Two Top Ten Finishes for SPM at Pocono Long Pond, PA – August 23, 2015 – Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (SPM) drivers Ryan Briscoe and James Jakes both earned top-ten finishes in Sunday’s ABC Supply Co. Inc. 500 at Pocono Raceway. Briscoe finished eighth and Jakes finished tenth. Briscoe, who started 18th, endured a hard-fought race
READ MORERahal Letterman Lanigan Racing ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway Verizon IndyCar Series RACE NOTES/QUOTES – August 23, 2015 CONTACT FROM VAUTIER FORCED RAHAL TO RETIRE FROM THE ABC SUPPLY 500 IN 20TH PLACE GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 Steak ‘n Shake Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Obviously I’m frustrated. We had a pretty good race car today.
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier Apologizes if things are a bit scattered this evening…. As you’d expect, the top three finishers were very subdued after the race and their thoughts were all with Justin Wilson. Race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay was told initially that Wilson was in the ambulance with Sage Karam, and it wasn’t until after the...
From INDYCAR: Justin Wilson suffered a severe head injury during today’s event at Pocono Raceway. Wilson is currently in a coma and in critical condition while undergoing further evalutation at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA. INDYCAR sends its thoughts and prayers to Justin, his family, and Andretti Autosport during this difficult time....
By Joe Berkemeier What follows is the spoiler for today’s ABC Supply Co. 500. We know some of you are behind on your DVR’s or don’t like the finish being spoiled, but you need to keep Justin Wilson in your thoughts and prayers. Wilson was hit in the helmet by debris in a late race...
By Joe Berkemeier A few pre-race notes… The car of Charlie Kimball was allowed a full lap at speed in the morning warmup since he missed the final practice. Brad Goldberg (Kimball’s engineer) told us nothing came over from the car crashed yesterday. That car was a write-off. The car running today was meant to...
By Joe Berkemeier Good morning from the Pocono Raceway, where the ABC Supply Co. 500 will take place in a few hours. The TV broadcast on NBCSN starts at 2pm Eastern, with the green flag scheduled to drop at 2:46pm. Weather today, as yesterday, is gorgeous. Little cool this morning, and some fog in the...
LONG POND, Pa. Aug 22, 2015–Takuma Sato and Jack Hawksworth qualified ninth and 14th respectively for the ABC Supply 500 under sunny skies at Pocono Raceway. Sato, who was fifth in the morning practice, posted a two-lap average speed of 219.578 mph to start outside of row three. Hawksworth, who was 10th in practice, posted
READ MORE* Honda driver continues fight for IndyCar Series championship * Five Honda drivers post top-10 qualifying runs * Third of three 500-mile races in 2015 Honda’s Graham Rahal continued his late-season run for the Verizon IndyCar Series championship Saturday at Pocono Raceway in northeastern Pennsylvania, qualifying fifth for Sunday’s ABC Supply Company Pocono 500. With
READ MORELONG POND, Penn (August 22, 2015) – Helio Castroneves is the Verizon P1 Award winner for the fourth time in the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season. With a two-lap average speed of 220.530 mph, the driver of the No. 3 Shell V-Power Nitro + Team Penske Chevrolet have will the best seat in the house
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