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For the third time in four years, the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires’ Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway featured a thrilling, you-had-to-see-it-to-believe-it photo finish. The one driver on the winning end this go-around was Englishman Dean Stoneman of Andretti Autosport, driving the No. 27 Stellrecht Dallara IL-15 Mazda, who edged points leader […]
If there’s one constant about the recent years of Mazda Road to Indy action for the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires and Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda at Lucas Oil Raceway, it’s that there hasn’t been a single constant. Change has been the norm at the series’ smallest track, the 0.686-mile […]
It’s a good thing the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires had three hours of test time on Monday, under much sunnier and clearer skies, to prep in advance for Friday’s Freedom 100. Because the planned three-hour practice was cut in half on Thursday morning as INDYCAR officials entered into hurry-up mode to beat the […]
A bigger crowd, a live TV appearance and bragging rights in the biggest race of the season. It must be time for the Freedom 100, for the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Since the revived Indy Lights ran its first Freedom 100 at IMS in 2003, there’s been a […]
There’s no shortage of talent in the 2016 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires series and another of those drivers who seemed on the verge of a victory, Andretti Autosport’s Dean Stoneman, broke through Saturday to become the sixth winner in seven races to start the year. The driver of the No. 27 Stellrecht supported […]
Saturday’s sixth round of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda season saw Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing continue its winning streak, with Parker Thompson winning the team’s fourth race in a row after a rare off weekend at the season opener in St. Petersburg. The 18-year-old out of Red Deer, Alberta started […]
Pato O’Ward continued his season domination in the second of two Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires races at the 2.439-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, to complete a weekend sweep. The 17-year-old native of Monterrey, Mexico has now won five of six races this year, even as he remains on a weekend-to-weekend schedule. […]
You never want to be a guinea pig on a day where ambient temperatures are south of 50 degrees. But with 46-degree ambient temperatures, the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires field of 16 competitors were first to venture out on the cold, dark and overcast 2.439-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for a crucial […]
In 2013, Indy Lights staged one of the most dramatic finishes in racing history at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a four-wide photo finish to the Freedom 100, won by Peter Dempsey. In 2016, the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires made a Kodak moment on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course with arguably one of […]
The 17-year-old Mexican sophomore Pato O’Ward continued his domination of the early season in the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires season, with his fourth win in five races to open the 2016 campaign and extend his points lead. The driver of the No. 80 Gap Guard/Topo Chico supported entry for Team Pelfrey scored […]