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By Patrick Stephan St. Petersburg, Tampa, Denver – First, Jack Harvey has been released from Bayfront Health in St. Petersburg following his further evaluation trip there this afternoon. Jack posted on social media after the race, “…On another note, I’m all good. Nothing a little ice and a cold beer won’t fix….” Here is the...
By Patrick Stephan The pre race grid was packed full of fans and VIP’s with the air temp at 85F and the track at 112F. And believe it or not, yes, they did have some restriction on pit passes – as they were actually sold out. Seemed like everybody in attendance had one, but there...
NOTE: With both Kirkwood and McLaughlin causing reds and not posting an official time in the Fast 6, Kirkwood starts ahead based on faster time in Round 2. SP Car Driver Name C/E/T Tire1 28 Grosjean, Romain D/H/F Alternate2 26 Herta, Colton D/H/F Alternate3 5 O’Ward, Pato D/C/F Alternate4 8 Ericsson, Marcus D/H/F Alternate5 27...
By Patrick Stephan The final NTT INDYCAR Series session of the season got underway with that cloud cover still hanging around and keeping the Track temp down to just 84.2F, and the ambient at 79F. Had a couple cars finding run-off areas early in the session, including Lundgaard in Turn 10 but everyone was able...
By Patrick Stephan Good morning race fans and welcome to race day in St. Petersburg, Florida. Where at 8:30am we’ve already had our first race of the day, the Discount Tire GP of St. Petersburg for USF2000 presented by Cooper Tires. It’s a pleasant 75F outside, with not so pleasant 90% humidity and some cloud...
Romain Grosjean scores his second career NTT INDYCAR SERIES pole in qualifying for Sunday’s season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Colton Herta completes front row sweep for Honda and Andretti Autosport Honda drivers claim four of the top-five qualifying positions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 4, 2023) – Former Formula One driver Romain Grosjean claimed […]
CHEVROLET IN NTT INDYCAR SERIES STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG GRAND PRIX ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA TEAM CHEVY POST-QUALIFYING REPORT March 4, 2023 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA – (MARCH 4, 2023) – Qualifying for round one of the 2023 NTT INDYCAR Series season is complete, and Patricio (Pato) O’Ward led the way for Team Chevy on the 1.8-mile/14-turn Streets […]
By Patrick Stephan The first qualifying session started with the air temp at 82F and the track at 118.9F. And it took almost know time for a penalty. Santino Ferrucci launched a couple seconds early to start the session – trying to get in front of some cars as he is back toward the PIT...
By Patrick Stephan An update on the cars damaged during NTT INDYCAR Series Practice #2. When I checked at 12:30pm ET (practice ended a little after 11am ET), Devlin DeFrancesco’s car has been repaired by Andretti Autosport. Team told me they had to do both left side suspensions and the left side floor. Not quite...
By Patrick Stephan With a field of 27 cars this season, qualifying will be crowded and finding space will be very difficult. The new rules as noted earlier don’t start the clock until a car hits the alternate start/finish line. Further clarified to say here in St. Pete, the clock will start after 2 minutes...