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MRTI at Road America – Saturday – Indy Lights Q2 – Herta rides roller coaster weekend to Race #2 pole

After a disappointing “Month Of May” and a Friday full of mechanical issues, Colton Herta needed a boost to get his season back on track. The second generation drivers third pole of the season and track record lap of 1 minute, 52.003 seconds is a good start. When Herta got out of his Deltro Energy […]

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USF2000 at Road America – Friday – Rinus VeeKay and Pabst Racing on a roll – score win and pole in a four hour span

Race #1 report After five straight wins by Oliver Askew, it was Pabst Racing rookie Rinus VeeKay who led 11 laps on the way to his first Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda victory. Askew, the pilot of the Mazda sponsored Soul Red machine, and the current championship leader ran into trouble for the first […]

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MRTI at Road America – Friday – USF2000 and Pro Mazda Qualifying – Indy Lights Practice

Qualifying notes and results for the first of two Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Mazda Parker Thompson, Oliver Askew, Rinus Van Kalmthout and David Malukas were all on point during a hectic five minutes of qualifying, and in a somewhat of a surprise it was Malukas’ lap of 2 minutes, 12.797 seconds […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Freedom 100 practice and qualifying – Leist beats Herta to maiden Indy Lights pole

  Qualifying  After a long weather delay, and only 20 minutes of practice, Matheus Leist, who is making his first ever oval start, put together a pair of consistent laps of 199.268mph, and 199.128mph. The 18 year-old rookie’s prize included a check for $3,000, but more importantly, Leist will start on pole for the Freedom […]

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Barber – Sunday – Qualifying cancelled Colton Herta will start on pole for 400th Indy Lights race

After a downpour right before Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire qualifying was set to begin at 8am, the series decided to cancel qualifying, and the 15 drivers will line up via Championship Standings, meaning Colton Herta will start the race on pole for the 400th Indy Lights Race. With too much standing water on […]

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USF2000 qualifying notes and results – Askew scores first MRTI pole after a one hour delay.

USF2000 qualifying notes and results by Steve Wittich Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda championship leader Oliver Askew overcame a one-hour delay to win his very first Mazda Road To Indy presented by Cooper Tire pole. “It’s fantastic,” exclaimed the Cape Motorsports rookie and MRTI $200K Scholarship Shootout winner, who’s quickest lap of 1 minute, […]

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Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” – qualifying – Saturday 10:10am

  For the sixth time in seven races and eighth time in 2016, championship leader Aaron Telitz scored an all important bonus point for starting on pole. The 24 year-old Team Pelfrey rookie ended the half-hour qualifying session over a half-second ahead of teammate and closest championship chaser O’Ward. Juncos Racing rookie Nicolas Dapero will […]

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Exhibition Place – Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire day #2 – qualifying

For the 10th straight race, a driver from the Team Pelfrey has put one of the familiar yellow and black machines on pole.  This time, it’s the Rice Lake Weighing sponsored No. 82 of Aaron Telitz that beat Pato O’Ward to the top spot. It’s the third straight pole for the 24 year-old, and his […]

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Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda – Road America qualifying

The first of three Friday Mazda Road To Indy qualifying sessions began promptly at 10:15am when the 24 Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda rolled onto the 14-Turn, 4.048-mile Road America road course to determine the starting line-up for the first of two Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Mazda races. […]

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Barber Motorsports Park – Indy Lights qualifying recap and results

After leading the final practice session yesterday afternoon, Carlin sophomore Ed Jones continued the momentum that started with a second place finish at Phoenix International Raceway, by grabbing the pole for the first of two Legacy Indy Lights 100 races this weekend. Jones told IndyCar radio that they struggled during yesterday morning’s practice, but made […]

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