I was going to cut this up and highlight certain parts, but I decided our readers don’t need me to tell them the important parts of today’s Robert Wicken’s press conference – it’s all important! We got great answers from Mike Long the Arrow Chairman and CEO, Ted Klause, the President of Honda Performance Development,...
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By Patrick Stephan Today’s practices were interesting. First, surprised that the times are slightly slower this year versus last. Forgot to ask one of the drivers, but I’ll try to do that tomorrow. My hunch is that recent repaves of the back stretch (2017) and front stretch (2018) are showing their age thanks to the...
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By Patrick Stephan NTT IndyCar Series practice #2 started out under cloudy skies with the air temperature at 74, the track at 94 and the humidity at 61%. That’s up 2 on the ambient, up 9 on the track, and down 8 on the humidity from this morning. The session got exciting just three minutes...
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By Patrick Stephan Sage Karam’s reintroduction to an NTT IndyCar Series road course was not exactly trouble free. Steve spotted a team of Chevy engineer’s looking at his car after practice. I then saw Sage at the autograph session, and he told me the car wasn’t accelerating properly off the corners and it just sounded...
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Elite Instruction Provided to Aspiring and Experienced Drivers on Speedway Road Course INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, July 11, 2019 – The iconic Skip Barber Racing School is coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time Oct. 8-18, 2019, offering three levels of instruction for aspiring race car drivers or experienced racers looking to advance their...
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By Patrick Stephan The first NTT IndyCar Series session of the weekend got started with the temperatures about the same as noted earlier (72 Ambient, 84 Track, 68%humidity and the wind at 6mph from the West North West). One thing we’ll be watching this weekend is the new primary Firestone tire, which features a new...
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By Patrick Stephan Good morning from inside the cavernous Exhibition Place where the Honda Indy Toronto paddock has been set up for this weekend. The media center is conveniently located in one of the “Salons” that separate the public areas of the convention center. So, we have haulers on one side in the convention space,...
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HONDA INDY TORONTO 85 LAPS; 1.786-MILE STREET COURSE Streets of Toronto – Toronto, Ontario Sunday, July 14 at 3:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT on NBCSN #IndyTO TIRE TRACKER: HONDA INDY TORONTO Firestone is supplying more than 1,500 race tires for the Honda Indy Toronto race weekend. Each entry receives the following allocation of tires: Primary: 7 sets...
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SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS No. 18 TEAM SEALMASTER – DALE COYNE RACING WITH VASSER-SULLIVAN HONDA/DALLARA/FIRESTONE Honda Indy Toronto – July 12-14, 2019 Sebastien Bourdais Summary: Sebastien Bourdais will pilot the No. 18 Mouser – Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan entry this weekend in the Honda Indy Toronto on the 1.786-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit in Toronto, Ontario,...
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Toronto, ON (July 11, 2019) – Dale Coyne Racing driver Santino Ferrucci will be making his first trip to the Honda Indy Toronto this weekend, when the NTT IndyCar Series heads north of the border to Canada for the 11th round of the 2019 season. Ferrucci is looking for another top-10 finish to add to his...
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