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.
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 TeamDriversNotes Andretti Autosport 27 Garett Grist 28 Shelby Blackstock Cape Motorsportsw/ 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.Mazda Road to Indy 2014 Schedule Confirmed , Andsersen Promotions PR, October 24, 2013, Retrieved 2013-11-05
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* 2118 2 Scott Hargrove 5 4 2 1*92 3 Garett Grist 4 1* 4 391 4 Shelby Blackstock 2 7 6 669 5 Pipo Derani 7 3 3 1168 6 Kyle Kaiser 3 5 12 467 7 Jose Gutierrez 9 6 7 755 8 Neil Alberico 15 9 5 554 9 Dalton Kellett 6 8 10 1050 10 Michael Johnson 8 10 11 946 11 Julia Ballario 10 11 13 1535 12 Michele Bumgarner 12 12 14 1234 13 Bobby Eberle 11 13 15 1332 14 Brandon Newey 9 825 15 Kyle Connery 8 1614 16 Jay Horak 16 1412 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 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.Pro Mazda 2013 Official Rule Book, Rule 10.2.4
Teams' PosTeamPoints 1 Juncos Racing123 2 Andretti Autosport103 3 Cape Motorsports w/ WTR87 4 Team Pelfrey60 5 JDC Motorsports22 6 World Speed Motorsports9 7 M1 Racing8
References
External links Pro Mazda Championship Official website