If the Verizon IndyCar Series is the goal, a driver with career aspirations must learn to master the art of oval racing. JDC MotorSports took its young Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda driver Parker Thompson to the ‘Day Before the 500’ FreedomFest at the banked 5/8-mile Lucas Oil Raceway on Saturday, May 23 and the Canadian put in an extremely impressive performance in the 75-lapper.

The Mazda Road to Indy’s first visit to an oval track this season presented a tough challenge for Team Pelfrey’s Class of 2015. None of its seven drivers had previously competed on an oval, which demands an entirely different skill-set to the more usual road or street circuit fare, so the 70th Annual “Day (Night) Before the 500" event at Lucas Oil Raceway on Saturday, May 23, part of the #MRTI FreedomFest leading up to the 99th Indianapolis 500, represented an entirely new and, for most, difficult experience.

Anthony Martin's top career objective to someday become Verizon IndyCar Series champion took a major step forward when the Australian made his oval track debut in the Mazda Freedom 75 as the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda made its only oval track stop of the season Saturday at the famed 5/8-mile Lucas Oil Raceway.

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