Steve Wittich
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By Steve Wittich Colton Herta used the lone Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires practice session to get comfortable with the brace he’s wearing to stabilize the non-displaced fracture at the base of his left thumb that he suffered after hitting the tire barrier during qualifying in Toronto. The fix clearly worked; the Andretti Steinbrenner […]
By Steve Wittich For the second time, this season Pabst Racing rookie Rasmus Lindh led a USF2000 practice session. The 17-year-old turned a lap of 81.3989 seconds on his 13th of 15 circuits. The rest of the top five – Kyle Kirkwood (Cape Motorsports), Michael D’Orlando (Team Benik), Keith Donegan (BN Racing) and Julian Van […]
2018 Team USA Scholarship Candidate Selection Confirmed LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 26, 2018) – The process of choosing two young American drivers to represent their country at a pair of premier Formula Ford events in the UK, the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch and the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone, is under way. Ten drivers […]
By Steve Wittich The Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Mid-Ohio Grand Prix Saturday/Sunday double-dip will be the 16th and 17th times that the Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire (formerly known as Star Mazda) series will race on the 2.258-Mile, 13-Turn Road Course. The first race in 2002 was won by Guy Cosmo, who finished ahead […]
By Steve Wittich For the 19th through 21st times since the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda series was reborn in 2010 and the 41st, 42nd and 43rd time a “two-liter” series will take to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The first winner on the Central Ohio circuit in 1993 was Chris Simmons. […]
By Steve Wittich For the second time this year, and eighth time in his Indy Lights career Santi Urrutia ended up on the top step of the podium. “We’ve been struggling, so I’m very happy to get this win, especially for the Belardi guys who have worked so hard,” said the two-time Indy Lights vice-champion. […]
By Steve Wittich Make it four straight Pro Mazda road course wins for Rinus VeeKay, who led all 35 laps in Sunday’s Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Toronto Presented by Allied Building Products race. “This is a tough place because the car moves around so much and you have to take some strange […]
By Patrick Stephan For the sixth straight USF2000 race, and seventh time in his rookie season, Kyle Kirkwood stood on the top step of the podium. The Cape Motorsports rookie now holds an incredible 131 point lead over Kaylen Frederick in the chase for the Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship. Kirkwood didn’t have it easy though, […]
By Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich Thanks to Patrick for covering the Saturday’s USF2000 race for me while I was in the paddock making sense of the chaotic Pro Mazda race. I (Steve) had the chance to talk to Kirkwood and Dickerson after the race, and both were extremely pleased. Kirkwood told us that his […]