Cooper Tires Indy Lights:
Jack Harvey, whose career goal is to win the Indianapolis 500, was eight days and one series short of that goal by winning the Indy Lights Series Race One Friday on the IMS road/oval course, edging runner-up rookie Sean Rayhall by 4.7377 sec. while leading all 30 laps from the pole. Harvey, who drives for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, finished second in the Lights Series in 2014 as a rookie. Former Marussia F1 driver Max Chilton finished fourth for Carlin Racing, just behind points leader Ed Jones. Saturday’s Race Two winner Sean Rayhall made his second series start memorable by scoring a 3.9438 sec. win over 18-year old Florida native R. C. Enerson. Chilton was third followed by Jones who leads the Lights points chase by 14 points over Friday’s winner Harvey.
Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Championship:
Driving for Andretti Autosport, Malasian rookie Weiron Tan started on the pole and led all 15 laps, just edging-out fellow-rookie Timothe Buret to win Thursday’s Pro Mazda Race One. Tan, whose racing hero is F1 star Fernando Alonso, survived three caution periods (5 laps), to win by just 0.5689 sec. over Buret. Thursday’s race was a make-up event after the recent New Orleans race was delayed because of rain. Friday’s Race Two saw pole-winner Buret mirror Tan’s win by leading all 20 laps, winning over French rookie Florian Lattore who was 0.7982 sec. behind at the finish. The race was slowed for two laps at the start when Kevin Davis and Carlos Conde tangled in Turn One. Race Three’s winner, rookie Santiago Urrutia, led all 30 laps for Team Pelfry as rookies dominated the entire podium. Second was Will Owen with Buret third. The event was run with no caution periods. Thursday’s victor Weiron Tan finished last after spinning off course on the first lap.
Cooper Tires USF 2000:
Pole winner Nico Jamin swept both 30-minute timed races for Mazda USF 2000 cars this week on the IMS road/oval course. Jamin, 19, whose hometown is Rouen, France, led just four of the 19 laps in Race One Friday. His Cape Motorsports entry passed Pabst Racing’s Jake Eldson on lap 18, winning by just 0.8414 sec. Two caution periods slowed the 17-car field for three circuits. Race Two on Saturday saw Jamin jump to a large lead from the pole, defeating Rice Lake, Wisconsin’s Aaron Telitz by 4.8666 sec. in a 20-lap/30-minute run.
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