By Steve Wittich The third day of practice for the 102nd Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Motor Oil began under sunny skies with an ambient temperature of 74F and a track temperature of 91F. A trio of Andretti Autosport cars, Marco Andretti, Zach Veach, and Alexander Rossi were the first cars on the track, and...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno, Patrick Stephan, and Steve Wittich Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Tony DiZinno will be joining me (Steve) for the remainder of practice and qualifying. According to our friend @Indycar_Wxman, today would be a fantastic day to play hooky from work. [tweet https://twitter.com/Indycar_Wxman/status/997067102287777792 ] We expect the iconic 2.5-mile to...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich “Yeah, just still early days,” said Marco Andretti after getting out of the car after setting the quickest lap of practice. “But checking off the boxes right now. A lot of test items. We got through a ton of stuff today. It was a pretty productive day. We got the car to...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno After a couple days back-and-forth to Milwaukee since the INDYCAR Grand Prix, happy to say I’m back in Indianapolis a day sooner than I anticipated and am down here for the rest of the month. Just after 4 p.m. ET, there were only three yellow-flag interruptions all day, all for track inspections....
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich As of this update, all 35 cars have been on track. Andretti Autosport veteran Marco Andretti with a lap at 226.900mph has the quickest lap of the day when a yellow came out for a cut tire. 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan is currently the quickest driver on the no-tow speed...
READ MOREGood morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where on-track activity for the second day of practice begins at 11 AM and ends at 6 PM. It’s currently overcast, and much more refreshing and thankfully less humid than yesterday. Here is today’s forecast. [tweet https://twitter.com/Indycar_Wxman/status/996724645213626368] We had a chance to walk through Gasoline Alley on our...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich With two hours left in the first day of practice, the top 10 were: Marco Andretti (224.217 mph), Sage Karam, Charlie Kimball, Ed Jones, Scott Dixon, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Gabby Chaves, Simon Pagenaud, Tony Kanaan, and Jay Howard. At just after 4 PM, the yellow flag came out for impending weather. There was...
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By Steve Wittich When the three-hour Rookie Orientation Program (ROP) and veteran refresher session began at 1 PM, Stefan Wilson was the first driver on the track, in the No. 25 #Driven2SaveLives Honda. The car featured a livery that was eerily similar to the No. 25 Andretti Autosport Honda that his brother Justin Wilson drove...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich It was a trio of Team Penske drivers that topped the first official practice session for the 102nd Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Motor Oil, but it was a duo of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing drivers that had the best all important no-tow times. Simon Pagenaud’s lap of 225.787 led the way....
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway media center. Practice for the 102nd Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Motor Oil is scheduled to get underway at 11 AM. You can follow along here –> http://racecontrol.indycar.com or here –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCPsXMIpEaM or on the Verizon IndyCar Series Ap When I took the dogs for their morning...
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