BY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 LONG BEACH, California – There are some events on the Verizon IndyCar Series calendar that are races and others are events. And then there is the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. It’s more than a race, it’s more than an event – it’s a happening. It’s a...
READ MOREFor the 43rd straight year the streets surrounding the harbor in the city of Long Beach, Calif. will play host to open wheel cars. The very first Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach was held in September 1975, and was a F5000 race won by Brian Redman. The annual “Roar By The Shoar” moved to...
READ MORELONG POND, Pa. (April 4, 2017) – Pocono Raceway has added an additional 5,197 feet of Steel and Foam Energy Resistant (SAFER) barrier and is among the top three tracks in terms of length of the safety feature. With a late start to winter, Pocono Raceway was able to cover the front stretch of the...
READ MORESONOMA, Calif. (April 4, 2017) – Thirteen drivers from five Verizon IndyCar® Series teams completed a one-day Honda test session at Sonoma Raceway on Tuesday. This marked the largest IndyCar test of the year so far at Sonoma Raceway, which will host the 2017 series season finale for the third consecutive year at the GoPro...
READ MOREThe Autosportradio.com 2017 Show presented by Honda HPD will stream live on Tuesday, April 4th 2017, live from McGilvery’s Speedway at 3009 North High School Road, beginning at 7PM ET. The program can be seen/heard by logging onto www.autosportradio.com and the program streamed live on YouTube will be on the home page. When the program concludes you will...
READ MOREINSTAGRAM STAR LOKI THE WOLFDOG TO SERVE AS PRIMARY SPONSOR FOR SPENCER PIGOT IN LONG BEACH (INDIANAPOLIS) April 3, 2017 – Loki the Wolfdog, an Instagram star with over 1.4 million followers, will serve as primary sponsor in a partnership with Rising Star Racing for Spencer Pigot‘s No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Indy car on April...
READ MORESONOMA, Calif. (March 29, 2017) – Thirteen drivers from five Verizon IndyCar® Series teams will take part in a one-day Honda test session at Sonoma Raceway on Tuesday, April 4. This marks the largest IndyCar test of the year so far at Sonoma Raceway, which will host the 2017 series season finale for the third consecutive...
READ MOREClassic Racing Times showcases vintage Indy cars on Super Saturday of open-wheel racing in Phoenix PHOENIX – Phoenix Raceway President Bryan R. Sperber announced today that Classic Racing Times will present the Vintage Desert Classicas part of the Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix weekend on April 28-29. The addition to Phoenix Raceway’s Super Saturday of...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Despite the calendar only reading March 24th, the Northwest-side of Indianapolis sounded much more like it was the middle of May, as 11 twin turbo-charged V6 powered Indy Cars began to circulate the 2.5 mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval just after 9am. The majority of the early running during the morning saw...
READ MOREBY BRUCE MARTIN @BruceMartin_500 LEEDS, Alabama – A day that started off fast before being slowed for “weepers” in the high-speed Turn 14 portion of the course on a bright sunny day that limited the afternoon session ended in a blaze of speed as INDYCAR allowed “Push-to-Pass” for the final one-hour of Tuesday’s Open Test at Barber...
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