Christian Rasmussen strengthened his quest for a second successive Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires driver development ladder championship by scoring another impressive victory in this morning’s second leg of the Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Elite Engines

Mexico’s Manuel Sulaiman held off a race-long challenge from Russia’s Artem Petrov to score his first Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires victory of the season this afternoon at Road America

The fastest nine Indy Pro 2000 drivers were separated by a fraction over half-a-second at the conclusion of a tense 20-minute qualifying session around the challenging 4.014-mile, 14-turn circuit, with Manuel Sulaiman topping the charts

All three levels of the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires will see action this week, each set for a pair of races at one of the most eagerly awaited venues on the schedule, the challenging 4.014-mile Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wis.

Christian Rasmussen came from behind to score a spectacular victory in this morning’s delayed Cooper Tires Freedom 90, holding off a determined final charge from Reece Gold to seal the victory by just over a half-second