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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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – Telitz bookends rookie season with a win in the opener and the finale
tags: Aaron Telitz, Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire, Kyle Kaiser, Santiago Urrutia Belardi Auto Racing, Watkins Glen International
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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – Pro Mazda finale – Franzoni wins race, and $790,000 Mazda Motorsports Scholarship
By Steve Wittich When testing for the 2017 Mazda Road To Indy presented by Cooper Tire season began, Victor Franzoni was not sure he was going to have a home, but when the checkered flag fell for the final time at the “Soul Red Finale,” the 21 year-old walked away with the $790,000 prize, […]
tags: $790, 000 Mazda Motorsports Scholarship, 2017, Anthony Martin, Cape Motorsports, Carlos Cunha, championship, Juncos Racing, Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire, Victor Franzoni, Watkins Glen International
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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – USF2000 Championship decider. VeeKay scores victory, but Askew wins the big prize
By Steve Wittich After 635.92 miles and 305 laps of competition, the margin between Oliver Askew and Rinus VeeKay in the chase for the $400,000 Mazda Motorsports Scholarship was a slim seven points. It was VeeKay who won his third race of the year, but it was Askew who took home the big prize by […]
tags: $400, 000 Mazda Motorsports Scholarship, championship, Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda, Oliver Askew, Rinus VeeKay, Soul Red Finale, Watkins Glen International
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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – Indy Lights qualifying – Herta on pole for the seventh time
By Steve Wittich For the seventh time in 2017, an Indy Lights race will begin with second generation Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing driver Colton Herta starting on pole. Herta’s quickest lap of 94.439 seconds was over three-tenths of a second quicker than Belardi Auto Racing sophomore Santiago Urrutia, who will start on the front-row for the fifth […]
tags: Colton Herta, Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire, Santiago Urrutia, Soul Red Finale, Watkins Glen International
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MRTI “Soul Red Finale” Watkins Glen International – Pro Mazda Race #1 – Franzoni makes daring pass to increase his championship lead
By Steve Wittich Victor Franzoni used a daring outside pass of Anthony Martin with three laps remaining in the penultimate Pro Mazda race to win his sixth race of the season, and increase his three point lead to eight points as the middle rung of the Mazda Road To Indy presented by Cooper Tire […]
tags: Anthony Martin, Carlos Cunha, Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire, Soul Red Finale, Victor Franzoni, Watkins Glen International
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MRTI “Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – USF2000 qualifying – Askew grabs important point for winning his sixth
By Steve Wittich A tense and important USF2000 qualifying session, the last of the season, ended with Oliver Askew scoring his eighth pole of 2017 with a quick lap of 1:46.223 on his second last lap of the session. More importantly, Askew scored his 22nd bonus point of the season, ensuring that the driver of […]
tags: Cape Motorsports, Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda, DE Force Racing, Kory Enders, Oliver Askew, Pabst Racing, pole, qualifying, Rinus VeeKay, Soul Red Finale, Watkins Glen International
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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – Indy Lights practice #1
By Steve Wittich Belardi Auto Racing, the team the won the Indy Lights race at Watkins Glen International last year with Zach Veach, has not lost that set-up. Three of the top six spots in the first Indy Lights practice were held by pilots from the Brownsburg, Ind. based squad. A lap at 92.790 seconds […]
tags: Aaron Telitz, Colton Herta, Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire, Matheus Leist, Shelby Blackstock, Soul Red Finale, Watkins Glen International
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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – USF2000 practice #2
By Steve Wititch The final official USF2000 practice session of the 2017 season was led by Calvin Ming. The native of Guyana turned a lap at 106.685 seconds – that equates to an average of 113.718mph over the course of the 3.4-mile, 11 Turn Watkins Glen International road course. DE Force Racing driver Kory Enders […]
tags: Calvin Ming, Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda, Oliver Askew, Rinus VeeKay, Watkins Glen International
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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – Pro Mazda practice #1
By Steve Wittich Victor Franzoni, who took the lead in the chase for the $790,000 Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship that will be awarded to the Pro Mazda champion, led the first and only practice session before qualifying this afternoon. Franzoni’s quickest lap was timed at 103.813 seconds, and was just over a half-of-a-second quicker than […]
tags: $790, 000 Mazda Motorsports Scholarship, 2017, Anthony Martin, Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire, Victor Franzoni, Watkins Glen International
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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – USF2000 practice #1
By Steve Wittich Rinus VeeKay, who needs to score maximum points in the lone Mazda USF2000 Watkins Glen Grand Prix Presented by Cooper Tires in order to catch Oliver Askew in the chase for the $400,000 Mazda Advancement Scholarship, started the weekend off on the right foot. The 16 year-old, who also led recent testing […]
tags: Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda, David Malukas, Oliver Askew, Rinus VeeKay, Watkins Glen International
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