Trio of drivers navigate their first race weekend on the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires

More than four years after winning two races in the 2013 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, Anglo-Frenchman Alexandre “Alex” Baron marked his return with the new Swan-RJB Motorsports team by scoring an impressive victory from the pole in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Allied Building Products.​

Kirkwood, 19, from Jupiter, Fla., the reigning US F4 champion, qualified second behind young Mexican Jose Sierra (DEForce Racing) but took the lead at the first corner and never looked back on his way to an impressive debut victory in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda

Darren Keane will make his return to the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda grid this weekend after being confirmed as a full-season entry with Newman Wachs Racing in the No. 36 Cal Development/Keane Architectural Woodwork entry

The Houston native will begin his second season in the Mazda Road to Indy with DEForce Racing and has immediately become a championship favorite after showing considerable speed in pre-season testing.