From press release
Following two days of evaluation on Indiana's Putnam Park road course, Edmonton's Stefan Rzadzinski has been given the go ahead to enter at the upcoming Edmonton Indy Firestone Indy Lights double header, July 22-24 at City Centre Airport.
In front of his relatives, friends and home crowd, the 18-year-old driver will be racing Davey Hamilton's car number 32 on the new exciting 2.256-mile, 13-turn circuit.
"What an incredible past few days it has been,” said the young driver after his test session.
“Davey Hamilton Racing was great in getting me up to speed and I really learned a lot about the differences in driving style between the very quick Indy Lights car compared to my previous experience in much smaller and slower Skip Barber and Formula Ford cars. I'm so happy to be a part of my hometown event.”
Rzadzinski started competing in karts when he was eight years old. Since then, he has earned victories and championship titles all over Western Canada and has competed in major karting events around the world.
He has been invited to test open-wheel Formula BMW and Formula Renault 1.6. In 2009, he entered open-wheel racing in the Ontario Formula Ford Championship where he earned a win, six podiums, two poles, and was named Rookie of the Year.
In 2010, Rzadzinski rejoined Ontario Formula Ford Championship and this time, raised his total wins to three, claiming a total of six podiums and three poles and was again the series runner-up.
At the end of the year, he entered the Skip Barber Karting Shoot-out and earned a full-season Regional Race Series Scholarship for 2011, where after four races, he was second in the driver standings.
Following two days of evaluation on Indiana's Putnam Park road course, Edmonton's Stefan Rzadzinski has been given the go ahead to enter at the upcoming Edmonton Indy Firestone Indy Lights double header, July 22-24 at City Centre Airport.
In front of his relatives, friends and home crowd, the 18-year-old driver will be racing Davey Hamilton's car number 32 on the new exciting 2.256-mile, 13-turn circuit.
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| Stefan Rzadzinski, Indy Lights (Photo: Octane Management) |
"What an incredible past few days it has been,” said the young driver after his test session.
“Davey Hamilton Racing was great in getting me up to speed and I really learned a lot about the differences in driving style between the very quick Indy Lights car compared to my previous experience in much smaller and slower Skip Barber and Formula Ford cars. I'm so happy to be a part of my hometown event.”
Rzadzinski started competing in karts when he was eight years old. Since then, he has earned victories and championship titles all over Western Canada and has competed in major karting events around the world.
He has been invited to test open-wheel Formula BMW and Formula Renault 1.6. In 2009, he entered open-wheel racing in the Ontario Formula Ford Championship where he earned a win, six podiums, two poles, and was named Rookie of the Year.
In 2010, Rzadzinski rejoined Ontario Formula Ford Championship and this time, raised his total wins to three, claiming a total of six podiums and three poles and was again the series runner-up.
At the end of the year, he entered the Skip Barber Karting Shoot-out and earned a full-season Regional Race Series Scholarship for 2011, where after four races, he was second in the driver standings.