Tag archives for Road America

MRTI Update from Road America #15 – Franzoni scores emotional first Indy Lights win; joins all-MRTI series win club

By Tony DiZinno It has been an emotional whirlwind week-plus for Victor Franzoni and the entire Juncos Racing team heading into Road America. Today Franzoni paid tribute to his fallen friend and 2017 Pro Mazda teammate, Jeff Green, with an overdue first career victory in the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires series. This means […]

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MRTI Update from Road America #13 – Malukas doubles up in Pro Mazda

By Steve Wittich The Mazda Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires began the final Pro Mazda Presented By Cooper Tire race with a touching tribute to Jeff Green.  The crowd was asked to observe a moment of silence and the 14-car Pro Mazda race was paced by Peter Dempsey driving Green’s No. 60 Juncos […]

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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 #11 from Road America – Herta wins fourth Indy Lights race in a row – extends points lead

By Steve Wittich For the fourth straight Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires race, Colton Herta visited victory lane. After seven poles last year, it’s a little surprising that none of those wins have come from an inside front row start. Herta acknowledges that when he got out of the car, tell the ADVANCE Auto […]

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MRTI Update #10 from Road America – O’Ward grabs his fifth Indy Lights pole of the season

By Steve Wittich For the fifth time in 2018, Patricio O’Ward will lead an Indy Lights race to the green flag, after turning in a flyer that was an impressive 0.4714 seconds ahead of race #1 pole sitter Victor Franzoni. It’s the Mexican drivers 10th career Mazda Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires pole. […]

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MRTI Update #9 from Road America – Lindh completes pole sweep for race #2, for Pabst 1-2-3

By Tony DiZinno Augie Pabst’s Oconomowoc, Wis.-based team will have the top three starting positions for Sunday’s second Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by Mazda race of the weekend, which will go green at 8 a.m. Rasmus Lindh completed a Friday sweep of pole positions, with the Swede setting himself up nicely to carry on […]

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MRTI Update #8 from Road America – Victor Franzoni grabs an emotional pole for Indy Lights race #1

By Steve Wittich An emotional Victor Franzoni put together a lap of 113.188 seconds to put his Mazda powered Soul Red No. 23 from Juncos Racing on pole for first of two Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Road America Presented by Cooper Tires races this weekend. We are a team,” exclaimed Franzoni to the […]

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MRTI Update #7 from Road America – Malukas puts it all together for his first career MRTI win

By Steve Wittich A complete drive by David Malukas, where the 16-year-old led all 15 laps from the pole, resulted in the first win for him and his BN Racing team. “I felt ecstatic,” said the Chicago, Ill. native to Rob Howden on the podium. “Last year we also qualified on pole. We’ve had second, […]

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MRTI Update #6 from Road America – Lindh’s last lap flyer puts the Pabst Racing rookie on pole

By Steve Wittich Speed producing overcast skies and refreshing temperatures greeted the 26 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda drivers for first qualifying session of the Road America weekend. With only 20 minutes available for qualifying, and 2+ minute laps, it was essential to maximize every lap. Pabst Racing Rookie Rasmus Lindh threw down […]

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MRTI Update #5 from Road America – O’Ward, Telitz and Herta lead Indy Lights practice

By Steve Wittich The seven Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires entries began their lone practice session at 9:15 AM. When the checkered flag fell at 10 PM, it ended two straight hours of Mazda Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires action to begin the Kohler Grand Prix weekend. With carry-over tires from the […]

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