The Mazda Road to Indy – the most successful driver development program in the world – is now further engrained in the grassroots level of the sport following today’s announcement that Andersen Promotions has formed a partnership with MAXSpeed Group, the United States distributor of the Rotax MAX engine platform. The nationwide professional karting series – with 21 Rotax MAX Challenge (RMC) divisions throughout the country – will become an Official Partner of the Mazda Road to Indy effective immediately to foster the next wave of up-and-coming drivers.

One of the heads that Garth Rickards has turned belongs to USF2000 team owner John Church, owner of JDC MotorSports. Church has been so impressed by what he has seen out of the Pennsylvania driver this season that he has decided to run Rickards on the streets of Toronto in the USF2000 events scheduled for July 19th and 20th.

Pabst Racing entered the month of May with a team that carried a lot of confidence and optimism. The team raced at the historical Indianapolis Motor Speedway on a road course configuration that had yet to be tested by any drivers in the series. They then went on to race at an oval track a few miles away from the historical speedway, with an oval newbie and a driver who had raced at Lucas Oil Raceway Park the previous year.

Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing had three top-10 finishes in the Allied Building Products USF2000 Oval Challenge, Round 7 of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda at Lucas Oil Raceway in the 69th Annual Visit Hendricks County Night Before the 500.

Afterburner Autosport and their young Brazilian drivers Victor Franzoni and Gustavo Myasava delivered strong showings last weekend (May 23-24) at the seventh race of the 2014 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda.