By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) One thing we will be watching as the season winds down is the engine manufacturer battle. In reviewing the INDYCAR provided stats on engine changes and engine manufacturer points, we’ve noticed one pretty clear item – there are a bunch of entrants in danger of using too many engines – and...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan The Verizon IndyCar Series warm-up started promptly at 10:30am ET with the track temperature at 98F and the ambient air temp at 70. Humidity is 67% and we do have a light breeze blowing as a head wind going down the front straight. ——– Earlier this morning, TSO took the opportunity to chat...
READ MORECAF will be honoured in pre-race ceremonies for Verizon IndyCar Series race TORONTO, ON, July 17, 2016 – Organizers of the 2016 Honda Indy Toronto announce that the Canadian Armed Forces will lead the ceremonies, participating in all VIP roles during the pre-race celebrations for the marquee Verizon IndyCar Series race that runs this afternoon
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Good morning race fans. We’ve got yet another beautiful morning here in Toronto. Today’s forecast calls for a bit higher temperatures approaching 80 degrees, and with even less cloud cover than yesterday. At just a few minutes after 8:00am, the temperature is 63 degrees. We’ll wait until we get closer to...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Lots to put together now and finish up the day from here in Toronto. We’ll start with some quotes from the Firestone Fast 6 press conference. And again, as I noted earlier, Helio entered this press conference smiling but frustrated, he really wanted the pole today, starting off his official comments with:...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan The first round of qualifying for the Honda Indy Toronto saw most of the drivers get out early and aggressively. Going in to the last 2 minutes, the order was Pagenaud, Kanaan, Hinchcliffe, Hawksworth, Castroneves, Munoz, Kimball, Daly, Filippi, Rossi and Pigot. Of course that was changing rapidly as everyone started getting...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan As we get ready for Verizon IndyCar Series qualifying, the weather is 68F with the track up to 107F and the humidity at 66%. The sun is out now and its really a pretty nice day at the race track. Crowd seems to be filling in pretty nicely and the bridge from...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Yes, the car of Juan Montoya was repaired yesterday. When we arrived this morning at 7:30am the crew was just arriving and doing what appeared to be routine preparations. Charlie Kimball’s car has also been fixed after his incident in yesterday’s second practice. It’s interesting to note here that although the cars...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Welcome to Toronto and Saturday’s action from the Honda Indy Toronto. Its still early (at least to me), but we’ve already had a pair of qualifying sessions. Pro Mazda kicked off the action at 7:50am local time with qualifying, followed by Indy Lights quals. When we arrived at the track the temperature...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Well the post practice press conference was entertaining, which is what you’d expect when they bring in Helio, then Simon and Hinch. We’ll get to the quotes in a bit, but one of the funny parts was when Helio was answering a question and Simon and Hinch were laughing and joking behind...
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