Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Verizon IndyCar Series NOTES/QUOTES – Friday, April 7, 2017 PENNGRADE DRIVER RAHAL 12TH FASTEST IN PRACTICE FOR THE TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH 1) Will Power 1:07.0880 / 105.617 mph 12) Graham Rahal 1:07.8118 / 104.477 mph GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 PennGrade Motor Oil
READ MORECONOR DALY (No. 4 ABC Supply AJ Foyt Chevrolet): “We had a really big improvement in the second session which was nice. Sadly we had an overboost (penalty) and traffic on our fastest lap, so we lost a great deal of time which puts us down the order more than we should have been, but
READ MORELONG BEACH, California (Friday, April 7, 2017) – Experience paid off on opening day at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, with all seven past race winners entered this year finishing in the top eight on the combined speed chart. Will Power, a two-time Long Beach race winner, posted the best lap in the
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) I’m going to wrap up today’s coverage with this update, which includes the notes from Practice #2 and some post practice press conference notes. Gotta say, it’s been a quick day (well, excluding the getting up at 3am part). This weekend always feel special and a little weird in that the...
By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) First, a correction – because apparently I can’t actually READ!! It says plain as day on the IndyCar.com schedule that this session will NOT be streamed on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or IndyCar.com – because it’s live on NBCSN (It is streamed on their app I believe). According to the schedule, tomorrow...
By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) The official announcement is below, but the basics are that Zach Veach will drive the #40 car in the 2017 Indy 500 for AJ Foyt Racing. Sponsorship on the car will come from the “Indy Women in Tech Championship presented by Guggenheim” This is the new LPGA event coming to the...
By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Good morning folks from the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, or shall I say from the basement of the Long Beach Convention Center. Big thanks to Bruce Martin for helping us out covering some of the pre-race happenings from here in Long Beach. That update yesterday was nice. Personally, I...
BY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 LONG BEACH, California – There are some events on the Verizon IndyCar Series calendar that are races and others are events. And then there is the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. It’s more than a race, it’s more than an event – it’s a happening. It’s a...
Plainfield, IL (April 6, 2017) – Dale Coyne Racing enters the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach this weekend hot off a victory on the streets of St. Petersburg last month, giving the team and its drivers Sebastien Bourdais and Ed Jones plenty of momentum to take on the second round of the Verizon IndyCar
READ MOREFor the 43rd straight year the streets surrounding the harbor in the city of Long Beach, Calif. will play host to open wheel cars. The very first Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach was held in September 1975, and was a F5000 race won by Brian Redman. The annual “Roar By The Shoar” moved to...
