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Road To Indy on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course – Indy Pro 2000 preview

By Steve Wittich The Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires series visit the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the sixth straight year for the middle-rung of ladder’s 12th and 13th races. The PM-18 made it’s “Month of May” debut last year and put on an outstanding show. The […]

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Road To Indy on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course – Indy Lights preview

By Steve Wittich The top rung of the Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires ladder returns to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for their ninth year and 15th and 16th races. NTT IndyCar Series driver Marco Andretti won the first race, in support of the Formula One US Grand Prix in 2005 while […]

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TSO Ladder Feature – Darren Keane is in pursuit of fun (and a little vindication), in a post St. Pete reset.

By Steve Wittich A 59-day layoff directly following a final lap, final corner self-induced mistake that prevented a trip to victory lane, is one of a race car driver’s worst nightmares. Darren Keane, who just finished his second semester in the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Florida, is no different than most drivers. […]

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Friday – MRTI Update #3 – IMS Road Course – Indy Lights first qualifying, USF2000 and Pro Mazda second qualifying

By Tony DiZinno In case you missed it or need a quick refresher on this morning’s first two sessions, here’s a link to results from qualifying for the first Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by Mazda and Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tires races. These races occur later this afternoon at 2:45 p.m. and 3:35 […]

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Friday – MRTI Update #2 – IMS Road Course – USF2000 and Pro Mazda first qualifying results

By Tony DiZinno Friday’s sessions from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are underway. This is a busy day for the Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires, as there are eight on-track sessions – five qualifying sessions, and three races. For a reminder, here is the schedule: Friday, May 11th TIME EVENT 7:30 AM Public […]

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Thursday – MRTI Update #1 – USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights – first practice sessions, and some additional notes

By Tony DiZinno Good evening, and welcome to TSO Ladder presented by Cooper Tires’ coverage of the Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. All three series, Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires, Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tires and the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by […]

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Previewing the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda doubleheader on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course

By Steve Wittich The drivers and teams of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda are back in action after a two-month break from competition. Cape Motorsports rookie Kyle Kirkwood, who won his first USF2000 start in St. Petersburg, Fla., has a seven-point championship lead, and a lot of pressure to extend a six-race […]

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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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Indy Lights testing from Homestead-Miami Speedway – road course testing recap, results and notebook

By Steve Wittich When the eventual quickest driver of the road course portion of spring training, Santi Urrutia, began his final lap just before the checkered came out, all seven drivers were within a scant four-tenths of a second of each other. But thanks to a triple hit of push-to-pass, which feeds the 2.0L turbo-charged […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course – Indy Lights preview

Ten different drivers have stood on the top step of the podium in the ten different races occurring on two different iterations of the road course at the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With exactly zero of the 14 drivers entered into the twin-bill INDY LIGHTS Grand Prix of Indianapolis Presented by Royal Purple Supporting the […]

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