Steve Wittich
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HENDRICKSON TO BE THE PRIMARY SPONSOR OF THE NO. 44 HONDA POWERED ENTRY Katherine Legge Returns to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the Indianapolis 500 ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (February 9, 2023) – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced today that Hendrickson, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of suspension systems and components to the commercial transportation […]
MOORESVILLE, NC (February 7, 2023) – Following a 2022 season that saw Will Power win his second NTT INDYCARSERIES title in the No. 12 Verizon 5G Chevrolet, Team Penske and Verizon (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced a multi-year extension of their longtime partnership. Verizon will continue as the primary sponsor of Power and the No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet […]
By Steve Wittich This article focusing on some numbers from testing is the first of two or three final thoughts from NTT INDYCAR SERIES spring training posts that we are working on after a busy two days in the California desert. Win testing, win races, win the season? The NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers took part...
By Steve Wittich The first driver to turn laps during the afternoon portion of the final day of testing at The Thermal Club was Helio Castroneves. Seeing the No. 06 Meyer Shank Racing Honda out first wasn’t a surprise, as a quick walk down pit road before the festivities began revealed that the veteran still...
By Steve Wittich The green flag for the second day of NTT INDYCAR SERIES pre-season testing at The Thermal Club got the green flag at 9 am. When Pato O’Ward, the first driver to take to the 17-turn, 3.067-mile The Thermal Club road course, left pit road, the ambient temperature was 53F, and the track...
By Steve Wittich Good morning from The Thermal Club, where it’s currently 49F and mostly cloudy and is forecast to stay that way until later in the afternoon. Today’s schedule is as follows: Friday TIME EVENT 6:38am Sunrise 9am – 11:30am NTT INDYCAR SERIES testing 1pm – 4pm NTT INDYCAR SERIES testing 4pm –...
By Steve Wittich NTT INDYCAR SERIES team owners were informed during an owners meeting that the oft-maligned double points for the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge would disappear for this season, the first time an NTT INDYCAR SERIES season will not feature double points “For 17 consecutive seasons, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship has been...
By Steve Wittich When the green flag flew to signify the start of the afternoon portion on Thursday’s NTT INDYCAR SERIES test at 1:30 pm, the ambient temperature was 69F, and the track temperature was 92F. When we strolled through the paddock during the extended lunch break for event car rides, most teams were working...
By Steve Wittich The green flag to start the first day of NTT INDYCAR SERIES testing at The Thermal Club came out at 9:04 am. The sun was shining, and the temperature was 52F. In the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet, Scott McLaughlin was the first car on the track as most of the field...
By Steve Wittich Hello from the Coachella Valley, and more specifically, Thermal, Calif., and The Thermal Club. The 26 full-timers and Chip Ganassi Racing road course only rookie Marcus Armstrong will have 690 minutes (11.5 hours) of testing on the 17-turn, 2.9-mile The Thermal Club road course over the next two days. Here is the...