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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course – Indy Lights – Qualifying

Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires points leader Ed Jones has taken the pole position for Friday’s Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis Presented by Cooper Tires with a new track record in the No. 11 Carlin entry, following an eventful and fun 45-minute qualifying session. He’d also nabbed the pole position in qualifying […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course – USF2000, Pro Mazda, Indy Lights Second Practice & Notes

Second practice reports and notes from the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis weekend, which features all three rungs of the Mazda Road to Indy, are below. The second Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires session was truncated due to heavy rain at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. — The second Cooper Tires USF2000 […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course – USF2000, Pro Mazda, Indy Lights First Practice & Notes

The Mazda Road to Indy has its full complement of series here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. The Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires and Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires championships have all had their first practice sessions, which grew in importance with impending […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course – USF2000 preview

Perennial USF2000 driver and team champions Cape Motorsports with /WTR began 2016 in an unfamiliar manner. After the first event of he season, the St. Petersburg based squad sat third in the team standings and none of their trio of drivers were in the top-five in the driver’s points standings. The team-wide malaise did not […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course – Pro Mazda Preview

Pato O’Ward won three of the first four Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire races of the 2016 season, but was only originally confirmed through the double headers in St. Petersburg, Florida and Birmingham, Alabama. Late last week, it was announced that the 17 year-old Pro Mazda points leader who is sponsored by Gap Guard […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course – Indy Lights preview

The word of the day going into the twin Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis Presented by Cooper Tires races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is… different. Five different drivers representing five different countries and four different teams have found victory lane over the first five races of the 2016 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper […]

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CAPE MOTORSPORTS SWEEPS USF2000 MAIN EVENTS AT BARBER

CAPE MOTORSPORTS SWEEPS USF2000 MAIN EVENTS AT BARBER  Canadian Parker Thompson gives championship team first wins of 2016 campaign BIRMINGHAM, AL (April 29, 2016) – After being kept off the podium in the opening round of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing stormed back with a vengeance last […]

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Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda – 2016 season and St. Pete preview

During 2015, a trio of super sophomores (Nico Jamin, Jake Eidson and Aaron Telitz) dominated the USF2000 season, standing on 40 of 48 possible podiums. Meanwhile, positions four through ten in the 16 race championship were held by rookie drivers, and all seven of those drivers are returning in the hopes that the sophomore domination of […]

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Indy Lights season and St. Pete preview

Pop on your helmet, lock down that visor and cinch your belts tight, as the 18 race battle for the 2016 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire title, $1million Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship and three race Verizon IndyCar Series ride that goes with it begins right now. AND, IT’S GOING TO. BE. AWESOME!!! The top-rung […]

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Monday Update #1 – first USF2000 and Pro Mazda sessions – 10:45am

With their reputation as track “dew sweepers” and with a 7:30am Friday morning practice in St. Petersburg, an 8am test session is good practice for the Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda field. Maybe he’s still on Australian time, but the early start certainly didn’t slow down reigning USF2000 rookie of the year Anthony Martin […]

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