By Steve Wittich I hope everybody is having a good Sunday! I (Steve) will be providing you with coverage of Verizon IndyCar Series spring training from Barber Motorsports Park over the next couple of days. I just arrived in Birmingham and will be attending the Honda aero-kit unveil at the Barber Motorsports Museum this...
READ MORECooper Tires Winterfest – Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda final driver standings Rank Driver NOLA1 NOLA2 NOLA3 BARB1 BAR2 TOTAL 1 Nico Jamin 22 26 6 22 60 136 2 Victor Franzoni 15 32 DQ 32 52 131 3 Jake Eidson 33 22 31 26 16 128 4 Anthony Martin (R) 17 8 22...
READ MOREJuan Piedrahita was the first driver to venture out onto the damp and foggy 2.3 mile 17-turn road-course. The day featured on and off showers (including a red flag inducing downpour around noon) and a wet track for the majority of the day. Ten different drivers representing five different teams used the day long session
READ MORECooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Winterfest Driver’s Championship Rank Driver Points 1 Nico Jamin 136 2 Victor Franzoni 131 3 Jake Eidson 128 4 Anthony Martin 110 5 Aaron Telitz 108 6 Parker Thompson 88 7 Garth Rickards 82 8 Jordan Lloyd 76 9 Nikita Lastochkin 66 10 Luke Gabin 65 11 Ayla Agren
READ MOREAfter throwing down a quick last lap in the first Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire race of the day, Juncos Racing’s Will Owen started on the pole of the Cooper Tires Winterfest finale. Championship contenders Jack Aitken and Weiron Tan, started from the fourth and second positions, respectively. As they came around the final
READ MOREJohn Cummiskey Racing driver Jordan Lloyd made a mistake on the first pace lap and hit the inside ARMCO exiting Turn 9, damaging the nose and front left suspension. Unfortunatley, that was the end of his day. Starting second Franzoni made a brave late braking maneuver and pass around the outside of pole sitter and
READ MOREPro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire drivers were given two pace laps to try and build heat into their slick Coopers. For the fourth straight Cooper Tires Winterfest Pro Mazda race pole sitter Jack Aitken and Weiron Tan started together on the front row. Aitken got the jump on Tan, while Nicholas Latifi made an
READ MOREMissing the first race Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda race were James Dayson (damage from morning warm-up crash), Santiago Lozano (damage from yesterday’s practice crash), Yufeng Luo (family emergency) and Keyran Andres Soori the flu). The drivers were allowed an extra pace lap to warm up their slick Cooper Tires in the cool temperatures
READ MOREI’ve been Barber Motorsports Park (Barber) at least half of a dozen times, and each and every trip I’m equally impressed at how beautiful the facility is. They are also continually making improvements and additions. As part of a $4 million expansion of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, they are building a bridge from the
READ MOREGood morning from a damp and cool Barber Motorsports Park. Today will be the final day of Cooper Tires Winterfest and it looks like they will be able to get both scheduled races in with no problems. Birmingham got about an inch of snow overnight, but only 60 miles north of the city, they received
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