By Patrick Stephan Welcome to Texas Motor Speedway where we now have our first practice session in the books. It was a bit disjointed with several yellows for track inspections, plus a couple incidents. Gabby Chavez brought out the first caution when he spun coming off of Turn 4, and made rear first impact with...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Just a quick note as practice gets ready to start at the Texas Motor Speedway. Temperatures are 86 ambient out here – though it feels a bit hotter with just a few clouds. We expect the practice to start slowly as teams won’t want to waste tires on a hot track. So,...
READ MOREDETROIT June 5, 2016—Race 2 of the Detroit Grand Prix almost ended before it began for the ABC Supply team bringing on thoughts of déjà vu. Unlike yesterday’s Race 1, it was Takuma Sato not Jack Hawksworth suffering the early misfortune. After missing yesterday’s race due to fuel pump failure, Hawksworth posted a strong qualifying...
READ MORETrack: Raceway at Belle Isle Race: Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans (Race 2) Date: June 5, 2016 No. 2 Verizon Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet – Juan Pablo Montoya Start: 10th Finish: 20th Status: Accident Laps Completed: 33/70 Laps Led: 0 Points Position: 9th (-124) Recap: Juan Pablo Montoya encountered trouble when his car...
READ MOREBELLE ISLE DUAL IN DETROIT: DUAL 2 RACE REPORT Round 8 of Verizon IndyCar Series competition has come to a close and teams are headed south to Indianapolis for a short turn around at home base before departing to Texas Motor Speedway for June 11‘s Firestone 600. Detroit Race 2 Highlights: DHL driver Ryan Hunter-Reay...
READ MORESEBASTIEN BOURDAIS No. 11 Team HYDROXYCUT – KVSH Racing Chevrolet/Dallara/Firestone Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix – Sunday, June 5 – Race 2 Qualified: 12th Finished: Eighth Sebastien Bourdais Race Day Quote: “I have mixed feelings. We put on quite a show. The Hydroxycut machine was on it. It was a little bit like...
READ MOREDaly charges from back to finish sixth in Detroit Detroit, MI (June 5, 2016) – Dale Coyne Racing had another good showing at the Dual in Detroit on Sunday with Conor Daly following up his podium performance from Saturday with a sixth place finish in Race 2 and with Gabby Chaves placing 13th after suffering contact...
READ MOREWell, that was quite the comeback for Will Power, who seems to make a habit of such things. Remember how his day started: Being stripped of his two fastest qualifying times for getting in Marco Andretti’s way during qualifying. So, he started eighth, a remarkable feat given that was his third-best lap. Power worked his...
READ MOREDETROIT (Sunday, June 5, 2016) – Will Power’s day didn’t start well, but the Team Penske driver made up for it by winning the second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans. Power took the checkered flag 0.9203 of a second ahead of teammate Simon Pagenaud today to collect his 26th...
READ MOREJAMES HINCHCLIFFE (No. 5 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda): “A silly racing incident ruined our day. The Arrow Electronics car had a reasonable start. Charlie Kimball and Carlos Munoz were going at it and we were just victims of circumstance there. So, there’s not a whole lot to say. When you start back there, you...
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