ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Team Pelfrey competed at the stunning Road America circuit for the latest rounds of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda and the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. All of the drivers showed promising pace throughout the event, but incident filled sessions and racing incidents bred frustrating results for the Team Pelfrey outfit. The focus now shifts to the streets of Toronto, where the team will return to action July 13–15 and will be determined to turn speed into results.
Sting Ray Robb (No. 82 GoOutLocal.com / Trademark Dental / Munk Family Dental / Intervention.com / Big Idaho Potato Team Pelfrey Pro Mazda)
Qualifying 1: 7th
Qualifying 2: 10th
Race 1: 11th
Race 2: 9th
“This weekend was a tough one. With lots of factors that were kind of out of our control as a team, and also myself as a driver. For Race Two, we had a bit of bad luck with a wreck in front of us in Turn Five that backed me up a few positions. Then, later on in the race I got driven off to the side by a driver; that was really frustrating, especially after starting the race with good pace, with a better car than we had yesterday and just having it all destroyed by one single driver. I’m really looking forward to having a good event at Toronto. Street courses seem to do me well, as we saw in St. Petersburg, I ran some great lap times there. I’m still just working on my race craft, and it’s improved a lot since then- so I think we’ll have a good event.”
Andres Gutierrez (No. 81 Prisma / Riverina Natural Oils Team Pelfrey Pro Mazda)
Qualifying 1: 10th
Qualifying 2: 7th
Race 1: 10th
Race 2: 7th
“I think this was a pretty tough weekend as a team in general, but we can take a lot of positives away. I personally think that I learned a lot which is good, and going into Toronto we have a good shot at getting better results. I think that this weekend was just a tough track for us as a team but we’ll get stronger and hopefully we can fight for a podium in Toronto. I’d like to thank the team for all their hard work, and hopefully we can get some better results.”
NEXT EVENT: The USF2000 and Pro Mazda Championship will head north to Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the Honda Indy Toronto, July 13-15. For ticket information, please visit http://hondaindy.com/tickets. The races will also be live streamed on the Road to Indy app and RoadToIndy.TV
About Team Pelfrey: Team Pelfrey’s winning heritage dates back to 2011, initially fielding cars in the ultra-competitive Pro Mazda Championship on the Mazda Road to Indy. Since then, Team Pelfrey has won Pro Mazda Championship titles in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The team’s winning pedigree has since expanded to the F1600 Championship, USF2000 Championship and Indy Lights series, becoming the first team to compete on all rungs of the Mazda Road to Indy Ladder. To date, the team has achieved 96 race wins, 207 podium finishes and nine championships.