By Steve Wittich Hometown driver, 14-year-old Nikita Johnson couldn’t have asked for a better season-opening race weekend. After standing on the second step of the podium yesterday, he made an impressive on-track pass for the lead, celebrating on the top of the podium with family and friends on Sunday morning. “Yesterday, we were pretty fast,” […]
After “disappointing” finishes of fifth and fourth in his last two races, Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship points leader, Braden Eves got back to his winning ways on Sunday, standing on the top step of the podium for the fifth time in seven race this season. “After struggling last month on the oval and struggling again […]
By Steve Wittich For the 11th time in his Road To Indy career, but first time in Indy Lights, Rinus van Kalmthout (Rinus VeeKay) stood on the top step of the podium. VeeKay is the eighth member of an exclusive club that includes drivers that have won on all three steps of the Road To […]
A note first before the second of two Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio races for the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires series, because there was one nugget revealed after Saturday’s first race with regards to the championship. In the official series post-race release, this bit caught our eyes: “The championship chase […]
An overall Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course note first before the start of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda report: Cooper Tires has taken over the primary signage at the track as of this morning, replacing Goodyear following the expiration of Goodyear’s contract with the track. It's great to partner with a prestigious track […]
Felix Rosenqvist certainly has a knack for unique street circuits. The reigning FIA Formula 3 champion added a second winners trophy on the bumpy 11-turn, 1.786-mile Exhibition Place temporary street course to trophies from: the street/airport circuit in St. Petersburg, the street circuit in Pau France, and the Guia Circuit in Macau. When the Indy […]