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MRTI at Mid-Ohio – Saturday – Pro Mazda Race #2

After 23 mostly sedate laps, the second Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Presented by Allied Building Products of the weekend triple-header was turned on it’s head. Pole sitter Anthony Martin was able to get to the first turn before Victor Franzoni, who started outside of him. For the first 85% of the […]

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

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 from Road America – Saturday – Pro Mazda Race #2 – quick recap and results

With points leader Victor Franzoni starting at the tail end of the 15 car field after the team held the Brazilian on pit road too long ,the second Pro Mazda race of the KOHLER Grand Prix weekend at Road America was certainly going to be exciting. The final of three straight MRTI races began with […]

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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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Championship leader Franzoni draws first blood at Road America – will start on pole in Pro Mazda Race #1

After a half-hour practice session earlier in the afternoon was led by reigning Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda champion Anthony Martin, 13 drivers took to the 14-Turn, 4.014-mile Road America road course just after 5:15pm to qualify for the first of two Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Road America Presented by Allied Building Products […]

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Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” Race #2 – title decider

For the second straight day, it was Victor Franzoni who won the battle, but it was Anthony Martin who won the season long war for the $363,000 Mazda Motorsports Advancement Scholarship. When the day started, we knew that one of two Cape Motorsports with /WTR pilots would become the sixth straight driver from the St. […]

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Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” Race #1

For the second time this year and fourth time in his Mazda Road To Indy presented by Cooper Tire career, Victor Franzoni stood on the top step of the podium. Franzoni nabbed all 33 points, but was still eliminated from championship contention with podium finishes by Cape Motorsports with /WTR teammates Parker Thompson and Anthony […]

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Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” qualifying – Saturday 11:38am

After dominating both practice sessions on Friday, ArmsUp Motorsports veteran Victor Franzoni will start on pole for the second time in 2016. The 21-year old is a long-shot to win the championship, but scoring the single point for pole certainly won’t hurt. Next up, Franzoni will need to secure his fourth Mazda Road To Indy […]

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Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca – “Soul Red Finale” practice #2 – 4:20pm

For the second straight USF2000 session Victor Franzoni and the the one-car ArmsUp Motorsports led the way in practice with a quick lap of 1:27.758. Luke Gabin (JAY Motorsports), who told TSO that he’s going to be going all out to end the season with a win, turned in the second quickest lap, only two-tenths […]

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Exhibition Place – Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda day #2 – race #1

If you only look at the box score, it looks like ArmsUp Motorsports Victor Franzoni had no problems cruising to his first win of the season and third career USF2000 victory. But, it was anything but easy for the 20 year-old, who had to defend against multiple pass for lead attempts from Anthony Martin. After […]

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