Finishing off our week at NOLA Motorsports Park, Canadian Grist and American Blackstock ran their second pre-season race on the 2.75-mile road course.

This afternoon’s second round of the Cooper Tires Winterfest for the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires was decided at the start when outside front row qualifier Garett Grist jumped clear of the field at the rolling start. The teenaged rookie from Whitby, Ont., Canada took full advantage by romping to a decisive win for Andretti Autosport.

Andretti Autosport's Pro Mazda freshman and sophomore drivers competed in the first round of racing in 2014 today at NOLA Motorsports Park for Race 1 of Winterfest.

Besides not winning a race, the hardest thing for most racing drivers is waiting for the next one. Fortunately for Rising Star Racing pilots Josef Newgarden, Spencer Pigot and Neil Alberico, that long wait is drawing to the close as all three look forward to the season-opening IndyCar event in St. Petersburg, Fla., on March 28-30.

American Michael Johnson will be part of the fight in Pro Mazda, while American Clark Toppe and Australian Scott Andrews are set to do battle in USF2000. When the action shifts to Barber Motorsports Park just a few days later (February 25-26), the trio will be joined by American Kyle Connery in a second Pro Mazda entry.