World Speed’s Cumming Takes Expert Series Class Victory at Watkins Glen
On what would be one of the most challenging weekends recently for World Speed Motorsports, Chris Cumming provided the silver lining by capturing the Expert Series class victory for the second time in 2008 and increasing his points lead in Round Three of the Star...
World Speed Drivers Finish Strong at Miller Motorsports Park
Cumming overcomes opening lap incident to finish second in class With top-ten finishes from team drivers Taylor Hacquard and Eric Freiberg, World Speed Motorsports climbed into third place in the team championship standings following Round Two of the Star Mazda...
World Speed Driver Chris Cumming Takes Expert Class Win at Sebring
WSM drivers Hacquard and Freiberg Finish Ninth and Eleventh in Season Opener World Speed Motorsports marked their return to Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear competition with team driver Chris Cumming in the #16 Inviro Medical Pro Formula Mazda capturing...
20k Test Miles in February Alone in Preparation for 2008 Season
World Speed Pre-Season Testing Continues for Star Mazda and Formula Mazda Challenge Series World Speed Motorsports is continuing to test as the Star Mazda and FMC Series opening days draw closer. In February alone, the team will surpass the 20,000 mile mark as new...
World Speed Fastest at Sebring Star Mazda Pre-Season Testing
Driving for his new team World Speed Motorsports, Eric Freiberg of Homer Glen, Illinois, topped the time sheets in pre-season testing at Sebring International Raceway as several top Star Mazda Championship teams took to the famed circuit that will host the opening...
WSM Rookie Taylor Hacquard Secures Back-to-Back Wins at Firebird
Races three and four of the Star Mazda Winter Series took place this weekend at Firebird International Raceway. Under constant changes in weather on both days the drivers and teams made continuous changes in their set-ups and in their tire strategies. The main course...
Joel Miller Tests with World Speed
Last week Joel Miller the 2007 Skip Barber National Champion took advantage of his Rising Star Award of a free championship level test with World Speed Motorsports at Infineon Raceway. The team that was assembled for the test was the same crew that brought Ace Carrio...
World Speed Announces 2008 Plans
World Speed Motorsports is headed into another big season. The team will be back in the Star Mazda Championship full time in 2008 with the same team of mechanics and engineers that have brought them so many championships in the past. "We plan on running three cars,...
Standing Start Development Camps Keep Drivers Sharp Right Before Race Weekend
World Speed trains, tests, and podiums at Buttonwillow Raceway Park World Speed Motorsports took six drivers down to Buttonwillow Raceway for the Standing Start Driver Development Days and Star Mazda Winter Series races this week. The training certainly paid off as...
Michael Self Completes First Professional Race Team Test
16 Year Old WSM Rising Star Award Winner Impresses Team Michael Self, who is scheduled to race in 2008 with Skip Barber, got a taste of what could very well be his 2009 or 2010 race car a little earlier than he probably expected. The 16 year old karting prodigy from...
Chris Cumming Wins 2007 Star Mazda West Coast Championship
World Speed Motorsports took four drivers to this past weekend's Star Mazda Finale at Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca. Chris Cumming in his new liveried red and white #46 Inviro Medical Pro Mazda was in the points lead going into the final event, with Patrick O'Neill in...
Joel Miller wins 2007 Skip Barber Championship and Free Test with World Speed Motorsports
Joel Miller, 19-year-old racer from Hesperia, California, capped his 2007 BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda Series season by winning the final race of the year and the overall championship. Joel finished the season with 5 wins and 10 podium finishes...
World Speed Technical Director Highlighted in Educational Feature
Michael Doyle, World Speed Motorsports Technical Director assisted the Contra Costa County Office of Education this week with a video program that is designed to teach students the benefits of math and how it is used in the “real world.” Doyle worked with the...
Racing Into the Winter Race Season, and 2008
Just a little over a week after Patrick O'Neill and Shawn Westerhoff were awarded their trophies for winning the 2007 Pro Mazda and Standard Mazda Championships respectively they are headed into some serious post season racing in Monterey. This weekend is the...
