Unfortunately with eight total Mazda Road To Indy sessions today, I was not able to do much snooping in the IndyCar paddock. Watch for a few nuggets in Joe’s open tomorrow morning. In the meantime here is the remainder of the days Mazda Road To Indy action. Thanks so much for reading. Cooper Tires USF2000...
READ MOREThe first Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda race of the weekend rolled off the grid at 6:15pm under overcast skies. Pole sitter Nico Jamin led the field to green, but went through Turn 1 side-by-side with Victor Franzoni. The No. 17 Afterburner Autosport machine of Franzoni pushed wide in Turn 1 and got on
READ MORECooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda qualifying At promptly 2:30pm the swarm of 15 Mazda powered USF2000 entries (minus Nikita Lastochkin, who’s car was still under going repairs from his earlier off) took to the 2.3 mile 17-Turn Road Course at Barber Motorsports Park for their half-hour qualifying session for the Cooper Tires Grand Prix...
READ MOREThe Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda field took to the track for their first practice session of the day at 12:10pm (CT). In what is an extremely condensed day, they are back on track for qualifying at 2:30pm and again for their first race of the weekend at 6:10pm. TSO chatted with one USF2000
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By Steve Wittich Good morning from a sunny and mild Barber Motorsports Park. I (Steve) arrived yesterday for the Mazda Road To Indy (MRTI) testing and Joe will be joining me this evening. I’ll primarily bring you full MRTI coverage and Joe will have all of your Verizon IndyCar Series news and notes. But until...
READ MOREJack Harvey driving with fractured thumb Before we get into the Mazda Road To Indy practice reports here at Barber Motorsports Park, there is one last note from the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire race at Long Beach. SPM with Curb-Agajanian driver Jack Harvey suffered a fractured thumb on his left hand as a
READ MOREThe bottom two rungs on Mazda Road To Indy took to the 2.3 mile 17-Turn road course at Barber Motorsports Park for a pair of 45-minute test sessions each, before the official Honda Grand Prix of Alabama practice starts on Friday morning. Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda testing The first Cooper Tires USF2000 powered
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire preview After an eventful race at the Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach, the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire teams are making the long trip cross country to Birmingham, Alabama. The two Legacy Indy Lights 100 races on the 2.3 mile 17-Turn road course will be the...
READ MOREIndy Lights presented by Cooper Tire Long Beach preview The Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire series (and it’s forerunners) will take to the streets of Long Beach California for the nineteenth time since 1989. The winners list reads like a who’s who of American open wheel racing and includes: Paul Tracy, Eric Bachelart,
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Please wish the newest member of the Trackside Online a warm welcome! Aaron Telitz, a Wisconsin native and Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda sophomore will be blogging for us this season. The 2014 USF2000 rookie of the year is currently a senior at the University 0f Wisconsin – Eau Claire. You can see him piloting the
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