The 2021 Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires season concluded this afternoon with a thrilling VP Racing Lubricants Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Presented by Cooper Tires. The 18th and final race of the Indy Pro 2000 season was held in tricky, drying conditions and witnessed three different leaders before Irishman James Roe burst through to the front, then narrowly held off charging Englishman Enaam Ahmed (Juncos Racing) to claim a superb maiden victory.

All Rasmussen, from Copenhagen, Denmark, who won last year’s Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship crown, now needs is to start tomorrow’s 18th and final race of the season to assure himself of a second successive Road to Indy championship and a scholarship valued at over $700,000 to graduate into Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires in 2022

Butler University student Jacob Abel comes into the season ending race weekend sitting 6th in the championship standings, optimistic about being able to deliver solid runs

With four more races to go, the team is looking to keep their momentum going and finish the year with more top-level accolades to their name

Another enthralling season of Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires competition will conclude this weekend, October 2-3, with a return visit to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.