2014 Pro Mazda Winterfest

The 2014 Pro Mazda Winterfest was the first winter series of the 16-year-old championship. It consisted of four races held during two race meets and was run alongside the 2014 U.S. F2000 Winterfest and Indy Lights series tests.

2014 Pro Mazda Winterfest season
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American Spencer Pigot scored two poles, four fastest-laps and two wins on his way to the championship. A controversial race start in race two gave Canadian Garett Grist the win in race two and fellow Canadian rookie Scott Hargrove won round four. Hargrove and Grist finished second and third in points, respectively. Rookies Shelby Blackstock and Pipo Derani also recorded podium finishes and finished fourth and fifth in points.

Drivers and teams
Team No. Drivers Notes
Andretti Autosport 27 Garett Grist
28 Shelby Blackstock
Cape Motorsports
w/ Wayne Taylor Racing		 2 Neil Alberico
3 Scott Hargrove
JDC Motorsports 54 Michael Johnson
91 Kyle Connery Barber only
Juncos Racing 5 Jose Gutierrez
6 Julia Ballario
7 Spencer Pigot
18 Kyle Kaiser
M1 Racing 37 Jay Horak Expert class; Barber only
Team Pelfrey 80 Dalton Kellett
81 Pipo Derani
82 Brandon Newey Barber only
World Speed Motorsports 13 Bobby Eberle Expert class
16 Michele Bumgarner

Race calendar and results

The series schedule, along with the other Road to Indy series', was announced on October 24, 2013.[1]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team
1 NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana February 21 Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
2 February 22 Spencer Pigot Garett Grist Garett Grist Andretti Autosport
3 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama February 25 Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing
4 February 26 Spencer Pigot Scott Hargrove Scott Hargrove Cape Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers'
Pos Driver NOL
 BAR
 Points
Overall
1 Spencer Pigot 1* 2 1* 2 118
2 Scott Hargrove 5 4 2 1* 92
3 Garett Grist 4 1* 4 3 91
4 Shelby Blackstock 2 7 6 6 69
5 Pipo Derani 7 3 3 11 68
6 Kyle Kaiser 3 5 12 4 67
7 Jose Gutierrez 9 6 7 7 55
8 Neil Alberico 15 9 5 5 54
9 Dalton Kellett 6 8 10 10 50
10 Michael Johnson 8 10 11 9 46
11 Julia Ballario 10 11 13 15 35
12 Michele Bumgarner 12 12 14 12 34
13 Bobby Eberle 11 13 15 13 32
14 Brandon Newey 9 8 25
15 Kyle Connery 8 16 14
16 Jay Horak 16 14 12
Pos Driver NOL
 BAR
 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 not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran 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.[2]

Teams'
Pos Team Points
1 Juncos Racing 123
2 Andretti Autosport 103
3 Cape Motorsports w/ WTR 87
4 Team Pelfrey 60
5 JDC Motorsports 22
6 World Speed Motorsports 9
7 M1 Racing 8

References
  1. Mazda Road to Indy 2014 Schedule Confirmed, Andsersen Promotions PR, October 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05
  2. Pro Mazda 2013 Official Rule Book, Rule 10.2.4
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