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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 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 #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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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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Pro Mazda and USF2000 testing recap from Homestead-Miami Speedway – Day #2 recap and timesheet

By Steve Wittich For the second straight day, it was Juncos Racing sophomore Carlos Cunha who used an end of the day, last minute lap to jump to the top of the timesheet. The 18 year-old was able to better his Saturday afternoon lap by over two-tenths of a second, to “win” testing with the […]

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PABST RACING ADDS SWEDISH ROOKIE RASMUS LINDH TO LINEUP

  Lindh will make Debut in Mazda Road to Indy with Pabst Racing Oconomowoc, Wisconsin – Today, a second driver was announced by 2017 Team Champions Pabst Racing. Sixteen-year-old Rasmus Lindh will pilot the #23 Chicago Pneumatic entry in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda beginning in March at the St. Petersburg Grand […]

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PABST RACING SIGNS LUCAS KOHL FOR 2018 CHAMPIONSHIP

Brazilian Driver Sticks With Pabst Racing For 2018 Mazda Road to Indy Season Oconomowoc, Wisconsin – Reigning USF2000 Team Champions Pabst Racing announced today that 19-year-old racecar driver and student Lucas Kohl will return for 2018. Kohl has signed to drive in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda in the #22 Pabst Racing […]

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MRTI “Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – USF2000 qualifying – Askew grabs important point for winning his sixth

By Steve Wittich A tense and important USF2000 qualifying session, the last of the season, ended with Oliver Askew scoring his eighth pole of 2017 with a quick lap of 1:46.223 on his second last lap of the session. More importantly, Askew scored his 22nd bonus point of the season, ensuring that the driver of […]

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