Getting Ready For Race One at Phoenix International Raceway
Everyone at World Speed is excited to get back to racing, and January is going to be a busy month. There are multiple test days scheduled at a variety of tracks this month as well as race one in the Star Mazda West Coast Championship. The team is heading to Phoenix...
World Speed Champions Work Together to Impress Champ Car Team
2001 Star Mazda Champion Scott Bradley will be assisting 2006 Champion Ace Carrio at his test at Thunderhill with Forsythe Championship Racing later this week. Bradley who won the championship with World Speed Motorsports will be working alongside the newly crowned...
World Speed Motorsports/MMI Rising Star Award Winners Test
80cc shifter kart standouts Cole Whitt, and Ryan Phinny spent today testing in the WSM/MMI FTR 1600. "Both drivers were outstanding, said Telo Stewart World Speed Motorsports team owner. With the amount of race experience these kids have, it is to be expected, but it...
Formula Renault Rookie of the Year Ace Carrio Tests World Speed Motorsports Pro Mazda
Only two days after being awarded Rookie of Year honors, FormulaTR standout Adrian “Ace” Carrio took to Buttonwillow’s east loop in World Speed Motorsports Pro Formula Mazda. After getting acclimated to the power, and other nuances of this particular car Ace was able...
World Speed Wins Both Formula Renault Races and Secures Both Pole Positions at Sears Point
Mario Moraes won both races at the penultimate FTR event at Sears Point this weekend. Mario was quickest in every session except for Sunday's qualifier. On Sunday WSM driver and crew chief Emile Tabb pulled it out and put the #16 out front for the race later in the...
WSM Competes at 2004 Star Mazda Championship Finale
World Speed returned to the Star Series this weekend to compete at the series finale at Laguna Seca. WSM drivers Frank McCormick and Patrick O'Neill both showed up for the event. Both drivers turned personal best times over the weekend, and both also made up serious...
McCormick Victorious at Thunderhill / Tabb Podiums in first SCCA Road Racing Event
Frank McCormick won another FS race this weekend at Thunderhill Raceway Park. McCormick has been fast all season, and secured pole by almost a second. In the race McCormick led every lap in class and went on to win. "Frank finished second in the championship after...
WSM Driver Mario Moraes Wins Willow Springs FormulaTR Event
Mario Moraes who has been quick and on the podium often during his rookie season finally got to the top step this weekend at Willow Springs. Moraes had the fastest time of every session, including both races. After the successful Willow Springs weekend, WSM is...
Three More Podium Finishes for The WSM Team
World Speed Motorsports ran 4 cars this past weekend, 3 in the SCCA Regional event at Sears Point and 1 in the FormulaTR event at Portland. Both races were on Sunday and after a first lap incident at Sears took out 13 competitors the race was re-started. O'Neill...
WSM Drivers Secure 3 Podiums at Regional/National SCCA Weekend
World Speed Motorsports ran 4 cars this weekend at the Laguna Seca SCCA Regional/National weekend. Paul Campbell in his #14 Standard FM ran both events in the FM class, while Frank McCormick in the #15 Pro Formula Mazda ran the regional event in the FS class. Patrick...
Frank McCormick Celebrates 10 Years with WSM By Winning Again at Laguna Seca
World Speed Motorsports had a very memorable weekend at Laguna Seca with two wins, three pole positions and a ten-year celebration for a driver and an employee. The weekend marked ten years that Frank McCormick has been racing under the World Speed Motorsports banner....
Frank McCormick Wins FS at Laguna Seca in New Pro Formula Mazda
Running against turbocharged Atlantic cars, Zetecs, and ex-F1 cars Frank McCormick took the FS class win after having to start from the back of the field. When the grid rolled onto the track McCormick fell back a few positions. SCCA rules dictate that if you are not...
World Speed Motorsports 2004 Season Update
World Speed Motorsports has been keeping very busy in the first quarter of 2004 focusing on the development of the new Pro Formula Mazda (Pro FM), while maintaining their Formula TR and first generation Formula Mazda programs. "Development of the new car is going...
