2014 Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Pro Challenge schedule set

Skip Racing Racing School has confirmed the schedule for the 2014  Pro Challenge. The Pro Challenge is a professional racing series designed to launch the career of talented sports car drivers. In its third season racing alongside the Mazda MX-5 Cup, a talented pool of Skip Barber Racing School graduates and Skip Barber Winter and Summer Challenge Race Series alumni will compete for take another step up the professional racing ladder to the Mazda MX-5 Cup.

Registration for the series is now open at 800.221.1131. The full season price starts at $65,000 with options available to limit a driver's liability for crash damage. Single race seats are also available. Drivers will compete in equally prepared and maintained Skip Barber Mazda MX-5 Cup cars.

2014 MAZDASPEED Pro Challenge Prizes1st Place

$75,000 Scholarship from Mazda for the 2015 Mazda MX-5 Cup

One (1) set of racing slicks per race

Entry Fees for the 2015 Mazda MX-5 Cup2nd Place

Full Season in 2015 MAZDASPEED Pro Challenge  3rd Place

Half a season in 2015 MAZDASPEED Pro Challenge2014 MAZDASPEED Pro Challenge Schedule

Kenton Koch, 19, from Glendora, Calif., had a dominant season in the 2013 Pro Challenge. Pictured left with the Playboy girls after winning the final round of the season at Road Atlanta. Koch won 9 of the season's 11 races.

"The year couldn't have gone better, and the Skip Barber mechanics put together a great car," said Koch after the final race. "I am so grateful to the Mazda team and Skip Barber Racing School for this opportunity to do what I love."

Koch worked his way through the Skip Barber Racing School system starting in the Skip Barber Formula 2000 car. He moved from the 2010 Karting Scholarship Shootout over to the MAZDASPEED Challenge in 2012 using the scholarship system to its fullest.