By Patrick Stephan Corrected UNOFFICIAL RESULTS – This has Graham in 4th per the penalty for blocking, but we’re still awaiting something “official” as Timing and Scoring still has Graham in 3rd. NOTE: I am personally protesting the penalty as I had Graham on my IndyCar Series Fantasy League driven by Firestone! Pos Car #...
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By Patrick Stephan As usual please forgive any typos as this is compiled as the race runs without editing! The track temp at 1:34PDT was 112 with the ambient on pit lane at 66F. This is the 36th IndyCar event at Long Beach. The first was won by Mario Andretti in 1984. It’s the 45th...
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By Patrick Stephan The sun started to break through more and more as the morning warm-up ran today. By the halfway mark the temp was up three degrees to 63F and the track was at 74F. The humidity is still high at 81%, making it pretty steamy out there, though the low temp and any...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan We have a cool start to Sunday at the Acrua Grand Prix of Long Beach, with the air temp at 60F and the track at 70. The humidity is at 85 percent. All of this seems to be coming from the marine layer that hasn’t yet burned off. To me, that’s going...
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By Patrick Stephan Ok, time to finish up our Saturday coverage and get ready for what should be a very entertaining Sunday in Long Beach. Zak Brown, the CEO of McClaren Racing came in to the media center to talk about his team’s entry for Fernando Alonso in the 2019 Indianapolis 500. Brown first talked...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Conditions for today’s qualifying session are beautiful (I may have mentioned that before). It’s 67 ambient and 105 on the track. It’s still fairly humid, but that seems to be letting up just a bit. Gotta say I’m pretty impressed by the fans here again. Nice turn-out, and I really like...
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By Patrick Stephan The only practice session for today started at 9:00am Pacific Daylight Time, with the ambient temperature at 62 and the track at 73Fahrenheit. Instead of sitting in the media center I went out to walk the crowded pit lane for this practice session. Sometimes it nice to actually see the race track...
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By Patrick Stephan Good morning race fans! It’s yet another beautiful day here in Long Beach. High is supposed to be 72 or 73, currently it’s like 62 as we get ready for the morning warm-up! It’s a great day for sitting outside and watching race cars – and clearly quite a few people are...
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NOTE: Due to system issue, this did not reach all subscribers! Resending! By Patrick Stephan Well a lot press conferences, a little bit of practice and a beautiful day in Long Beach. So, let me attempt to get caught up. Lets start with the end of the day. Ryan Hunter-Reay came in to the...
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By Patrick Stephan Well a lot press conferences, a little bit of practice and a beautiful day in Long Beach. So, let me attempt to get caught up. Lets start with the end of the day. Ryan Hunter-Reay came in to the media center, and while he seemed pleased with second quick, he wasn’t even...
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