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.

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)

• 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

External links

• Pro Mazda Championship Official website