Tag archives for Santiago Urrutia

Veach Keeps Title Hopes Alive with Dominant Win at Watkins Glen

Veach Keeps Title Hopes Alive with Dominant Win at Watkins Glen Belardi Auto Racing Driver Puts on an Indy Lights Conservation Master Class WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – The battle to win a Mazda Scholarship valued at $1M to assist the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires champion in graduating to the Verizon IndyCar Series in […]

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Urrutia Holds Narrow Points Lead as Indy Lights Season Nears Climax

Urrutia Holds Narrow Points Lead as Indy Lights Season Nears Climax Indy Lights Race Winners at Watkins Glen Have a Championship-winning History PALMETTO, Fla. – Uruguayan Santiago “Santi” Urrutia holds a slender 16-point edge over Dubai-based Englishman Ed Jones as the premier level of the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires heads to […]

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Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Pre-Race Notes & Quotes:

  Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Pre-Race Notes & Quotes: Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix   Race Fast Facts Verizon IndyCar Series drivers: James Hinchcliffe (No. 5 Arrow Electronics), Mikhail Aleshin (No. 7 SMP Racing) Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires drivers: RC Enerson (No. 7), Andre Negrao (No. 17), Santiago Urrutia (No. 55), Heamin […]

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Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Pre-Race Notes & Quotes:

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Pre-Race Notes & Quotes: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Fast Facts Verizon IndyCar Series drivers: James Hinchcliffe (No. 5 Arrow Electronics), Mikhail Aleshin (No. 7 SMP Racing) Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires drivers: RC Enerson (No. 7), Andre Negrao (No. 17), Santiago Urrutia (No. 55), Scott Anderson & Heamin […]

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Mazda Road To Indy #SoulRedFinale – Sunday – Pro Mazda Race #2 report and results

Santiago Urrutia wrapped up the Mazda Motorsports advancement scholarship for winning the championship on Saturday, but there was still a lot to race for as evidenced by the march up the final points table made this weekend by Garett Grist. Grist, a 20 year-old, made a daring first lap move stick, and scored his second […]

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Mazda Road To Indy #SoulRedFinale – Saturday – Pro Mazda Race #1

Not very often in racing does the same race have two winners, but today’s Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire did just that.  Garett Grist won his second race of the year, but the big winner was Santiago Urrutia who clinched the championship with a second place finish and a second last DNF by his […]

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Mazda Road To Indy #SoulRedFinale – Pro Mazda and Indy Lights qualifying results and notes

Good morning from a foggy Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. After being unseasonably warm the last two days, it appears that the weather “broke” overnight and it will cooler today. It was “only” 57F when I arrived at the track at 7:15am and the high is supposed to top out at 74F. I lied when I […]

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Barber Motorsports Park Mazda Road To Indy update #9 – Sunday 11:16am – Pro Mazda Race #2

The Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire field took to the 2.3 mile 17-Turn Barber Motorsports Park Road Course at a little after 9am for their second race of the weekend. It was the same front row as yesterday’s race, with Weiron Tan starting inside of Timothe Buret. NOLA Motorsports Park race winner Santiago Urrutia […]

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Barber Motorsports Park Mazda Road To Indy update #5 – Saturday noon – Pro Mazda Race #1

Weiron Tan started his second straight Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire race on the pole, and this time he was able to hold of a stout challenge from Timothe Buret to cruise to his first official series victory. Tan also started on pole at NOLA Motorsports Park, but was unable to hold off a […]

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Mazda Road To Indy update – Indy Lights, Pro Mazda and USF2000 driver signings.

With Cooper Tires Winterfest in the rearview mirror and the start of the Mazda Road To Indy regular season only a week away, it is time to get caught up with some recent driver signings.  Expect some more announcements in the next week, as teams get their 2015 driver line-ups buttoned down before the Firestone […]

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