Jensen MotorSport development driver Ryan Tveter finished a commendable 8th place in his first USF2000 race competition at the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix this past weekend.

Andretti Autosport’s Spencer Pigot held off charging series champion Petri Suvanto in a last-lap shootout on the streets of Baltimore, Md., this morning to claim his third win of the season. Pigot, who started on pole in the #8 Team MAZDASPEED/Skip Barber entry, maintained his advantage at the start and fought off challenges from, firstly, yesterday’s race winner, Wayne Boyd, and then Suvanto to take the checkered flag just .314s ahead of the Finn.

Petri Suvanto capped off his sensational North American racing debut season by capturing the Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda title this afternoon.

JDC MotorSports concludes its successful 2011 Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Championship powered by Mazda campaign this weekend (September 3-4), when the series race winner takes part in the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix street races.

Sick Tea Racing has increasingly become one of the teams to watch in the highly-competitive Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda, thanks to an impressive second-half run that has featured an inaugural podium finish and four consecutive top-five results.