Road to Indy

The Mazda Road to Indy is a group of developmental racing series launched in 2010 managed by Indy Racing League LLC with the goal being a career in the Verizon IndyCar Series. As part of the program, all series participate in the three disciplines of the IndyCar Series: oval races, permanent road courses, and street circuits. In addition, all series participate in Indy 500 weekend, with the IndyCars and Indy Lights racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the lower series racing at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on the "Night Before the 500". More importantly to drivers and teams, series champions will receive assistance to ascend to the next rung of the ladder. On December 9, 2010 it was announced that Mazda would become the title sponsor of the program and provide scholarships for series champions to advance to the next rung of the ladder.

Participating series (in order from lowest to highest "rung"):

1. Rotax Max Challenge
2. U.S. F2000 National Championship
3. Pro Mazda Championship (known as "Star Mazda" until the end of the 2012 season)
4. Indy Lights
5. Verizon IndyCar Series

Champions

IndyCar Series		Indy Lights		Pro Mazda		U.S. F2000
2010	Dario Franchitti	2010	Jean-Karl Vernay	2010	Conor Daly	2010	Sage Karam
2011	Dario Franchitti	2011	Josef Newgarden	2011	Tristan Vautier	2011	Petri Suvanto
2012	Ryan Hunter-Reay	2012	Tristan Vautier	2012	Jack Hawksworth	2012	Matthew Brabham
2013	Scott Dixon	2013	Sage Karam	2013	Matthew Brabham	2013	Scott Hargrove
2014	Will Power	2014	Gabby Chaves	2014	Spencer Pigot	2014	Florian Latorre
2015	Scott Dixon	2015	Spencer Pigot	2015	Santiago Urrutia	2015	Nico Jamin