TSO readers, as things quickly transition to preparations for Detroit, we have another report on the Indy 500. This time from Butch Welsch as he recaps the 500 from his seat “in the front row of the Paddock Penthouse, just south of the start finish line”. Oh, and how quickly were teams moving on to...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Since I (Steve) have been rather noisy on social media about Fernando Alonso winning the Sunoco Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award over Ed Jones, I think I need to explain my thought process in more then 140 characters. The award was chosen by the media, and for full disclosure, I
READ MORESee below for the links to updated Spotter Guides. Version 5 if you are keeping score at home – that’ll happen when you have an entire final row made of drivers not originally in the field. IndySpotter_2015v5_XL IndySpotter_2015v5_
READ MOREPre-Event to Kick-Off Indy 500 Week At Dallara Indy Car Factory Benefiting the Survivors of Violence Foundation INDIANAPOLIS (May 5, 2015) – BRANDed Management, a sports and entertainment management, events and public relations agency, announced today the 500 Prelude Party benefiting the Survivors of Violence Foundation. The second annual event will be held at the
READ MOREJuan Piedrahita was the first driver to venture out onto the damp and foggy 2.3 mile 17-turn road-course. The day featured on and off showers (including a red flag inducing downpour around noon) and a wet track for the majority of the day. Ten different drivers representing five different teams used the day long session
READ MORECooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Winterfest Driver’s Championship Rank Driver Points 1 Nico Jamin 136 2 Victor Franzoni 131 3 Jake Eidson 128 4 Anthony Martin 110 5 Aaron Telitz 108 6 Parker Thompson 88 7 Garth Rickards 82 8 Jordan Lloyd 76 9 Nikita Lastochkin 66 10 Luke Gabin 65 11 Ayla Agren
READ MOREAfter throwing down a quick last lap in the first Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire race of the day, Juncos Racing’s Will Owen started on the pole of the Cooper Tires Winterfest finale. Championship contenders Jack Aitken and Weiron Tan, started from the fourth and second positions, respectively. As they came around the final
READ MOREJohn Cummiskey Racing driver Jordan Lloyd made a mistake on the first pace lap and hit the inside ARMCO exiting Turn 9, damaging the nose and front left suspension. Unfortunatley, that was the end of his day. Starting second Franzoni made a brave late braking maneuver and pass around the outside of pole sitter and
READ MOREPro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire drivers were given two pace laps to try and build heat into their slick Coopers. For the fourth straight Cooper Tires Winterfest Pro Mazda race pole sitter Jack Aitken and Weiron Tan started together on the front row. Aitken got the jump on Tan, while Nicholas Latifi made an
READ MOREMissing the first race Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda race were James Dayson (damage from morning warm-up crash), Santiago Lozano (damage from yesterday’s practice crash), Yufeng Luo (family emergency) and Keyran Andres Soori the flu). The drivers were allowed an extra pace lap to warm up their slick Cooper Tires in the cool temperatures
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