BY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 INDIANAPOLIS – After a miserable start to the season, Will Power needs to rule the Month of May if he expects to get back in contention for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series championship. He delivered with an impressive victory from the pole in Saturday’s INDYCAR Grand Prix. It was Power’s second...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 INDIANAPOLIS – It’s a glorious day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with cloudless blue skies, perfect crisp air and no chance of rain as Race Day for the INDYCAR Grand Prix is here. And this is just the type of weather that will give Hulman & Company CEO Mark Miles a...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Spent the morning session exploring what I could of the 4.048-mile circuit. The beauty – and curse, I guess – of this place is that there is so much to navigate and see. So how you go about planning your day watching as a fan will be one of the things you...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Good afternoon from the picturesque 4.048-mile permanent road course, or national park, known as Road America, for today’s Verizon IndyCar Series team test and first official on-track running since the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma season finale last month at Sonoma Raceway. With Joe and Steve in Indy and Patrick in Denver,...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno The second group of qualifying saw conditions worsen, and thus have the increased rain and decreased visibility throw a monkey wrench into the proceedings. Three minutes and 30 seconds into group two, a red flag came out for track conditions. Cars in group two stayed on pit lane after installation laps, while...
READ MOREQualifying groups are out for the first of two races. The weather has changed and it’s now been raining, moving from a steady drizzle to a heavier amount as the afternoon has rolled on. Whatever rubber was laid down – and as there are three different series with the TUDOR Championship (Continental) and Pirelli World...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno To lead off, Patrick is en route to Detroit as we speak and Joe and Steve have TV duties today, so I’ll be pinch-hitting on TSO’s Verizon IndyCar Series coverage today. === Most Chevrolet entries rolled out of pit lane with new “flicks” in front of the rear wheel pods, which are...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Pinch-hitting for Steve once again for Saturday’s Mazda Road to Indy FreedomFest at Lucas Oil Raceway, which is now a morning and afternoon race rather than an afternoon and evening – or occasionally late night – race as it has been in years past. A couple quick notes before we head into...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Weiron Tan (Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires) and Jake Eidson (Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda) took the wins in Saturday’s FreedomFest at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Round 9 of both of these series’ seasons in the Mazda Road to Indy. === Cooper Tires USF2000 Powered by Mazda Race
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Pinch-hitting for Steve once again for Saturday’s Mazda Road to Indy FreedomFest at Lucas Oil Raceway, which is now a morning and afternoon race rather than an afternoon and evening – or occasionally late night – race as it has been in years past. A couple quick notes before we head into
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