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Barber Motorsports Park – Indy Lights Race #1 – Recap and Results

After winning the first three Indy Lights races in 2015, Carlin sophomore Ed Jones was in the midst of a 16-race drought heading to Barber Motorsports Park. A difficult first practice session did not provide the 20 year-old much confidence, but a set of fresh Cooper Tires and revisiting a previous set-up shot the Jebel […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – Indy Lights practice #2 recap and times

The theme of the second Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire practice session of the day was: differing objectives. Some teams and drivers did new tire runs and some teams did full tank runs on old tires in order to simulate race conditions, and those objectives were likely reversed in the first session. The true […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – USF2000 Race #1 recap and results.

After a 2015 rookie season in cars and USF2000 that saw Canadian Parker Thompson flirt with the podium on seven different occasions with fourth and fifth place finishes, the 18 year-old’s first step on the podium included a trip to the top step. “Oh man, I can’t tell you how good it felt to get […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – Pro Mazda qualifying

With a wet 2.3-Mile, 17-Turn Barber Motorsports Park Road Course, the first drivers on track for the Pro Mazda qualifying session were outfitted with treaded wet weather Cooper Tires. However, in an what looked like an interesting strategy call at the time, the three Team Pelfrey drivers sat on pit road with slick tires until […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – Indy lights Practice #1

A pair of sophomores led the way in the first Indy Lights session by just “that much.” RC Enerson (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports with Curb-Agajanian) turned a quickest lap of 1:14.444, while championship leader Kyle Kaiser (Juncos Racing) turned a quickest lap of 1:14.445. In an amazingly tight field, the top five drivers were all within […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – Pro Mazda practice session #2 update – 9:20am

Team Pelfrey’s triple threat trio of Pato O’Ward, Aaron Telitz, and Weiron Tan ran 1-2-3 at the final Pro Mazda practice before qualifying. The three drivers who also dominated spring training in March and testing/practice yesterday were only separated by 0.2 seconds. Qualifying The second official practice for the pair of Mazda North American Operations […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda preview and today’s recap

After swapping the top step and sweeping the first two spots on the podium in St. Petersburg, Pabst Racing sophomore teammates Jordan Lloyd (58) and Yufeng Luo (56) arrive at Barber Motorsports Park separated by only two points. Lloyd was quick in Thursday’s practice/testing and should be in contention for the pointy end of the […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire preview

The pair of Legacy Indy Lights 100 races at Barber Motorsports Park should provide a solid test for the newfound focus and maturity of Juncos Racing sophomore and current Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire points leader, Kyle Kaiser. A perfect mix of poise, pace and patience has resulted in one win (Phoenix International Raceway) […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire preview and today’s results

The Team Pelfrey threesome of Weiron Tan, Pato O’Ward and Aaron Telitz head to the Mazda North American Operations Presents the Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Alabama Cooper Tires double-header, the third and fourth rounds of the 2016 Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire championship, as the overwhelming favorites at Barber Motorsports Park. Why? Sophomore […]

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Monday Update #3 – final USF2000 and Pro Mazda sessions – 4:45pm

With many teams holding onto their final set of tires for the final session of the two day test, times in the second Monday session were not as fast as they were in the first session. A number of drivers used the session to simulate race length runs. For the fourth of five sessions, it […]

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