AVONDALE, La. (April 12, 2015) – James Hinchcliffe had a premonition midway through the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana when his crew ordered him not to make a pit stop like the rest of the Verizon IndyCar Series field leaders at NOLA Motorsports Park. The hunch came true when the Canadian driver took the
READ MORENew Orleans, La. – Heavy thunderstorms forced a condensed schedule and then caused the second race to be canceled altogether when the Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires paid its first-ever “regular” season visit to NOLA Motorsports Park for the Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Louisiana. Through it all, Uruguayan rookie Santiago Urrutia displayed
READ MORENew Orleans, La. – Second-year drivers put their experience to good use in this morning’s Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Louisiana, held in extremely wet conditions. Brazilian Victor Franzoni proved to be the cream of the crop as he rose from second on the grid to take his first win of the young season for
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier Well, they got the event in, but it sure doesn’t feel like they got a race in. Again, just 31 minutes and 22 laps of green flag running took place in today’s race. That meant the remaining 25 laps – well over an hour of the timed 105-minute race...
By Joe Berkemeier The cars got a quick 5 minute warmup around 1:25pm, with much of the usual pre-race activities not done on the track. After the warmup, the cars lined up on the grid. As expected, a wet start was declared, nullifying the usual primary/alternate tire restrictions. On the green flag, everyone stayed in...
By Joe Berkemeier A quick weather update: The weather has cleared significantly and the rain has also let up. Track drying efforts have begun. One team owner told us that the estimated time to dry the track was 90 minutes, so perhaps this race will start “on time” or very close to on time since...
By Joe Berkemeier The second Pro Mazda race has been cancelled due to the conditions and will be made up at a later date. ===== Below is the starting lineup and tire selections from each team. The KV Racing team didn’t turn in a tire selection and INDYCAR chose primary tires for them. Of course,...
After suffering a hard crash at the exit of Turn 13 during practice on Friday, JDC Motorsports driver Kyle Connery took a trip to the hospital complaining of back pain. He underwent precautionary tests and was released from the hospital later that evening, and was cleared to drive by INDYCAR medical officials His JDC Motorsports...
By Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier The morning warm-up ended up being cancelled due to the weather conditions. In addition to very large amounts of water that the track is trying to remove with (among other things) a snowplow, the current weather is so poor that the safety helicopter either * cannot take off to...
By Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier Good morning from the Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana, where it’s been a wet start to the final day of activities with rain already. The forecast for today? It again calls for rain and thunderstorms all day, so we again could be scrambling to get the action in. The...
