By Bruce Martin @BruceMartin_500 (Patrick Stephan is playing editor this weekend from TSO’s Denver, CO campus) DETROIT – After spending most of the “Month of May” in Indianapolis for the 101st Indianapolis 500, it was a quick turn around for the trip to Detroit for many of the drivers, crew members and even the media....
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Just a couple super quick notes. I have bigger story on purses, payouts, bonus money, etc., but waiting to confirm a couple things before I can publish it! Stay tuned – probably tomorrow! First, a reminder, we will indeed have a Spanish driver at the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit as Oriol Servia...
READ MORETSO readers, as things quickly transition to preparations for Detroit, we have another report on the Indy 500. This time from Butch Welsch as he recaps the 500 from his seat “in the front row of the Paddock Penthouse, just south of the start finish line”. Oh, and how quickly were teams moving on to...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 INDIANAPOLIS – It’s Tuesday and time to hit the road after another eventful and memorable “Month of May” in Indianapolis. I’m not looking forward to the 9-10-hour drive back to North Carolina but it is time to return to see if the lawn has been mowed, put money in the bank...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Ok, more notes. First that story on UK TV Ratings. I can’t vouch for the 100% accuracy of their numbers – but based on reading the analysis at F1Broadcasting.co it’s hard imagine these are anything but accurate overnight viewer numbers for the Indy 500 broadcast in the UK. From the story: “The...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan and Bruce Martin Well, I (Patrick if you’re new 😉 ) have arrived back home in Denver, and the laundry is in washing machine. Time for some additional notes from me, and then Bruce Martin’s reports from yesterday. We’ll have more from Indy for a couple days as traditional festivities, like tonight’s...
READ MOREHere are some additional transcripts for your reading pleasure. First is Alonso, and then it’s the Jones and Castroneves one: Fernando Alonso Press Conference THE MODERATOR: Fernando, on behalf of, I think, fans, media, officials, we want to thank you for being incredibly open and accommodating. You’ve gone out of your way to be available,...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Ok, that was a long day, and a great race. Here are some additional notes and photos, that may or may not be in any particular order, and as noted earlier, details will follow over next 36 hours! TSO had a chance to briefly catch up with Art St. Cyr, President of...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Well as always for TSO’s post Indy 500 coverage, we’ll just keep sending notes until I gotta run to the airport. Mostly these will be from my pit lane notebook, so it’ll be focused on the cars I was watching as I helped out Kevin Lee. Bigger picture stuff will also be...
READ MORE2017 Indianapolis 500 Race Morning Press Conference – Sebastien Bourdais Sunday, May 28, 2017 MODERATOR: The first question is, how are you doing? SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS: I’m doing good enough to be here. So that’s great. It’s great to be out of the hospital environment. I’ve never really faced that before. It’s great to feel normal right...
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