Steve Wittich
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Our lede for Wednesday’s MRTI testing recap changed from “Rookie Cape Motorsports pilot leads all six USF2000 test sessions” to, “beat by just ‘that’ much, when MRTI $200K Scholarship Shootout winner Oliver Askew lost the top spot on the timesheet after a lap by Newman Wachs Racing rookie Rinus Van Kalmthout nudged him out […]
Manufacturer Release: Aaron Telitz Signs With Belardi Auto Racing for 2017 – Pro Mazda Champion Moves Up to Indy Lights – IRVINE, Calif. (March 1, 2017) – Aaron Telitz will compete in the 2017 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires series with the Belardi Auto Racing team, driving the No. 9 car in Mazda’s iconic Soul […]
Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona Champion, Pato O’Ward Joins Team Pelfrey IL for Spring Training and the Season Opener HOMESTEAD, Fla. (February 28, 2017) – Team Pelfrey IL announced today Pato O’Ward and his primary sponsors, Gap Guard and Topo Chico, will continue to stand behind the 2017 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona Champion as […]
By Steve Wittich I apologize for the lack of photographs. The Amazon S3 outage impacted the photo repository. They will be added to the story a little late. Thanks. If you spent any amount of time in the pit boxes of Cape Motorsports, Newman Wachs Racing, and Team Pelfrey during the final Cooper Tires USF2000 […]
At exactly 9am the heavy South Florida air was filled with the buzz of Mazda MZR 2.0L power plants powering a swarm of brand new Tatuus USF-17s that took to the 2.21-mile, 14-turn Homestead-Miami Speedway road course. One of the big question marks entering the first season of USF-17 competition is which team will have […]
Team Release Lastochkin Secures Team Pelfrey’s Final Pro Mazda Seat for the 2017 season HOMESTEAD, Fla. (February 28, 2017) – Team Pelfrey is excited to announce that Nikita Lastochkin will fill the final Pro Mazda seat in the team’s signature black and yellow garage. The Russian will have his first opportunity to pilot the No. […]
For the majority of the 210-minute Indy Lights afternoon test session it was Belardi Auto Racing sophomore Santiago Urrutia and Andretti Autosport rookie Colton Herta who waged a back-and-forth battle for the top on the time sheet. However, with just under 30 minutes left in the session, Andretti Autosport rookie Nico Jamin bolted on a […]
Team Release: DEV GORE JOINS EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT USF2000 SQUAD Canadian team expands to three-car line-up with addition of Florida rookie SASKATOON, SK (February 27, 2017) – Exclusive Autosport has expanded their full line-up for the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda season, and is pleased to confirm that Atlanta, Georgia’s Dev Gore will drive for […]
An even dozen Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire car and driver combinations turned a total of 719 trouble-free laps (1078.5 miles) on the 1.5 mile high-banked Homestead-Miami Speedway during the first official Mazda Road To Indy presented by Cooper Tire test session of 2017. The quickest lap of the morning was set in the […]
Team Release: Team Pelfrey Welcomes Rookie Carlos Cunha to Pro Mazda in 2017 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (February 27, 2017) – Team Pelfrey is delighted to announce Carlos Cunha will pilot the No. 81 Team Pelfrey Pro Mazda machine in the 2017 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. The rookie will compete alongside teammate TJ Fischer […]