M1 Racing will give Brazil's Felipe Donato the opportunity to experience driving in the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires when it fields a car for him in Rounds 8 and 9 of that series this weekend on the Houston street course.

On Wednesday, June 25, 2014, from 6-9PM, Filipina-American Mazda Road to Indy Driver Michele Bumgarner will be the featured guest at a Grand Prix Kick-Off Party at OKRA Charity Saloon at 924 Congress, Houston, Texas 77002.

One topic called my attention: It was about a contest and the author was Robert Eberle. I didn’t know him yet, but got interested on his public proposal. He was looking for a new design on his Pro Mazda. It was very simple: He would let everyone interested send him screenshots of what his new car would look like, all of them painted on iRacing, and the choosen one should become a real livery of a Pro Mazda; not only for one race, but for a full season.

Round Seven of the 2014 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires took place at the 5/8-mile banked Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Ind., on Saturday night May 24 as part of the traditional curtain-raiser to the following day's Indianapolis 500.

In the “Night Before the 500”, Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing picked up another podium finish in the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. In a caution free, 90-lap race, Scott Hargrove finished second and Neil Alberico finished sixth.