By Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD The Neil Alberico led field got through turn one cleanly, but then down at the exit of turn four, we saw a bunch of smoke and then some cars sideways and then several crashed. Never really got a replay and couldn’t tell exactly what started the
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD. USF2000 race #2 of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg got started promptly at 8:55am. This is actually a little later for them, they had been starting at 8:00 – so they all got to sleep in a bit. Jake Eidson returned to the pole
READ MOREIn the Pro Mazda race, it started out quite dicey with battles all over, and then started to settle in around the mid way point. Neil Alberico got our front from his pole position and got a bit of space as others battled behind him. Santiago Urrutia started third and on lap two passed Daniel
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By Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD —– NOTE: Sending this now as a test. I’ve included an audio file of my interview with Jake Eidson – now just want to see if it works 🙂 And thanks for the patience as we try to add more features to our coverage. —— Indy...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD Wow, all this back to back to back has me falling behind already. Need a series I don’t cover to get out and run. Anyway, Ed Jones, bested his Carlin Racing teammate Max Chilton took take the pole in the first official qualifying session for
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Neil Alberico just beat Daniel Burkett in Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tires qualifying here at St. Pete. The gap of 0.0449 seconds came as Alberico set his fast lap about five from the end, while Burkett mustered his best lap on his final of 20 laps. Thanks to yesterday’s rain, most
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By Patrick Stephan Good morning from sunny and cool St. Petersburg, Florida. USF2000 qualifying was our first event of the day, with Jake Eidson continuing his dominance by taking the pole position for their first of two races this weekend. Eidson, who finished third in both the pre-season Cooper Tires Winterfest and last year’s full
READ MOREWell, the Pro Mazda session started out on just a damp track, but after a few minutes, the rain came and was hard enough to eventually cause some puddles to form. A couple drivers went and ran a few extra laps, (the ones with more than 10 total), but for the most part, this session
READ MOREJake Eidson again led the USF2000 field, though this time it was an abbreviated session. Well, technically the session went the full 30 minutes, but it started to rain a bit so everyone parked on pit lane the final 15 minutes or so. We aren’t expecting rain tomorrow, so it makes no sense to run
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Ed Jones took to a slick and slightly damp track and paced the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires field with a time of 1:07.140. The key thing most were watching for in this session were to see how the new car performed. Well, from strictly a time sheet standpoint, it seemed...
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