WSM Driver Mario Moraes Fastest At Fontana FormulaTR Race Weekend
Brazilian driver Mario Moraes showed up at the first event and proved that he will be a contender for the FTR championship in 2004. Mario had support from World Speed Motorsports, and Brazil's Bassan Motorsports. He was able to have the fastest lap of the weekend,...
Cole Whitt and Ryan Phinny Selected as WSM Rising Stars
For the third consecutive year World Speed Motorsports has awarded a test to drivers at the SKUSA SuperNationals in Las Vegas, NV. The awards were given to the winner of the 80 Junior race and a “pick at large” in the same race. The winner of the event was 12-year-old...
World Speed Motorsports’ 2003 Season In Review
World Speed Motorsports announced final stats for the 2003 Fran Am West series today. The team ran all 13 rounds and won the 2003 Sportsman Championship with driver Frank McCormick in the Onyx Pharmaceuticals #16 car. World Speed driver Brad Coleman picked up fourth...
World Speed Motorsports Drivers All In The Top Five At The FA1600 Finals
The World Speed team arrived in Phoenix for Rounds 12 and 13 confident following two second place finishes at the Buttonwillow events.“On Sunday at Buttonwillow we had a car that could have challenged for the lead, but I got stuck fighting for second for so long that...
Strong Results at AMP Narrow Points Chase for Coleman
The Fran-Am 1600 Series took to the track this past weekend to compete in rounds eight and nine at Arizona Motorsports Park. Despite track temperatures in the hundreds, when Brad and his #33 Remote Knowledge/World Speed Motorsports car rolled onto the track Friday...
World Speed Motorsports Alumni Update
World Speed Motorsports Alumni continue to show up on podiums all over the country. In sports cars, open wheel, and prototypes these drivers have taken their WSM experience and parlayed it into top-level results during the 2003 season. 2001 World Speed Star Mazda...
Coleman Moves to Virginia to Live With Driving Legend
World Speed Motorsports 15-year-old open-wheel driver, Brad Coleman, has accepted the invitation of a lifetime. International racing champion Price Cobb invited the rookie sensation to live with him and his family near the famed Virginia International Raceway. The 3.2...
World Speed Driver Brad Coleman Fast at Thunderhill Raceway Park
World Speed Motorsports driver Brad Coleman was fastest every session on Friday and Saturday in Round Seven of the Fran Am 1600 Series. When Brad and his #33 Remote Knowledge car rolled onto the track Friday they were seconds ahead of the competition. Throughout the...
Mark Milazzo Re-Joins World Speed Motorsports Team
World Speed Motorsports officially announced that it has re-hired former team member Mark Milazzo for the full-time position of Marketing Director. Milazzo had worked with the team from 1998-2000 engineering Formula Mazdas, and wrenching on the team’s Atlantic...
World Speed Motorsports Returning to Star Series in 2004
World Speed Motorsports announced today that the team has had a new 2004 Star Mazda on order, and will compete in the 2004 Pro Series. At the same time the team made this announcement, Frank McCormick also added his name to the WSM 2004 Pro Mazda roster. The team will...
Podium and Fast Lap for World Speed at Fontana
The World Speed Motorsports team with the Fran Am West Series competed on the infield road course at Fontana’s California Speedway. The team drivers, Brad Coleman and Jason Kritikos, both had a strong and challenging weekend. Coleman and Kritikos were both fast out...
WSM Secures 3 Victories at Sears Point Raceway
World Speed Motorsports had drivers on every podium this weekend at Sears Point . First time Fran-Am driver Jason Kritikos took pole position and the win in race one, and finished third on Sunday. "I was happy to have the opportunity to compete in the Fran-Am West...
Brad Coleman Three for Three
Brad Coleman, driver of the #33, World Speed Motorsports, Remote Knowledge Car, finished third in his second and third consecutive Fran-Am 1600 West Coast Championship Races this past weekend on the “fastest course in the west." “Brad has not only shown a great deal...
WSM 15 Year Old Driver Sets Record For Youngest Open Wheel Race Winner
One month after turning 15 years of age, Brad Coleman has become the first licensed driver on record to win a professional open-wheel race while under age 16. After taking the third spot on the podium in his first Fran-Am 1600 series race on Saturday, the rookie from...
