By Bruce Martin For a “Fast Friday” that seemed to drag on and on, it really didn’t get good until the final 1 hour and 9 minutes of action culminating with “Happy Hour.” That came after a brief period of light rain had stopped the action on the race track before the green flag waved...
READ MOREPos Car # Driver BLS TL 1 12 Will Power Chevy 232.672 32 2 21 Josef Newgarden Chevy 232.344 58 3 5 James Hinchcliffe Honda 231.972 37 4 26 Carlos Munoz Honda 231.952 31 5 27 Marco Andretti Honda 231.824 54 6 29 Townsend Bell Honda 231.559 29 7 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Honda 231.284 41...
READ MOREBy Bruce Martin After a quick track drying procedure the rain has moved away from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and practice as resumed on Fast Friday. The yellow flag was lifted and the green flag waved at 4:51 p.m. Eastern Time. Cars on the track include Sage Karam, JR Hildebrand, Josef Newgarden, Graham Rahal and...
READ MOREBy Bruce Martin Light rain brought out the yellow flag at 4:06 p.m. at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to halt the “Fast Friday” practice session. The rain came just a few moments after Andretti Autosport driver Marco Andretti took the top speed of the day with a fast lap of 231.673 miles per hour in...
READ MOREBy Bruce Martin It’s 3 p.m. on Fast Friday. Do you know where your fast speeds are? That seems to be the question at the 3-hour mark of Friday’s final full day of practice before Saturday’s first round of qualifications for the 100th Indianapolis 500. The day started off with Townsend Bell’s Honda the first...
READ MORETSO NOTE: With Patrick back in Colorado (kids, soccer, day job, etc., and so on) while Joe and Steve have ABC TV duty for the weekend, we’ve added a new writer to help us out this weekend – veteran open wheel reporter Bruce Martin. Patrick will arrive in Indy on Thursday to anchor the final...
READ MOREINDIANAPOLIS, Sunday, May 15, 2016 – Information about the 100th Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil on Monday, May 16, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. SCHEDULE (All times local) 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Purdue EV Grand Prix 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Public Gates Open Noon – 2 p.m.: Verizon IndyCar Series ROP...
READ MORETrack: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Race: Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis Date: May 14, 2016 No. 2 Verizon Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet – Juan Pablo Montoya Start: 6th Finish: 8th Status: Running Laps Completed: 82/82 Laps Led: 0 Points Position: 3rd (-82) Recap: Juan Pablo Montoya came back from a pit lane speeding violation...
READ MOREINDIANAPOLIS May 14, 2016—The Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis turned into one of those races that the AJ Foyt Racing team would like to forget. Instead the engineers and drivers will go through the post mortem and try to figure out just where everything went so wrong. The struggle to find speed started the...
READ MOREMatt Brabham has begun his Verizon IndyCar Series career in style at the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis – recording a solid 16th finish. The 22-year-old got through the inevitable first corner incident and once the race went green was able to relax and get himself into a rhythm. Getting the harder ‘black’ Firestone...
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