby Blackstock. The Barber Motorsports Park event is “home race” of sorts for Blackstock, who is originally from Nashville, Tenn., and also spends a lot of time at the 2.3-mile, 17 Turn road […]

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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 – Pro Mazda practice session #2 update – 9:20am

Team Pelfrey’s triple threat trio of Pato O’Ward, Aaron Telitz, and Weiron Tan ran 1-2-3 at the final Pro Mazda practice before qualifying. The three drivers who also dominated spring training in March and testing/practice yesterday were only separated by 0.2 seconds. Qualifying The second official practice for the pair of Mazda North American Operations […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda preview and today’s recap

After swapping the top step and sweeping the first two spots on the podium in St. Petersburg, Pabst Racing sophomore teammates Jordan Lloyd (58) and Yufeng Luo (56) arrive at Barber Motorsports Park separated by only two points. Lloyd was quick in Thursday’s practice/testing and should be in contention for the pointy end of the […]

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