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Putting a bow on the 2016 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire season

In its various different iterations and sanctions, the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire series celebrated its 30th anniversary by crowning its 30th different champion when Ed Jones beat Santi Urrutia to the $1 million Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship awarded to the series champion. Carlin is the 15th different team to house the winning driver […]

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Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” race #2 – title decider

For the second year in-a-row, the Indy Lights points leader coming into the “Soul Red Finale” at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca leaves disappointed. Carlin sophomore Ed Jones entered the two-race Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Monterey Presented by Cooper Tires finale at the 2.238-mile, 11-turn road course trailing Santiago Urrutia by one point. After […]

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Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” practice #2 –

Fresh tires or no fresh tires was the story of the second Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire practice session, but first let’s get to what happened in the session. Andretti Autosport’s Dean Stoneman turned the quickest lap of the practice session at 1:16.098 and was followed by Sean Rayhall (Team Pelfrey), Shelby Blackstock, (Andretti […]

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Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” practice #1 – 3:41pm

The fight for the $1 million Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship began in earnest during the first Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire practice session at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The session was led by Ed Jones with a lap of 1:16.509. That quick lap was half a second ahead of Dean Stoneman, who currently sits […]

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Carlin – Down to the wire at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

Down to the wire at Laguna Seca After ten tense race weekends the fight for the 2016 Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires Championship will intensify as it reaches what is likely to be a dramatic conclusion this weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. After a strong second season in the series Carlin are well and truly […]

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Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire – Soul Red Finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca- preview

For the fifth straight year, the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire championship will be decided at the final event of the season and in the state of California. This year, there is a sextet of drivers that head to the “Soul Red Finale” at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with a chance to win the […]

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Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire at Watkins Glen International – preview

Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire preview There are six very hungry drivers who have three races left to sort out who will be the big winner of the $1 million Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship and a partial season Verizon IndyCar Series ride. With only 52 points separating the top six drivers and a scant […]

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Iowa Speedway – Indy Lights preview

Indy Lights Preview Hot, in all it’s various definitions is the word of the week as the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire series heads to the ⅞ of a mile Iowa Speedway bull-ring for the 11th race of the 18 round championship. Leaving the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the chase for the $1million Mazda Motorsports […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – Indy Lights – Race #2 recap and results

With the deepest field in over 15 years, it’s not a surprise that there have been five different winners during the 2016 chase for the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire championship, but that it occurred at the fifth race of the season is a little bit of a surprise. Santiago Urrutia, the reigning Pro […]

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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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