Michael Self Awarded World Speed Motorsports Rising Star Award
16 Year Old Karting Prodigy starts up the Mazda Ladder System Only a week after 16 year old karter Michael Self was awarded the 2007 Champ Car ROTAX Career Enhancement Scholarship he was added to the list of winners of the 2007 World Speed Motorsports Rising Star...
2007 WSM Rising Star Award Will Go to Skip Barber National Champion
Test will go to BF Goodrich Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda Champion The World Speed Motorsports Rising Star Award has been helping young racers move up the open wheel racing ladder for years. Some past Rising Star Award winners have included Scott Speed,...
World Speed Champion O’Neill Continues Winning Ways at Infineon
Recently crowned Pro Formula Mazda Challenge Champion Patrick O'Neill continued his winning ways in Rounds Thirteen and Fourteen of the Championship at Infineon Raceway to sweep the weekend for the fifth time this season, recording his eleventh and twelfth victories,...
World Speed competing in 9 races over the next 9 Weekends
In mid September the 2007 Formula Mazda Challenge season comes to a close, but the World Speed Motorsports team will not be slowing down. “We have four double headers, and the Star Mazda finale at Mazda Raceway on the schedule for the next nine weeks,” stated...
Chip Ganassi selects World Speed to Train DP Championship Points Leader
World Speed Helps Daytona Prototype Race Winner at Infineon Raceway World Speed Motorsports tested Daytona Prototype team championship points leader Memo Rojas in their championship winning #14 Star Mazda last week at Infineon Raceway. "Memo is in the points lead, and...
WSM Driver Patrick O’Neill Clinches Pro Mazda Championship at Infineon Raceway
A fresh set of doughnuts was added to the Infineon Raceway circuit this weekend as World Speed Motorsports driver Patrick O'Neill celebrated clinching the 2007 Formula Mazda Challenge Championship with his second victory of the weekend by smoking the tires of his #64...
World Speed Pro Mazda Featured on the Cover of Sport Compact Car
Tom Hughes brought out his #18 Pro Formula Mazda racecar to partake in the Sport Compact Car G Masters Shootout. The feature is in the August issue which is on newsstands now. Here is what Tom had to say about the event. “The main objective of the event was max Gs...
World Speed Motorsports places eight cars in top-twenty at Portland International Raceway
With rain soaking the 1.946-mile Portland International Raceway circuit for Round Five of the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear eight World Speed Motorsports drivers weathered the storm with top-twenty finishes during the Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of...
Taylor Hacquard leads World Speed Motorsports qualifying effort at Portland
Participating in his first professional race, Taylor Hacquard, of Surrey, British Columbia, led the World Speed Motorsports contingent, qualifying thirteenth overall with a fast time of 1:10.710 for Round Five of the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear at a...
World Speed Returns to Star Mazda Championship Competition at Miller Motorsports Park
World Speed Motorsports, which guided Adrian Carrio to the championship in the 2006 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, returned to the site of one of Carrio’s victories as the team campaigned several Star Mazda West Coast Championship regulars at Miller...
World Speed Motorsports to miss opening round of Star Mazda Championship at Sebring
New facilities at Infineon Raceway and Star Mazda West Coast Series keeping team occupied The grid for the opening round of the 2007 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear will look a little different this year as World Speed Motorsports, which guided Adrian...
World Speed Motorsports Gets a Jump on 2007
World Speed Motorsports has been keeping busy in 2007 having already completed 11 test days, and two race weekends in January and February alone. "We have been testing, and most of our drivers have been bringing out personal coaches as we prepare for our busiest...
WSM Champion Signs Champ Car Atlantic Deal for 2007
Series returnee Genoa Racing has announced that 2006 Star Mazda Champion Adrian Carrio will drive for the team in the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Championship. Carrio celebrated his 18th birthday by signing with Genoa Racing and touring the team’s race shop in...
