Road to Indy round-up: St Petersburg

Andretti recovers in Indy Lights from a slow start at Barber, a tight four-way battle for the title in Indy Pro 2000 and Christian Brooks takes the lead in USF2000! By Jeroen Demmendaal Indy Lights The opening weekend at Barber was always going to be an outlier in this year’s Indy Lights season. The HMD Motorsports/Global Racing Group had spent a lot of time testing … Continue reading Road to Indy round-up: St Petersburg

Indy Lights season preview – Get ready for a title battle royale

Just a warning up front: in preparing for this Indy Lights season preview, I partly revisited the text I wrote last year ahead of the 2020 Indy Lights season. After all, while the 2020 season eventually got cancelled because of the pandemic, many of the names that were scheduled to compete then are back on the roster now. And since several of those drivers basically … Continue reading Indy Lights season preview – Get ready for a title battle royale

RTI-expert Rob Howden discusses his vision for the Road to Indy

Loyal viewers of the Road to Indy TV web broadcasts will know him as The Voice of the feeder series for the NTT IndyCar Series. Yet since last December Rob Howden has another, arguably more important job within the Road to Indy organization, as its new Series Development Director. F1 Feeder Series had an exclusive sit-down with the Canadian to discuss his plans for the … Continue reading RTI-expert Rob Howden discusses his vision for the Road to Indy

Indy Lights returns in 2021 with new tracks, more cars

Indy Lights is back in 2021! America’s answer to Formula 2, the last step under the NTT IndyCar Series, will return after a year affected by COVID-19. Some questions remain about the future, but 2021 might be the year where Indy Lights finally returns to growth. Our resident Road to Indy writer Jeroen Demmendaal considers the lay of the land. American open-wheel racing fans breathed … Continue reading Indy Lights returns in 2021 with new tracks, more cars

The future of Indy Lights: hopes and fears

A small disaster, made up of smaller individual disasters. The official confirmation of the 2020 Indy Lights season being cancelled does not necessarily come unexpected. But for the handful of teams and talented drivers involved in it, it is a serious setback and disrupts some promising careers. I feel for Kyle Kirkwood, the bright American kid with a ludicrously good batting average in recent years … Continue reading The future of Indy Lights: hopes and fears

Season preview: 2020 Road to Indy promises spectacle across the board

As the 2020 Road to Indy season is about to get underway on the Streets of St Petersburg this weekend, our editor-at-large and resident Road to Indy writer Jeroen Demmendaal highlights some of the potential stars in Indy Lights, Indy Pro 2000 and USF2000 that deserve extra attention in 2020. By Jeroen Demmendaal Indy Lights – Can Kyle Kirkwood make it three in a row? … Continue reading Season preview: 2020 Road to Indy promises spectacle across the board

Kyle Kirkwood

Interview: Indy Lights rookie Kyle Kirkwood aims to complete Road to Indy hat-trick in 2020

He has dominated the American feeder series in recent years, collecting championships like baseball cards and breaking record after record. After winning the USF and Pro 2000 crowns as a rookie, can Kyle Kirkwood make it a three in a row in Indy Lights this year? In an exclusive for F1 Feeder Series, editor-at-large Jeroen Demmendaal spoke to the young man from Florida. By Jeroen … Continue reading Interview: Indy Lights rookie Kyle Kirkwood aims to complete Road to Indy hat-trick in 2020

These are all the 2019 feeder series champions

With Lucca Allen winning the 2019 F4 SEA championship on December 15th, all the open wheel feeder series have been completed. And what a year it was, with extreme highs and lows. Don’t know who won which championship? Check out this list that goes from F4 all the way up to F2 and you’re up to date! Continue reading These are all the 2019 feeder series champions

Rinus Veekay gets experienced Indy Lights teammate in Dalton Kellett

Dalton Kellett joins Juncos Racing in Indy Lights as he partners Indy Pro 2000 and Asian F3 Winter Series champion Rinus Veekay. Indy Lights veteran Canadian driver Kellett already has three seasons of Indy Lights under his belt. All three seasons he spent with Andretti Autosport with the 2018 season being his best to date, scoring two podiums and a pole position. He ended the … Continue reading Rinus Veekay gets experienced Indy Lights teammate in Dalton Kellett