Drivers and teams gear up for the 2018 season

Successful relationship extended into 2018 for Pro Mazda Championship debut

The new adventure in the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires is getting closer for RP Motorsport Racing as they prepare to face a season full of exciting challenges in the competitive American series.

Nikita Lastochkin took a very different route to the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires than many of his fellow competitors. With no motorsports background growing up in Moscow, Lastochkin did not start racing until the age of 22, after moving to the United States. Here, the now 27-year-old entering his sophomore Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires season, talks about coming to America at the age of 16, how he first got the racing bug and how taking racing cues from Colton Herta is a good idea.

Experienced race engineer to head up to Pro Mazda effort