MARCO ANDRETTI (No. 27 Snapple Honda): “Honestly, it was the hardest fought 10th (place) of my career. Sort of just different balances all the time – three problem cars in every corner. We were really on top of the racetrack, but we’ll work to figure things out sooner rather than later.” SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS (No. 11
READ MOREST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sunday, March 29, 2015) – Juan Pablo Montoya held off Team Penske teammate and reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion Will Power over the final 27 laps to win the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg by 0.9930 of a second. Montoya held a 3.3-second advantage over Power following an exchange of
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Ok, I have to run back to Naples tonight so I can get up in the dark and head to the airport with my family in the morning, so this close will be brief. Will Power said his move on Juan Montoya was “optimistic”. But he thought that was the only shot...
Here are a couple photos Patrick Stephan took on Sunday at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg...
By Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD The start of the “aero kit” era happened under beautiful skies here in St. Pete, with the field pretty well aligned as the waited for the green flag to wave. Everyone made it through turn 1, and heck, all the cars made it all the way...
By Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD Robby Gordon and his crew were in again after another exciting Super Truck race. And yes, they are exciting, those trucks are bouncing all over the place and we even had a couple hooked together for a while. Robby is very proud of how tough these...
By Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD Going through the notebook from Saturday discovered more goodies from Chip Ganassi. For background, it was very much a conversational interview, with a lot of bouncing from topic to topic. On the aero kits: Ganassi isn’t sure how to gauge the costs/rewards. He said the casual...
SP Car Driver Name C/E/T Tire 1 1 Power, Will D/C/F Alternate 2 22 Pagenaud, Simon D/C/F Alternate 3 3 Castroneves, Helio D/C/F Alternate 4 2 Montoya, Juan Pablo D/C/F Alternate 5 14 Sato, Takuma D/H/F Alternate 6 11 Bourdais, Sebastien D/C/F Alternate 7 10 Kanaan, Tony D/C/F Alternate 8 28 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F Alternate
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD Ed Jones started on the pole and was hoping to duplicate Saturday’s victory where he started on the pole and led every lap. Max Chilton started on the outside of Row 1 with Jack Harvey and Scott Hargrove in the second row of the 13-car field....
TSO NOTE: Sorry Foyt fans, this came in late, but we missed sending it! Apologies! Qualifying Report: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg PETERSBURG, Fla. March 28, 2015—Takuma Sato became the Honda standard bearer in qualifying today as he put his No. 14 ABC Supply Honda in the fifth starting slot for the Firestone Grand
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