By Steve Wittich For the third straight year, the Mazda Road To Indy presented by Cooper Tire (MRTI) banquet began with a cocktail reception in the fresh air along side a picturesque body of water. After two years of the salt water scent of Monterey Bay greeting the guests, it was the distinct fresh water […]
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Mazda Road To Indy presented by Cooper Tire gives out $2.6mil of hope at their annual banquet
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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – Telitz bookends rookie season with a win in the opener and the finale
By Steve Wittich The 2017 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire season ended the same way it began, with Aaron Telitz standing on the top step of the podium. Telitz, from Rice Lake, Wisc., tamed a wet 3.37-mile, 11-Turn road course, held off his hard-charging teammate, survived a red flag and restart, and came […]
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Indy Lights at Gateway Motorsports Park – Preview – Kaiser looking to be first driver to clinch early since Newgarden 2011
By Steve Wittich As the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire series travels to the 1.25 mile oval for the seventh time, all eyes are on junior Juncos Racing driver Kyle Kaiser. Kaiser, who currently holds a 42 point championship advantage over Belardi Auto Racing sophomore Santiago Urrutia, and Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta, is […]
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MRTI at Mid-Ohio – Saturday – Indy Lights Race #1
A near flawless drive by Santiago Urrutia, who started from pole and led all 30 laps of Saturday’s “sprint” race, gave the top rung of the Mazda Road to Indy it’s seventh different winner in 2017. The trip to the top step of the podium is the 20 year-old’s third straight at the Mid-Ohio […]
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MRTI in Toronto – Sunday – Indy Lights Race #2
By Steve Wittich In the four races prior to arriving in Canada, it was Carlin’s Matheus Leist who was the hottest driver in the Indy Lights series, winning three of four races and gaining 37 points on Kyle Kaiser in the chase for the $1 million Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship. But a trip to the […]
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MRTI in Toronto – Sunday – Indy Lights qualifying – Herta snags fifth pole of the year
By Steve Wittich Colton Herta held the provisional pole for the final four minutes of qualifying, apparently making it look easy, but, it was anything but. Herta turned his quickest lap of 65.045 seconds just pipping Santiago Urrutia, who best lap was only two-hundredths behind the second generation American driver. Herta went quicker on […]
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MRTI in Toronto – Saturday – Indy Lights Race #1
By Steve Wittich Ever since Kyle Kaiser won the second Indy Lights race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in May, the Juncos Racing veteran has repeated numerous times that his singular goal is to outscore the other drivers fighting for the $1 million Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship on an event-by-event basis. For the most part, the […]
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MRTI in Toronto – Friday – Indy Lights practice #1 – veterans lead the way
By Steve Wittich Similar to the first USF2000 practice session, it was a pair of veterans that were the quickest during the lone Indy Lights practice session. Championship leader Kyle Kaiser led the way with a quick lap of 1 minute, 6.399 seconds, which was just over a-tenth of a lap quicker than fellow veteran […]
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MRTI from Road America – Sunday – Indy Lights Race #2 – quick recap and results
Zachary Claman De Melo became the sixth winner in eight Indy Lights races, when he was able to get by pole-sitter Colton Herta on the fifth lap of the race. The victory is the third straight for the Trevor Carlin led, Delary Beach, Fl. based squad. Points leader Kyle Kaiser was able to snag his […]
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