Team Pelfrey carried its strong form from this year’s Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires into this past weekend’s Chris Griffis Memorial Mazda Road to Indy Open Test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Grand Prix road course. Three young drivers chose to “test the Pro Mazda waters” with Team Pelfrey in preparation for potential campaigns in 2015, with 15-year-old Mexican talent Patricio O’Ward stunning onlookers by posting the fastest lap of all. USF2000 graduate Peter Portante, from Plainville, Conn., and Team Pelfrey F1600 regular Augie Lerch, from Tucson, Ariz., also impressed during the test.

Juncos Racing is set to test four drivers this weekend September 13-14 in the third annual Chris Griffis Mazda Road to Indy Memorial Test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Drivers Timothé Buret, Austin Cindric, Garett Grist, and José Gutiérrez will test in the Pro Mazda sessions on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis Grand Prix Circuit.

In just its first season competing in the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing finished second in the 2014 team standings, and its drivers finished second and third.

Team Pelfrey enjoyed a strong conclusion to the 2014 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires at Sonoma Raceway in California last weekend. Brazilian hot-shoe Nicolas Costa continued his excellent sequence of results with a fourth and a hard-fought second from the two 30-minute races, while regular teammate Dalton Kellett produced one of his strongest drives of the season in Race One, and new recruit Jack Aitken fought his way impressively from 10th on the grid to fourth in a dramatic Race Two.

In one of the most intense and wild weekends of the 2014 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, Juncos Racing claimed their first team championship while Spencer Pigot brought home the driver’s championship in a thrilling season finale.