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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 – 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 – Saturday – Indy Lights Qualifying #1 – Kaiser breaks track record, and earns important bonus point

By Steve Wittich For the third time in 2017, current championship points leader Kyle Kaiser snagged the single bonus point on offer for winning an Indy Lights pole, allowing the third year Juncos Racing driver to grow his title lead over Matheus Leist to 14 points. Kaiser first grabbed the provisional pole with six minutes left […]

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MRTI in Toronto – A trio of Canadian cherish the opportunity to race in the Great White North

By Steve Wittich What do Paul Tracy, Greg Moore, Andrew Bordin, David Rutledge, Michael Valiante, Antoine Bessette, and Parker Thompson all have in common? The Canadian race car pilots have all won an Indy car ladder series race on home soil on the streets of Toronto, Ontario. In 2017 there are three drivers, including Thompson, […]

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MRTI at Iowa Speedway – Saturday – USF2000 and Indy Lights practice results and notes.

After leading the majority of the 45-minute session, Kaylen Frederick had the top spot on the time sheets taken away from him by yesterday’s test session leader Calvin Ming in the final ten minutes. However a last minute lap at 133.138mph, allowed the 15-year old Team Pelfrey rookie to recapture the top spot. Ming, and […]

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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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MRTI at Road America – Saturday – Indy Lights Q2 – Herta rides roller coaster weekend to Race #2 pole

After a disappointing “Month Of May” and a Friday full of mechanical issues, Colton Herta needed a boost to get his season back on track. The second generation drivers third pole of the season and track record lap of 1 minute, 52.003 seconds is a good start. When Herta got out of his Deltro Energy […]

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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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Claman DeMelo joins Carlin for Indy Lights assault

T Team Release: Claman DeMelo joins Carlin for Indy Lights assault Canadian racing driver Zachary Claman DeMelo will compete with Carlin in the 2017 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Championship the team are pleased to confirm today. Claman DeMelo has already enjoyed a solid season racing in the highly competitive series and now joins […]

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Previewing the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire test at Homestead-Miami Speedway

The quest for the $1 million Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship and a seat in the Verizon IndyCar Series begins in earnest this week at the first official test of the 2016 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire championship. A gaggle of 11 drivers, and group of five teams will take to the 2.21 mile, 14-turn […]

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