Rising young American star Spencer Pigot strengthened his lead in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda by winning the traditional “Night Before the 500” at Lucas Oil Raceway.

After a slow start to this season, now Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing driver Trent Hindman enters the fifth round of the 2012 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda ninth in points with a pair of Top 5 finishes.

Shannon McIntosh has been a busy woman heading into round five of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda series at Lucas Oil Raceway (LOR), the only oval event on the 2012 calendar.

Spencer Pigot is a few years away from competing in the Indianapolis 500, but as one of the rising stars of the Mazda Road to Indy development ladder he will be racing in the famed "Night Before the 500" event at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis on Saturday night.

Up-and-coming racer Luca Forgeois returns to the cockpit this Saturday (May 26) ready to change his early season misfortunes into a spirited second half charge for top honors.