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MRTI update #4 from Mid-Ohio – Friday – Kirkwood grabs fourth pole of the year – 20th pole at Mid-Ohio for Cape Motorsports

By Steve Wittich What was shaping up to be an exciting final few laps of Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda qualifying ended when the red flag and checkered flag came out for an on-track incident. Kyle Kirkwood, for the fourth time this season will start on pole after turning a lap of 80.533 […]

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MRTI update #1 from Mid-Ohio – Lindh leads the first and only practice session of triple header weekend

By Steve Wittich For the second time, this season Pabst Racing rookie Rasmus Lindh led a USF2000 practice session. The 17-year-old turned a lap of 81.3989 seconds on his 13th of 15 circuits. The rest of the top five – Kyle Kirkwood (Cape Motorsports), Michael D’Orlando (Team Benik), Keith Donegan (BN Racing) and Julian Van […]

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USF2000 from Mid-Ohio – Steve’s preview – Kirkwood has a stranglehold on the $325,000 Mazda Scholarship, but there is still some great storylines

  By Steve Wittich For the 19th through 21st times since the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda series was reborn in 2010 and the 41st, 42nd and 43rd time a “two-liter” series will take to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The first winner on the Central Ohio circuit in 1993 was Chris Simmons. […]

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MRTI update #3 – Friday – Kyle Kirkwood snags fourth USF2000 pole of the season – 10th in 11 races for Cape Motorsports in Toronto

By Steve Wittich For the fourth time this season, Kyle Kirkwood and Cape Motorsports will start on the pole in a Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda race. With the single bonus point for being the quickest qualifier Kirkwood’s lead in the title, chase grows to 95 points. The 19-year-old American joins Neil Alberico […]

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MRTI Update From Road America #14 – Kirkwood makes last lap pass to win chaotic USF2000 race

By Steve Wittich Coming into today’s USF2000 race Kyle Kirkwood had led every lap in the last three races. The championship leader’s impressive streak came to an end when he led only one lap. Thankfully for him, it was the right lap.  Kirkwood told TSO that it was satisfying to win from fourth, showing that […]

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MRTI Update #12 from Road America – Kirkwood scores fourth win in Saturday USF2000 race

By Tony DiZinno Kyle Kirkwood continued his roll in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda season, dominating the first Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America race this weekend. The young American took his fourth win in six races and extended his championship lead in the process, driving the No. 8 Cape Motorsports […]

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MRTI Update #3 from Road America – Rasmus Lindh leads USF2000 for local team Pabst Racing

By Steve Wittich USF2000 practice at 8 AM kicks off a busy day of Mazda Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires (MRTI) action at Road America. Today will feature two practice sessions, four qualifying sessions, a Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire race and a pair of autograph sessions. If you are a fan […]

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USF2000 at Road America – 2018 – Steve’s preview

By Steve Wittich To say that Kyle Kirkwood has an early stranglehold on the 2018 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda might actually be an understatement. The Cape Motorsports rookie currently holds a 59 point advantage through the first five rounds of the 14 race USF2000 championship. To put that lead into perspective, Alex […]

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Previewing the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda Freedom 75 from Lucas Oil Raceway

By Tony DiZinno The first rung on the Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires has just one oval race on the schedule. But for the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, the Freedom 75 back at Lucas Oil Raceway will be an important test in the championship battle. Just outside Indianapolis in […]

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Friday – MRTI Update #3 – USF2000 qualifying – Jose Sierra crushes track record on the way to his first career pole

Jose Sierra and DEForce Racing used a last-second flyer to snag the first pole of the 2018 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. It’s the first pole for the Angleton, Texas-based team and 18-year-old Mexican driver. Sierra’s quick lap of 1:12.549 is a new track record, besting a lap at 1:13.064 set by Matthew […]

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