TSO Features

Tony’s Team Penske-Dominated XPEL Grand Prix Road America Post-Race Notebook

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

Wisconsin Connections to Watch Today at Road America – Yuven Sundaramoorthy, Direct Supply and Pabst Racing

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

A timeline of the Canapino/Pourchaire story along with a few thoughts

On 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

Special to TSO: Butch Welsch’s review of the 108th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, his 77th straight Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

By 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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Special to TSO: Butch Welsch’s annual driver-by-driver preview for 108th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge

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

Power, Lundqvist Ignite IndyCar’s Return to Milwaukee Mile with Firestone Test

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

Milwaukee Mile returns – Upon its latest return, Milwaukee’s history can’t be all that saves its future

TSO 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

107th Indianapolis 500 – Tony’s Final Thoughts – A Month of Finite Margins

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

Butch Welsch’s annual driver-by-driver preview

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. It’s Indy 500 time. My 76th in a row is as tough to predict

Hurry up and wait. Enerson and Abel Motorsports write compelling underdog story on the first day of Indianapolis 500 qualifying

By Steve Wittich Hurry up – go fast in qualifying – and wait – watch the field try and bump you from the top 30 – is the title of the ultimate underdog story that RC Enerson and Abel Motorsports wrote on the first day of qualifying for the 107th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge.