By Patrick Stephan One of the fun things I noticed yesterday during my walk around was that they have expanded the eating/drinking areas this year. In particular there is a nice spot in the “infield” behind the front straight with a large food court. It’s basically a giant U made up of dozen or more...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Quick INDYCAR medical updates before we get to anything else. First, Indy Lights driver Colton Herta has a non-displaced fracture at the base of his left thumb. He had hit the tire barriers in Turn 8 while pushing at the end of qualifying. He was actually the last car on the track,...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan With the skies getting a bit more overcast, keeping the track temperatures down a little bit (just 95F in the pit lane), we saw some big speeds during this session – and lot of near misses. The video boards here are showing cars sliding all over the place and hits on the...
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By Patrick Stephan Good morning from a partly cloudy and steamy Toronto, Canada! The temperature is approaching 80 degrees with 55% humidity and track temp in the pits is 96 degrees. I’ll get to all of last night’s fun a little later, plus a lot of other news and notes, but first, here is today’s...
READ MORETORONTO (Friday, July 13, 2018) – Verizon IndyCar Series championship leader Scott Dixon paced Friday’s practice for the Honda Indy Toronto, leading 13 drivers who circulated the 1.786-mile temporary street course in less than a minute. Driving the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, Dixon’s quick lap was 59.0751 seconds (108.838 mph) during...
READ MOREScott Dixon dominates practice, leads both sessions for Honda Takuma Sato ends day second quickest Honda drivers, teams claim top five positions for the day TORONTO, Ont., Canada (July 13, 2018) – Scott Dixon headed the time charts in both practice sessions today in preparation for Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto, as Honda drivers claimed the...
READ MORE07.13.18 Two practices down, one more to go before the field of 23 qualify tomorrow for the Honda Indy Toronto. The qualifying session will go green at 1:55 p.m. ET with delayed coverage available at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network. No. 98 OBERTO CIRCLE K / CURB HONDA Finished the day third overall...
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By Patrick Stephan Quick follow-up on Laguna Seca. While this rumor was quietly bouncing around for a while, it doesn’t seem like anyone took it too seriously. Frankly one reason for me is that it didn’t make a lot of sense when viewed from the outside, especially as a trade out of Laguna for Sonoma....
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Highly interesting news out of Laguna Seca today – found initially via their official twitter account! An image of the tweet is below, but just in case that doesn’t appear on everyone’s phones here is the text: “Stay tuned for a blockbuster announcement on Tuesday 7/17 (2pm) at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca....
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By Patrick Stephan Today is actually a free day for general admission fans as it’s Fan Friday presented by the Ontario Honda Dealers. Gates are open free to fans on Friday with a voluntary donation in support of Make-A-Wish® Canada. Kids 12 and under receive free general admission throughout the weekend when accompanied by a ticketed...
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