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Veteran Sting Ray Robb and Juncos Racing lead the final tune-up before the Indy Pro 2000 season gets under way

A new tire run clocked at 79.751 seconds turned in by Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires veteran Sting Ray Robb was the quickest of the two-day season-opening test at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Robb’s scorching lap knocked Parker Thompson, who was testing with Abel Motorsports off the top of the timesheet. Thompson, who turned […]

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Kyle Kirkwood and Manuel Sulaiman lead first day of Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires testing at Homestead-Miami Speedway

  For the third straight year, the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship and Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires Series are officially starting their season on the Homestead-Miami Speedway road course.  The 2.1 mile, Homestead-Miami Speedway 14-turn road course has hosted a number of different road racing series including ACCUS Florida Winter Series, Formula […]

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Rebuilding Indy Lights – Part 2 of 3 – the role of INDYCAR

By Steve Wittich We’re back with Part 2 of our series on rebuilding the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires series. You can read Part 1 – Rebuilding Indy Lights – Part 1 of 3 – A more reliable power plant, decreased costs, more prize money, and new teams. In this installment, we’ll take a […]

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Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires – Freedom 100 test session #1 – Kellett leads – Belardi teammates collide

By Steve Wittich Veteran Andretti Autosport Indy Lights driver Dalton Kellett led both the tow and no-tow lap speeds during an Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires test session at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that was interrupted by moisture and a multi-car incident. The first of two 90-minute Indy Lights test sessions in preparation for […]

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Pro Mazda and USF2000 testing recap from Homestead-Miami Speedway – Day #2 recap and timesheet

By Steve Wittich For the second straight day, it was Juncos Racing sophomore Carlos Cunha who used an end of the day, last minute lap to jump to the top of the timesheet. The 18 year-old was able to better his Saturday afternoon lap by over two-tenths of a second, to “win” testing with the […]

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Indy Lights Testing at Homestead-Miami Speedway – Friday – 5:45pm – Final oval practice

It was exactly one year ago at this test that Andretti Autosport sophomore pilot Ryan Norman turned his first ever oval laps. The 19-year-old turned a lap at 187. “I think so,” said the Cleveland, Ohio native pensively when asked if leading a testing session was meaningful. “I think it’s an overall confidence booster. At […]

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MRTI Testing at Homestead – Friday – 12:30pm – First Indy Lights session and travel notes

By Steve Wittich Good day, and welcome to our TSOLadder.com coverage of the first official Mazda Road To Indy Presented by Cooper Tires (MRTI) test of the year. I (Steve) will be on hand with all of your details. I arrived in Florida on Thursday afternoon after a loooong day of travel that began when […]

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MRTI at Iowa Speedway – Friday notes – Indy Lights driver not cleared to drive and USF2000 testing

By Steve Wittich A quick Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire note before we get to Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda testing. According to a Belardi Auto Racing official, Chad Boat, who is scheduled to make his Indy Lights debut with the Brownsburg, Ind. based team this weekend, has not been, as of today, […]

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Indy Lights Freedom 100 test session #1

The Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire drivers and teams took to the 2.5 mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval for the first of two hour-and-a-half test sessions in preparation for the 15th edition of the Freedom 100 at 10 a.m. The session began when all entries were allowed to make one install lap before the […]

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Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta leads second day of Indy Lights Spring Training

By Steve Wittich There is something about the last name Steinbrenner leading Spring Training that just feels right. The biggest story coming out of two days of Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tire Spring training was that Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta was near the top of the timesheet for both the 1.5 mile oval […]

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