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Previewing the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda doubleheader on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course

By Steve Wittich The drivers and teams of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda are back in action after a two-month break from competition. Cape Motorsports rookie Kyle Kirkwood, who won his first USF2000 start in St. Petersburg, Fla., has a seven-point championship lead, and a lot of pressure to extend a six-race […]

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Previewing the Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire doubleheader on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course

By Steve Wittich With three different winners and the top-five drivers in the chase for the Mazda Motorsports scholarship only separated by 27 points. The first season of Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire action with the brand new Tatuus built, Mazda powered PM-18 has had a thrilling start. Parker Thompson, a top-three championship finisher […]

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F1600, F2000 and Atlantic Racers Ready for IMS

Salem, NH – Joining the Open Wheel World Challenge, the F1600, F2000 and Atlantic Championship Series teams and drivers are ready for a much-anticipated June weekend on the road course at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Following a quick two-day event at the highly technical Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in May, competitors will now get […]

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Seventh Annual Chris Griffis Memorial Open Test Confirmed

Seventh Annual Chris Griffis Memorial Open Test Confirmed First Shipment of New Mazda Powered Tatuus PM-18s to be Showcased PALMETTO, Fla. (June 6, 2017) – One of the highlights of the off-season for the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires is the annual Chris Griffis Memorial Open Test which provides teams the opportunity […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Freedom 100 practice and qualifying – Leist beats Herta to maiden Indy Lights pole

  Qualifying  After a long weather delay, and only 20 minutes of practice, Matheus Leist, who is making his first ever oval start, put together a pair of consistent laps of 199.268mph, and 199.128mph. The 18 year-old rookie’s prize included a check for $3,000, but more importantly, Leist will start on pole for the Freedom […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Freedom 100 preview

  With three of the last four Freedom 100’s being decided by mere thousandths of a second, the annual 40-lap (100 mile) Indy Lights race has become a must watch for the 100,000+ raucous fans that stream into the 560 acre Indianapolis Motor Speedway facility for the Carb Day party that kicks off the “Greatest […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Indy Lights Freedom 100 test session #1

The Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire drivers and teams took to the 2.5 mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval for the first of two hour-and-a-half test sessions in preparation for the 15th edition of the Freedom 100 at 10 a.m. The session began when all entries were allowed to make one install lap before the […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course – Indy Lights Race 2

In the first five races of the 2017 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires season, Kyle Kaiser was the model of consistency. He finished between second and sixth in each race, but was yet to secure his first win of the year. Kaiser changed the narrative today though to one of dominance, en route to […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course – USF2000, Pro Mazda Race 2

Oliver Askew (Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda) and Victor Franzoni (Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires) completed weekend sweeps from pole in the second of two races for each of the first two rungs on the Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires ladder, as part of the Mazda Road to […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course – Indy Lights Qualifying 2

Two of the three leading contenders for the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires championship will start in the top two positions on the grid for the second race of the Mazda Road to Indy Grand Prix Presented by Royal Purple Supporting the Lupus Foundation of America weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. […]

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