Iowa Speedway to Host INDYCAR Doubleheader in July Revamped ARCA Menards Series and INDYCAR race dates set for July 17-18 NEWTON, Iowa (April 6, 2020) – NTT INDYCAR SERIES fans will get what they have asked for at Iowa Speedway for some time: the return of a true night race – and they will get it twice….
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Doubleheaders at Iowa, Laguna Seca, Third Event at IMS Highlight Updated INDYCAR Calendar
Doubleheaders at Iowa, Laguna Seca,Third Event at IMS Highlight Updated INDYCAR Calendar INDIANAPOLIS (April 6, 2020) – The NTT INDYCAR SERIES announced several calendar updates today following the cancellation of the Detroit Grand Prix due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two previously scheduled events will become doubleheaders along with the addition of a third weekend of racing…
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Detroit Grand Prix Canceled for 2020
GRAND PRIX CANCELED FOR 2020 Event to be Held at Belle Isle Park, June 4-6, 2021 DETROIT, Mich. (April 6, 2020) – Detroit Grand Prix organizers announced today that the 2020 Grand Prix, originally scheduled for May 29-31 at Belle Isle Park, has been canceled due to the global COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. As a result of the…
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Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama iRacing Challenge Race Report
The second round of the INDYCAR iRacing Challenge got started on NBCSN just after 2:30pm ET. Leading the field to the line was last week’s winner Sage Karam, with Will Power followed by Felix Rosenqvist, Alex Palou, Simon Pagenaud and Scott Speed. Barber Motorsports Park was looking beautiful, including all the requisite art pieces like…
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American Red Cross Grand Prix Post Race Notes
By Patrick Stephan Sage Karam picked up the win in the American Red Cross Grand Prix, Round 1 of currently 6 race INDYCAR iRacing Challenge. Starting from the pole, the driver of the Wix Filters #24 for Dreyer and Reinbold Racing kept it clean throughout the 45 lap race, beating Felix Rosenqvist by 3.6 seconds,…
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Tune-In Reminder for NTT INDYCAR SERIES iRacing event a Watkins Glen – 4pm ET
By Patrick Stephan Quick reminder that in just a couple minutes the American Red Cross Grand Prix from virtual Watkins Glen will be starting. You can watch this iRacing event featuring the stars of the NTT INDYCAR Series (along with a couple special guests including NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson), at www.indycar.com and on INDYCAR’s YouTube Channel….
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Notes on the date changes for the Indianapolis 500, GMR Grand Prix and other NTT INDYCAR SERIES races
By Steve Wittich As you’ve seen in this announcement, the GMR Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and 104th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge have new dates. Moving the Indianapolis 500 to August 23rd, required the co-operation of a trio of promotors. The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio (Green Savoree) has was…
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104TH INDIANAPOLIS 500 PRESENTED BY GAINBRIDGE RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 23 –
GMR Grand Prix Makes Historic Move to Fourth of July Weekend INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, March 26, 2020 – The Indianapolis 500 Presented by Gainbridge has been rescheduled for Sunday, Aug. 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials from INDYCAR and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) announced today. The 104th edition of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”…
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Entries set for first INDYCAR iRacing Challenge
NTT INDYCAR SERIES stars readyfor inaugural INDYCAR iRacing Challenge INDIANAPOLIS (March 26, 2020) – A full field of NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers, including reigning series champion Josef Newgarden and 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner Simon Pagenaud, is set to compete virtually in the inaugural INDYCAR iRacing Challenge on Saturday beginning at 4 p.m. ET. The entry list…
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2020 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach to be Rescheduled
LONG BEACH, Calif. (March 12, 2020) — In light of today’s announcement from the City of Long Beach prohibiting all large-scale events in the City through April 30, 2020, the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach will not take place as scheduled on April 17-19. While we recognize that this is a serious inconvenience for our loyal attendees,…
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INDYCAR News from around the Internet:- Long Beach’s Grand Prix report is $150K worth of obvious pointsThat report was made public Monday afternoon, and it’s loaded with an absence of surprises, although there are a few bits of weirdness involved. Rather than submit what KPMG said would be an ideal computer-aided design plan for the proposed F1 track that would identify all mandatory components required following FIA (the governing body of […]
- Here’s who won the race between Formula 1 and IndyCar in Long BeachIn October last year the city released a request for proposals seeking “an open-wheel auto racing format” to run the annual Grand Prix event. From the start it was only a two-horse race between Michaelian and Pook. Pook, of course, was hardly a carpetbagger. He founded the Long Beach Grand Prix in 1975 and brought […]
- Q&A: Printup talks future of WGI, IndyCar, PhishEverybody was excited, but I take a lot of personal interest in IndyCar. I always have. I kind of grew up in IndyCar, so I was glad that we were able to get them back. The fans themselves, for only having a little bit less than 90 days to sell the race last year, we […]
- Rick Mears – still the ultimate pro at 65Over the past 20-something years writing about racing, I’ve encountered three people from whom I learn something about the art of racecar driving every time we speak for longer than five minutes. One of that trio is Rick Ravon Mears, born this day 65 years ago in Wichita, Kansas, and brought up in Bakersfield, Calif. […]
- Memoir helps widow cope after IndyCar driver's deathTonya Bergeson-Dana talks with her son, Conor, about his father when he brings it up, which is often. If he’s asking the questions, she reasons, he’s ready to hear the answers. Paul Conor Dana, at age 9, knows that his father was Paul Dana, a journalist and IndyCar driver who died in March 2006 during […]
- Long Beach’s Grand Prix report is $150K worth of obvious points