By Patrick Stephan Ok, time to get through some of the “news” of the day or week – depending on how far behind I am right now! (The notes from Practice #2 are at the bottom). I’ll start by going through the response I got from Gateway Motorsports Park concerning concession and traffic problems at last...
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By Patrick Stephan Welcome to Watkins Glen where I have finally arrived, just in time for a chilly Verizon IndyCar Series practice session. Real quick on getting here, then back to the racing. Thursday started as a fairly normal day back in the Denver suburbs, where I took the kids to school – which lets...
READ MOREHistory at “The Glen” Similar to Road America, Watkins Glen International, the permanent racing facility, began in the mid-1950’s when the federal, state and local governments put an end to racing on public roads. The first permanent circuit constructed was a 2.3 mile road course that was completed in 1956, and the first “major” race...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan SORRY THIS IS SO LATE!!! Hello race fans. I made it back to Denver early on Sunday afternoon, but wanted to take a few minutes to go over some additional thoughts on what was for me at least, a crazy weekend. And as often happens to me, my “few minutes” has turned...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Before we get to the race, I have to make a couple notes on what I saw on both the fan side and the paddock side before the race got started. To be honest, things were really crowded and a bit crazy at Gateway Motorsports Park. I haven’t heard anything official, but...
READ MOREHere are the unofficial results, after a pretty good race! Details to follow shortly! Pos Car # Driver Engine Diff 1 2 Josef Newgarden Chevy — 2 9 Scott Dixon Honda 0.6850 3 1 Simon Pagenaud Chevy 0.9743 4 3 Helio Castroneves Chevy 1.5668 5 4 Conor Daly Chevy 1.7446 6 98 Alexander Rossi Honda...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Good afternoon race fans! TSO is happy to be coming to you live and in person from Gateway Motorsports Park, where the temperature at 4:00pm was a slightly warm 84 degrees, with 37% humidity and a breeze of about 6mph. That’s nice in the shade but a little muggy and warm in...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Josef Newgarden’s 184.079mph lap led a quartet of Chevrolet powered drivers in a busy final IndyCar practice session in preparation for the the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. The drivers and teams utilized the practice session that occurred at the same time as tomorrow’s race to work on improving the handling while in...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The difference between Team Penske teammates Simon Pagenaud (who will start fourth) and Will Power (who will start fourth) was 3mph, 18 spots in the qualifying line, two degrees in ambient temperature, and seven degrees in track temperature. Power’s fastest lap of 189.709mph was almost 2mph over the track record set by...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Well, my whirlwind Gateway weekend continues, as I got the opportunity to run up the stairs to the top of the grandstands and join the INDYCAR Radio Network for today’s first Verizon IndyCar Series practice session. And that “up the stairs” is pretty literal. The original builder of Gateway (Chris Pook of...
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