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PRO MAZDA

Former BRDC British F3 frontrunner Toby Sowery will make his Pro Mazda debut at Road America this weekend, having signed a one-event deal with the BN Racing squad.

Sowery has been racing in International GT Open in a Lamborghini with Giuseppe Cipriani this year, and has competed in two triple-header rounds of the Italian Formula 4 Championship – with a best result of two thirds – for the KDC Racing team of Monisha Kaltenborn and Emily di Comberti.

Sowery is no stranger to the Road to Indy ladder after racing in USF2000, one rung below Pro Mazda, last year in the Barber Motorsports Park round.

“Returning to competition in North America is something that I have been working towards for quite some time,” Sowery told Autosport. “I can’t thank BN Racing enough for the opportunity and look to make them proud at Road America.”

BN Racing team manager Bryn Nuttall added: “I am really excited to have Toby join our programme. He is a talented driver and an obvious threat for race wins and podium results in whichever series he enters. I think with two test days this week, he will be right on pace to challenge at the front of the field in our next event.”

Nuttall was speaking before the test at Road America last weekend, where Sowery managed to go 10th quickest.

Sowery, who was twice a Mclaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist in 2015 and ’16, will join fellow Brit Harrison Scott – who is fourth in the championship with RP Motorsport – on the Pro Mazda grid.