Hot and humid conditions blighted the first of two days that will comprise the final Mazda Road to Indy Open Test of the season held at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but even though lap times in all three open-wheel categories – Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires and the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda – were well shy of the existing track records, that didn’t stop David Malukas (BN Racing), Rasmus Lindh (Pabst Racing) and Cameron Shields (Cape Motorsports) from gaining some early bragging rights.

Jay Howard's Driver Development program (JHDD) has signed Christian Bogle for the 2019 racing season

A (semi) weekly look at driver and team activities during the off-season

Next week’s Mazda Road to Indy Open Test at Homestead-Miami Speedway marks the final official event under the patronage of Mazda after nine years at the helm of what has grown into the most effective open-wheel driver development program in the world. It also represents the predawn of a new era as teams and drivers begin to focus on chasing more than $2M in scholarships and prizes that will be paid out as part of the 2019 Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires.

Primed and ready to make its official Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires debut in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship in St. Petersburg, Fla., next March, Legacy Autosport is pleased to announce the addition of Nathan Toney to the team’s technical staff for the 2019 campaign