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MRTI in Toronto – Friday – Qualifying #1 – Oh Canada! Thompson and Exclusive Autosport snag home pole

By Steve Wittich Oh Canada! Canadian driver Parker Thompson, and Canadian team Exclusive Autosport will start on pole for the first of two Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Toronto Presented by Allied Building Products. Thompson’s quickest lap of 1 minute 12.816 seconds was just quick enough to pip current points leader Oliver Askew by […]

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MRTI in Toronto – Friday – USF2000 Practice #1 – Thompson leads at home

By Steve Wittich In what shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, the driver’s that have raced on the 1.786 mile, 11-Turn Exhibition Place street circuit, were among the quickest in the first, and only USF2000 qualifying session this afternoon. Canadian Parker Thompson led the way with a quick lap that was timed at 1 minute, […]

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MRTI at Iowa Speedway – Sunday – USF2000 and Indy Lights qualifying notes and results

For the fourth-time this year, but the first time on oval, second generation driver Colton Herta will start on the pole in an Indy Lights race, collecting the qualifying track record that Max Chilton set in 2015. “The track didn’t change as much as we expected, explained the Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing pilot. “Obviously the track got […]

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MRTI at Iowa Speedway – Saturday – USF2000 and Indy Lights practice results and notes.

After leading the majority of the 45-minute session, Kaylen Frederick had the top spot on the time sheets taken away from him by yesterday’s test session leader Calvin Ming in the final ten minutes. However a last minute lap at 133.138mph, allowed the 15-year old Team Pelfrey rookie to recapture the top spot. Ming, and […]

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MRTI at Iowa Speedway – Friday notes – Indy Lights driver not cleared to drive and USF2000 testing

By Steve Wittich A quick Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire note before we get to Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda testing. According to a Belardi Auto Racing official, Chad Boat, who is scheduled to make his Indy Lights debut with the Brownsburg, Ind. based team this weekend, has not been, as of today, […]

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USF2000 at Iowa Speedway – 2017 race preview – Championship chase takes a left turn on the way to Iowa

For the first time since 2010, the Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda series will be visiting the ⅞ths of a mile Iowa Speedway oval. Sage Karam, who was driving for Andretti Autosport, started from pole and lead all 50 laps, on the way to his first oval victory. The 2017 Indianapolis 500 starter, made […]

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MRTI at Road America – Saturday – USF2000 Race #2 – Quick notes and results

As the 19 entires came up the hill to start the final USF2000 race of the weekend, third place starter David Malukas was able to quickly grab the lead. He was able to hold that lead for until they crossed the line to start the second lap. At the completion of the first lap, the […]

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USF2000 at Road America – Friday – Rinus VeeKay and Pabst Racing on a roll – score win and pole in a four hour span

Race #1 report After five straight wins by Oliver Askew, it was Pabst Racing rookie Rinus VeeKay who led 11 laps on the way to his first Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda victory. Askew, the pilot of the Mazda sponsored Soul Red machine, and the current championship leader ran into trouble for the first […]

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MRTI at Road America – Friday – USF2000 and Pro Mazda Qualifying – Indy Lights Practice

Qualifying notes and results for the first of two Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Mazda Parker Thompson, Oliver Askew, Rinus Van Kalmthout and David Malukas were all on point during a hectic five minutes of qualifying, and in a somewhat of a surprise it was Malukas’ lap of 2 minutes, 12.797 seconds […]

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Second and eighth place USF2000 entries disqualified – Team Pelfrey takes blame for unmalicious mistake.

By Steve Wittich A few hours after the first USF2000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis Presented by Royal Purple Supporting the Lupus Foundation took the checkered flag, USF2000 officials issued the official results that disqualified the No. 80 and No. 81 entries from the Team Pelfrey stable. Kaylen Frederick lost his second place finish, and Robert […]

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