By Patrick Stephan After sending that last update, I went outside from about 1:40pm to 2:15pm with Steve Wittich to watch some of the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires practice session. Remember tomorrow’s green flag is at 1:40pm, so that walk was a nice way to judge the weather and I gotta say, it’s...
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By Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich Ok, almost caught up…for now! After the session, Josef Newgarden had a few interesting things to say about racing here and notably, racing the new car here at Iowa Speedway. “It’s a ton of fun. This new car has been a blast to drive. I think you can get...
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By Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich As the cars hit the track with the new aero kit, we will first note that in last year’s first practice session Josef Newgarden had the fastest lap at 185.609mph. Possibly due to that lower downforce level we saw our first caution of the session after just 15 minutes...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Super quick good morning from Iowa Speedway. Where the temperature at the adjacent Newton, IA air and space port is a quite comfortable 71 degrees at 10:00am. We’ve got a great weather forecast for this weekend, so if you are within driving distance (or you own an airplane – and I...
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By Patrick Stephan (TSO_Patrick) Well, we were told by many participants to worry about the tires, and yes there were issues, but Simon Pagenaud was asked about how tire blisters dictated his race and he quickly put that story to an end: “It didn’t dictate my race at all because I didn’t know I had...
READ MOREHere are the unofficial results! Pos Car # Driver Laps Diff 1 9 Scott Dixon 248 2 22 Simon Pagenaud 248 4.2943 3 27 Alexander Rossi 248 4.5670 4 5 James Hinchcliffe 248 5.0869 5 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 248 6.7301 6 15 Graham Rahal 248 7.2744 7 30 Takuma Sato 248 8.3457 8 18 Sebastien...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Track temp at race start was 110, the coolest we’ve seen all weekend. Nicely formed field and clean start. Pigot way high in third lane around Turn 3 making passes at the back. Lap 6 Wickens tries the high side on Turn 1, stays 2 wide all the way around but can’t...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Some random notes before we get started with tonight’s race! Check out the little driver’s who getting ready to unfurl the flag before tonight’s race. These are USAC Quarter Midget driver’s in town for a major national event here at TMS on their quarter midget track (outside the backstretch toward Turn...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Welcome to race day at the Texas Motor Speedway. Just a couple quick notes and then I’ll be back closer to race time with some other information. First, the Verizon IndyCar Series schedule has just one item: 7:40pm Central Time: DXC Technology 600 (248laps) That said, even though the green flag...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) I owe you some notes from that Bobby and Graham Rahal press conference, so here are some of the quotes from that get together. First, I found it funny that Bobby Rahal isn’t really involved in the contract negotiations, with the elder Rahal saying, “Luckily we don’t negotiate with each other....
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