banner weekend for Palmetto, Fla.-based Team Pelfrey saw Brazilian driver Nicolas Costa claim a victory and a second-place finish in the Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Grand Prix at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. In Wampum, Pa., 140 miles or so to the east, rising Norwegian star Ayla Agren swept both rounds of the F1600 Championship Series in her Energima/Women’s Sports Foundation/Team Pelfrey Mygale-Honda.

Bittersweet day for Andretti Autosport, as Grist earns the victory while Blackstock goes out before the green flag

Pigot advances to fourth with Alberico to seventh at the checkered flag.

Lift, who has raced at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course under Formula Mazda trim as a part of the SCCA Majors tour, is on a steep learning curve, not only relearning braking points as part of a new car, but sizing up the competition.

JDC drivers Michael Johnson and Ryan Booth are all ready to make their Pro Mazda debuts at the world-renowned racetrack, which presents a supreme challenge with its undulating characteristics, while Kyle Connery will return to the facility where he made his series debut in 2013.