The Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda staged Rounds 5 & 6 of the year at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway over the weekend as part of the Verizon IndyCar Series’ Grand Prix of Indianapolis weekend. The event kicks off the classic ‘Month of May’ as the motorsport world revs up for the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 in two weeks.

Today’s Round 6 of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, the USF2000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis Presented by Royal Purple Supporting the Lupus Foundation, saw a tough break for Newman Wachs Racing. The day started off well with the updated official results from yesterday’s race moving Dakota Dickerson up one position (to fourth), due to two cars being disqualified after the race last night.

Kris Wright of Wexford, Pa., didn't quite have the results he'd hoped for in the doubleheader staged by the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda series Friday and Saturday on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The Newman Wachs Racing headquarters is just a few hours from Indianapolis, so the team considers this race to be sort of a local race. Hence even the overcast skies at the beginning of the weekend could dampen the team’s enthusiasm of being at the beautiful an historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

As the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda travels to the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend, series rookie Darren Keane will make just his second start in the series which serves as the first rung on the Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires ladder system