WEST BEND, WISCONSIN (March 11, 2016) – When star Verizon IndyCar Series driver Graham Rahal launched his professional career, one of his first sponsor partners was the Gehl brand. Today, Manitou Americas, Inc. and Rahal announced that their relationship is set to continue into the future. Manitou Americas is the manufacturer of Gehl, Manitou and Mustang equipment. This...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Interesting day, that is almost, but not quite, over. First, we need to wrap up some of today’s MRTI action. Full details from Indy Lights, Pro Mazda, and USF2000 can be found at our sister site, TSOLadder.com Each series ran a pair of practices today. In USF2000, Jordan Lloyd led the first...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Once they got the track fixed, the session was able to run to completion here in St. Petersburg, with Will Power taking over the top spot after he put on some new tires for a late session run that resulted in a lap time of just 1:00.9431. For reference, the qualifying lap...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan As always happens here at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, things got a little busy. So, with that, let’s try to get caught up a bit. First – Will Power’s Penske team has been in full on thrash most to repair that damaged car. Members of all four teams have...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan As you would expect of the first session of the weekend on a street circuit, we had some drivers take their time getting on the track with Marco Andretti the last to make a lap (beyond just an install) at about the 30 minute mark of the session. The time sheet around...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan First order of business is my apology. I got to the hotel around 2:00am last night and didn’t quite pop out of bed at 6:00am as I’d planned. Toss in that I’m staying pretty far from the track (hotels are in short supply this weekend for a variety of reasons and EXPENSIVE),...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan and Dave Reininger St. Pete in 2015, Can’t wait to get back to this view in 2016 TSO is again proud to have Dave Reininger helping us out this year by providing race weekend previews for every event. Dave has been around open wheel racing for longer than he would probably care...
READ MORESource: Honda PR Two-year agreement through 2017 Honda open-wheel racing program began in 1993 Record includes six manufacturers’ championships, 10 Indy 500 wins TORRANCE, California (February 2, 2016) – Honda today announced that the company has renewed its commitment to INDYCAR, signing a new multi-year agreement to continue participation as a manufacturer in the Verizon...
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Sourcec: DRR/Kingdom Racing PR DALLAS (January 21, 2016) – Dreyer & Reinbold – Kingdom Racing announced tonight that Gas Monkey Garage will serve as its primary sponsor partner for the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 set for May 29, 2016 at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway with young star Sage Karam driving. The...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Time to do a bit of a news round-up. First, news is out that the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 will now be presented by DA Lubricants and its PennGrade1 brand. Robin Miller story at Racer.com A private reception/press conference to unveil this new deal is scheduled for this evening at...
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