Juncos Racing is gearing up for the 2014 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires this weekend, August 1-3, with a doubleheader at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Juncos Racing leads the team championship while Spencer Pigot leads the driver championship with only five races to go in the 2014 season.

Back to where she made her first career start in the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, Julia Ballario looks forward to her return to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with Rounds 10 and 11 this weekend. The 2.258-mile, 13-turn natural-terrain road course located in Lexington, Ohio features multiple elevation changes and both fast and technical corners.

After a successful 2013 SCCA SafeRacer National Racing Series season, culminating with a runner-up finish in the Formula Mazda race at the 50th SCCA National Championship Runoffs® at Road America, Crestwood, IL racer Brian Lift will make his professional racing debut in the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires.

Don’t mess with Texas. Cape Motorsport with Wayne Taylor Racing left MD Anderson Cancer Center Speedway with a victory and a podium during last weekend’s Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires Allied Building Products Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Houston Presented by Marlin CNG Services. Scott Hargrove picked up his third victory of the season, while Neil Alberico scored another podium finish.

Rounds eight and nine of the 2014 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires brought Michael Johnson back to Houston, Texas and the same street course he raced on the previous year when running in the USF2000 Championship. The notoriously bumpy street layout around Houston's NRG Stadium greeted Johnson and his fellow JDC MotorSports drivers, Ryan Booth and Clark Toppe, in typical Texas style. It was very hot.