Highly-regarded American Neil Alberico's quest for Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires supremacy starts this coming weekend (March 29-30), when the opening rounds of the second step to the Mazda Road to Indy program gets underway on the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla.

Starting the year on top by capturing the Cooper Tires Winterfest Championship, Juncos Racing looks to keep the momentum going in the opening round of the 2014 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires this week at the Allied Building Products Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Juncos Racing has claimed three previous wins on the streets of St. Pete and will enter into the 2014 season with four new drivers.

M1 Racing's Jay Horak has a brand-new AutoEnginuity car for the 2014 edition of the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, and he hopes it will take him to a second consecutive Expert class championship.

Flanked by racing industry leaders, regional corporate, political and community leaders and competitors in the Mazda Road to Indy, Andersen Promotions Owner and CEO Dan Andersen and Tampa-based Victory Group’s CEO Adam Goodman this evening announced a new web TV initiative designed to boost open-wheel racing in North America “beginning with the sport’s next generation.” The gala launch of RoadToIndy.TV was held at the Victory Group’s studios with over 200 guests in attendance.

M1 Racing surprised the junior formula car ranks today by announcing that it will field a car for rising star Nicolas Costa in the season-opening doubleheader for the Pro Mazda Championship presented by Cooper Tires March 29-30 on the street circuit at St. Petersburg, Fla.