American paralyzed racer Michael Johnson will take to the Streets of St. Petersburg this weekend for the season-opening race weekend alongside the entire INDYCAR community officially kicking off his 2015 racing campaign. Johnson returns to the Pro Mazda Championship presented by Cooper Tires for his sophomore season in the Series with JDC MotorSports.

The reigning 2014 Pro Mazda Champions Juncos Racing are ready to hit the track for the season opener of the 2015 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires this week on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. The season kicks off with Races 1 and 2 March 27-29 on the 1.8 mile, 14-turn street course.

On the heels of victory in the recent Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Winterfest mini-series, Team Pelfrey today is proud to confirm that talented teenagers Patricio “Pato” O’Ward and Santiago “Santi” Urrutia will contest the entire Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires which begins with a pair of races March 28/29 just a few miles from the team’s base in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Juncos Racing is pleased to announce Nicolas Dapero has joined the Juncos Racing Driver Development Program for the 2015 season. Dapero will spend his time in the program learning the Mazda Road to Indy ladder series both on and off track through the guidance of Juncos Racing.

Nicklin, 18, who finished second in the West Coast-based Pro Mazda Formula Car Challenge in 2014 will make his transition with JDC MotorSports to the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, joining already confirmed JDC MotorSports' teammates Michael Johnson, Raoul Owens and Kyle Connery.