By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Well, the key to getting around Road America is very clearly to use ALL of the available race track, including some curbing and some grass/dirty areas. We saw time and again driver’s pushing the limits of both the track and themselves. Quite a few instances of big time opposite lock and...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Couple quick notes before practice session #2 starts at an almost sunny but hazy Road America. Engines First, happened to run in to Dale Coyne on my way to eat lunch in the paddock area. He confirmed that Ferrucci’s problem was indeed engine related, but that engine was now mileaged out,...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) The practice session was delayed a few minutes as a couple safety cars were still on track cleaning up some things from the Indy Lights practice. The temperatures at the start of the session were 69F ambient and 92F on the track with humidity at 46%. The track distance for the...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Good morning from Road America. By the time you see this, Steve will have already covered three practice sessions over at TSOLadder.com for the Road to Indy. This is the first time since the Indy GP that we have the NTT IndyCar Series, Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires, Indy Pro...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The NTT IndyCar Series summer of action is upon us. Summer officially starts on Friday, June 21, coinciding with the start of the REV Group Grand Prix At Road America. And, the sunny season comes to a close on Monday, September 23, one day after the champion is crowned at the...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) That was a very interesting and at least to me, entertaining race. No, there wasn’t a bunch of easy passing, and some driver’s couldn’t pass at all. But, some could! So for me, the “package” seemed to work fairly well, though not perfectly. If I had to give the package a...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Quick chassis note. Sebastien Bourdais is using the chassis run by James Davison at Indy. The underside of Bourdais Detroit car (which would have been used here), was damaged in that Detroit crash and is off for repairs. The green flag will wave the third time by tonight. Fuel allotment is 95...
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By Patrick Stephan Well, race day at Texas Motor Speedway is always a long one, with a lot of waiting around…and 2019 is no different. The race will go green at 7:45pm, with the NBCSN Broadcast window starting at 7:00pm. With not much racing news to note, I’ll quickly run through some social activities. Dinner...
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By Patrick Stephan Well, lets wrap up a pretty good day at the race track. Heat wasn’t too bad (for Texas), and we got through US Concrete Qualifying Day relatively cleanly – that’s always good, these crews don’t need any extra work this time of year! First, to clear up an on track incident earlier...
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By Patrick Stephan Random notes and then qualifying notes! Engine Usage in 2019 First, Zach Veach’s Andretti Autosport team had changed engines after practice and before qualifying. Checked with Honda and they said they saw something in the data they didn’t like so they had that engine changed to be safe. According to the engine chart...
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