JDC MotorSports Adds Hargrove to Pro Mazda Lineup for Indy Road Course

Scott Hargrove

JDC MotorSports will add a significant weapon to its arsenal for the Pro Mazda Championship Presented Cooper Tires event this weekend (May 7-9) on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Last year's championship runner-up Scott Hargrove will race alongside team pilots Kyle Connery and Parker Nicklin on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn layout, as he looks to gain track time to keep his skills sharp in anticipation of his return to the Indy Lights series. JDC has also added Autobahn Country Club Pro Mazda champion Kevin Davis to the squad for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, running in the Expert category.

"We're very happy to welcome Scott back under the tent for this weekend's events and I believe that he will provide a positive tone and very useful data," offered John Church, Team Principal. "Scott ran for us in the USF2000 and we've watched him mature into one of the best young drivers in open wheel racing. Kyle and Parker should benefit from having Scott with us, and it's great to have Kevin under the tent as well. We think that he'll be able to challenge for the Expert class win this weekend."

Connery and Nicklin return to competition primed to build off a challenging weekend at Barber Motorsports Park two weeks ago. Connery sits ninth in the championship standings, but knows that he has the speed to run in the top-five, as was evident at the St. Petersburg season opener when he finished fifth in the second race of the doubleheader. Nicklin is focused on continued driver development and he has steadily cut the gap to the leaders with each weekend, as he is visiting every facility for the first time. Where the veteran drivers are looking to shave off tenths of a second, Parker is finding much more between each session.

Hargrove scored three Pro Mazda Championship wins in 2014 en route to second in the championship, and he won both main events here on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course last year. The Canadian made the jump to the Indy Lights series this year and contested the opening round at St. Petersburg, running to an impressive fourth place finish with 8 Star Motorsports. Scott is working diligently to assemble the funding to return to the Indy Lights program, and JDC MotorSports is proud to have him run with the team this weekend. Scott will drive the #19 BCPitCrew.com / Race Energy Performance entry.

Alvin, IL's Davis, who runs at the Autobahn Country Club in its Pro Mazda series, won nine of 10 events last year and is excited to take on three other Expert class competitors this weekend in the #44 Quicklube Pro Mazda. The 44 year-old will be making his first start in the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires, and it is also his first time running at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Like many racers, getting the opportunity to run at this famed circuit is a dream and Davis is already enjoying himself during pre-event testing.

The Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires drivers will be on-track for two 30-minute practice sessions on Thursday at 9:15 am and 2:15 pm Eastern. The series will run the make-up race that was rained out at NOLA Motorsports Park at 5:55 pm that evening. The Pro Mazda drivers will qualify on the morning of Friday, May 8 at 10:15, ahead of the official ‘opening' race of the doubleheader at 2:00 pm. The second main event, and third of the weekend, will take place at 12:15 pm on Saturday, May 9. Team followers can tune into live play-by-play and live timing by downloading the new ‘Road to Indy' app in iTunes or the Google Play store. You can also follow through the series website – www.promazda.com.