By Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier As in years past, this is a big event for Honda. How big? They’ve distributed 15,000 tickets to this event to the associates that work at their facilities located near this track. So plenty of Honda-related events at the facility this weekend. One of those things was Honda deciding...
Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda qualifying USF2000 championship leader Nico Jamin will be starting the on the pole for the eighth straight race and ninth time this season. The French driver will be honoring his fallen Formula 1 countryman this weekend. Meanwhile, Jamin’s closest championship competitor Jake Eidson continued his string of starting every...
LEXINGTON, OH, July 31, 2015 – Former Ohio State Wide Receiver Joey Galloway will serve as the Grand Marshal for the Honda Indy 200, taking place July 31-August 2 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Galloway will perform the standard Grand Marshal duties for the Verizon IndyCar Series race that headlines the weekend, which include giving
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier After three 40 minute practice sessions yesterday the 18 drivers entered Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio took to the 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course at 10:05am for a 25 minute practice session. Two time Mid-Ohio winner Garett Grist and his Juncos Racing teammate Will Owen ended the...
By Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier After three 40 minute practice sessions yesterday the 18 drivers entered Cooper Tires Pro Mazda Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio took to the 2.258-mile, 13-turn road course at 10:05am for a 25 minute practice session. Two time Mid-Ohio winner Garett Grist and his Juncos Racing teammate Will Owen ended the...
Mid-Ohio 1st Road Race since Mid-June Indianapolis –For the first time since the Angie’s List Grand Prix at Indianapolis, the Verizon Indycar Series will visit a permanent road course. Mid-Ohio first appeared on the Indycar schedule in 1980, and has been a fan favorite every year the series has returned there. It is also a favorite of...
A warm welcome back and a sad goodbye I (Steve) arrived at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Thursday. This is the one event a year that I (Steve) camp at, so after getting my tent and other gear set up (I forgot to take a picture, but will be sure to do so later),...
By Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier Good morning from the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, where a very busy weekend is underway for the Honda Indy 200. We’ve already had practice sessions for the USF2000 series, along with the first full practice session of the weekend for the Indy Lights series. Here is the rest of...
LEXINGTON, Ohio July 30, 2015–It seems like only yesterday that Takuma Sato, the personable driver who hails from Tokyo, visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during May in 2009 and watched Indy cars thunder through Turn 1 without lifting, leaving him awestruck but intrigued. “I was shocked!” Sato recalled. “It was just amazing to see the
READ MOREMID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE PREVIEW SHELBY BLACKSTOCK NO. 51 STARSTRUCK MAZDA “I’m really looking forward to getting back to one of my favorite tracks in North America as we head to Mid-Ohio for the second to last round of the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires Championship. This season has been very tough and I’ve
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