Good morning from Barber Motorsports Park, where the sun is currently shining. The Birmingham, Ala. are got hit by a thunderstorm last night and over 1” of rain overnight. According to our friend @Indycar_Wxman the 90-lap Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama will be dry. Sunday’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama schedule TIME EVENT...
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By Steve Wittich A quick correction from my earlier qualifying report. Today’s qualifying is the first time since Long Beach in 2014, not 2015 that a driver representing Team Penske has not made the Firestone Fast Six. Numbers This is only the second time that Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Graham Rahal have made the...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Qualfying was delayed a little because the schedule was delayed by eight minutes after the schedule fell behind due to a track sweeper incident. More on that later. The ambient temperature at the start of qualifying was 76F, and the track temperature was 92F. Round 1, Group 1 The pair of ABC...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich With the uncertainty of the performance of the Firestone Racing Alternate Tires (Red), that last minute flyer by James Hinchcliffe in this morning’s practice session could be vital in determining your tire strategy for the remainder of the weekend. Setting the quickest time, allowed the Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports veteran to decide...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich About the Firestone Racing Reds Before we recap the session, we’ll attempt to explain the issue the drivers and teams had with the Firestone Racing Alternate Tires (Reds). Drivers and engineers were surprised by the lack of grip, change of balance towards oversteer, and short life span. TSO had a chance to...
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By Steve Wittich Good morning from Barber Motorsports Park where the sun is shining. It’s one of beautiful those days where after rains yesterday, you can almost hear and see the spring plants growing. Here is today’s weather from @Indycar_Wxman Here is today’s schedule TIME EVENT 7:30 am Gates Open 8am – 4pm Surgere Family...
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By Steve Wittich Celebrating The Tenth This year’s race is the 10th anniversary of the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama and Barber Motorsports Park celebrated with four of the five winners and this weekend’s grand marshall Mario Andretti. Gene Hallman, President, and CEO of promoter Bruno Sports Marketing And Events began with a joke...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Drivers with Honda HI19TT power plants had the six quickest and eight of the top ten laps in preparation for Sunday’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports veteran James Hinchcliffe, who had a podium in last year’s race was the only driver to turn a lap under 69...
READ MOREFelix Rosenqvist led a disjointed first practice session at Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The 45-minute session was interrupted by three red flags on a slippery 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course. Rosenqvist’s quickest lap was 69.230 seconds versus the 67.599 seconds that Will Power did in the first practice last year. The session...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Good morning from a damp Barber Motorsports Park. I (Steve) will have your NTT IndyCar Series coverage from the 10th Anniversary edition of the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. When I woke up at 4 am, it was pouring rain, but by the time I left for the track, it was...
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