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Mazda Road To Indy Releases 2017 Schedule
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The three-step Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires, INDYCAR's acclaimed open-wheel driver development program, will run in conjunction with the Verizon IndyCar Series on all race weekends in 2017.
Made up of the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires, Pro Mazda Championship presented by Cooper Tires and Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by Mazda, the Mazda Road to Indy offers annual scholarships and awards worth more than $3.6 million to assist drivers to progress, from the grassroots to the pinnacle of the sport in North America.
Indy Lights will be featured on 10 weekends alongside the Verizon IndyCar Series, marking a total of 16 races with doubleheader rounds on the streets of St. Petersburg, at Barber Motorsports Park, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course), Road America, the streets of Toronto and at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Indy Lights will contest single rounds at Iowa Speedway, Gateway and Watkins Glen.
The crown jewel in the series’ schedule remains the Freedom 100 on Carb Day of the Indianapolis 500.
Pro Mazda will feature a condensed, six-weekend schedule of 12 races in order to allow teams to dovetail their racing commitments with a concerted summer test and development program with the new Mazda-powered Tatuus PM-18 chassis which will be introduced in 2018.
Doubleheader rounds will be contested at St. Petersburg, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Road America and Watkins Glen with a tripleheader at Mid-Ohio and a single event at the Gateway oval.
Pro Mazda incentives for the transitional year until the introduction of the new chassis include an increase in the champion’s Mazda scholarship to advance to Indy Lights from $601,700 to $790,300, bringing the total event and year end prizes to more than $1.1 million.
Testing schedules for each series will be announced in the future.
“The Dallara IL-15 revitalized Indy Lights competition and I foresee our field counts growing significantly in 2017," Andersen said. "We expect the same with USF2000 and the new car, where I do expect 30+ fields.”
All Indy Lights, Pro Mazda, and USF2000 races will be live streamed with full-length, post-race shows produced by Road to Indy TV available on the series’ respective websites and at indycar.com.
The full schedules:
2017 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires
March 11/12 Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida 1.8-mile street course*
April 22/23 Barber Motorsports Park 2.3-mile road course*
May 12/13 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.439-mile road course*
May 26 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.5-mile oval
June 24/25 Road America 4.048-mile road course*
July 8/9 Iowa Speedway .875-mile oval
July 15/16 Streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1.755-mile street course*
July 29/30 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2.258-mile road course*
August 26/27 Gateway Motorsports Park 1.25-mile oval
Sept. 2/3 Watkins Glen International 3.37-mile road course
*Doubleheader Rounds
2017 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires
March 11/12 Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida 1.8-mile street course*
May 12/13 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.439-mile road course*
June 24/25 Road America 4.048-mile road course*
July 29/30 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2.258-mile road course**
August 26/27 Gateway Motorsports Park 1.25-mile oval
Sept. 2/3 Watkins Glen International 3.37-mile road course*
*Doubleheader Rounds
**Tripleheader Round
2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda
March 11/12 Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida 1.8-mile street course*
April 22/23 Barber Motorsports Park 2.3-mile road course*
May 12/13 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.439-mile road course*
June 24/25 Road America 4.048-mile road course*
July 8/9 Iowa Speedway .875-mile oval
July 15/16 Streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1.755-mile street course*
July 29/30 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2.258-mile road course*
Sept. 2/3 Watkins Glen International 3.37-mile road course
*Doubleheader Rounds
Made up of the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires, Pro Mazda Championship presented by Cooper Tires and Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by Mazda, the Mazda Road to Indy offers annual scholarships and awards worth more than $3.6 million to assist drivers to progress, from the grassroots to the pinnacle of the sport in North America.
Indy Lights will be featured on 10 weekends alongside the Verizon IndyCar Series, marking a total of 16 races with doubleheader rounds on the streets of St. Petersburg, at Barber Motorsports Park, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course), Road America, the streets of Toronto and at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Indy Lights will contest single rounds at Iowa Speedway, Gateway and Watkins Glen.
The crown jewel in the series’ schedule remains the Freedom 100 on Carb Day of the Indianapolis 500.
Pro Mazda will feature a condensed, six-weekend schedule of 12 races in order to allow teams to dovetail their racing commitments with a concerted summer test and development program with the new Mazda-powered Tatuus PM-18 chassis which will be introduced in 2018.
Doubleheader rounds will be contested at St. Petersburg, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Road America and Watkins Glen with a tripleheader at Mid-Ohio and a single event at the Gateway oval.
Pro Mazda incentives for the transitional year until the introduction of the new chassis include an increase in the champion’s Mazda scholarship to advance to Indy Lights from $601,700 to $790,300, bringing the total event and year end prizes to more than $1.1 million.
Testing schedules for each series will be announced in the future.
“The Dallara IL-15 revitalized Indy Lights competition and I foresee our field counts growing significantly in 2017," Andersen said. "We expect the same with USF2000 and the new car, where I do expect 30+ fields.”
All Indy Lights, Pro Mazda, and USF2000 races will be live streamed with full-length, post-race shows produced by Road to Indy TV available on the series’ respective websites and at indycar.com.
The full schedules:
2017 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires
March 11/12 Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida 1.8-mile street course*
April 22/23 Barber Motorsports Park 2.3-mile road course*
May 12/13 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.439-mile road course*
May 26 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.5-mile oval
June 24/25 Road America 4.048-mile road course*
July 8/9 Iowa Speedway .875-mile oval
July 15/16 Streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1.755-mile street course*
July 29/30 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2.258-mile road course*
August 26/27 Gateway Motorsports Park 1.25-mile oval
Sept. 2/3 Watkins Glen International 3.37-mile road course
*Doubleheader Rounds
2017 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires
March 11/12 Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida 1.8-mile street course*
May 12/13 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.439-mile road course*
June 24/25 Road America 4.048-mile road course*
July 29/30 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2.258-mile road course**
August 26/27 Gateway Motorsports Park 1.25-mile oval
Sept. 2/3 Watkins Glen International 3.37-mile road course*
*Doubleheader Rounds
**Tripleheader Round
2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda
March 11/12 Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida 1.8-mile street course*
April 22/23 Barber Motorsports Park 2.3-mile road course*
May 12/13 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.439-mile road course*
June 24/25 Road America 4.048-mile road course*
July 8/9 Iowa Speedway .875-mile oval
July 15/16 Streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1.755-mile street course*
July 29/30 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2.258-mile road course*
Sept. 2/3 Watkins Glen International 3.37-mile road course
*Doubleheader Rounds
