2014 Pro Mazda Championship

February 2025 2014 Pro Mazda Championship 2013 2015 The 2014 Pro Mazda Championship is the 16th season in series history. The second season of Andersen Promotions' management of the series saw increased car counts with 20 or more cars in many races and 13 drivers competing in all 14 races compared to 2013's nine. American Spencer Pigot won the title over Canadian Scott Hargrove in the final race weekend at Sonoma Raceway in controversial fashion. In the first race of the weekend, the two made contact on the fourth lap of the race with Pigot leading. Pigot's race was over while Hargrove went on to finish third. In the second race, Neil Alberico, Hargrove's teammate, made contact with Pigot on the first lap, although both were able to continue. On lap 12, Pigot's teammate Kyle Kaiser's car stopped on track bringing out a caution flag, allowing Pigot, who was running sixth at the time, to close up behind the leaders. After the restart, Hargrove, who was leading, began to experience mechanical trouble, and as he fell back to Pigot, made a move that forced Pigot to swerve around him. Hargrove's race was done while Pigot finished fifth and captured the title by 11 points. Pigot captured six race wins in the fourteen races, including the first four races of the season. With the championship Pigot won a Road to Indy scholarship to compete in Indy Lights in 2015. Alberico finished third in points without a race win. Andretti Autosport's top challenger, Shelby Blackstock finished fourth in the championship, also without a win. Brazilian Nicolas Costa captured one win and finished fifth in points. Other race winners were Kaiser, Jose Guttierez, who won the wild Sonoma race 2, and Garett Grist who captured two wins but was inconsistent. American Bobby Eberle captured the Expert Class championship for drivers over 35 years old largely by virtue of entering the most races among such entrants. Drivers and teams All teams are American-registered. TeamNo. Car numberDriversNotes Andretti AutosportPro Mazda – Garett Grist et Shelby Blackstock chez Andretti https://web.archive.org/web/20140115064942/http://chequeredflags.fr/usa/pro-mazda-garett-grist-et-shelby-blackstock-chez-andretti-16077 2014-01-15 , "ChequeredFlags.fr", January 13, 2014, Retrieved 2014-01-13 27 CAN Garett Gristhttp://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-03-25/St.%20Pete%20-%20Pro%20Mazda%20Entry%20List.pdf Pro Mazda Championship IndyCar March 25, 2014 March 26, 2014 Allied Building Products Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Entry List 28 USA Shelby Blackstock Cape Motorsportsw/ Wayne Taylor Racing 2 USA Neil AlbericoAlberico Joins 2014 Championship Fight with Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing https://web.archive.org/web/20131211183402/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=13196&sid=b1c46bc98134af90aef07c89ae408267 2013-12-11 , eFormulaCarNews, December 6, 2013, Retrieved 2013-12-6 3 CAN Scott Hargrove HAVOC Motorsport 21 USA Brian Lift Mid-Ohio only JDC MotorSports 11 ITA Vicky Piria St. Pete & Barber only 19 USA Ryan Booth 54 USA Michael JohnsonJohnson Moving Up Mazda Road to Indy Ladder with JDC MotorSports https://web.archive.org/web/20131112215427/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=13143&sid=68bb0d0513421cab9691d94cb46de363 2013-11-12 , eFormulaCarNews, November 12, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-12 91 USA Kyle Connery Skipped LOR, Houston & Sonoma USA Clark Toppe Houston only Juncos Racing 5 MEX Jose Gutierrez Gutierrez Joins Juncos Racing for 2014 Campaign