By Patrick Stephan Interesting day, that is almost, but not quite, over. First, we need to wrap up some of today’s MRTI action. Full details from Indy Lights, Pro Mazda, and USF2000 can be found at our sister site, TSOLadder.com Each series ran a pair of practices today. In USF2000, Jordan Lloyd led the first...
By Patrick Stephan Once they got the track fixed, the session was able to run to completion here in St. Petersburg, with Will Power taking over the top spot after he put on some new tires for a late session run that resulted in a lap time of just 1:00.9431. For reference, the qualifying lap...
By Patrick Stephan As always happens here at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, things got a little busy. So, with that, let’s try to get caught up a bit. First – Will Power’s Penske team has been in full on thrash most to repair that damaged car. Members of all four teams have...
By Patrick Stephan As you would expect of the first session of the weekend on a street circuit, we had some drivers take their time getting on the track with Marco Andretti the last to make a lap (beyond just an install) at about the 30 minute mark of the session. The time sheet around...
By Patrick Stephan First order of business is my apology. I got to the hotel around 2:00am last night and didn’t quite pop out of bed at 6:00am as I’d planned. Toss in that I’m staying pretty far from the track (hotels are in short supply this weekend for a variety of reasons and EXPENSIVE),...
TORRANCE, Calif. (March 10, 2016) – Featuring a talented full-season lineup, updated Honda Indy V6 engine and enhanced aero kit bodywork, Honda opens the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series this weekend, seeking its seventh competitive manufacturers’ championship and 11th Indianapolis 500 victory. The manufacturer and its Honda Performance Development racing arm will present an impressive lineup
READ MOREINDIANAPOLIS, IN – March 10, 2016 – KVSH Racing announced today that GEICO, which first joined the team in 2008 and earned an Indianapolis 500 victory in 2013, will support KVSH Racing during the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season. This will be the ninth consecutive season that GEICO has been involved with the team. “We are extremely...
2016 marks second season for the Chevrolet-specific Aero Kit powered by the Chevy 2.2-liter V6 twin-turbo direct injected engine Chevrolet capped 2015 season by winning fourth consecutive Verizon IndyCar Series Manufacturer Championship as Scott Dixon was crowned Series’ champion and Juan Pablo Montoya put the Gold Bowtie in Victory Lane for the 99thrunning of the
READ MOREMore is better for INDYCAR 2016 television programming ABC ramps up for 100th Running of Indy 500 with programming, viewer enhancements NBCSN adds live practice telecasts for seven events INDYCAR looks to continue overall viewership surge with preferred race time slots INDIANAPOLIS (March 10, 2016) – ABC’s enhanced coverage of the epic 100th Running of
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