On two different race tracks, just a few miles apart, race fans can witness both the present and the future of the sport as history is written, and Rising Star Racing looks to be a factor in both.

California pilot ready for the season’s first oval event at the ‘Night Before The 500’

Team’s Mazda Road to Indy pilots ready for first speedway event of the season

Scott Hargrove is on a roll. Just one week after claiming his first two wins in the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires at the Allied Building Products Grand Prix of Indianapolis, the 19-year-old Canadian traveled north of the border to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park where he underscored both his talent and his versatility during a sensational sports car debut by winning the opening two rounds of the Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada. Hargrove’s regular rival in the Pro Mazda open-wheel ranks, Spencer Pigot, also played a starring role by leading Saturday’s race and finishing third in Race Two on Sunday.

Racing at Indianapolis is always special, even more so for Michael Johnson who last weekend competed at the world-famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time after testing there several times in the past.