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Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Freedom 100 preview

  With three of the last four Freedom 100’s being decided by mere thousandths of a second, the annual 40-lap (100 mile) Indy Lights race has become a must watch for the 100,000+ raucous fans that stream into the 560 acre Indianapolis Motor Speedway facility for the Carb Day party that kicks off the “Greatest […]

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Americans Lead the Way as Indy Lights Drivers Prepare for Freedom 100

Mazda Road to Indy’s Feature Race Set for Carb Day SPEEDWAY, Ind. – The annual Freedom 100 represents the most prestigious race of the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires season. Taking place on the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval directly after the traditional final practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Carb Day […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Freedom 100 – Monday, May 22 – test session #2 notes and results

If this afternoon’s Indy Lights test session is an indicator of what kind of a race the Freedom 100 will be, the annual 40-lap race will be sure to wow the Carb Day Crazies. The quickest lap of the afternoon test session was turned by Carlin rookie Matheus Leist, who will be making his first […]

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Legendary Skip Barber Racing School Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

By Steve Wittich Earlier today (May 22, 2017) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District Of New York, Skip Barber Racing School LLC (Skip Barber) filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Since 1975, Skip Barber has run a well known group of racing schools, driving schools, and racing championships at race tracks throughout […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Indy Lights Freedom 100 test session #1

The Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire drivers and teams took to the 2.5 mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval for the first of two hour-and-a-half test sessions in preparation for the 15th edition of the Freedom 100 at 10 a.m. The session began when all entries were allowed to make one install lap before the […]

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Second and eighth place USF2000 entries disqualified – Team Pelfrey takes blame for unmalicious mistake.

By Steve Wittich A few hours after the first USF2000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis Presented by Royal Purple Supporting the Lupus Foundation took the checkered flag, USF2000 officials issued the official results that disqualified the No. 80 and No. 81 entries from the Team Pelfrey stable. Kaylen Frederick lost his second place finish, and Robert […]

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Indy Lights: GP of Indianapolis Race 1 Report

INDY LIGHTS GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS RACE 1 REPORT 05.12.17 Under sunny skies at the Indianpolis Motor Speedway, the Andretti’s Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires foursome took to the Grand Prix Circuit for Round 5 of the 2017 season. Completing practice during a cooler morning session, qualifying saw warm conditions heat up the track, […]

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Jamin Wins for Andretti at Indianapolis to Tighten Indy Lights Points Chase

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – An enthralling 30-lap Mazda Road to Indy Grand Prix Presented by Royal Purple Supporting Lupus Foundation of America this evening on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Grand Prix road course saw Nico Jamin claim an impressive win for Andretti Autosport. The 21-year-old Frenchman’s second victory of the season enabled him to close to […]

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Franzoni Controls the Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Indianapolis for Juncos

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Victor Franzoni had to work hard to ensure victory in this afternoon’s Mazda Road to Indy Grand Prix Presented by Royal Purple Supporting Lupus Foundation of America. After setting the pace in qualifying for locally based Juncos Racing by a comfortable margin of almost a half second, the personable Brazilian botched his […]

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Perfect Day for USF2000 Championship Leader Askew in Indianapolis

Teenager Frederick Again Impresses with Another Second-Place Finish INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.  – Oliver Askew is fast making the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda his own personal playground. The 20-year-old winner of last fall’s inaugural Mazda Road to Indy USF2000 $200k Scholarship Shootout today claimed two pole positions (including for tomorrow morning’s race) and another […]

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