By 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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By Patrick Stephan Good morning race fans and welcome to the Honda Indy Toronto. TrackSideOnline.com presented by HondaRacing/HPD and TSOLadder.com presented by Cooper Tires are both live and ready to cover all of today’s action. Steve will handle all of the Mazda Road to Indy coverage over at TSOLadder while I run the Verizon IndyCar...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich From Steve regarding the finish: When we talked to Robert Wickens after the race he told TSO: “The series said there was going to be a green/white checkered, so we pit for new tires because we know how big the advantage is We honestly thought we could make things
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan We just got an update from INDYCAR who has said that because T&S was still in the process of re-ordering the field for the restart (moving non-lead lap cars to the rear, etc.) they will use the order as of the blend line on lap 298. The only change is that moves...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan This is the REALLY ugly running race notes.Please forgive typos and we try to get the lap numbers right, but with everything happening so quickly don’t be shocked if we aren’t quite as precise as we’d like! The green flag waved on a nearly cloudless afternoon and Will Power leapt from the...
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By Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich Well, I (Patrick) meant to leave the track and head for the hotel in Ottumwa and then I looked at the GPS and realized it was over an hour drive. That got me wondering why in the world I picked a hotel that was so far away. So, looked...
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By Patrick Stephan Before we get to the final practice session notes, let’s go through a few things that Will Power and Josef Newgarden had to say in their post qualifying press conference. As we all know, tire wear will be a big deal, so Will was asked when he would “want” new tires, versus...
READ MOREBy 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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