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PALMETTO, Fla. – Team Pelfrey stablemates Aaron Telitz and Patricio “Pato” O’Ward have fought tooth and nail for this year’s Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. The outcome will be decided at this weekend’s Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Monterey Presented by Allied Building Products, part of the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires “Soul Red Finale” which will comprise three races at one of the country’s premier road courses, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif. Pro Mazda represents the middle rung on the Mazda RoadRead More

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 2017 intensified this afternoon during a dramatic Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Presented by Cooper Tires. Zach Veach, from Stockdale, Ohio, started fifth at the scenic and challenging 3.37-mile Watkins Glen International road course but quickly moved into the lead before romping to his second win of the season and the fifth for Belardi AutoRead More

LEXINGTON, Ohio – Anthony Martin came into this weekend’s Allied Building Products USF2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio 20 points adrift of Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing teammate Parker Thompson in the battle for this year’s Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. Up for grabs is a Mazda scholarship to graduate to the next step on the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires open-wheel development ladder, the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, in 2017. Today Martin, from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, leaves with a crucial 21-pointRead More

LEXINGTON, Ohio – A remarkable streak of 11 consecutive race wins for Team Pelfrey in this year’s Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires finally came to and end today at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as French rookie Nico Jamin, the winner of the 2015 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, scored an emphatic double victory for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing. Team Pelfrey’s Aaron Telitz, who came into the Royal Purple Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio weekend tied on points with teammate Pato O’Ward, securedRead More

LEXINGTON, Ohio – Santiago “Santi” Urrutia claimed an emphatic victory for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports w/ Curb-Agajanian in this afternoon’s Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio. The Uruguayan rising star’s third win in his rookie campaign moved him to close within just six points of the lead in this year’s Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires championship chase. The winner of the top rung on the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires open-wheel development ladder will earn a Mazda scholarship valued at $1M which will guarantee entryRead More

LEXINGTON, Ohio – Anthony Martin, from Perth, Australia, carried on this afternoon from where he left off yesterday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, scoring a second successive victory in the Allied Building Products USF2000 Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio. Martin’s sixth win this year for Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing allowed him to stretch his lead in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda to 15 points over teammate Parker Thompson, who finished second. At stake is a substantial Mazda scholarship to move on to the Pro MazdaRead More

LEXINGTON, Ohio – Anthony Martin led from flag to flag to win today’s 12th round of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, the first of three races that will comprise this weekend’s Allied Building Products USF2000 Grand Prix of Ohio. The gifted 21-year-old Australian’s fifth win of the season vaulted him past Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing teammate Parker Thompson in the chase for a Mazda scholarship to progress onto the next step of the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires open-wheel development ladder, theRead More

TORONTO, Ont., Canada – The pressure is building in this year’s Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. For the second day in a row and the fourth successive race, Aaron Telitz turned in a perfect display to claim victory and tie Team Pelfrey teammate Patricio O’Ward, who finished second, for the championship lead. At stake is a Mazda scholarship to assist in graduation to Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, the top tier of the Mazda Road to Indy open-wheel development ladder, in 2017. O’Ward drove well to makeRead More

TORONTO, Ont., Canada – For the second successive day, Felix Rosenqvist took the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires field by storm, romping to a clear victory in this morning’s Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Toronto. The Swede’s #4 Belardi Auto Racing Dallara-Mazda IL-15 was never seriously threatened as the 2015 FIA European Formula 3 champion and two-time Macau Grand Prix winner left everyone in his wake before cruising to a 7.2-second victory. The main interest instead centered on a thrilling battle for second place which eventually fellRead More

TORONTO, Ont., Canada – The status quo was restored during this morning’s Allied Building Products USF2000 Grand Prix of Toronto as Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing returned to prominence. This time it was Canadian rising star Parker Thompson who had the edge, scoring a narrow victory over Australian teammate Anthony Martin. Yesterday’s winner, Victor Franzoni, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, maintained his recent strong run of success for ArmsUp Motorsports by claiming his six podium finish from the last seven races. Martin started from the pole for the second successiveRead More