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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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Pro Mazda at Barber Motorsports Park – Sunday at 10:40am – Scott wins rainy race as Pro Mazda field puts on a show

By Tony DiZinno Harrison Scott and Andres Gutierrez put on a show in the second Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Alabama presented by Cooper Tires races at Barber Motorsports Park, with Scott and RP Motorsport Racing prevailing for their first Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires victories as Gutierrez fell victim to the treacherous […]

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Mazda Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires at Barber Motorsports Park – Saturday Notebook

What the Lights drivers had to say After the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires race, TSO Ladder had a chance to catch up with winner Patricio O’Ward, and podium finishers Colton Herta and Santi Urrutia. O’Ward explained that his pass of Herta for the lead began with a defensive late braking maneuver to keep […]

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Pro Mazda at Barber Motorsports Park – Saturday at 1:40pm – Thompson dominates first Pro Mazda race, closes title gap

By Tony DiZinno Saturday marked a perfect day at the office for Red Deer, Alberta’s Parker Thompson and Michael Duncalfe’s Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based Exclusive Autosport team, in the first of two Pro Mazda Championship presented by Cooper Tires races at Barber Motorsports Park. From pole, Thompson took his first career Pro Mazda win – and eighth […]

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Pro Mazda at Barber Motorsports Park – Saturday 9:15 am – Thompson on pole again – PM-18 sets another track record

By Steve Wittich Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire rookie Parker Thompson will be making his 50th career Mazda Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires start and will start on the pole for the eighth time. The 20-year-old’s lap of 66.297 seconds lowered the track record that he set yesterday, and is his first […]

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Pro Mazda at Barber Motorsports Park – Friday – Qualifying – Thompson and Exclusive Autosport lead a trio of rookie teams and drivers at the head of the field

\ By Steve Wittich It will be rookie Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire driver, Parker Thompson, and team Exclusive Autosport, that leads Saturday’s Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by Cooper Tires to the green flag. The pole is the Canadian driver’s first Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire and seventh career Mazda […]

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Pro Mazda at Barber Motorsports Park – 2018 – Friday – Practice #1 – Thompson leads the way

By Steve Wittich Exclusive Autosport rookie Parker Thompson led the way in first official Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire session with the new PM-18 with a lap of 76.758 seconds. The Canadian enjoys Barber Motorsports Park, collecting one win, three podiums and never finishing outside of the top five in six races on the […]

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Pro Mazda preview – Rinus VeeKay leads championship going into Barber Motorsports Park doubleheader

By Steve Wittich Rinus VeeKay, the 2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda vice-champion led 29 of 50 laps, stood on the top step of the podium twice and scored 62 of a possible 66 points to leave the season-opening pair of races in St. Petersburg. The Dutchman, who holds a 19 point lead […]

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MRTI Update #13 – Sunday – Pro Mazda Race #2 – VeeKay completes magic weekend in PM-18 debut

  Sorry for the delay in getting this report out. The red flag, and wanting to get the story correct held it up yesterday. And, the finally sleeping in my own bed after 20 of the last 22 days away, held it up today (Steve).  After an exciting run from eighth to first to eighth by […]

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Saturday – MRTI Update #9 – Pro Mazda Race #1 – New PM-18 and VeeKay put on a show

If the first race of the PM-18 era of is any indication, Mazda Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires fans are in for a treat. Rinus VeeKay, who started right in the middle of the 16 car grid after having some mechanical issues in qualifying used a combination of luck and skill to win […]

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