https://web.archive.org/web/20140222133501/http://eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=13341&sid=9fef7f08e544b45604a43ab811211c61 2014-02-22 , eFormulaCarNews, February 12, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-12 6 ARG Julia Ballario Juncos Racing Announces Ballario https://web.archive.org/web/20140222133118/http://eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=13336&sid=42209be846d965dffb3977046d31fdcf 2014-02-22 , eFormulaCarNews, February 11, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-11 7 USA Spencer PigotPigot Joins Juncos Racing Title Fight https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134218/http://www.eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=13343 2014-02-22 , eFormulaCarNews, February 12, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-12 18 USA Kyle KaiserJUNCOS RACING ADDS KYLE KAISER TO 2014 LINE-UP, Juncos Racing, February 13, 2014, Retrieved 2014-02-13 M1 Racing 9 BRA Felipe Donato Houston, Mid-Ohio & Sonoma only 23 PRI Carlos Conde Mid-Ohio & Sonoma only 26 USA Parker Nicklin Sonoma only 29 USA Jason Rabe IMS only 37 USA Jay Horak St. Pete through IMS, Mid-Ohio 62 JAM Jason Bedassehttp://www.indycar.com/News/2014/03/3-20-Bedasse-will-be-first-driver-from-Jamaica Bedasse will be first Jamaican in Pro Mazda IndyCar Series IndyCar March 20, 2014 March 20, 2014 St. Pete only 99 BRA Nicolas Costa St. Pete through IMS Team Pelfrey 80 CAN Dalton KellettKellett Joins Team Pelfrey for 2014 Campaign https://web.archive.org/web/20140225143406/http://eformulacarnews.com/news_info.php?n=13152&sid=923032f96919df362b1a5df4efb9a838 2014-02-25 , eFormulaCarNews, November 14, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-14 81 BRA Pipo DeraniTeam Pelfrey Signs Brazilian Pipo Derani for 2014 Pro Mazda Championship https://archive.today/20131120162930/http://promazdachampionship.com/news/teams/2013/11/11-20-tpr.html 2013-11-20 , Pro Mazda Championship, November 20, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-20 St. Pete through IMS NOR Anders Krohn LOR only GBR Jack Aitken Sonoma onlyUSA Brandon Newey Mid-Ohio only 82 St. Pete through IMSBRA Nicolas Costa Houston onwards 99 LOR only World Speed Motorsports 8 USA Stan Kohls Sonoma only 13 USA Bobby Eberle Skipped LOR & Milwaukee 14 USA Jeff Harrison Barber & Houston only 16 PHL Michele Bumgarner Skipped Mid-Ohio & Milwaukee 34 USA Joey Bickers Sonoma only 61 USA Alex Keyes Sonoma only Race calendar and results The series schedule, along with the other Road to Indy series, was announced on October 24, 2013. Unlike previous seasons, all races were in support of the IndyCar Series except the race at Lucas Oil Raceway (lower tiers of INDYCAR race at Lucas Oil Raceway to gain oval experience at shorter tracks). All road and street course race weekends were double-headers.Mazda Road to Indy 2014 Schedule Confirmed https://web.archive.org/web/20131104023202/http://indylights2014.com/2013/mazda-road-to-indy-2014-schedule-confirmed/ 2013-11-04 , Andsersen Promotions PR, October 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05 All races were held in the United States. Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team 1 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 29 USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 2 March 30 USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 3 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama April 26 USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 4 April 27 CAN Scott Hargrove USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana May 9 USA Spencer Pigot CAN Scott Hargrove USA Neil Alberico CAN Scott Hargrove Cape Motorsports 6 May 10 