Plenty of unfinished business left for rookie standout Anthony Martin and the #33 Burgess BLA-sponsored John Cummiskey Racing team

Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing duo Nico Jamin and Aaron Telitz finished on the podium in the Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires Mazda Freedom 75, May 23. The 75-lap race was held at Lucas Oil Raceway the day before the Indianapolis 500.

Frenchman Nico Jamin maintained his championship points lead with a second-place finish on Saturday at Lucas Oil Raceway. Jamin also started from the pole and set fastest race lap.

If the Verizon IndyCar Series is the goal, a driver with career aspirations must learn to master the art of oval racing. JDC MotorSports took its young Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda driver Parker Thompson to the ‘Day Before the 500’ FreedomFest at the banked 5/8-mile Lucas Oil Raceway on Saturday, May 23 and the Canadian put in an extremely impressive performance in the 75-lapper.

The Mazda Road to Indy’s first visit to an oval track this season presented a tough challenge for Team Pelfrey’s Class of 2015. None of its seven drivers had previously competed on an oval, which demands an entirely different skill-set to the more usual road or street circuit fare, so the 70th Annual “Day (Night) Before the 500" event at Lucas Oil Raceway on Saturday, May 23, part of the #MRTI FreedomFest leading up to the 99th Indianapolis 500, represented an entirely new and, for most, difficult experience.