Mazda Road to Indy Tag

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

TORONTO, Ont., Canada – Game on. Three races ago the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires seemed to be all over bar the shouting as teenaged Mexican Patricio “Pato” O’Ward had reeled off a string of five consecutive victories to establish a commanding 55-point advantage over Team Pelfrey teammate Aaron Telitz. Not so fast. The quest for a substantial Mazda scholarship to graduate into Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, the top tier of the Mazda Road to Indy, in 2017 was turned on its head this afternoon whenRead More

TORONTO, Ont., Canada – ArmsUp Motorsports has been a regular podium finisher in this year’s Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, and the enthusiastic little team from Sheboygan Falls Wis., finally broke through this afternoon when Victor Franzoni produced an impressive drive to win today’s Allied Building Products USF2000 Grand Prix of Toronto. The Brazilian’s opportunistic move on polesitter and joint championship leader Anthony Martin (Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing) at the first corner translated into a well-earned victory when Martin later crashed out to leave Canadian teammateRead More

PALMETTO, Fla. (July 6, 2016) – The Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires has long served as a vital step for today’s top drivers, counting Marco Andretti, James Hinchcliffe, Graham Rahal, Conor Daly, Matthew Brabham, Jack Hawksworth, Sage Karam and Spencer Pigot amongst its many graduates. Approaching a transition year until the debut of the new Mazda-powered Tatuus PM-18 in 2018, Andersen Promotions – in conjunction with its partners Mazda and Cooper Tires – today announced a series of enhancements to the current program. Next season, the Pro MazdaRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief The Pro Mazda Championship presented by Cooper Tires has altered its schedule and will move its race date at Iowa Speedway to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as part of a tripleheader weekend season finale. The series scrapped its round at Iowa, which was set to take place on July 10, due a low amount of car entries in the field. “I want to thank [Iowa Speedway president] Jimmy Small for giving us the option to move our race off of next weekend’s schedule,” said Dan Andersen,Read More

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Young Australian drivers ruled the roost when the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda hosted a pair of races today at Elkhart Lake’s Road America. Anthony Martin, 21, led home countrymen Jordan Lloyd, 20, and Luke Gabin, 21, to complete an impressive 1-2-3 sweep in the opening race this morning, then won again in the afternoon to claim a share of first place in the championship standings with seven races remaining in the 16-race season. Brazil’s Victor Franzoni and Canadian Parker Thompson joined Martin onRead More

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Aaron Telitz, from Birchwood, Wis., bounced back into contention for the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires – and the chase for a Mazda Scholarship to graduate to Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, the next level of the Mazda Road to Indy, in 2017 – following an impressive double victory today for Team Pelfrey at Road America. Telitz started on the pole for both races and his superiority was never really challenged. Argentinean rookie Nicolas Dapero (Juncos Racing) and Frenchman Nico Jamin (Cape MotorsportsRead More

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Zach Veach has developed quite an affinity for the state of Wisconsin. Almost two years on from his most recent race win – at the historic Milwaukee Mile oval – the 21-year-old from Stockdale, Ohio, bounced back to prominence today at Elkhart Lake’s equally renowned Road America circuit by scoring an emphatic victory in the Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Road America Presented by Cooper Tires. Veach qualified his Belardi Auto Racing Dallara-Mazda IL-15 squarely on the pole, then led from flag to flag inRead More