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Practice #2 – Saturday – Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
By Patrick Stephan Well, that was a bit of a messy session. With the marine layer hanging over the track, the ambient temperature was just 62F with the track at 71.1F midway through the all car session. With 27 cars of course, traffic would become an issue, but the story was also about driver’s trying...
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Quick Saturday Morning Schedule Reminder
By Patrick Stephan Just a quick conditions and schedule note before practice gets going here in Long Beach. Currently it’s 61F and we’ve still got the marine layer sitting over the track, so the track temp is just 78.7F. That’s 30 degrees cooler than we’ll see when the NTT INDYCAR Series takes to the track...
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Friday End of Day Press Conference Notes – Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
After the today’s lone practice session, Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist were brought into the spacious media center located in the west ballroom of the Long Beach Convention Center. O’Ward, and Rosenqvist basically hugged for a moment, with some laughs as the former teammates greeted each other and then took their seats for the press...
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NTT INDYCAR Series Practice #1 – Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
By Patrick Stephan Officially here at the track, the ambient temperature is 63F with the track at 113F as practice begins. [Side Note: Much better than the 38F and raining my wife is “enjoying” back home while watching my daughter play a high school soccer game.] Steve sent along a note reminding me that last...
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Quick Welcome to the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
By Patrick Stephan Good afternoon, evening, (and morning for some of our subscribers), from the streets of Long Beach, California. As is normal for my travel schedule, I took an early-ish flight (7:55am) from Denver to arrive here in Long Beach in time for the Friday driver media bullpen session and then this afternoon’s first...
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A few notes prior to the Acura Grand Prix Of Long Beach track action getting underway
By. Steve Wittich I (Steve) have a few notes before passing the baton to Patrick for the remainder of the weekend. A few numbers: More about Théo (tay-O) Not surprisingly, Théo Pourchaire will be behind the wheel of the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet as David Malukas continues to recover from his mountain biking injury. With Callum...
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Indianapolis 500 open test note book
By Steve Wittich ‘Winning’ Testing For the fourth straight year, Josef Newgarden ‘won’ the open test held before the Indianapolis 500. The No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet of Josef Newgarden crosses the The Yard of Bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during an Indianapolis 500 open test on April 10, 2024 ((Photo Courtesy of...
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Indianapolis 500 Open Test Day #1 notes and resutls
By Steve Wittich A clean veteran session got the first day of an NTT INDYCAR SERIES open test started with 28 of the 34 cars taking to the track. The fastest speed at the entry of Turn 1 in the early veteran session was Josef Newgarden at 233.097mph. The fastest speed at the entry of...
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Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500 open test
By Steve Wittich Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway media center, where we’ll be bringing you coverage of a two-day open test in preparation for the 108th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge The schedule for the two days of testing (weather permitting) is: Wednesday9 am – 9:05 am – NTT INDYCAR SERIES install laps...
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