Good morning from Barber Motorsports Park, where there are two Mazda Road To Indy races today. The second Pro Mazda race of the weekend is set to roll off at 9am (CT) and the second Legacy Indy Lights 100 takes the checkered flag at 12:10pm (CT).
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The fourth place finisher in the second Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda race, Victor Franzoni, was disqualified after his No. 17 Afterburner Autosport car was found to be in violation of Rule 14.1(a) which states:
All components provided by the Series, an authorized manufacturer or supplier must be used as provided unless otherwise stated in these rules or in update bulletins. For avoidance of doubt these rules currently provide for no modification of any component.
This is the third time in the last two years that an Afterburner Autosport car has been disqualified following post race tech. The first was at St. Petersburg in 2014 and the second came during Cooper Tires Winterfest at NOLA Motorsports Park in February of this year.
It’s unfortunate for the speedy Brazilain, Franzoni, who is an innocent victim, lost 19 points and falls from fourth to fifth in the championship standings. The disqualification at NOLA Motorsports Park was also costly, possibly costing him the Winterfest Championship.
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John Cummiskey Racing rookie driver Anthony Martin took home the Tilton Hard Charger Award for gaining the most positions during the race. The Australian moved from his sixth starting spot to finish on the middle step of the podium. Martin also won the RePlay XD move of the race for his sixth lap pass of Victor Franzoni.
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Davey Hamilton, Jr.,(D.J.), the son of former Verizon IndyCar Series driver Davey Hamilton is exploring the possibility of joining the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire series. D.J. recently spent four days testing the old Indy Lights car at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Southern California, and will be testing McCormack Racing’s IL-15 at the Putnam Park Road Course in the next week. The 18 year-old is also scheduled to compete in Winged Sprint and Silver Crown cars this year.
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The starting line-up for the second Legacy Indy Lights 100 and second Pro Mazda races are below. As is the case with each time the Mazda Road To Indy runs two races in a weekend, the starting grid is set by using either your second quickest qualifying lap or your quickest race #1 lap.
Legacy Indy Lights 100 Race #2 starting grid:
| RANK | CAR NO. | DRIVER | LAP TIME | SESSION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Pigot, Spencer (R) | 01:12.6066 | Quals |
| 2 | 42 | Harvey, Jack | 01:12.7613 | Quals |
| 3 | 11 | Jones, Ed (R) | 01:12.8490 | Quals |
| 4 | 18 | Kaiser, Kyle (R) | 01:12.9439 | Quals |
| 5 | 14 | Chilton, Max (R) | 01:13.0522 | Quals |
| 6 | 7 | Enerson, RC (R) | 01:13.2117 | Quals |
| 7 | 77 | Anderson, Scott | 01:13.7750 | Quals |
| 8 | 8 | Rayhall, Sean (R) | 01:13.8312 | Race 1 |
| 9 | 4 | Serralles, Felix (R) | 01:13.9008 | Quals |
| 10 | 5 | Piedrahita, Juan | 01:14.0060 | Quals |
| 11 | 51 | Blackstock, Shelby (R) | 01:14.3809 | Quals |
| 12 | 71 | Ringel, Ethan (R) | 01:14.5603 | Quals |
Pro Mazda Race #2 starting grid:
| RANK | CAR NO. | DRIVER | LAP TIME | SESSION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Tan, Weiron (R) | 01:21.2162 | Quals |
| 2 | 6 | Buret, Timothe (R) | 01:21.3485 | Quals |
| 3 | 81 | Urrutia, Santiago (R) | 01:21.5424 | Quals |
| 4 | 3 | Alberico, Neil | 01:21.6498 | Quals |
| 5 | 82 | O’Ward, Pato (R) | 01:21.6900 | Quals |
| 6 | 7 | Gutierrez, Jose | 01:21.7346 | Quals |
| 7 | 5 | Grist, Garett | 01:21.8346 | Quals |
| 8 | 23 | Owen, Will (R) | 01:21.8943 | Quals |
| 9 | 10 | Latorre, Florian (R) | 01:21.9376 | Quals |
| 10 | 28 | Kellett, Dalton | 01:22.0542 | Quals |
| 11 | 91 | Connery, Kyle | 01:22.3504 | Quals |
| 12 | 2 | Burkett, Daniel (R) | 01:22.6834 | Quals |
| 13 | 19 | Owens, Raoul (R) | 01:22.7712 | Quals |
| 14 | 26 | Nicklin, Parker (R) | 01:23.3113 | Quals |
| 15 | 14 | Latif, Alessandro (R) | 01:23.4248 | Quals |
| 16 | 13 | Eberle(E), Bobby | 01:24.8287 | Quals |
| 17 | 37 | Horak(E), Jay | 01:25.2513 | Quals |