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played a starring role aboard the distinctive yellow BN Racing/Team Pelfrey
Dallara-AER IL-15 as he finished on the podium for the second straight day.
VeeKay’s victory makes him the eighth driver to win on all three levels of
the Road to Indy joining an exclusive club that comprises Matthew Brabham,
Victor Franzoni, Jay Howard, Nico Jamin, Sage Karam, Spencer Pigot and
Aaron Telitz. The 18-year-old from Hoofddorp, Netherlands, also extended
his impressive record on the unforgiving streets of St. Petersburg, where he is
now six-for-six in terms of top-five finishes.
Claman’s pair of top-two finishes assures him of a nine-point edge over
VeeKay, 57-48, with Sowery just one more point adrift as the Indy Lights series
then headed to COTA.INDY PRO 2000
Thompson Scores Debut Indy Pro 2000 Victory for Abel
MotorsportsThe second tier of the Road to Indy series is Indy Pro 2000 and just two
weeks before the event veteran Parker Thompson wasn’t even sure he would
be on the grid this season. How quickly things can change. After concluding a
late deal to join debutant team Abel Motorsports, Thompson, from Red Deer,
Canada, came from behind to take the checkered flag comfortably clear of
impressive rookie Rasmus Lindh (Juncos Racing). Lindh’s teammate, Sting Ray
Robb, from Payette, Idaho, matched his career-best finish in third.