A traditionally busy Memorial Day weekend of racing kicks off on Friday evening with the Carb Night Classic at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Brownsburg, Ind. The top two rungs of the USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire open-wheel development ladder, USF Pro 2000 and USF2000, will share top billing with the USAC Silver Crown and USAC Midget stars.

For the second day in a row, a new driver made his way to the top step of the USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire podium as VRD Racing's Thomas Schrage won this morning’s second leg of the VP Racing Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

Jack Jeffers this afternoon took full advantage of the absence of USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire championship leader Liam McNeilly to score a fine maiden victory in the first of two races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Grand Prix road course that comprise this weekend’s VP Racing Grand Prix of Indianapolis. Jeffers, from San Antonio, Texas, took the lead on the opening lap and pulled away to a relatively comfortable win for Exclusive Autosport.

A busy month of May for the USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire open-wheel development ladder continues this week, May 8-10, as the top two rungs, USF Pro 2000 and USF2000, convene at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway Grand Prix road course for the VP Racing Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

There was no stopping Liam McNeilly in this weekend’s Continental Tire USF2000 Grand Prix of Louisiana. McNeilly, from London, England, will doubtless enjoy celebrating his 19th birthday celebration later this week after earning a perfect score of 99 points at NOLA Motorsports Park for his Jay Howard Driver Development team.