By Diane Swintal Only three drivers have held the top spot in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires point standings this season: Turn 3 Motorsport’s Josh Green, DEForce Racing’s Nolan Siegel and Exclusive Autosport’s Louis Foster. The points lead has changed hands four times, but not since the oval at Lucas Oil […]
By Tony DiZinno Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires veteran Braden Eves kept his head on a day when many others didn’t in a chaotic first Indy Pro 2000 race of the weekend on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Starting 10th in the No. 4 Jay Howard Driver Development Tatuus PM-22, Eves shot […]
By Steve Wittich It took two races, but after giving away his first Indy Pro 2000 win at Barber Motorsports Park last weekend, Christian Rasmussen made it to the podium’s top step in Sunday’s Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix Of St. Petersburg presented by Cooper Tires Race #2. The Jay Howard Driver Development built a […]
By Tony DiZinno / Steve Wittich Braden Eves displayed excellent racecraft and defense from the lead to win from pole, leading flag-to-flag for his second Indy Pro 2000 victory in the first three races of the season. He’s also ensured Exclusive Autosport has a pair of wins this weekend in St. Petersburg, with Eves following […]
By Steve Wittich 2020 season basics Number of races: 17 Total laps: 369 Total miles: 741.096 Total drivers with at least one start: 26 Total cautions: 15 Average cautions per race: 0.9 Caution free races: seven Total caution laps: 27 Average caution laps per race: 1.6 Total DNFs: 27 DNFs per race: 1.6 The […]
By Steve Wittich There have been two constants since Dan Andersen started the reimagined Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship in 2010. The first of those is the presence and support of Cooper Tires, and the second is a race on the Streets Of St. Petersburg. TSO note: A quick thank you to Cooper Tires, for coming […]
By Steve Wittich The penultimate USF2000 race of the 2019 season featured everything that makes the Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires great. Plenty wheel-to-wheel side-by-side action, a pass for the lead, and Road To Indy family helping each other. Christian Rasmussen made a pass to collect his third race win in the last […]
By Steve Wittich Game on! Only nine points separate Braden Eves and Hunter McElrea in the chase for the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship title chase with only four races left on the calendar. The 20-year-old Eves started the season with four straight trips to victory lane and a 44-point lead over Pabst Racing rookie […]
A rookie pole for a rookie team. Christian Rasmussen, a 20-year-old from Copenhagen, Denmark scored his first and Jay Howard Driver Development’s first USF2000 pole in a red flag shortened session. “It feels amazing,” said Rasmussen to TSO Ladder. “Being on the streets of Toronto feels amazing. I’m glad I could finally do it; it’s […]
By Steve Wittich The second Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship race of the weekend bore plenty of similarities to Friday’s first race. Same winner? Check, Braden Eves won for the second straight day. A daring but measured drive from the back of the field? Check, on Friday it was Darren Keane and today it was Manuel […]