The Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship drivers staged an enthralling second leg of the Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Elite Engines this morning as Canadian rookie Thomas Nepveu emerged triumphant by just 0.0679 of a second over Legacy Autosport’s Simon Sikes,

Kiko Porto claimed today’s opening leg of the Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Elite Engines for DEForce Racing after starting on the pole position. But the 17-year-old had to work hard for his second Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship victory of the year

Kiko Porto entered the weekend seven points out of the championship lead, although today he added two more points to his tally as a result of posting the fastest time in both 20-minute qualifying sessions for DEForce Racing.

All three levels of the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires will see action this week, each set for a pair of races at one of the most eagerly awaited venues on the schedule, the challenging 4.014-mile Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wis.

The youngster from Hartsdale, N.Y., took advantage of his first-ever pole position in the series' only left-turn-only race of the season to lead throughout a hard-fought, all-green contest - but he had to work extremely hard for his laurels as Prescott Campbell pushed him every inch of the way