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Hy-Vee INDYCAR Weekend – Race 1 – Hy-Vee HomeFront 250 Results and Notes

By Patrick Stephan The overhead shots looked spectacular as the very short pre-race ran on NBC. I’ve been saying it all weekend and I’ll keep repeating it, Hy-Vee and Penske Entertainment have made this race track just visually beautiful. Several other promoters should really take note of how doing the little things greatly enhances an...

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Hy-Vee INDYCAR Weekend Qualifying Notes and Results

By Patrick Stephan The highly unexpected rain messed up my schedule, so I conned Bruce Martin in to doing the qualifying story for us. I got to watch most of quals from pit lane though, which was highly entertaining and I learned a few things. For example, chatting with Sam Schmidt, I learned the tub...

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Hy-Vee INDYCAR Weekend Iowa Speedway Qualifying Order – oh and good morning! And crap – now it’s raining!

By Patrick Stephan Quick good morning race fans. (NOTE: Just before I was able to hit send….it started to pour…we are in delay as the cars go back to the garage…and today’s schedule gets). Couple quick things and then I’m going outside for qualifying. First, it’s not supposed to rain today, but looking to the...

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Saturday Schedule for Hy-Vee INDYCAR Weekend

Good morning race fans (and certainly race teams who are totally awake and likely on the road already). Here is today’s schedule for Day 1 at Iowa Speedway. Rumor is some of us get to sleep in on Monday…but, that’s just a rumor 🙂 Sending this from the hotel as it’s a 45 minute drive...

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Hy-Vee INDYCAR Weekend Practice #1 Notes and Results

By Patrick Stephan The main (but not only) NTT INDYCAR Series practice session of the weekend got started at 3:30pm CT, with the track at 82F and the track down to 113F. The track had actually been a little hotter (118F) earlier, but one of the scattered, but pretty, fluffy clouds moved over the track...

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Welcome to the Hy-Vee INDYCAR Weekend at Iowa Speedway

By Patrick Stephan SORRY – This was supposed to send three hours ago – but I forgot to his the button and just realized it didn’t go out. After driving in from Denver – the first race I’ve driven to in many, many years, more on that later – I’ll just get today started with...

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INDYCAR Strengthens Rear-Wheel Bearing Retaining Nut, To Debut at Iowa Doubleheader

INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, July 19, 2023) – INDYCAR, along with longtime partner Dallara, is providing an update to improve the overall strength and retention of wheel hubs on NTT INDYCAR SERIES cars. The updated rear-wheel bearing retaining nut is being distributed to all entries in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and will be mandated for use beginning...

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Toronto Post Race Notes – Including Winner Transcript

By Patrick Stephan Just a couple quick notes before I head off to sleep at my new hotel near the Pearson airport. I had been staying at the Canopy (Hilton property) in Yorkville for the weekend, but wanted to get closer to the airport for tomorrow’s early flight back to Denver. I’ve been to this...

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Honda Indy Toronto Quick Race Notes – Spoiler

By Patrick Stephan As usual, this will be fairly rough as I put it together as the race runs. Though I’m going to try and be a bit more big picture this weekend instead of just a running mess 😉 But, we’ll see! Conditions: Air 76F, Track 108F, Humidity 79% Lundgaard with a nice start,...

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