2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout

2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout
Race details
Date December 6 & 7, 2016
Official name Mazda Road to Indy Shootout
Course Road course
2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Podium

The 2016 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout will be the first edition of the Road to Indy Shootout. The event will be held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on December 6 and 7. The winner will receive a $200,000 scholarship to compete in the 2017 U.S. F2000 National Championship.[1]

Entry list

Driver Age 2016 result
United States Ryan Norman[2] 18 Atlantic Championship Series champion6
Australia Will Brown 18 Australian Formula Ford highest eligible driver (2nd).
Republic of Ireland Niall Murray[3] 21 BRSCC F1600 champion
United Kingdom Oliver White 23 Mountney Formula Ford Super Series
United States Peter Portante 20 F1600 Formula F Championship runner-up1
United States John McCusker 20 F2000 Championship Series runner-up2 6
United States Jonathan Sugianto[4] 21 Formula Car Challenge champion 3
Mexico Axel Matus[5] 18 Formula Panam champion
United States Trenton Estep[6] 16 Formula Tour 1600 champion
Brazil Marcel Coletta[7] 14 Mazda Road to Indy Brazil champion
India Karthik Tharani[8] 22 MMSC 1600 Indian Championship runner-up|-
New Zealand Michael Scott[9] 21 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship champion
United States Tim de Silva 20 Pacific F2000 champion
United States Austin Garrison 18 Rotax Max Challenge
United States Nigel Saurino 21 SCCA Runoffs – FC
United States Neil Verhagen[10] 15 SCCA Runoffs – F1600 champion6
United States Matt Machiko 25 SCCA Runoffs – FM
United Kingdom Neil MacLennan[11] 18 Scottish Motor Racing Club Formula Ford 1600 Championship champion
United States Timo Reger 19 Skip Barber Race Series
United States Oliver Askew 19 Team USA Scholarship
United States Kyle Kirkwood 18

Notes

^1 Neil Verhagen won the 2016 F1600 Championship Series. But as he was already qualified by winning the Runoffs, runner-up Peter Portante was awarded a place to compete.[12]

^2 McCusker finished second in the 2016 F2000 Championship Series. The championship was won by Steve Bamford, a masters class competitor, ineligible because of his age. Drivers must be between 14 and 25.

^3 Formula Car Challenge FormulaSpeed champion Sugianto won the shootout invitation over Formula Car Challenge Pro Formula Mazda champion Bruno Carneiro after a video competition.

^4 Brown finished second in the 2016 Australian Formula Ford championship. The championship was won by Leanne Tander, ineligible because of her age (36).

^5 Tharani finished second in the MRF1600 (India) championship, but champion Vikash Anand is facing indictment for drunk driving from a September crash where Anand was driving under the influence, and thereby disqualified.

^6 Verhagen, McCusker and Norman all qualified, but were unable to attend due to prior commitments clashing with the shootout date.

Mazda Road to Indy - Brasil

The 2016 Mazda Road to Indy - Brasil was a karting contest to qualify for the finals at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The event was held at Kartódromo de Interlagos on 27 August 2016. The event was set up by former racing driver Paulo Carcasci.[13] Eleven drivers from four different Brazilian states and the Federal District competed for a spot in the final at Laguna Seca.[14]

Result

Rank Driver FP[15] Q[16] H1[17] H2[18] F[19] Points
1. São Paulo (state) Marcel Coletta 3 9 2 1 55
2. São Paulo (state) Murilo Coletta 2 8 1 2 51
3. São Paulo (state) Vinicius Papareli 1 2 1 3 47
4. São Paulo (state) Lucca Croce 6 4 3 4 35
5. São Paulo (state) Jean Aguiar 9 1 4 5 33
6. Federal District (Brazil) Pedro Cardoso 8 7 2 9 32
Rio de Janeiro (state) Italo Barrilari 7 6 5 7
Minas Gerais Evandro Bambirra 4 5 4 8
São Paulo (state) Allan Croce 5 3 3 6
Mato Grosso Edgar Henrique 11 11 5 11
São Paulo (state) Erick Lutum 10 10 6 10

Format

Judges
United States Joel Miller Mazda Motorsports factory driver
United States Spencer Pigot
United States Jonathan Bomarito
United States Andrew Carbonell
Canada Scott Goodyear former IndyCar Series driver
United States Kyle Kimball Mazda Motorsports operational manager
United States Jim Bowie owner of Brandrenaline

Lucas Oil School of Racing supplied the 18 scholarship candidates with Formula Ford style cars. The Ray Race Cars GR-RSC was fitted with a 2 litre engine built by Elite Engines. All cars were shod with Cooper Tires. The Shootout started with orientation of the cars and the track on December 5. On the second day drivers were divided in four groups and took to the tracks. For the final Shootout day the group was again divided in four. After initial testing sessions the first drivers were eliminated. The remaining drivers started 30 minute qualifying sessions before the race over 30 minutes.[20]

References

  1. ↑ http://usf2000.com/news/field-set-for-inaugural-mrti-usf2000-200k-scholarship-shootout
  2. ↑ "NORMAN EARNS SPOT AT MAZDA SHOOTOUT". USF2000. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "BRSCC F1600: MURRAY BOOKS HIS SHOOTOUT TICKET". USF2000. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ http://usf2000.com/news/sugianto-earns-mrti-200k-shootout-invitation
  5. ↑ "Axel Matus recibe su premio de campeón y Vecchi logra su segundo triunfo" [Axel Matus receives his prize as champion and Vecchi grabs his second win]. SportCarMx (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Banquet 2016/ 2016 Banquet". Formula Tour 1600. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "COLETTA TO REPRESENT MAZDA ROAD TO INDY - BRASIL AT SHOOTOUT". USF2000. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "MRF F1600: Tharani to compete in Mazda Road to Indy Shootout". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Michael Scott earns place in Mazda Road To Indy Shootout". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "SCCA: Formula F win makes Verhagen youngest national champion ever". Racer. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "SCOTTISH FF1600: MACLENNAN CLINCHES MRTI SHOOTOUT BERTH". USF2000. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "F1600, F2000 and Atlantic Drivers Set for Mazda Shootout". Atlantic Championship Series. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Marcel Coletta wins Mazda Road to Indy Brazil at Interlagos". motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Briga de alto nível e título para Marcel Coletta no Mazda Road to Indy Brasil em Interlagos". PistaLivre. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "TREINO MRTI - LIVRE". Race Monitor. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "TOMADA DE TEMPO MRTI". Race Monitor. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  17. ↑ "ELIMINATÓRIAS MRTI PARES". Race Monitor. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  18. ↑ "ELIMINATÓRIAS MRTI IMPARES". Race Monitor. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  19. ↑ "FINAL MRTI". Race Monitor. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  20. ↑ "Judges/Format Announced for MRTI $200K Scholarship Shootout". USF2000. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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