Road to Indy – Night Before The 500 Summary and Photos
Summary and Quotes Saturday night, the Night Before the 500, saw the first visit to an oval for the US F2000 National Championship presented by Cooper Tires powered by Mazda and the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear. Unlike the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race the next day which was brutally hot, the weather was perfect. We sat in the Turn 1 grass and enjoyed the mild temps and the gentle breeze as we watched the future of open-wheel racing... [Read More...]
Road to Indy – Test Results Are In!
Wednesday and Thursday of last week, the US F2000 National Championship presented by Cooper Tires powered by Mazda and the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear held a test on the 5/8-mile oval at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. For many of the drivers, this was not just their first time driving on an oval circuit, it was their first time BEING at an oval circuit! That didn’t seem to intimidate some as some blindingly... [Read More...]
Star Mazda – The Season So Far and Drivers On The Move
The 2010 Star Mazda Season The 2010 season for the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear started alongside the American Le Mans series at the Sebring International Raceway. Anders ‘The Viking’ Krohn, a 2nd-year competitor in Star Mazda driving the #47 Andersen Racing car, set the pole, but was caught up in traffic early allowing Conor Daly to claim the lead. This is Conor’s sophomore year as well, races the #22 car for... [Read More...]
USF2000 – The Season So Far and Drivers On The Move
The 2010 US F2000 National Championship Season Sage Karam at St. Pete - Photo by USF2000.comThe US F2000 National Championship opened their season on March 27th and 28th along with Star Mazda and the Firestone Indy Lights on the Streets of St. Petersburg as support races to the IZOD IndyCar Series. It was a weekend of great open-wheel racing, torrential rainstorms aside. So good in fact, the officials decided, “What the heck! Let’s... [Read More...]
US F2000 – A Brief History and Introduction
The new US F2000 National Championship presented by Cooper Tires and powered by Mazda will make its debut at the O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis on Saturday May 29th, the night before the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. They will be part of a larger celebration of speed, The Night Before The 500, which will also feature the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, and USAC Midgets. It should be a great night of racing, and you can... [Read More...]
IndyCar – Night Before the 500
This year’s Memorial Day weekend will be an even larger speedfest than usual for fans of open-wheel racing. For the past seven years, the Firestone Indy Lights series has had their Firestone Freedom 100 race on Carburetion Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In addition, there’s also plenty of midget and sprint car action throughout central Indiana the weekend of the 500. Most famously are the Night Before The 500 USAC midget race... [Read More...]
IndyCar – The Road To Indy
There have been many things fans, teams, drivers, and sponsors have all been requesting/begging/demanding from the Indy Racing League. We asked for better racing than we were getting at the beginning of 2009, and we got it. We asked for multiple manufacturers for both the engines and the chassis, and it looks like we might get those. We asked for a title sponsor, and we got that, too. One big thing that people have been asking for that will do... [Read More...]
IndyCar – USF2000 Schedule Fun!
The newly reformed USF2000 series (sanctioned by the IRL) has released their 2010 schedule and it has a few interesting tidbits on it that we should talk about. First, here is the schedule. 3/27 – 3/28 St. Petersburg 5/29 O’riely Raceway Park 6/19 Iowa 6/26-6/27 New Jersey Motorsport Park 7/31 Autobahn Country Club, Joliet, IL 8/21-8/22 Road America 9/30-10/1 Road Atlanta Note that... [Read More...]
