Thursday, October 24, 2013

2014 Mazda Road To Indy Schedule Released

The Mazda Road to Indy announced their schedule today for the 2014 season. Each of the three series will run fourteen races, all in conjunction with IndyCar events. All three series will start their seasons on the streets of St. Petersburg and end at Sonoma.

U.S. F2000
U.S. F2000 series will run doubleheaders at each round except the Night Before the 500 at Indianapolis Raceway Park and a triple header at Mid-Ohio. U.S. F2000 will join IndyCar at St. Petersburg, Barber, the IMS road course, Toronto, Mid-Ohio and Sonoma. All doubleheaders will take place on Saturday and Sunday of a race weekend except for the IMS road course weekend where the races will take place on Friday and Saturday. 

Schedule:
March 29-30: St. Petersburg
April 26-27: Barber
May 9-10: IMS road course
May 24: IRP
July 19-20: Toronto
August 2-3: Mid-Ohio triple header
August 23-24: Sonoma

Pro Mazda
Like U.S. F2000, Pro Mazda will run doubleheaders at each event except for the Night Before the 500 at Indianapolis Raceway Park and Milwaukee. Other than Pro Mazda running Milwaukee and a doubleheader at Mid-Ohio, the only other difference between Pro Mazda and U.S. F2000 schedules is t Pro Mazda will run at Houston instead of Toronto.

Schedule:
March 29-30: St. Petersburg
April 26-27: Barber
May 9-10: IMS road course
May 24: IRP
June 28-29: Houston
August 2-3: Mid-Ohio
August 16: Milwaukee
August 23-24: Sonoma

Indy Lights
The Indy Lights series will run alongside IndyCar at every event except Belle Isle, Texas, Houston, Iowa and Fontana. Unlike U.S. F2000 and Pro Mazda, Indy Lights will only run doubleheaders at permanent road courses. 

Schedule:
March 30: St. Petersburg
April 13: Long Beach
April 26-27: Barber
May 9-10: IMS road course
May 23: Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
July 6: Pocono
July 20: Toronto
August 2-3: Mid-Ohio
August 17: Milwaukee
August 23-24: Sonoma

Along with the normal schedules, U.S. F2000 and Pro Mazda will each contest a winter series, known as WinterFest in February. On February 21-22, U.S. F2000 and Pro Mazda will compete at NOLA Motorsports Park just outside of New Orleans and from February 25-26 the two series will wrap up WinterFest at Barber Motorsports Park. Each event will be a triple header for U.S. F2000 and doubleheaders for Pro Mazda.