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By Steve Wittich The Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires series will take to the streets (and runways) of downtown St. Petersburg, Fla. for the 19th and 20th time. It will also be the 10th straight year that the series starts the season on the shores of Tampa Bay. Previous race winning drivers and teams […]
Indianapolis, Ind. (March 6, 2018) – Team Pelfrey announced today Shelby Blackstock will compete in the signature yellow No. 3 Team Pelfrey Indy Lights Mazda to begin the 2018 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires season. The 28-year- old Nashville, Tenn. resident will enter his seventh season on the Road to Indy alongside his new […]
JAMIE CAROLINE JOINS BN RACING FOR COOPER TIRES USF2000 CHAMPIONSHIP POWERED BY MAZDA “British F4 champion transfers to Mazda Road to Indy program” March 5, 2018 – British racing driver Jamie Caroline will join BN Racing for the 2018 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. With the first event this coming weekend on the […]
Neil Alberico Set to Drive for Team Pelfrey in St. Pete Neil Alberico Set to Drive for Team Pelfrey in St. Pete Indianapolis, Ind. (March 5, 2018) – Team Pelfrey announced today that 25-year-old Indy Lights driver Neil Alberico will drive the No. 2 Team Pelfrey Indy Lights Mazda for the Grand Prix of St. […]
By Steve Wittich When the eventual quickest driver of the road course portion of spring training, Santi Urrutia, began his final lap just before the checkered came out, all seven drivers were within a scant four-tenths of a second of each other. But thanks to a triple hit of push-to-pass, which feeds the 2.0L turbo-charged […]
By Steve Wittich For the second straight day, it was Juncos Racing sophomore Carlos Cunha who used an end of the day, last minute lap to jump to the top of the timesheet. The 18 year-old was able to better his Saturday afternoon lap by over two-tenths of a second, to “win” testing with the […]
The first official test of any racing season is sort of like the first day of school for a number of reasons. As much as you might have done some school reading (or not) during the summer (non-official testing), the first day back at school (the first official day of testing) is all about knocking […]
IGOR FRAGA JOINS EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT FOR ROOKIE USF2000 EFFORT Brazilian driver to graduate from FIA F4 NACAM series to Mazda Road to Indy in 2018 SASKATOON, SK (February 24, 2018) – Exclusive Autosport is excited to announce that Igor Fraga will join the team for the 2018 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. […]
It was exactly one year ago at this test that Andretti Autosport sophomore pilot Ryan Norman turned his first ever oval laps. The 19-year-old turned a lap at 187. “I think so,” said the Cleveland, Ohio native pensively when asked if leading a testing session was meaningful. “I think it’s an overall confidence booster. At […]