LEXINGTON, Ohio – Another race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Kyle Kirkwood resulted in another victory on Sunday.

The 20-year-old from Jupiter, Fla., doubled up on his performance for the Italian-owned RP Motorsport USA team by sweeping the weekend and scoring his fifth victory from the last six races in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires.

Kirkwood now lies only 13 points behind Rasmus Lindh with five races remaining in the quest for a scholarship to facilitate the graduation next year to Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, the top step on the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires ladder system.

Juncos Racing teammates Sting Ray Robb and Lindh completed the podium, with Robb coming out on top to equal his career best finish.

“I’m not going to have much emotion until we come to the final checkers of the year; as soon as this one was done, my mind went to what’s next,” said a cool Kirkwood in victory lane. “I have done well here, but a lot of that is knowledge, since I’ve tested and raced here so much. It’s one of my favorite tracks – it’s very technical compared to some of the other racetracks and with the changing asphalt and changing conditions, the grip changes dramatically. Whenever I’ve come here, I’ve had a good car, and today was no different.

“Today wasn’t as easy as yesterday, because I roasted my front tires early in the race and had to nurse the Cooper tires through the middle part of the race. The caution actually helped me to cool my tires and get back into a groove,” Kirkwood added. “We’re here to win races, that’s why we’re here. We have five races to go and anything can happen.”

A mid-pack incident as the cars were bunched together prior to the green flag caused Canadian Antoine Comeau, making his Road to Indy debut this weekend with the new Turn 3 Motorsport team owned by Peter Dempsey, to suffer a broken front wing.

As a result, the start was waved off and title contender Danial Frost, who had qualified second, was judged guilty by the race stewards of failing to maintain a constant speed prior to the green flag. Frost took the restart for the 25-lap race from the back of the field.

Meanwhile, Kirkwood took off into the lead at the restart and controlled the proceedings, although Canadian Parker Thompson remained within a second and a half until another full-course caution was initiated after 19 laps due to a spin in turn nine by Moises de la Vara.

The final restart with three laps remaining saw Kirkwood once again confirm his superiority, pulling away to win by a comfortable 3.4783 seconds and securing yet another PFC Award for RP Motorsport USA as the winning team.

The battle behind saw Robb make a great jump when the green flag waved – enough to draw alongside Thompson on the run toward turn one.

Thompson attempted to brave it out on the high line but his resulting loss of momentum allowed Lindh also to sneak past into third. The trio took the checkered flag in that order, separated by just over a second.

Lindh also earned the Tilton Hard Charger Award, after moving his way from a disappointing sixth on the grid to third at the finish.

Guatemalan Ian Rodriguez secured another top-five finish for RP Motorsport USA, while the drive of the race was posted by Frost, who fought back from his penalty and was rewarded with a hard-earned sixth position ahead of teammate Nikita Lastochkin.