BIRMINGHAM (April 20, 2018) – Three Chevrolet 2.2 liter twin turbocharged V6 drivers topped the time and speed charts after two round of practice for Sunday’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park. Defending Verizon IndyCar Series (VICS) champion and Barber defending race winner Josef Newgarden posted the best time of the combined results
READ MOREBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 20, 2018) – Honda’s pair of 2018 early-season Indy car race winners – Sebastien Bourdais and Alexander Rossi – led the way for the manufacturer Friday at Barber Motorsports Park, in preparation for Sunday’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Bourdais, winner of the Verizon IndyCar Series opening race last month in
READ MORERahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Verizon IndyCar Series PRACTICE NOTES/QUOTES – Friday, April 20, 2018 SATO AND RAHAL WERE EIGHTH AND TENTH FASTEST IN PRACTICE FOR THE HONDA INDY GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA 1st: Josef Newgarden 1:07.4345 / 122.786 mph 8th: Takuma Sato 1:08.0628 / 121.652 mph 10th: Graham Rahal 1:08.1076
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno and Steve Wittich The first of three busy days at Barber Motorsports Park is in the books. Today featured the combination of picture perfect weather, quintessential Southern hospitality in Birmingham and a busy, but never overly chaotic, schedule among the Verizon IndyCar Series, Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires and...
By Tony DiZinno and Steve Wittich We bumped into two of the drivers who made headlines last weekend in Long Beach before second practice. Graham Rahal noted that drivers are continuing to adjust to the new braking points with the new Dallara UAK18. He told TSO that because of the increased top-end speed, it remains...
By Tony DiZinno and Steve Wittich As Barber is the last race weekend before the month of May at Indianapolis, there’s a lot of final preparations being made for the 102nd Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. Here’s a few things we’ve gathered this morning walking through the paddock. — A couple notes from two...
By Tony DiZinno Before first practice kicked off at 11:15 a.m. CT and local time, four-time Verizon IndyCar Series champion – and Barber’s eternally podium-but-not-yet-winner – Scott Dixon paid a visit to the media center. He touched on his season so far, as well as address his recent announcement that he’d be on NBC’s next...
Note from Steve – there is nothing like getting to the track, and realizing that Tony had already prepared most of Friday’s open. Thanks, TDZ. As Tony notes below, it’s been a bit of a hectic few days of travel. I flew home from Long Beach on Monday, arriving back in Indianapolis, Ind. at 10...
By Tony DiZinno Let’s face facts: when you are fortunate enough to do what we get to do, essentially live out our dreams moving from the grandstands into the media center and bringing the coverage of the racing series we love to you, our loyal Trackside Online readers and subscribers, it’s easy to pinch yourself
READ MOREThe first starting lineup of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season, today’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, is confirmed with Firestone tire designations. The majority of the field will start on Firestone’s red alternate tire, while Zach Veach, Charlie Kimball and Zachary Claman DeMelo are the three drivers who will start on the primary...
