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.

GP of Alabama Road To Indy recap

There was lots of action at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama, and not just Indycar.
 

Here's what happened in the
Road To Indy series 

 

 

 

USF2000
Colton Herta (son of former Indycar driver Bryan Herta) became the first driver born in the 21st century to drive in an Indycar feeder series event.
 

  

 Top Threes

 

Race 1                                                      Race 2

 

                                                        RC Enerson                                             RC Enerson

                                                      Florian Latorre                                          Aaron Telitz

                                                        Jake Eidson                                           Victor Franzoni

  

 RC Enerson won 3 of the 4 races this season and placed second in the other one.

 

 

 

 

Pro Mazda
 

 

Top Threes

 

                                                  Race 1                                                            Race 2

 

                                             Spencer Pigot                                                  Spencer Pigot

                                            Scott Hargrove                                               Scott Hargrove    

                                              Kyle Kaiser                                                Shelby Blackstock

 

  

          Spencer Pigot has won all four races this season.

 

 

 

Indy Lights
Zach Veach started on pole and dominated Race 1 on Saturday, but Sunday he started with a wet setup but the rain held off allowing Gabby Chaves to take the win.
 

  

Top Threes

 

                                                          Race 1                                                      Race 2

 

                                                       Zach Veach                                             Gabby Chaves  

                                                       Luiz Razia                                                Alex Baron

                                                      Jack Harvey                                              Zach Veach

   

       Zach Veach and Gabby Chaves have each won two races this season.




Catch all these series on the Indianapolis road course on May 9th and 10th!