Team Pelfrey Pro Mazda Portland Recap

September 3, 2018|

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PORTLAND, Ore. – Jonny Baker, Team Pelfrey General Manager: "It’s almost surreal that the final weekend of the 2018 Mazda Road to Indy season has come and gone. What a great event IndyCar put on at Portland International Raceway and it was great to see the Team Pelfrey crew once again showing great speed and poise. The highlight was a well deserved podium for Julian van der Watt in Race 2 thanks to an incredible drive, Kyle Dupell with top 10 finishes in both races at his home event and Sting Ray Robb showing front running pace in Pro Mazda despite being compromised at turn 1 in Sunday’s race.

I can’t thank all of our drivers enough for their commitment to the team for the 2018 season, and we must all say a big thank you to Mazda for their incredible support of the ladder system these past 11 years.”

Pro Mazda Championship

Photos courtesy of INDYCAR Photography

Sting Ray Robb (No. 82 GoOutLocal.com / Trademark Dental / Munk Family Dental /Intervention.com / Big Idaho Potato Team Pelfrey Pro Mazda)

Qualifying 1: 5^th
Qualifying 2:6^th
Race 1: 6^th
Race 2:6^th

“I had come to Portland before for the Formula Car Challenge and was looking forward to having that advantage over everyone else, but this weekend was a bit rough. In Race 2, I got run over on the start and it was one of those unfortunate racing accidents that I can't control. We had some good lap times at the end of the race. I can't thank the team enough for getting the car back together after the start of the race. I then had my engine cover fall off, which didn't help us any, but they got it taped up for the rest of the race.”