By Steve Wittich Kyle Kaiser was the first driver to hit the track for his Rookie Orientation Program (ROP) We did check with team owner Ricardo Juncos, and the car that Kaiser is driving during the “Month of May” is the same car that Kaiser and Rene Binder shared at the first four Verizon IndyCar...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where the Rookie Orientation Program (ROP) and refresher tests are the order of the day. The three rookies taking part today are Kyle Kaiser (Juncos Racing), Matheus Leist (A.J. Foyt Racing) and Robert Wickens (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports). Dale Coyne Racing rookie Pietro Fittipaldi was scheduled...
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By Steve Wittich Always improving If you were watching the live stream of the test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today, you undoubtedly saw various spots on the track that was lighter and looked like they had dust coming up. You can watch the test here: We had a chance to catch up with...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich RANK CAR NO. DRIVER FASTEST LAP LAPS TURNED 1 9 Scott Dixon 224.795 13 2 14 Tony Kanaan 223.922 28 3 22 Simon Pagenaud 223.603 20 4 3 Helio Castroneves 223.495 30 5 12 Will Power 222.671 33 6 1 Josef Newgarden 222.546 29 7 21 Spencer Pigot 222.244 19 8 27...
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By Steve Wittich The track went back to green flag conditions promptly at 1 PM, but most teams were still in Gasoline Alley looking at the data that they collected during their first 120 minutes. The 21 drivers collected 1,265 miles of data before lunch. Josef Newgarden, who turned 36 laps was the busiest driver...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich When testing began at 10 AM, the ambient temperature was 58F, and the track temperature was 68F. Each team receives four sets of Firestone Racing Indianapolis 500 Firehawk tires for today’s test. Cara Adams, Chief Engineer, Bridgestone Americas Motorsports, explained to us that these are the same tires that the teams will...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where 21 drivers are about to get their first taste of the UAK18 on the famed 2.5-mile Speedway, Ind. oval. The drivers and teams taking part in today’s open test are: Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport), Sebastien Bourdais (Dale Coyne Racing), Ed Carpenter (Ed Carpenter Racing),...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The last ten laps of the ninth annual Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama were undoubtedly compelling with the rain, but I won’t lie, I would like to have seen where the one-stop and early two-stop strategies ended up if it had stayed dry. I would have enjoyed seeing how the single...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The command to re-fire the twin-turbocharged V6 engines was given by race control at 11:01am. The ambient temperature was 67F and the track temperature was 91F. The field got the green flag after three pace laps at the beginning of Lap 27. Pit lap was immediately open. The No. 59 Gallagher Chevrolet...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich How many laps? One Stop? Two Stops? Some assumptions we’ll be using in this analysis: green flags laps take an average of 71 seconds to complete, and yellow flag laps are an average of 140 seconds. How many laps with the race end up being? When the race was red flagged for...
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