Tag archives for Exhibition Place

Andersen Promotions releases 2023 USF Pro 2000, USF2000 and USF Juniors schedules, including increased scholarships

2023 schedules for all three USF Pro Championships Presented By Cooper Tires series – USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires, USF Pro 2000 Presented By Cooper Tires, Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship. Includes info on increased scholarships.

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Pro Mazda in Toronto – 2018 – Thompson heads to Toronto with points lead to defend a three race home race winning

By Steve Wittich Current Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire championship leader Parker Thompson comes to his home with on a roll in the “Great White North.” The Red Deer, Alberta pilot, has won his last three starts on the 1.786-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit. The 20-year-old’s two trips to the top step of […]

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MRTI in Toronto – Sunday – Indy Lights Race #2

By Steve Wittich In the four races prior to arriving in Canada, it was Carlin’s Matheus Leist who was the hottest driver in the Indy Lights series, winning three of four races and gaining 37 points on Kyle Kaiser in the chase for the $1 million Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship. But a trip to the […]

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MRTI in Toronto – Sunday – USF2000 Race #2 – notes and results – Thompson and VeeKay are both winners

By Steve Wittich For the third straight race in row the 1.786 mile, 11-Turn Exhibition Place street circuit was kind to fellow Canadian Parker Thompson. After dominating the race on Saturday, the Red Deer, Alberta native needed a little luck to climb to the top step of the podium on Sunday. The Exclusive Autosport veteran […]

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MRTI in Toronto – A trio of Canadian cherish the opportunity to race in the Great White North

By Steve Wittich What do Paul Tracy, Greg Moore, Andrew Bordin, David Rutledge, Michael Valiante, Antoine Bessette, and Parker Thompson all have in common? The Canadian race car pilots have all won an Indy car ladder series race on home soil on the streets of Toronto, Ontario. In 2017 there are three drivers, including Thompson, […]

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MRTI in Toronto – Friday – Indy Lights practice #1 – veterans lead the way

By Steve Wittich Similar to the first USF2000 practice session, it was a pair of veterans that were the quickest during the lone Indy Lights practice session. Championship leader Kyle Kaiser led the way with a quick lap of 1 minute, 6.399 seconds, which was just over a-tenth of a lap quicker than fellow veteran […]

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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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