By Patrick Stephan Today’s only Verizon IndyCar Series practice session got started with the Ambient temperature at 66, and the track at 89 degrees. Max Chilton started the session standing on the pit box as his Ganassi crew was working to make a rear brake change on his car. On the track, Simon Pagenaud was...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin – Rumors of Team Penske’s demise in the Verizon IndyCar Series have been greatly exaggerated. Despite four wins in the first eight races of the 2017 season, Team Penske has not lived up to the dominating status of last season when it won 10 of the 16 races....
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin – It’s been an unusual season for Team Penske as three of the four drivers have won this season but none of them are dominant. Team Penske showed dominance in Friday’s second practice session, however, as Josef Newgarden led a 1-2-3-4 sweep of the fast times at...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin – Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport had the fastest speed of Friday’s first practice sessions for Sunday’s Kohler Grand Prix. The session ended with about 3:40 left because of a crash by Ryan Hunter-Reay in Turn 14. After each driver completed their installation laps, it was...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin – With Patrick not arriving until Saturday, I’m back on duty for Friday’s coverage of the Verizon IndyCar Series action in the Kohler Grand Prix at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Steve is once again in charge of the Mazda Road to Indy coverage with the ladder series competing...
READ MOREAfter a very successful return to “America’s National Park of Speed” in 2016, the Verizon IndyCar Series is back for a second engagement in the Kettle Moraine region of Central Wisconsin. Road America General Manager George Bruggenthies told Dave Kallman of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the event drew as large a crowd as any...
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ELKHART LAKE, Wis., October 3, 2016 – Building on the success of this year’s Verizon IndyCar Series KOHLER Grand Prix, officials from Road America and announced today a special 4-day ticket package available until December 31 for $120 that includes garage access, free parking, a pace car ride sweepstakes and a special collectable can koolie. The KOHLER Grand Prix returns to Road
READ MORENotes & Quotes: Kohler Grand Prix at Road America Takuma Sato: No. 14 ABC Supply Honda Jack Hawksworth: No. 41 ABC Supply Honda Takuma Sato On: His first impression of Road America: “Road America is very impressive and a great fun track as expected. I’ve heard so many positive stories about Road America since I
READ MOREGEHL RETURNS TO RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN RACING AS PRIMARY SPONSOR FOR GRAHAM RAHAL’S ENTRY IN THE KOHLER GRAND PRIX AT ROAD AMERICA BROWNSBURG, Ind. (June 15, 2016) – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced today that the Gehl brand, part of Manitou Americas, Inc. has returned as co-primary sponsor of the team’s No. 15 Verizon IndyCar Series entry
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