From start to checkered, today’s Grand Prix of Long Beach saw nothing but green flags and blue skies for 80 solid laps of racing. A top-of-the-field finish wasn’t in the cards for the Andretti quartette today, and the team now packs up and heads east for Round 4 of competition at the scenic Barber Motorsports
READ MORETHE RACE Starting from the 16th position, Alexander Rossi and the Andretti Herta Autosport team showed consistent and competitive pace throughout the entire race, running as high as 11th. The No. 98 Castrol Edge/ Curb Honda suffered from a difficult second pit stop. As the car came into the pits, the machine stalled and struggled...
NEWGARDEN EARNS TOP 10 FINISH IN CAUTION-FREE LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX 80 Laps Of Green Flag Racing Yields A 10th Place For Josef Newgarden (LONG BEACH, Calif.) April 17, 2016 – Race Notes A completely green race and tough passing conditions were the main storylines of today’s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, where Ed
READ MOREToyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Race Results Click HERE to view and download the official box score from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. LONG BEACH, Calif. – Results Sunday of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 1.968-mile Streets of Long Beach circuit, with order of finish, starting position in...
By Joe Berkemeier and Patrick Stephan Much of the confusion you might have seen during the race about why Simon Pagenaud was issued a warning has to do with the rules in the INDYCAR rulebook. For instance, there’s this rule: 7.1.3.5 The pit lane will start and end at points designated by INDYCAR. The pit...
John Green to drive Chevrolet Pace Car at Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS, Sunday, April 17, 2016 – Acclaimed young adult fiction author and Indiana native John Green will serve as the honorary Pace Car driver in a 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe for the Verizon IndyCar Series Angie’s List Grand Prix of
READ MOREby Joe Berkemeier What follows is the spoiler of today’s 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. ===== Helio Castroneves led the field into Turn 1 and things actually stayed pretty steady on Lap 1. Marco Andretti slowed in the back with a throttle sensor issue but was able to resume a few seconds back....
By Joe Berkemeier and Patrick Stephan Yes, you did see that byline right – both Patrick and I are here. While we’ve both been doing TSO for many years, and we’ve worked races together before on super-busy weekends, we haven’t actually worked an IndyCar race day together in over 5 years. For a decent amount...
By Joe Berkemeier The thirty-minute morning warmup ran clean and green with no red flags to pause the action. Temps were 73 ambient / 83 track at the start of the session. James Hinchcliffe was caught visiting the Turn 8 runoff, but was able to resume by himself with some nifty usage of the loud...
By Joe Berkemeier Good morning from Long Beach California, where it’s race day for the 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. It’s another beautiful day – temps forecast to reach the mid 80’s, no clouds for miles, no chance of rain. This is not a recording. Here is today’s schedule (all times Pacific): 9:00...
