Hinchcliffe Takes Podium at Home Race in Toronto; Negrao Earns Second Season Podium in Indy Lights Toronto, Ontario – July 17, 2016 – Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (SPM) driver James Hinchcliffe earned a season-best, third-place finish and was the top Honda on the streets of Toronto, just a short drive from his hometown of Oakville, Ontario. ...
READ MORERahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Indy Toronto – Streets around Exhibition Place Verizon IndyCar Series RACE NOTES/QUOTES – Sunday, July 17, 2016 RAHAL FINISHED 13TH IN THE HONDA INDY TORONTO; CONTACT AT START FORCED EARLY PIT STOPS GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 Rousseau Metal Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “We got unlucky with that caution (Newgarden); it killed our strategy....
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich Ok, gotta say, that was an entertaining race in front of a good crowd. The weather finally cooperated and I believe some additional promotional effort paid off for the Honda Indy Toronto. Hinch did what he needed to do today to get third and it wasn’t “pure luck” though...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) The concerns about the start proved relatively unfounded, though it was far from perfect. The first four or maybe 5 rows were paired up through Turn 11 and on to the front straight when the green flag was thrown. Dixon won the race in to Turn 1, and things were fairly...
READ MOREBy 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...
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