The Allied Building Products Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio is likely to be crucial to the outcome of this year’s Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. Seven different winners have emerged from the first nine races of the 14-race season, including a pair of first-time winners two weeks ago on the streets of Toronto, Ont., Canada. The top three contenders are separated by just 22 points. With a total of 97 points available from the trio of races slated for this weekend in support of the Verizon IndyCar Series – and a MAZDASPEED Scholarship up for grabs to advance to the next step of the Mazda Road to Indy, the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, in 2015 – consistency and speed will share equal importance.

The Belardi Auto Racing team is a key component in the Mazda Road to Indy program, fielding teams in both the Indy Lights and USF2000 series. The Indiana-based squad is bringing a new generation of talented and impressive open wheel drivers through the ranks and this past weekend(July 18-20), they were on hand at the Honda Indy Toronto in Canada for the eighth and ninth rounds of this year’s Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered By Mazda.

Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing drivers took turns picking up their first Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda wins during last weekend’s Allied Building Products Grand Prix of Toronto. American Jake Eidson won Race One, and Frenchman Florian Latorre took the checkered flag in Race Two. The duo also each took home a second-place finish.

Nathan Blok considers the Toronto Indy his home race even though the 20-year old hails from a small town on the Ottawa River, there is certainly a special pride in doing well at a prestigious event before your sponsors and Blok did them proud with a top-10 finish on Sunday.

The JDC MotorSports team contested the Honda Indy Toronto this past weekend in the Canadian city of Toronto (July 18-20). As the second street course of the 2014 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered By Mazda, the two races provided plenty of challenges, including inclement weather, slick conditions and, eventually, a packed Sunday schedule.