Note by Patrick Stephan. Photos courtesy Don Figler. While we couldn’t get to the 7 car private testing at World Wide Technology Raceway, St. Louis area racing photographer Don Figler was in attendance and took some very nice photos. Seven driver’s participated in this private test: Romain Grosjean, Devlin DeFrancesco, Colton Herta, and Kyle Kirkwood...
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Conor Daly to compete for the team in St. Louis ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (August 15, 2023) – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced a change to their 2023 driver lineup for the No. 30 entry today. Veteran Conor Daly will compete for the team at the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway (WWTR)...
By Patrick Stephan I have had a nice relaxing morning here at the Brickyard. Heck, even got to sleep until 9am, before packing up and heading back to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a calm day with just a little bit of non-TSO work to do. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to stay for the...
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By Patrick Stephan Ok, here is today’s post-race stuff, with my ramblings on the race and the weekend (so far) at the bottom. I’ll start though with the post race press conference highlight’s – noting some answers that stood out with just a few notes for context. Press Conference Highlights Pato O’Ward: “That was physical....
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By Patrick Stephan The Gallagher Grand Prix for the NTT INDYCAR Series started with the ambient temp at 88F, the track at 120F, and the humidity at 66%…and then it got hot – on the track. Kyle Kirkwood was late pulling away and stalled a couple times, looked to be that extra tall first gear...
By Patrick Stephan FIRST: A statement from Chip Ganassi on the Alex Palou situation: Statement from Chip Ganassi Regarding statements made by the management of McLaren “Anyone that knows me knows that I don’t make a habit of commenting about contract situations. Subsequently, I have been quiet since day one of this story but now...
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By Patrick Stephan Ok, I made it to the track…and regular readers will be shocked to learn I’m way behind schedule. That schedule is mostly in my head and you probably wouldn’t know I was behind since we don’t exactly have a written out plan, but I’m still still running behind. That includes some of...
By Patrick Stephan Quick note before I head for the track. After a pleasant day at IMS and night at IRP, it’s now raining in Indianapolis. I’m down near the airport and as I prepare to hit send on this (8:35am), the rain is still solid and we’ve gotten some lightning. I had planned a...
By Patrick Stephan The INDY NXT by Firestone series took to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course to conclude their single day practice/qualify/race program with Hunter McElrea leading the 19 car field to green at 5:00pm ET with the ambient temperature at 86F the track at 117F and the humidity down to just 59%. It’s...
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By Patrick Stephan The final practice for tomorrow’s Gallagher Grand Prix started at 4:00pm Eastern Time for the 27 NTT INDYCAR Series drivers, and would run for 30 minutes for 26 of them. Josef Newgarden would lose 10 at the end of the session for being late to the driver weigh in this morning (14.4.2.9.1)....