2017 Indianapolis 500 Race Morning Press Conference – Sebastien Bourdais Sunday, May 28, 2017 MODERATOR: The first question is, how are you doing? SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS: I’m doing good enough to be here. So that’s great. It’s great to be out of the hospital environment. I’ve never really faced that before. It’s great to feel normal right...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Before I head out to the grid to meet up with Kevin Lee, so I can earn that 300% raise he promised me, I wanted to pass along a few photos from TSO Photographer Dave Bulebush! He is out and about the Speedway today and provided these early images from the festivities....
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where the bomb has gone off signifying it’s 6:00am and the gates are now open. The sun isn’t up or anything, but the gates are now open as the eastern sky just begins to turn black to grey and now at 6:10am we are seeing...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) First, due to some family not being able to make the trip this year, I have some extra tickets for sale to race fans (6 or 8tickets total). These are up high in Stand C. The seats are under the cover of the Hulman Suites, and are toward the North end,...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Have I mentioned I’m running behind today? Have I mentioned that there is a lot going on? Well, I made the mistake of going for a walk! Headed over to catch a couple songs by the Bare Naked Ladies, and that was fun. The Turn 4 concert area is packed! But that...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) In the TAG Heuer Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge, Helio Castroneves and Team Penske kicked things off by beating Sage Karam and Dreyer and Reinbold Racing in Round #1. The other first round duo was Charlie Kimball from Ganassi Racing and Mikhail Aleshin and his Schmidt Peterson Motorsports crew taking that...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Quick note for our new subscribers – and there have been quite a few recently. If you have questions, comments, or even complaints, the easiest way to reach the staff at TrackSideOnline.com is to simply reply to one of these emails. If you are one of the folks that only reads...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Well, the first on track activity was all we expected. 2o minutes in to the session, Fernando Alonso (226.608mph) was up front as we watched the leaderboard shuffle rapidly as driver’s worked in the draft and on pit stops. Mikhail Aleshin picked up a stop and go penalty early on for hitting...
READ MOREAfter spending the 2011 to 2106 “Centennial Era” of the Indianapolis 500 celebrating the history of the “Greatest Spectacle In Racing,” the 101st Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil provides an opportunity to look into the future. And this year’s Memorial Day Weekend race gives us plenty of great storylines to build upon: The...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Good morning and welcome to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where one of the most fun days of the year is about to get started. I have finally gotten in to town after having to watch from afar for the past couple weeks. For the rest of the weekend, I’ll be running...
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