By Steve Wittich An increased scholarship and award fund of 2.7 million dollars will await the winners on each of the three steps on the Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires ladder after an 18-race 2020 season. The schedule looks similar to 2019 with a few minor changes. Last year, the Indy Lights presented […]
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Chris Griffis Memorial Test provides the perfect introduction to the Road To Indy and NTT IndyCar Series
By Steve Wittich Since 2011, the Chris Griffis Memorial Test has introduced several notable names to the Road To Indy as well as the NTT IndyCar Series. The temperatures were brisk, but the skies were sunny during that first test held in late October in honor of Chris Griffis, Sam Schmidt Motorsports Indy Lights team […]
tags: Chris Griffis Memorial Test, Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship, debut, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, October, testing
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Road to Indy at Grand Prix of Portland – Sunday – 11 a.m. – Sowery wins his first race while Askew all but seals Indy Lights title
Three stories emerged from an entertaining second race of the Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix weekend at Portland International Raceway. Toby Sowery secured an overdue maiden Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires victory, and the first for the rebranded HMD Motorsports/Team Pelfrey program. Rinus Van Kalmthout (VeeKay) pressured Sowery enough in the race to […]
tags: Grand Prix of Portland, HMD Motorsports, Indy Lights, Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, Team Pelfrey, Toby Sowery
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Road To Indy at Grand Prix of Portland – Saturday – 10:20 a.m. – One ten-thousandth of a second separates VeeKay from Askew for Indy Lights Race 2
One ten-thousandth of a second. That’s less time than it takes to blink an eye, snap a finger or think a thought. But that was all that separated Juncos Racing’s Rinus Van Kalmthout (VeeKay) from his Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires title rival Oliver Askew of Andretti Autosport in qualifying for the second Cooper […]
tags: Indy Lights, Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, Oliver Askew, Portland International Raceway, Rinus VeeKay
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Road to Indy at the Grand Prix of Portland – Friday – 5:05 p.m. – VeeKay secures clutch pole for Indy Lights Race 1
Qualifying for the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires first race of the weekend came alive inside the final five minutes and Rinus Van Kalmthout (VeeKay) was able to edge title rival Oliver Askew for the top spot. This is his fourth pole position of the season. The Dutch rookie was the only driver to […]
tags: Indy Lights, Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, Portland International Raceway, Rinus VeeKay
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Road to Indy at Portland – 10:45 a.m. – Askew on top in first Indy Lights practice
Championship leader Oliver Askew has set the early mark in his quest to capture the 2019 Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires championship, with the best time in Friday morning practice. But with all eight cars within 0.6 of a second by the end of the 40-minute session, it’s still fairly close. The eight cars […]
tags: Indy Lights, Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, Oliver Askew, Portland International Raceway
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Indy Lights at Portland International Raceway – Preview – Askew can clinch, but there is more to play for
By Steve Wittich Oliver Askew heads to the penultimate Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires event with a chance to clinch the championship in the Pacific Northwest. With that trophy comes a three-race NTT IndyCar Series advancement scholarship. Five races ago, when the top rung of the Road To Indy headed North Of The Border […]
tags: Andretti Autosport, clinch, Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, Juncos Racing, Oliver Askew, Portland International Raceway, Rinus van Kalmthout (VeeKay), Rinus VeeKay
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Road To Indy In Toronto – Saturday – Indy Lights win gives Telitz all the feels – Askew and VeeKay share the podium for the 20th time
A win from pole on the shore of Lake Ontario gave super-sub Aaron Telitz all the ‘feels.’ “It feels good,” exclaimed the Belardi Auto Racing veteran to TSO Ladder after the race. “It feels really good! It feels nice! It feels right. I feel like I should have been on it (the top step of […]
tags: 1.786-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit, Aaron Telitz, Andretti Autosport, Belardi Auto Racing, Honda Indy Toronto, Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, Juncos Racing, Oliver Askew, Rinus van Kalmthout (VeeKay)
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Indy Lights at Road America – Sunday – VeeKay dominates – Norman on Podium again – Askew maintains points lead
Juncos Racing rookie Rinus van Kalmthout (VeeKay) credited a dominant win on Sunday with on some of what he learned after a drive-thru penalty on Saturday. “It helped me quite a lot,” answered VeeKay when asked about Saturday’s comeback drive translating to Sunday. “Yesterday, I got a drive-thru penalty and I didn’t have anything to […]
tags: 2019, Andretti Autosport, championship, Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, Juncos Racing, Oliver Askew, podium, Race #2, Rinus VeeKay, Road America, Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires, Ryan Norman, winner
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Indy Lights at Road America preview – An entertaining title battle heads north – BN Racing adds engineer with championship pedigree – Telitz returns
By Steve Wittich If you aren’t paying attention to the battle for the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires and the three-race NTT IndyCar Series deal that goes to the winner, you should be. Over the past five races, rivals Oliver Askew and Rinus van Kalmthout (VeeKay) have swapped the top spot three times, with […]
tags: 2019, AER, Andretti Autosport, BN Racing, championship, David Malukas, Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, Juncos Racing, Oliver Askew, Rinus VeeKay, Road America, Robert Megennis, scholarship, Toby Sowery
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