Jubilee Motorsports today announces its intention to enter Firestone Indy Lights competition in 2013. Jubilee Motorsports is gearing up to campaign in the 2013 Firestone Indy Lights season, bringing with it a commitment to Christian values that will guide the team both on and off the track. “It is an exciting day for Jubilee Motorsports,” Rick Maas, Jubilee Motorsports President, said. “The Mazda Road to Indy has demonstrated it is an established, viable development system. The Firestone Indy Lights presents itself as a very real business opportunity within that development…
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Episode 146 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin Shaun and Mike as they recap the race in Toronto and talk about Ryan Hunter-Reay and his surprise lead in the championship. We also look ahead to the rest of the championship and weigh his chances at upsetting Will Power.
Read MoreIndy Lights – Championship Tightens Up After Toronto
The Firestone Indy Lights race on Saturday was just as chaotic and messy as the Star Mazda race on Sunday, even though there were only eleven drivers this past weekend. Four of the eleven would end up parked with broken equipment, on Lap 1 and the other two late in the race on Lap 30. A driver that we mentioned at the beginning of the season would be coming into strong form this season, Victor Carbone, put his #3 Sam Schmidt Motorsports machine on pole during a qualifying session where…
Read MoreStar Mazda – Two-Fer at Toronto for Hawksworth
The Star Mazda Championship Race #2 at Exhibition Place in Toronto Sunday morning had a lot more chaos and mayhem than the previous day. Grip levels were at a premium and many drivers made several unforced errors creating what the Star Mazda PR folk called “an ugly mess.” Jack Hawksworth, started from pole thanks to his setting fast lap on his way to winning Saturday’s Race #1 and executed a great race strategy, managing his tires and his gap to P2 expertly. ““It was a great weekend. It was such…
Read MoreStar Mazda – Beginning the Canadian Swing
The IZOD IndyCar Series, Firestone Indy Lights, and Star Mazda Championship began their three-race Canadian stint on the streets of Toronto this weekend. Sage Karam was fastest during Friday practice with a 1:08.793 and nearly eclipsed Dane Cameron’s 1:08.755 track record, falling a mere 0.038 sec short. Sage’s hope for Canada is to close the gap on the championship leaders riding the momentum of his great results on the two ovals races at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis and the Iowa Speedway in Newton, IA. “The track picked up a…
Read MoreEpisode 145 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin Shaun and Mike as they preview a very crucial Toronto race. INDYCAR has to get this one right and stop the Toronto side show swing from becoming the norm. We also take a look back at all the weeks news in our motorsport in brief.
Read MoreInside The Helmet – Team Viso at the Iowa Speedway
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe had the amazing opportunity to speak with EJ Viso, driver of the #5 KV Racing Technologies machine in the IZOD IndyCar Series, Ricardo Juncos, Team Principal for Juncos Racing, and Diego Ferreira and Bruno Palli, drivers of the #57 and #15 Juncos Racing machines in the Star Mazda Series, about the Team Viso project. EJ Viso in partnership with Ricardo Juncos have started a recruitment program to bring young, talented drivers form Venezuela into the Mazda Road to Indy program. Diego and Bruno…
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Episode 144 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin the Paddock trio as they rehash the events from Iowa. A great weekend of racing from the IZOD IndyCar Series as well as the Mazda Road to Indy. We look at the low downforce setting and debate whether it is car or driver that is making the exciting on track product. We also look at the heat races as well. Should we have them again or drop them? This weeks motorsport minute also covers the European Grand Prix and the WRC from NZ.…
Read MoreMazda Road to Indy – Iowa Star Mazda and Indy Lights Photos
What a long weekend! Friday was brutal hot, and Saturday was stormy and wet. Unfortunately, we were not able to stay for the Firestone Indy Lights race which was delayed due to the afternoon thunderstorms. It started after the IZOD IndyCar Series race around midnight. Since we had to be back in Kansas City by 8am for another photo gig, the FIL race was a write-off. It’s a shame, since it sounds like it was a great race that few actually got to see. The Star Mazda race ended just…
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