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)....
By Patrick Stephan The first group – drivers that finished in the even numbered positions in this morning’s only practice session – started at 12:30pm ET with the air temp at 83F and the track at 103.8F. Graham Rahal, P1 in the practice elected to have his group run second – as usual. Everyone went...
Castroneves joins MSR ownership group as a minority partner, will focus on fifth Indianapolis 500 victory in 2024 with MSR Indianapolis, Ind. (11 August 2024) – Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) will expand its NTT INDYCAR SERIES program starting with the 2024 season, signing a promising young talent and making a new addition to the ownership...
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By Patrick Stephan Took a walk down pit lane during the 90 minute NTT INDYCAR Series practice session, a slightly more enjoyable experience than last weekend in Nashville, though not by a wide margin. The session started at 9:00am, and 37 minutes in, it was 75F with the track at 87.8F according to Firestone Racing....
By Patrick Stephan Quick good morning and welcome to what has become one of my favorite racing weekends…though it’s also soon to change. I’ve come to enjoy the INDYCAR/NASCAR doubleheader, and would LOVE for the sanctioning bodies to find a way to do this every year. Like you, we hear that NASCAR will return to...
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By Patrick Stephan Here are a collection of post race notes, stats, and rambling. Started this in Nashville with intentions of finishing at the airport, but got lucky and moved from the 7:50pm fight to the 5:25 (that actually left at like 5:45). Funny part about that was gate agent initially said only way to...