St. Petersburg, FL (March 11, 2018) – Dale Coyne Racing’s Zachary Claman De Melo summed up his Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg race on Sunday as a learning experience after taking the checkered flag 17th in a race that saw him run as high as fourth aboard his #19 The Paysafe Car. Claman De Melo was taking...
READ MOREANDRETTI AUTOSPORT RACE REPORT 03.11.18 Round 1 of Verizon IndyCar Series competition is complete after an action-packed day of street racing in the Sunshine State. The 110-lap Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg saw eight caution periods and plenty of excitement as NAPA Racing’s Alexander Rossi battled for for P1 and ultimately finished third when...
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ST. PETERSBURG (MARCH 11, 2018) – Defending Verizon IndyCar Series champion Josef Newgarden (No. 1 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet) led the 11-car Chevrolet 2.2 liter twin turbocharged direct injected V6 contingent in today’s opening race for the Verizon IndyCar Series with a seventh place finish. It was a wild race that saw 11 caution flags...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan with Steve Wittich and Tony DiZinno As always with our race notes, please forgive typo’s, this is the “as they ran” version. Helio Castroneves enthusiastically hang off a fence and yelled, “Drivers of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series – Start your Engines!” The field pulled away under sunny 72 degree temps (102...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan, Steve Wittich and Tony DiZinno Marco Andretti and Alexander Rossi were not happy campers after qualifying yesterday, with both Andretti Autosport drivers assessed penalties for qualifying interference. Andretti, who now drives in the No. 98 Andretti-Herta Autosport Honda that Rossi had been in the last two years (Rossi is now in the...
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By Patrick Stephan First, a big giant – SORRY!!! I again misspelled Gabby Chaves name. I don’t know why my finger/brain connection can’t get that right. Going to have to set up an electronic method to prevent that from happening in the future. Steve and Tony suggested electric shock! I’m thinking more of fixing my...
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By Patrick Stephan The temperature at the start of this session was 70 degrees, and the track was at just 78 – pretty cool conditions for this track. We were also getting reports of sprinkles around the track in some places. Early in the session, Zach Veach went straight to the reds and straight to...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Here are the qualifying groups for today (below). Note that we are working under cloudy conditions and the temp is just 65 degrees as of about 1:15pm. Things have gotten a little hectic here as you’d expect. Seems like a good crowd in the paddock and the fans here are certainly enthusiastic....
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By Tony DiZinno, Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich The Verizon IndyCar Series took to the track Saturday morning at 11:10 a.m. for the third practice session of the weekend, as the last of the series here to hit the track on Saturday. Prior to this session, all three of the Mazda Road to Indy Presented...
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By Patrick Stephan, Tony DiZinno, and Steve Wittich Good morning race fans! TSO is back at it again from the media center inside the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida. We again arrived at the track in plenty of time to watch the sun rise and Steve is already getting ready for the first USF2000...
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