Winterfest: Aitken wins Pro Mazda Race 1

Team Pelfrey's Jack Aitken held off a hard changing Weiron Tan to take the checkered flag at New Orleans Motorsports Park in Pro Mazda race 1 of Cooper Tires Winterfest. The Andretti Autosport driver, who finished a mere three tenths behind Aitken, hounded the Brit for nearly all 19 laps, but was unable to get by.

Juncos Racing's Will Owen finished 9 seconds behind Aitken in third. Raoul Owens, who started eighth turned in an impressive drive to come home fourth. Canadian Garett Grist was fifth.

Pro Mazda Races 2 and 3 are slated for tomorrow at the 2.7-mile Avondale, LA circuit. Full results from race 1 below…

FLAG: Checkered
Laps Completed: 19/999 – Elapsed Time: 00:32:50.746 Time Remaining: 00:00:00.000

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No Name Laps FTime Diff Gap Led ST Status
1 82 Jack Aitken 19 1:33.995 19 1 Active
2 22 Weiron Tan 19 1:33.731 0.3387 0.3387 0 2 Active
3 23 Will Owen 19 1:34.389 9.2470 8.9083 0 4 Active
4 19 Raoul Owens 19 1:34.223 10.0361 0.7891 0 8 Active
5 5 Garett Grist 19 1:34.439 15.1178 5.0817 0 5 Active
6 28 Dalton Kellett 19 1:34.583 25.8312 10.7134 0 7 Active
7 10 Florian Latorre 19 1:34.433 30.1363 4.3051 0 6 Active
8 2 Daniel Burkett 19 1:34.893 30.7167 0.5804 0 10 Active
9 6 Timothe Buret 19 1:34.989 33.4569 2.7402 0 9 Active
10 54 Michael Johnson 19 1:35.140 40.6909 7.2340 0 13 Active
11 14 Alessandro Latif 19 1:35.651 47.0388 6.3479 0 11 Active
12 13 Bobby Eberle 19 1:37.398 82.2505 35.2117 0 14 Active
13 33 Carlos Conde 18 1:37.589 1 LAPS 42.8929 0 15 Active
14 18 Nicolas Latifi 18 1:34.239 1 LAPS 29.8404 0 12 Active
15 7 Jose Gutierrez 17 1:34.585 2 LAPS 1 LAPS 0 3 Active