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MRTI Update #8 – Saturday – Chaos and post race penalties and a win by Rinus VeeKay in Saturday’s Pro Mazda Race

By Steve Wittich Rinus VeeKay survived a carnage-filled Cooper Tire Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Toronto to win his third straight Pro Mazda street course over his Juncos Racing teammate Carlos Cunha and RP Motorsport rookie Raul Guzman. “A bit, yes, especially when you are leading,” said VeeKay to TSO Ladder after the race, when […]

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MRTI Update #7 – Saturday – Entertaining Indy Lights race ends with O’Ward on the top step of the podium

By Steve Wittich If you only looked at the boxscore for Saturday’s Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Toronto Presented by Allied Building Products, it would appear that Patricio O’Ward, who led all 35 laps had a relatively easy drive to his fifth Indy Lights race win of 2018. That was anything but the […]

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MRTI Update #7 – Saturday – Colton Herta goes 1.5 seconds under Indy Lights track record on the way to his 9th career pole

By Steve Wittich The combination of overcast skies and cooler temperatures meant that the 1.786-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit was extremely quick on Saturday morning. The USF2000 track record fell by more then a full second in the first session of the morning, and Colton Herta’s pole lap of 63.685 seconds was 1.5 seconds […]

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MRTI Update #6 – Saturday – Kaylen Frederick grabs his first career USF2000 pole and goes a full second under the track record

By Steve Wittich A chaotic final five minutes of USF2000 qualifying ended with series sophomore Kaylen Frederick’s first pole and a new track record of 70.770. It is also the first Toronto pole for Pabst Racing. Joining Frederick on the front row with his best start of the year is Mazda Road to Indy USF2000 […]

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MRTI update #5 from Toronto – Friday – VeeKay grabs second pole of the day – points leader Thompson will be fun to watch on Sunday

By Steve Wittich After only a five-and-a-half hour break, Rinus VeeKay and Juncos Racing put together their second Pro Mazda pole run of the day. The Dutch rookie will start beside David Malukas. His teammate Robert Megennis will start right behind his teammate on the inside of the front row, the New Yorker’s best qualifying […]

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MRTI update #4 from Toronto – Friday – Let’s try this again – Dakota Dickerson takes USF2000 pole after 11 drivers penalized

By Steve Wittich Dakota Dickerson, who returned to the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda series with ArmsUp Motorsports at Road America will start on the pole for the first of the series doubleheaders on the 1.786-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit. Dickerson inherited the pole after Kyle Kirkwood and Kaylen Frederick were penalized […]

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MRTI update #3 – Friday – Kyle Kirkwood snags fourth USF2000 pole of the season – 10th in 11 races for Cape Motorsports in Toronto

By Steve Wittich For the fourth time this season, Kyle Kirkwood and Cape Motorsports will start on the pole in a Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda race. With the single bonus point for being the quickest qualifier Kirkwood’s lead in the title, chase grows to 95 points. The 19-year-old American joins Neil Alberico […]

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MRTI Update #2 from Toronto – Friday – Rinus VeeKay obliterates Pro Mazda track record on the way to the pole for race #1

By Steve Wittich With the Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire winner in all nine previous races in Toronto, Ont., starting Saturday’’s first of two Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Toronto Presented by Allied Building Products races is critical. It’s so essential that pole-sitter Rinus VeeKay wheeled a damaged car into the run-off […]

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MRTI update #1 from Toronto –

By Steve Wittich   Pro Mazda practice A 25-minute Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire session opened the 32nd Indy car event at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario. Nikia Lastochkin made contact in Turn 10 before completing his first hot lap. The team, Cape Motorsports, and driver confirmed that they had a part break that […]

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Pro Mazda in Toronto – 2018 – Thompson heads to Toronto with points lead to defend a three race home race winning

By Steve Wittich Current Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire championship leader Parker Thompson comes to his home with on a roll in the “Great White North.” The Red Deer, Alberta pilot, has won his last three starts on the 1.786-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit. The 20-year-old’s two trips to the top step of […]

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