TORONTO – Garett Grist became the first Canadian to win an Indy car race on the streets of Toronto in 10 years in the second race of the Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Toronto.

Antoine Bessette won the Toyota Atlantic Series race on July 10, 2005.

It was the fourth career Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires win for the 20-year-old Juncos Racing driver from Grimsby, Ontario, who started from the pole for the first time this season.

The race ended under caution on Lap 17 when the No. 14 of Alessandro Latif (World Speed Motorsports) tangled with Race 1 winner Florian Latorre of Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing.

“It’s been a difficult start to the year,” Grist said. “I’ve been happy with my driving, but we’ve had some issues out of our control that took us out of races. But the guys have worked hard and you could see that this weekend. I was back up front, where we belong. And it’s great to get a win here. I’ve been coming to this event since I started racing karts, watching guys like (James) Hinchcliffe, so this is great.”

Weiron Tan of Andretti Autosport finished second and 16-year-old Pato O’Ward of Team Pelfrey scored his second consecutive podium.

Santiago Urrutia of Team Pelfrey extended his championship points lead to 30 over Neil Alberico of Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing.

In Race 1, Latorre, the 2014 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda champion, won his first race of the season on the streets of Exhibition Place for the second consecutive year. Timothe Buret finished third.