Team Pelfrey traveled the few miles from its shop in Clearwater to the Allied Building Products Grand Prix of St. Petersburg with high expectations after winning on the demanding 1.8-mile, 14-turn street circuit in each of the past two years. Unfortunately, both Spencer Pigot and Petri Suvanto struggled to find front-running pace in their pair of Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires entries and had to be content with two fourth-place finishes.

No one could touch Matthew Brabham on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg. The 19-year-old third-generation racer – grandson of three-time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Jack Brabham and son of sports car champion Geoff – won both legs of the Allied Building Products Grand Prix of St. Petersburg to claim a commanding lead after four rounds of the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires.

Quotes from drivers Shelby Blackstock and Matthew Brabham.

Third-generation racer Matthew Brabham produced an impressive performance to score a clear victory in this afternoon’s Allied Building Products Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Round 3 of the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires.

The quest for another junior formula car title resumes for multiple champion JDC MotorSports this weekend (March 23-24), when Rounds Three and Four of the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires are contested on the streets of St. Petersburg. With the skilled foursome of Nick Andries, Zack Meyer, Juan Piedrahita, and Lloyd Read sliding behind the wheels during the Florida doubleheader, the Minnesota-based squad is poised to build on its strong history of street racing success.