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Indianapolis 500 Qualifying – Saturday Open, Weather and Qualifying Procedure

It’s qualifying day, after practice from 8:30-9:00 (Group 1) and 9:00-9:30 (Group 2). Qualifying runs from 11:00 to 5:50 p.m. Weather From our friend @IndyCar_Wxman. After last night’s downpour, we’ll have a green track. Practice Groups and Qualifying Draw GROUP 1 P No Name Team Engine 1 23 Ryan Hunter-Reay Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevy 2 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian...

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Indianapolis 500 practice – Fast Friday End of Day – Second Half, Speeds, Notes and More

By Steve Wittich and Tony DiZinno We pick back up in the second half of the day with additional runs and notes from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by other nuggets that emerged out the day. Marco Andretti made his third qualifying simulation that was consistent but not as quick as his second attempt....

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Indianapolis 500 practice – Fast Friday update #4 – Juncos changes chassis for Ilott

By Tony DiZinno Just before 4 p.m., Kevin Lee reported on the Peacock broadcast that the Juncos Hollinger Racing team would opt to change the chassis for Callum Ilott’s No. 77 entry. The English sophomore had battled an inconsistent and off-pace car since April’s open test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and things hadn’t progressed...

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Indianapolis 500 practice – Fast Friday update #3 – halfway update

By Steve Wittich and Tony DiZinno Will Power was the third Team Penske driver on the track, turned four laps at 233.212mph, 232.560mph, 232.149mph and 231.976mph for a four-lap average of 232.474mph, the best of the bunch in the first 90-minutes of practice. Pedersen went back out, improving on his previous best four-lap average. He...

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Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Announces Reassigned Entries for Rahal, Harvey and Lundgaard for 2023

ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (November 23, 2022) – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced today that the team has revised the entry designation for their three fulltime programs for the 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. Graham Rahal will continue in the No. 15 entry while Jack Harvey will take over the No. 30 and Christian Lundgaard will pilot

Cape Motorsports Signs Jagger Jones for 2023 Indy Lights Program

Editor’s note: This Indy Lights release is also available via our companion site, TSOLadder.com. The USF2000 rookie of the year makes the jump to the top rung of the Road to Indy ladder BROWNSBURG, Ind. (September 7 2022) – Cape Motorsports has signed the first of two drivers for its 2023 Indy Lights program, as Jagger...

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Bommarito Automotive Group 500 – Friday “Group A” and Second Practice Notes

By Tony DiZinno Before we start the practice report, here’s a photo captured by longtime St. Louis racing photographer Don Figler of tomorrow’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 polesitter, Will Power. Don’s been a fan for a while and also knows a name familiar to the TSO audience, our good friend Butch Welsch. Two other qualifying...

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Helio Castroneves Returns to Meyer Shank Racing for 2023 NTT INDYCAR season

Pataskala, Ohio (19 August 2022) – Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) is excited to announce that Helio Castroneves will return to the team’s IndyCar program for 2023 driving the No. 06 AutoNation / SiriusXM Honda. Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud – No. 60 AutoNation / SiriusXM Honda – make up MSR’s IndyCar stable for the 2023 NTT IndyCar

Bommarito Automotive Group 500 – Friday Qualifying Notes

By Tony DiZinno Temps were up to 88F ambient and 123F track at 3:15 p.m. for qualifying. Ed Carpenter was first out. Notes he has quite a bit of understeer at both ends. Rolls off at 173.667 mph average; half mph improvement from Lap 1 to Lap 2. Dalton Kellett comes next, qualifying on his...

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Bommarito Automotive Group 500 – Friday First Practice Notes

By Tony DiZinno The 26 NTT INDYCAR Series entries rolled off from World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway at high noon Friday for their first and only pre-qualifying practice on a busy day of activity. Sunny skies greeted the field with temperatures of 82F ambient and 115F track, and 77 percent humidity making it muggy...

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