By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) The official Practice #3 started under clear blue skies with just a touch of haze off to the southwest. The temperature is now up to 68F with the track at 93F and the humidity at 55%. The wind is what I’d call a “solid breeze” blowing perpendicular to the front straight....
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Good morning from Road America where its currently 10:15am and 67F ambient, with the track at 87F and we have 58% humidity. Seems like it might be a touch on the chilly side at night for all these campers, but otherwise great weather for racing. I’ll update a couple driver’s from yesterday, using their own...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Ok, lets wrap up Friday’s action from Road America. First, sorry for not realizing we had this weird schedule which had our two normal practices and then a “warm-up/pit stop practice” that was NOT practice session #3 at the end of the day. INDYCAR has their reasons for this unusual schedule...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Well, sometimes we get confused and sometimes things really are confusing! Today is one of the latter! After Practice #2 we got another real practice, but it was NOT Practice #3. Instead it is labeled the Warm-Up/Pit Stop Practice. I initially thought we wouldn’t even get a time sheet. Normally for...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Well, the key to getting around Road America is very clearly to use ALL of the available race track, including some curbing and some grass/dirty areas. We saw time and again driver’s pushing the limits of both the track and themselves. Quite a few instances of big time opposite lock and...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Couple quick notes before practice session #2 starts at an almost sunny but hazy Road America. Engines First, happened to run in to Dale Coyne on my way to eat lunch in the paddock area. He confirmed that Ferrucci’s problem was indeed engine related, but that engine was now mileaged out,...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) The practice session was delayed a few minutes as a couple safety cars were still on track cleaning up some things from the Indy Lights practice. The temperatures at the start of the session were 69F ambient and 92F on the track with humidity at 46%. The track distance for the...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Good morning from Road America. By the time you see this, Steve will have already covered three practice sessions over at TSOLadder.com for the Road to Indy. This is the first time since the Indy GP that we have the NTT IndyCar Series, Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires, Indy Pro...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The NTT IndyCar Series summer of action is upon us. Summer officially starts on Friday, June 21, coinciding with the start of the REV Group Grand Prix At Road America. And, the sunny season comes to a close on Monday, September 23, one day after the champion is crowned at the...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) That was a very interesting and at least to me, entertaining race. No, there wasn’t a bunch of easy passing, and some driver’s couldn’t pass at all. But, some could! So for me, the “package” seemed to work fairly well, though not perfectly. If I had to give the package a...
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