ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 13, 2016) – The 50th anniversary celebration season for Team Penske is off to a rousing start. Verizon Team Penske driver Juan Pablo Montoya controlled the closing laps of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg to win the Verizon IndyCar Series season opener for the second straight year. Driving the...
READ MOREO’Ward Dominates Opening Pro Mazda Race in St. Pete ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Two weeks ago, Patricio “Pato” O’Ward wasn’t even sure whether he would be competing in the 2016 Pro Mazda Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. After concluding a last-minute arrangement to rejoin Team Pelfrey for the first four races of the season just
READ MORESerralles Maintains Carlin’s Indy Lights Stranglehold on St. Pete Heartbreak for Veach After Dominating the Early Stages of Season Opener ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires season-opening Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Lucas School of Racing turned out to be a race of two halves. Returning
READ MOREPabst Racing Maintains St. Pete Superiority in USF2000 Openers Australia’s Jordan Lloyd and China’s Yufeng Luo Share Wins in Double-Header ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Pabst Racing clearly has a handle on the setup required for the challenging 1.8-mile, 14-turn street circuit in St. Petersburg. The Wisconsin-based team won both Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by
READ MOREPower breaks track record again in winning sixth St. Petersburg pole position ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 12, 2016) – Will Power’s qualifying dominance on the streets of St. Petersburg can’t be stopped even by illness. Battling a stomach virus, Power broke the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg track record in each of the first
READ MOREST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 11, 2016) – Will Power dug himself a hole by crashing in the first practice session for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The Team Penske driver redeemed himself by soaring to the top of the leaderboard in the second session. Power’s lap of 1 minute, 0.9431 of a second...
READ MOREMore is better for INDYCAR 2016 television programming ABC ramps up for 100th Running of Indy 500 with programming, viewer enhancements NBCSN adds live practice telecasts for seven events INDYCAR looks to continue overall viewership surge with preferred race time slots INDIANAPOLIS (March 10, 2016) – ABC’s enhanced coverage of the epic 100th Running of
READ MORE1. INDYCAR Fantasy Challenge puts fans in team owner’s seat 2. Filippi confirmed in Coyne car for St. Petersburg 3. Trio of Indy car drivers head up Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race roster 4. Montoya makes first visit to ESPN campus 5. Dixon visits ‘TODAY’ for ‘Guys Tell All’ 6. Of note 1. INDYCAR Fantasy Challenge puts
READ MOREVeteran owner/driver Sarah Fisher to serve as Verizon IndyCar Series pace car driver INDIANAPOLIS (March 9, 2016) – Former INDYCAR team owner and driver Sarah Fisher will serve as a pace car driver during the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season beginning with the March 13 opener, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Fisher, who
READ MORELocal Teams Set to Challenge as USF2000 Season Opens at St. Petersburg PALMETTO, Fla. – A glance down the 21-car field for the opening two rounds of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda suggests a wide-open title-chase which will commence this coming weekend on the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla. Local fans will
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