World Speed Motorsports Alumni continue to show up on podiums all over the world. In sports cars, open wheel, stock cars and prototypes these drivers have taken their WSM experience and parlayed it into top-level results. World Speed graduates have competed in ALMS, Grand American, NASCAR, IndyCar, and Formula One.

Mario Moraes who competed and won in the World Speed FTR 1600 car in 2004, is currently competing in the IndyCar series and qualified for this year's INDY 500 where he finished 18th. http://www.indycar.com/drivers/driver.php?driver_id=423

Michael McDowell who won multiple races in World Speed's FormulaTR 1600 car went from winning in Grand American Daytona Prototypes, and Grand Am Cup to winning races and the Rookie of the Year title in the 2007 ARCA Racing Series. McDowell is currently running with Michael Waltrip Racing in NASCAR's top series the Sprint Cup.
http://www.mmcdowell.com

World Speed's 2003 FormulaTR driver Brad Coleman was competing in the ARCA series in 2006, and won in only his second race of the season. In 2007 he competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs Racing and was at the front of the pack all season including a pole position at Talladega. For 2008 Coleman is back in the Nationwide Series full time with Baker Curb racing and will also start testing the Sprint Cup car with Hall of Fame Racing in preparation for some Cup races later in the season.
http://www.bradcoleman.us

2001 World Speed Star Mazda Champion Scott Bradley is currently managing Standing Start a driver development company that is producing some very talented professionals, and is also assisting dedicated hobbyists reach the podium.

Alex Figge who won races in World Speed's Formula Mazda in 2000, and competed with WSM in Champ Car Atlantic ran the entire 2007 season in the Champ Car series and has recently started competing in the American LeMans Series in a Ferrari 430 with Tafel Racing.

Last season Pierre Ehret competed and won multiple races in the Porsche Sports Cup Series in Europe, and finished third in the 24 Hours of LeMans. He joins Figge on the Tafel Racing Ferrari team for 2008. Pierre spent two seasons with World Speed racing in the Star Mazda Series.

For the 2008 season Guy Cosmo will compete in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask no.16. Guy has re-signed with Spirit of Daytona Racing for a limited schedule to continue development of the Lozano Brothers-prepared Porsche-based 5.0 liter V8 engine and re-vamped FABCAR chassis. The program is slated to compete in just 7 events this season, and is looking for additional sponsorship partners to contest the full 14-race championship. Cosmo was a World Speed Champ Car Atlantic driver during the 2001 season.

Mikel Miller who won numerous races in the Star Mazda Series with WSM in 1997-1998, and raced in the WSM Atlantic car, won the Grand American Cup finale in 2006. Miller is currently competing in select events in a variety of series, and coached Chris Cumming to the Star Mazda Expert Championship in 2008. Nicolas Rondet who podiumed in the Champ Car Atlantic Series with WSM during the same era is currently working with the Russell Racing School as a test driver for their latest school cars.


Past WSM Rising Star Award winners are also making headlines. The award, which is presented to top level karters, includes a free testing with WSM. 2007 winner Michael Self finished 6th in the Skip Barber Series in his first season in cars. 2002 winner Scott Speed raced two seasons of Formula 1 with Scuderia Toro Rosso and is winning in the ARCA series as he attempts to build a NASCAR career. Alan Scuito, who won the award in 2003 and finished on the podium in his first Atlantic race, is driving for Genoa Racing in his third season in Atlantic. Ryan Phinny who was awarded a free test day with WSM in 2004 is now racing for Matt Connolly Motorsports in the Grand Am Sports Car Series. Cole Whitt who also won a Rising Star Award in 2004 has been winning in USAC 410 Sprint Cars and was named the Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Rookie-of-the-Year. In 2007 he had 34 Top Ten Finishes in 60 Starts.

World Speed continues to train and develop future champions, and is hard at work winning with their future alumnus.