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Saturday – MRTI Update #7 – O’Ward grabs first Indy Lights pole in tight qualifying session

Posted by  on Saturday, March 10th 2018     

  After missing out on pole in Friday’s Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires qualifying session by one-tenth of a second, Andretti Autosport rookie Patricio O’Ward ended Saturday’s qualifying session the same amount ahead Colton Herta (Andretti Steinbrenner Racing). The Mexican pilot’s pole lap of 1:05.039, was quicker than Aaron Telitz’s pole lap of 1:05.1279 […]

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Friday – MRTI Update #4 – Pro Mazda qualifying – Askew secures his 9th MRTI pole as another track record falls

Posted by  on Friday, March 9th 2018     

As his eight poles in 14 Mazda Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires races attest to, Cape Motorsports rookie Oliver Askew knows how to throw down in qualifying. The 21-year-old briefly lost the top spot to Harrison Scott and Parker Thompson but was able to throw down the last flyer of the session, to […]

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

Posted by  on Friday, March 9th 2018     

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

Posted by  on Saturday, September 2nd 2017     

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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“Soul Red Finale” at Watkins Glen International – Pro Mazda qualifying #1

Posted by  on Friday, September 1st 2017     

By Steve Wittich Victor Franzoni, who came into the “Soul Red Finale” weekend at Watkins Glen International with a two point lead over Anthony Martin, ends the first day of the weekend with a three point lead, after winning his fourth pole of the season. And, he made a major statement in doing it. The […]

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Gateway Motorsports Park – Pro Mazda qualifying notes and results

Posted by  on Saturday, August 26th 2017     

By Steve Wittich For the sixth time in 2017, and 15th time in his MRTI career, Anthony Martin collected the single bonus point for winning the pole, and extending his points lead over rival Victor Franzoni to five points. But it certainly wasn’t easy. “No! No! No!,” explained the Australian when asked if his two […]

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MMRTI at Mid-Ohio – Friday – Pro Mazda qualifying #1 – Carlos Cunha storms to first career pole

Posted by  on Friday, July 28th 2017     

By Steve Wittich Qualifying for the first of three Pro Mazda races at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course began under partly cloudy skies when the 14 Mazda Renesis powered entries took to the 2.258-mile, 13-Turn natural terrain road course. Team Pelfrey’s Carlos Cunha was the early leader, but by the time the 20 minute qualifying […]

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MRTI in Toronto – Saturday – Indy Lights Qualifying #1 – Kaiser breaks track record, and earns important bonus point

Posted by  on Saturday, July 15th 2017     

By Steve Wittich For the third time in 2017, current championship points leader Kyle Kaiser snagged the single bonus point on offer for winning an Indy Lights pole, allowing the third year Juncos Racing driver to grow his title lead over Matheus Leist to 14 points. Kaiser first grabbed the provisional pole with six minutes left […]

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MRTI in Toronto – Friday – Qualifying #1 – Oh Canada! Thompson and Exclusive Autosport snag home pole

Posted by  on Friday, July 14th 2017     

By Steve Wittich Oh Canada! Canadian driver Parker Thompson, and Canadian team Exclusive Autosport will start on pole for the first of two Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Toronto Presented by Allied Building Products. Thompson’s quickest lap of 1 minute 12.816 seconds was just quick enough to pip current points leader Oliver Askew by […]

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MRTI at Iowa Speedway – Sunday – USF2000 and Indy Lights qualifying notes and results

Posted by  on Sunday, July 9th 2017     

For the fourth-time this year, but the first time on oval, second generation driver Colton Herta will start on the pole in an Indy Lights race, collecting the qualifying track record that Max Chilton set in 2015. “The track didn’t change as much as we expected, explained the Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing pilot. “Obviously the track got […]

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