By Steve Wittich Pippa Mann was the first driver on track when the track opened for business at 11 am and was immediately joined by Marco Andretti, who went to the top the timing screen. The McLaren Racing crew worked on building up the back-up No. 66 well past midnight. They told NBC’s Dillon Welch...
READ MOREGood morning from the fourth floor of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway media center, where we are getting ready for the third day of practice for the 103rd Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. It’s the final day of running with race boost until after qualifying on Sunday afternoon. It’s sunny, and it’s the warmest morning of...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich So… what can we read into what has gone down so far in the first two days of practice for the “Greatest Spectacle In Racing.” About ending Wednesday on top of the no-tow time sheet, Alexander Rossi said: “Nothing. I mean, it’s Wednesday. It’s pretty irrelevant. It’s good, right? I mean, I...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The green flag came back out at 4:06 pm with ten cars heading out on the track. It didn’t take long for them to form up in a group that included the trio of Carlin driver, the quartet of Team Penske drivers, among others. The first ten on the track were joined...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The yellow flag came out just after 5 pm for a heavy crash involving Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist. Rosenqvist was closely following the No. 88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda, and lost the rear end of his No. 10 NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, doing a 360-degree spin, pancaking the...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The green flag came back out at 1:50pm and the next two hours were fairly busy. Groups of six to ten cars took to the 2.5-mile oval to work on race-day set ups. Drivers were still reporting significant understeer in traffic and spent time testing various front wing configurations to see if...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Just after noon, a group of a dozen cars were all following closely together in a large pack. During that run, Max Chilton had a moment in Turn 4, chasing his No. 59 Gallagher Carlin to the SAFER Barrier at corner exit. The first significant impact of the month at the Indianapolis...
READ MOREThe first big impact of the month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway came when the No. 66 McLaren Racing Chevrolet of Fernando Alonso made contact in Turn 3. Alonoso was running directly behind Graham Rahal in Turn 3 when the car pushed wide, glancing off the SAFER barrier at corner exit. The papaya ornage car...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval opened for business for all 36 entered drivers at 11 am. Early on, several drivers went out on qual sims, and a couple of drivers had code brown moments at the exit of Turn 2. First was Alexander Rossi, who pushed high at corner exit, coming...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where the sun is trying to peak out and the temperature is in the lower 60s. According to our friend @Indycar_wxman, the weather looks terrific today. View on twitter The track is open for practice for seven hours from 11 am through 6 pm today....
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