Welcome to Saturday at the Grand Prix of Portland. Here’s what’s on tap today and a few other notes from Friday, including one of the best meals of the year for dinner. Saturday Schedule The usual third Verizon IndyCar Series practice and qualifying sessions are up, along with qualifying and races for each of the...
READ MOREThis weekend, Gabby Chaves is excited to pilot the #88 Harding Racing Chevrolet at the Portland International Raceway for the Portland Grand Prix. The Colombian-American will race 105 laps for 206.22 miles along the permanent 12-turn, 1.964-mile road course. The team hopes to bring the from last weekend’s strong performance at Gateway Motorsports Park to...
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By Patrick Stephan and Tony DiZinno Sebastien Bourdais (quickest overall) and Will Power came in to talk with the media. Pretty standard Friday press conference, so no great news broken. Will Power though made it very clear what he needs to do this weekend, “We simply have to finish ahead of Dixon and Rossi, there...
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By Patrick Stephan (TSO_Patrick) I went out and watched the first half of practice from “Festival Curves” grandstand on the inside of Turn 1 and 2. Fairly decent sized grandstand and it was pretty full for a Friday. Not cheek to cheek by any stretch, but you couldn’t get your own row or anything either....
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By Patrick Stephan Let’s go through a few notes as we get ready for the second Verizon IndyCar Series practice session at 2:35pm PT. First, congratulations to Tony Kanaan and wife Lauren (Bohlander) on the birth of their third child (TK’s fourth). Kanaan wrote on Instagram, “While I was in Portland @Laurenbohlander and this little...
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By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Ok, it’s my turn to wish everyone a good morning from Portland International Raceway. I’ll start with the practice session notes and then I’ve got some travel notes, and other tidbits that will follow: Verizon IndyCar Series Practice #1: Just before the session started we heard that Scott Dixon got a...
READ MOREThe Grand Prix of Portland officially begins on Friday with formal on-track activities. All of the Verizon IndyCar Series, Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tires and Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by Mazda tested on Thursday. The Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires and Battery Tender Global MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires join those...
READ MOREINDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Friday, Aug. 31, 2018) – Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver Robert Wickens was transferred to IU Health Methodist Hospital on Thursday, Aug. 30 to continue treatment in his home of Indianapolis. He will soon undergo further surgery on his lower extremities. Wickens had been in the care of Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest since...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Steve’s preview provides a comprehensive look ahead to this weekend’s Grand Prix of Portland, the penultimate race of the Verizon IndyCar Series season. Today’s test day on Thursday provided five hours of run time and already, a number of cool stories to emerge. Test Day Primer The Verizon IndyCar Series had a...
READ MOREThe 2018 Grand Prix of Portland will be the 25th Indy car race held at Portland International Raceway, but the first since a Champ Car World Series event in 2007. The first two-dozen races were part of the annual Rose Festival, which began 111 years ago in 1907. The first event, the Stroh’s / G.I....
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