Mazda Motorsports Racing Updates!

Mazda Motorsports Update

Here’s some pretty awesome Mazda Motorsports racing news! Thanks to Mazda driver development scholarships, two young men will have the opportunity to race for Cape Motorsports. They will drive Mazda Soul Red cars. It’s not often that we get to write about Mazda Motorsports. This is some pretty terrific news!

Anthony Martin

Anthony Martin, 22, of Kalgoorlie, Australia, makes his Pro Mazda debut this year after a six-win season earned him last year’s USF2000 championship. Martin won the title with Cape, and will stay with the team for the next step of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder. Looks like he’s headed to the top!

Oliver Askew

Oliver Askew, 20, of Jupiter, Fla., began racing karts at age seven. He burst upon the open-wheel racing scene last year being selected for the Team USA Scholarship. He utilized that scholarship in order to finish 2nd in the prestigious Walter Hayes Trophy Grand Finale at Silverstone, England. The Team USA honor also qualified him for the $200,000 Mazda Road to Indy Shootout, a competition among championship-winning drivers from around the world. Askew won the event, thus earning a Mazda scholarship for his first full season in the USF2000 series.

Success

“The success of the $200,000 Mazda Road to Indy Shoot-out was way beyond our expectations,” said Mazda’s Doonan. “We knew we were breaking new ground by bringing drivers from all over the world and that it would be good… but it turned out to be fantastic. Everyone at Mazda was blown away by it, and especially Oliver.

“We’re proud to welcome him to the Mazda family. With the new Tatuus USF-17 chassis debuting, the 2017 season is very much up for grabs, but by choosing to compete with Cape Motorsports, Oliver has put himself in a position for early success. Based on nearly three dozen of the new USF-17 cars being sold, the entire Mazda Road to Indy is in for a real treat in this championship.”

“It is a great honor to have both scholarship drivers compete on behalf of Cape Motorsports,” Dominic Cape said. “The support that Mazda gives young drivers is truly remarkable, and we would like to thank Mazda and John Doonan for establishing the scholarship programs. There is nothing quite like this anywhere in the world.”

Mazda Motorsports

Mazda Motorsports has the most comprehensive auto racing development ladder system of any auto manufacturer in the world. The Mazda Road to 24 program offers a number of scholarships. The Mazda Road to Indy is a similar program that includes Mazda-powered categories of USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights. Did you know that more Mazdas race on any given weekend in North America than any other manufacturer? Mazda is the title sponsor of the renowned Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, as well. Follow all of the latest news at MazdaMotorsports.com, @MazdaRacing on Twitter, and MazdaMotorsports on Instagram and Facebook.

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