CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES HONDA INDY 200 AT MID-OHIO MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUALIFYING RECAP JULY 29, 2017 Will Power Puts Chevy on Pole at Mid-Ohio Sixth Consecutive Pole at Mid-Ohio for Chevrolet IndyCar LEXINGTON, OHIO (July 29, 2017) – Will Power just likes going fast—faster than anyone else. ...
READ MORESato, Rahal Head Honda Qualifying Effort at Mid-Ohio Takuma Sato to start Honda Indy 200 from third Hometown favorite Graham Rahal to line up fourth Five-time Mid-Ohio winner Scott Dixon qualifies sixth. LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 29, 2017) – Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato and Ohio native son Graham Rahal led the way for Honda Saturday...
READ MOREFocus Turns To Tomorrow’s Honda Indy 200 For ECR Drivers Pigot, JR Hildebrand LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 29, 2017) – Qualifying Notes With qualifying complete at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Ed Carpenter Racing drivers Spencer Pigot and JR Hildebrand will now turn their focus to the Honda Indy 200. Pigot will start 16th in tomorrow afternoon’s...
READ MORESIMON PAGENAUD (No. 1 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet): “Honestly, I’m a little surprised we didn’t make the (Firestone) Fast Six. It felt like a good lap in the Menards Chevy, but we came up a little short. I put everything I had in it. That’s racing. That’s INDYCAR racing. We’re all fighting for hundredths of...
READ MORE07.29.17 The 90-lap Honda Indy 200 from Mid-Ohio will go green at 3:47 p.m. Sunday, with live broadcast on CNBC starting at 3 p.m. ET. No. 26 Ruoff Home Mortgage Honda STARTING POSITION: 3rd QUALIFYING TIME: 1:04.6792 Of Note: Sato’s career best start at Mid-Ohio and first Firestone Fast Six appearance since the season opener on...
READ MORELexington, OH (July 29, 2017) – Esteban Gutierrez scored his best qualifying position of the season on Saturday with a 12th place on the grid for Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. His teammate Ed Jones qualified 15th. Both Jones and Gutierrez went out in Group 1 during Segment 1 of qualifying....
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Before we get to some additional qualifying notes, I wanted to talk a bit about the 2018 car. Both the Honda and the Chevrolet powered car are here this weekend. They are in garages next to media tower. Both cars are getting some work done today, as they needed to be converted...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Qualifying for the Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course got started under mostly sunny skies with the ambient temperature at 74 degrees and the track at 112. We do have a strong breeze blowing across the front straight, making that a head wind as driver’s run toward the...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan I was able to confirm that yes, some teams did not get the advantage of new tires due to the red that came out. Scott Dixon who was P3, turned his best lap on his 12th of 19 circuits, but could have done better had Aleshin not crashed. Talked to Mike Hull...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan All 21 cars quickly got on the track this morning, with Helio Castroneves jumping to P1 after everyone had run a few laps. Helio’s time of 1:04.7137 came on his fourth lap. Note that yesterday’s quick lap of the day was Ryan Hunter-Reay’s 1:04.2961, though that was set on the red tires....
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