Drivers on the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires open-wheel development ladder will join the NTT INDYCAR SERIES in making a long overdue return to Canada this weekend for an eagerly awaited Grand Prix of Toronto.

From one classic American road circuit to another, the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires open-wheel driver development ladder heads this weekend to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

The battle for this year’s Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires took another dramatic twist this morning as Braden Eves, from New Albany, Ohio, scored an emphatic victory for the Jay Howard Driver Development team in the second leg of the Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Elite Engines. Eves’ first win of the year vaulted him back into the title mix with eight races remaining.

Louis Foster is on a roll. The Los Angeles, Calif.-based Englishman scored a comfortable victory for Exclusive Autosport in this afternoon’s opening leg of the Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America Powered by Elite Engines. Foster’s third successive win enabled him to extend his lead in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires at the halfway point in the 18-race season.

The Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires and the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship will reach the midway point in their seasons this coming weekend at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.