The talented 19-year-old from Jupiter, Fla., took advantage of a mistake by pole sitter Kaylen Frederick to run away with his ninth win of the season – and eighth in succession – for Cape Motorsports.

With an emphatic win - his seventh in a row - Kyle Kirkwood clinches the series championship, the eighth in a row for Cape Motorsports

The outcome of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda is highly likely to be settled in favor of 19-year-old Kyle Kirkwood, from Jupiter, Fla., who requires only a modest points haul from the unique triple-header on deck to put the top prize beyond the reach of his rivals.

Cape Motorsorts' Kirkwood took his sixth in a row, Fraga snared a career-best second for the Canadian-owned Exclusive Autosport team, and Swedish rookie Rasmus Lindh (Pabst Racing) rose from 11th at the end of the first lap to complete the podium

The runaway championship leader started third for this morning’s eighth round of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, but a well-executed pass on polesitter Dakota Dickerson at the first corner vaulted his Cape Motorsports Tatuus-Mazda USF-17 into the lead at the first corner