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...
America’s Youngest Open-Wheel Professional Signs with World Speed Motorsports
After receiving invitations from a number of Fran-Am teams, 14-year-old karting sensation Brad Coleman has elected to sign with World Speed Motorsports. Located at Infineon Raceway in California’s wine country, the World Speed team will prepare the Houston, Texas...
WSM Rising Star Award Winners Sciuto and Coleman Ace World Speed/Team MMI Fran Am Test
Junior National Champion Alan Sciuto (Orange, CA) and rookie sensation Brad Coleman (Houston, TX) had Christmas come early as the two 14-year-old prodigies drove a Formula Fran Am 1600 at the famed Buttonwillow Raceway this past weekend. Courtesy of World Speed...
McDowell Secures Pole Position, Fastest Lap, and Win At His Home Track
Michael McDowell, captured the pole, set fast lap of the race, and was able to put it all together to bring home his third victory in the last four races for the MMI / World Speed Motorsports team this past weekend, in his home town of sunny Phoenix Arizona. In...
McDowell Claims Back-to-Back Victories at Infineon Raceway
After a trying qualifying session ending with Michael McDowell sitting off pole, McDowell was able to lead every lap and claim the win for his World Speed Motorsports/MMI team in round six of the Fran-Am 1600 championship. McDowell finished with over a 30-second...
Alan Scuito and Brad Coleman Selected as WSM 2002 Rising Stars
For the second year in a row, World Speed Motorsports has awarded a test to drivers at the SKUSA SuperNationals in Las Vegas, NV. This time in the Pro Fran-Am 1600 car, to two drivers (Alan Sciuto and Brad Coleman), with Team MMI Karting support and to drivers in the...
McDowell Wins at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Lady luck smiled at Michael McDowell this weekend in Las Vegas as he was able to shake off a string on mechanical problems and contact from another driver to score his first career victory in the Fran-Am 1600 Championship. McDowell, fresh from the Karting ranks and...
Pole Position and Track Record For McDowell In Formula Renault
With 3 laps remaining in Round Two of the Fran-AM 1600 West Coast Championship race at Portland International Raceway Michael McDowell was cruising towards victory. After starting on pole position in his MMI Karting/World Speed Motorsports entry, McDowell had led...
Figge Fastest in Race Day Practice at Milwaukee Toyota Atlantic Race
In contrast to what the Atlantic teams had experienced throughout the Miler Lite 250 race weekend, Sunday greeted them with cool temperatures and mostly overcast skies for their final session before this afternoon’s 70-lap race. The rain looming on the horizon later...
CART Driver Figge Fast at Firebird
Hot off of setting the race's fastest lap in his first career CART Toyota Atlantic start in Monterrey, Mexico, World Speed Motorsports' new recruit Alex Figge continued to be on the pace at the team's recent test at Firebird International Raceway, near Phoenix,...
World Speed’s Alex Figge Sets Fastest Lap of CART Toyota Atlantic Race in Mexico
World Speed Motorsports' Alex Figge certainly left his mark in Mexico by setting the fastest lap of the race and finishing solidly in the points in his first-ever CART Toyota Atlantic Championship race today in Monterrey. Figge, who started 11th, earned five...
Michael McDowell to Contest 2002 Fran-Am 1600 Championship Series with World Speed Motorsports
Bill Mayer, president of Mayer Motorsports, Inc. (MMI), today announced that MMI will campaign karting standout Michael McDowell in the 2002 Fran-Am 1600 Championship Series. The MMI entry will be fielded by World Speed Motorsports, based in Palm Springs, California....
SKUSA Champion Scott Speed Tests World Speed Formula Mazda
In recognition for winning last November's Palace Station SKUSA SuperNationals in Las Vegas, Super Pro 125 champion Scott Speed recently had the opportunity to test a Formula Mazda with 2001 Star Formula Mazda championship-winning team World Speed Motorsports. Speed...
Alex Figge Joins World Speed Motorsports for 2002 CART Toyota Atlantic Championship
Chuck West, owner of World Speed Motorsports, today announced that Alex Figge has committed to drive for the team in the 2002 CART Toyota Atlantic Championship series. Figge, 20, whose previous experience includes the Star Formula Mazda and U.S. F2000 National...
Formula Renault 1600 Cars to be on Display at World Speed Open House.
World Speed Motorsports will hold a special open house on Saturday, December 8th. to feature the Fran-Am 1600 and Fran-Am 2000 cars as they prepare for the inaugural season in the United States. "We are excited to open our doors to the representatives of the Fran-Am...
World Speed Driver Scott Bradley Win 2001 Star Mazda Championship
Bradley claims championship, Stover captures first podium World Speed Motorsports wrapped up the 2001 Star Mazda Series North American Championship in style, with Scott Bradley wrapping up the championship and David Stover driving to a strong third place finish this...
