Simon Pagenaud made his second qualifying simulation after the runs by Daly and Herta. Like his teammate Power before him, his effort ended after the first two corners of the first two corners. His first lap was 229.117mph, but when he got to Turn 1, he had a big pair of slides in Turn 1,...
READ MOREWith four hours left, the first yellow flag of the day came out for a track inspection. The downtime lasted 15-minutes as the AMR INDYCAR Safety Team. The first driver on track after the downtime was Pato O’Ward, who improved with four laps at 230.581mph, 230.077mph, 228.836mph 229.998mph moving him to 13th quickest. The second...
READ MOREThe green flag for Fast Friday dropped precisely at 11 am. The first driver on track was Graham Rahal, who immediately went into a qualifying simulation. He turned three laps at 225.419mph, 225.374 mph, and 225.383mph, before being called to pit road. He was called back to pit road by his crew, who told him...
READ MOREGood morning from Fast Friday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Horsepower is about to be cranked up, and speeds could be the quickest in the last 25-years. Much of just how fast the cars go, will come down to the weather. According to @Indycar_wxman, it should be a mostly dry, warm, and relatively calm day....
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The green flag came out to start the final three hours of practice, Newgarden, Rahal, Power, Ericsson, Kellett, Pagenaud, Karam, Rosenqvist, O’Ward, Veach, Hunter-Reay and Sato all took to the track. The next hour of practice was jam-packed, with groups of six to 15 cars all simulating race running. With two-hours remaining,...
READ MOREThe 32 drivers completed just over 1,500 miles (600 laps) in the first hour of practice. The busiest drivers were Charlie Kimball and Dalton Kellett. The A.J. Foyt Racing duo had each turned 34 laps with Kimball 3rd on the time-sheet and Kellett a solid 27th. Things remained busy for the next 30-minutes, and with...
READ MOREBefore the second day of Indianapolis 500 practice got underway, the No. 81 DragonSpeed USA Chevrolet of Ben Hanley took to the track at 10:38 am to complete at least one of the two phases of the veteran refresher course they needed to be approved to take part in the remainder of the Thursday’s practice....
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Today’s schedule is pretty simple. 10am – 11am —> DragonSpeed and Ben Hanley veteran refresher11am – 5:30pm —> Indianapolis 500 practice According to @Indycar_Wxman, it’s going to be another great day for Indianapolis 500 practice. I was just outside for a little bit, and it’s...
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By Steve Wittich I’m just about to leave home for the track but wanted to pass along a few notes before heading out. First things, first. Not having fans in the stands or wandering the grounds was unnerving. There was no smell of bacon cooking from the residents of Lot 2 as I made my...
READ MOREThe first driver on track for the 150-minute session to finish the day was Alexander Rossi. The 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner turned laps solo but had to come in early when the cooling hose to his helmet came off. The Californian got out of the car and tried a different helmet and cooling hose. With
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