Road To Indy Series

The 'minor league' of Indycar
The Mazda Road To Indy is a series that prepares drivers for the Verizon Indycar Series.


There are three series.

USF2000
- Drivers first time in competitive open wheel cars
- Drivers first proper race team
- The car is the lightest with small wings
- The top speed is 140 MPH
- Youngest current driver is 14 year old Colton Herta


The champion of USF2000 goes on to:




Pro Mazda
- First experience with traction control
- Top speed 160 MPH
- Heavier wings



The champion of this series goes on to:

Indy Lights
- Bigger wings and tires
- Excess of 200 MP
- Drivers get a feel of what Indycar is like

- The winner gets a 1/2 million to 1 million dollar scholarship to race with an Indycar team the following season.

- They will run 14 races on 10 different tracks in 2014

- Past champions include Tony Kanaan, Scott Dixon, Townsend Bell, Scott Dixon, JR Hildebrand, Josef Newgarden!!!, Tristan Vautier and our hometown guy, Sage Karam.

- Sage Karam is the first driver to compete in all three series and was the youngest Indy Lights Champion at 18.



Some other information
-Drivers come from all over the world
-They're ages range from about 14 to 25 depending on series
- They race on many of the same tracks as the Indycar series

All Three Series will be racing on the Road Course at Indianapolis the weekend of the GP of Indianapolis.

 

 We can't wait to see them all.