The Mazda Road to Indy announced offseason test dates and venues, starting with the Chris Griffis Memorial Mazda Road to Indy Test on Nov. 21-22 at the Circuit of The Americas near Austin, Texas.

The fifth annual test, held in honor of the late Schmidt Peterson Motorsports with Curb-Agajanian team manager, will feature all three levels of the Mazda Road to Indy – the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires and Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires.

In addition to serving as a jump-start on 2016 for established programs, the outing provides an opportunity for teams and drivers working on new programs and will see many drivers turning their first laps in their respective next steps on the Mazda Road to Indy ladder. The 20-turn, 3.427-mile road course has drawn rave reviews since hosting its first United States Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2012.

Series officials also confirmed a two-day test for Indy Lights at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida on Jan. 25 and Jan. 27, 2016, as well as a four-day Cooper Tires spring training test at Barber Motorsports Park, featuring all three series, on March 5-8.

The first day of testing for the Indy Lights teams at Homestead will take place on the 2.3-mile, 11-turn road course. After a day to change over the cars’ specifications, the teams will take to the venue’s 1.5-mile oval for an additional day on January 27.

Also, on March 5-8 all three series will test on the 2.3-mile Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham., Ala.

“We are excited to announce that our fifth annual Chris Griffis test will take place at COTA and will give our current drivers and newcomers to our series the opportunity to drive this state-of-the-art circuit,” said Dan Andersen, owner and CEO of Andersen Promotions. “Numerous teams and drivers have used this as a ‘try-out’ and we are pleased to continue to offer this now traditional test. 

“Based on the input from our team owners, we have decided to replace our pre-season winterfest event with spring training at Barber, and will once again return to Homestead-Miami Speedway for a two-day Indy Lights test. Our 2016 schedule is coming together nicely, and we look forward to unveiling this in the coming months.”