By Tony DiZinno Good morning from Road America, as we head into Saturday at the KOHLER Grand Prix weekend. Here is today’s schedule, which will basically mean Steve and I divide today into two parts: the three hours when we aren’t in the media center in the paddock, and the six hours when we are...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Friday’s second practice at the 4.014-mile Road America circuit was a better gauge of qualifying conditions for Saturday, given qualifying will run at the same time of day tomorrow. INDYCAR noted temperatures at 70 degrees Fahrenheit ambient and 84 on track before the start of the one-hour second practice, which ran from...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Newgarden downplays early pace in first practice First practice session leader Josef Newgarden visited the media center at a little after 12:30 p.m. CT and local time. The driver of the No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet cautioned against reading too much into first session times because they aren’t entirely representative. He...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Temperatures were 64 degrees Fahrenheit ambient and 78 track per Firestone as the first Verizon IndyCar Series practice session went green at 11 a.m. CT and local time. All cars went in and out for an installation lap, including series debutante Alfonso Celis Jr. in the No. 32 Juncos Racing Chevrolet. But...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Should have noted in the first update, I (Tony) will be on primarily for TrackSide Online’s Verizon IndyCar Series coverage this weekend while Steve Wittich will lead our coverage on the TSO Ladder presented by Cooper Tires site. — Schmidt Peterson Motorsports teammates Robert Wickens and James Hinchcliffe brought their comedy act...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno Good, early morning from Road America! It is the second day of the KOHLER Grand Prix weekend, following the opening round of practice for Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires and Battery Tender Global MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich held Thursday afternoon. Here is today’s schedule. It is rare we...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Sunday’s Kohler Grand Prix will be the 28th Indy car race that the 4.014-mile, 14-turn Road America natural terrain road course has hosted since Hector Rebaque won the inaugural race in 1982. After an eight-year hiatus, Indy car returned to “America’s National Park of Speed” in 2016, and the enthusiasm amongst the...
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By Patrick Stephan (TSO_Patrick) Well, we were told by many participants to worry about the tires, and yes there were issues, but Simon Pagenaud was asked about how tire blisters dictated his race and he quickly put that story to an end: “It didn’t dictate my race at all because I didn’t know I had...
READ MOREHere are the unofficial results! Pos Car # Driver Laps Diff 1 9 Scott Dixon 248 2 22 Simon Pagenaud 248 4.2943 3 27 Alexander Rossi 248 4.5670 4 5 James Hinchcliffe 248 5.0869 5 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 248 6.7301 6 15 Graham Rahal 248 7.2744 7 30 Takuma Sato 248 8.3457 8 18 Sebastien...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Track temp at race start was 110, the coolest we’ve seen all weekend. Nicely formed field and clean start. Pigot way high in third lane around Turn 3 making passes at the back. Lap 6 Wickens tries the high side on Turn 1, stays 2 wide all the way around but can’t...
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