By Tony DiZinno Recent observers of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES over the last decade or so will remember two year-long marketing taglines for better or worse. “Indy Rivals.” “Defy Everything.” What if I told you that “Indy Rivals” during the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s weekend – 507 total miles of racing – would be the
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By Tony DiZinno A number of years ago in 2018, I spent the Phoenix and Long Beach NTT INDYCAR SERIES races watching from the stands with my Dad and documented the experiences here for TSO. In that spirit, I watched the return to action at The Milwaukee Mile from the stands again on Saturday for...
By Tony DiZinno The story coming out of Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., as it has been most of this NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, was Team Penske. Today, though, it was largely about an overall team achievement story rather than any controversy. Not that the story that has enveloped
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By Tony DiZinno Before today’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America here in Elkhart Lake, Wis., we wanted to highlight a few local Wisconsin connections arise at the first of two IndyCar stops to the land of Golden Eagles, Badgers, cheese and dotted bovine this calendar year (if you know, you know). Yuven Sundaramoorthy, Wisconsin
READ MOREOn Sunday’s Lap 60 restart in Detroit, a minor on-track incident has become a major off-track problem. The No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet of rookie Théo Pourchaire, who took the restart from ninth position, failed to get stopped in the Turn 3 braking zone on cold tires and a damp track, making contact with Agustín
READ MOREBy Butch Welsch Ed note: Once again, thanks to long-time subscriber and TSO friend Butch Welsch for sending along his thoughts from the Paddock Penthouse. This years was his 77th straight “Greatest Spectacle In Racing.” If you haven’t yet, we recommend purchasing Butch’s most excellent book about his experiences as an Indianapolis 500 fan: The
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Ed note: We’d like to welcome back long-time subscriber Butch Welsch for one our favorite features of the year, his annual driver-by-driver preview and predictions. Butch recently wrote a book commemorating his experiences, which you can purchase here: Indy 500 Memories. The 108th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing is almost here. It seems that
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Team Penske, Chip Ganassi Racing, INDYCAR, Firestone, Chevrolet and Honda Performance Development set up on pit lane during a test at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisc. (Photo Courtesy of TSO – Tony DiZinno) By Tony DiZinno MILWAUKEE, Wis. – It was only for a few hours on a crisp Wednesday in mid-October, but
READ MORETSO Note: Our longtime contributor and friend Tony DiZinno lives in Milwaukee and as such, had some thoughts to reflect on the return of The Milwaukee Mile to the 2024 NTT INDYCAR Series calendar. Here’s his initial column on the 2024 Labor Day doubleheader based on what we know now from a local perspective. By
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By Tony DiZinno It was great to be back both to Indianapolis and with TrackSide Online for another year in 2023, having contributed off-and-on for several years as my schedule and work allows. In a May that featured so much in the way of hype, anticipation and buzz, I found myself coming back to data
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