Simon Sikes this afternoon padded his lead in the USF2000 Presented by Cooper Tires points table by virtue of a spectacular victory on the streets around Exhibition Place.

After a pair of race weekends on iconic North American natural terrain circuits at Road America and Mid-Ohio, preceded by the only visit to an oval track this season at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, an entirely different challenge this weekend awaits the teams and drivers on the USF Pro Championships Presented by Cooper Tires open-wheel driver development ladder.

Simon Sikes displayed impressive speed during this weekend’s Discount Tires Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio. And finally, yesterday evening on the challenging 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Sikes, from Augusta, Ga., was able to parlay that pace into a dominant USF2000 Presented by Cooper Tires race win, his fourth of the season for Pabst Racing.

Mac Clark, from Milton, Ont., Canada was perfectly positioned to take his second USF2000 Presented by Cooper Tires victory of the season this morning for DEForce Racing at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course after championship rivals Simon Sikes (Pabst Racing) and Lochie Hughes (Jay Howard Driver Development) clashed at Turn Two with four laps remaining.

Evagoras Papasavvas scored a narrow USF2000 Presented by Cooper Tires victory for Jay Howard Driver Development following a thrilling climax to this afternoon’s opening leg of the Discount Tire Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio tripleheader.