Christian Rasmussen and Jay Howard Driver Development (JHDD) carried on from where they left off on the streets of St. Petersburg, winning two races of the Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires triple header on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Petrov was chased home this morning by teammate Braden Eves who regained the championship lead after his closest rival, Rasmussen, was forced to start the race a couple of laps late after experiencing a spark plug problem on the pace laps. But Rasmussen bounced back magnificently in Round Seven, rising from third on the grid to the lead at the first corner and going on to score his third win of the season

A thrilling first of three races that will comprise the Indy Pro 2000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis Presented by Cooper Tires this afternoon saw Jay Howard Driver Development’s Christian Rasmussen, from Copenhagen, Denmark, cross the yard of bricks a scant 0.0713 of a second ahead of Braden Eves (Exclusive Autosport), from New Albany, Ohio

Following today’s announcement by organizers of the Honda Indy Toronto and INDYCAR that the July 9-11 event on the streets of Toronto has been cancelled due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario, Andersen Promotions has revised its 2021 calendar. The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will now host the season finale for the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires on October 1-3.

Coming off a strong race two on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Abel is looking to carry that momentum into its home race in Indianapolis. 20-year-old Jacob Abel has experience on the 14-turn road course, scoring a pair of top-10 finishes at the circuit in 2019