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Jagger Jones grabs USF2000 win in only his 4th career open wheel start – d’Orlando and Rowe tied for championship lead

By Steve Wittich Jagger Jones, a third-generation racer in only his fourth open-wheel start, drove like anything but a newcomer on the way to his first Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship victory. The Cape Motorsports rookie used a daring outside pass to take the lead and then drove a nearly perfect race under challenging conditions to […]

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Linus Lundqvist wins in the damp after an exciting battle with Benjamin Pedersen – Robb grabs first Indy Lights podium

By Steve Wittich A drying track combined with 31 laps on durable but grippy Cooper Tire wet weather tires meant plenty of sliding around late in the race, giving the fans at Barber Motorsports Park a thrilling finish to the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires. The first activity of what started as a damp […]

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Rowe wins second straight USF2000 race – Frazer and d’Orlando round out the podium

By Steve Wittich A considerable crowd of friends and family enthusiastically cheered Myles Rowe (Pabst Racing) as he drove into victory lane at Barber Motorsports Park. This park-like race track started his desire to become a racer. The win is Rowe’s second straight in 2022 and third overall in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship. The […]

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Myles Rowe grabs his first career pole, completing his personal USF2000 bingo card

By Steve Wittich With his first career pole, Myles Rowe completed his USF2000 bingo card. The Pabst Racing sophomore now has a win, a pole, a podium, a race led, and the fastest race lap. The 21-year-old spent most of the 20-minute Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship in the top five on the timesheet but dug […]

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Clark goes three for three to start the USF Juniors season

By Steve Wittich Mac Clark stood on the top step of the USF Juniors podium for the third time in the last six days, making the DEForce Racing driver the sole series winner to date. The 18-year-old has had a dream start to his 2022 USF Juniors campaign scoring 98 of a possible 99 points […]

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Castro goes quickest in USF Juniors practice at Barber Motorsports Park

By Steve Wittich The first official session of the 2022 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama weekend at Barber Motorsports Park got underway at 8:45 am on Thursday with USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires practice. This weekend is the first and only time that five American open-wheel series are on the same bill this […]

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Road To Indy schedules each feature 18 races

By Steve Wittich An increased scholarship and award fund of 2.7 million dollars will await the winners on each of the three steps on the Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires ladder after an 18-race 2020 season. The schedule looks similar to 2019 with a few minor changes. Last year, the Indy Lights presented […]

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Indy Lights at Barber Motorsports Park – Sunday at 11:45am – O’Ward reigns in Birmingham’s rain

By Tony DiZinno Call him the rain-meister. Patricio O’Ward dominated the second race in the Mazda Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Cooper Tires at Barber Motorsports Park, in a near-perfect weekend for Andretti Autosport. O’Ward delivered his third win in four Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires series races. While Saturday’s was under sunny […]

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Pro Mazda at Barber Motorsports Park – Sunday at 10:40am – Scott wins rainy race as Pro Mazda field puts on a show

By Tony DiZinno Harrison Scott and Andres Gutierrez put on a show in the second Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Cooper Tires races at Barber Motorsports Park, with Scott and RP Motorsport Racing prevailing for their first Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires victories as Gutierrez fell victim to the treacherous […]

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Indy Lights at Barber Motorsports Park – Saturday – 2:55pm – O’Ward tames a handful of a car to grab win and points lead

By Steve Wittich After throwing away potential wins in St. Petersburg, Patricio O’Ward and Colton Herta put on a great show at the front field to find a little redemption at Barber Motorsports Park.  O’Ward, who started outside of pole-sitter Herta grabbed a first lap lead just before the yellow flag came out and held […]

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