USA Spencer Pigot CAN Scott Hargrove CAN Scott Hargrove CAN Scott Hargrove Cape Motorsports 7 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Clermont, Indiana May 24 CAN Garett Grist USA Spencer Pigot CAN Garett Grist CAN Garett Grist Andretti Autosport 8 Reliant Park Houston, Texas June 28 CAN Garett Grist USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot CAN Scott Hargrove Cape Motorsports 9 June 29 CAN Garett Grist USA Neil Alberico USA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 2 BRA Nicolas Costa USA Neil Alberico BRA Nicolas Costa BRA Nicolas Costa Team Pelfrey 11 August 3 BRA Nicolas Costa BRA Nicolas Costa CAN Garett Grist CAN Garett Grist Andretti Autosport 12 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin August 16 MEX José Gutiérrez CAN Scott Hargrove CAN Scott HargroveUSA Spencer Pigot USA Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing 13 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California August 22 CAN Scott Hargrove USA Spencer Pigot USA Kyle Kaiser USA Kyle Kaiser Juncos Racing 14 August 23 CAN Scott Hargrove CAN Scott Hargrove CAN Scott Hargrove MEX José Gutiérrez Juncos Racing Championship standings Drivers' championships Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR HOU MOH MIL SON Points Overall 1 USA Spencer Pigot 1* 1* 1* 1* 8 8 3 9* 1* 4 6 1* 21 5 309 2 CAN Scott Hargrove 3 5 2 2 1 1* 2 1 16 6 3 2* 3 18 299 3 USA Neil Alberico 6 6 4 6 3* 2 6 17 2 7 5 4 2 12 239 4 USA Shelby Blackstock 10 4 5 3 2 17 7 5 3 3 19 3 5 3 235 5 BRA Nicolas Costa 8 16 19 8 15 16 4 2 5 1* 2 5 4 2 224 6 USA Kyle Kaiser 2 2 3 5 13 5 8 8 15 12 7 10 1 DSQ 211 7 MEX José Gutiérrez 20 9 9 9 7 3 9 7 8 5 4 9 11 1 201 8 CAN Garett Grist 17 17 8 7 6 4 1* 6 9 9 1* 12 15 9 199 9 USA Ryan Booth 7 8 7 10 17 6 10 15 4 2 12 7 8 16 173 10 CAN Dalton Kellett 9 11 10 11 4 19 DNS 3 7 8 8 11 7 10 160 11 ARG Julia Ballario 11 7 20 14 10 7 12 4 10 15 11 6 10 8 152 12 USA Kyle Connery 5 12 11 17 14 10 11 9 8 93 13 USA Michael Johnson 15 10 12 20 11 15 11 12 12 17 14 13 18 17 90 14 BRA Pipo Derani 4 3 6 4 9 18 88 15 PHL Michele Bumgarner 12 13 14 15 16 13 13 13 11 12 20 79 16 USA Bobby Eberle 14 15 18 19 18 12 14 14 13 16 17 14 66 17 USA Brandon Newey 16 18 16 12 5 14 10 13 63 18 USA Jay Horak 13 14 17 18 12 11 18 17 48 19 BRA Felipe Donato 10 DNS 16 10 20 13 36 20 GBR Jack Aitken 9 4 31 21 USA Alex Keyes 6 7 29 22 USA Jeff Harrison 15 16 11 13 29 23 USA Joey Bickers 14 6 22 24 USA Parker Nicklin 13 11 18 25 NOR Anders Krohn 5 17 26 ITA Vicky Piria 19 DNS 13 13 17 27 PRI Carlos Conde 14 18 19 15 17 28 USA Clark Toppe 16 6 16 29 USA Jason Rabe 19 9 13 30 USA Brian Lift 19 15 7 31 USA Stan Kohls 16 19 6 32 JAM Jason Bedasse 18 19 4 Expert class 1 USA Bobby Eberle 14 15 18 19 18 12 14 14 13 16 17 14 202 2 USA Jay Horak 13 14 17 18 14 17 18 17 153 3 USA Jeff Harrison 15 16 11 13 88 4 PRI Carlos Conde 14 18 19 15 66 5 USA Stan Kohls 16 19 37 6 USA Jason Rabe 19 9 23 7 JAM Jason Bedasse 18 19 16 Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR HOU MOH MIL SON Points Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point) Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Overall points 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score main points, otherwise 1 point is awarded. Teams' championship PosTeamPoints 1Juncos Racing375 2Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing346 3Team Pelfrey259 4Andretti Autosport238 5JDC MotorSports117 6World Speed Motorsports52 7M1 Racing45 8HAVOC Motorsport8 References External links http://promazdachampionship.com/ Pro Mazda Championship Official website Pro Mazda Championship Category:Indy Pro 2000 Championship