By Patrick Stephan Well, the time sheets I usually create wound up being mostly useless in today’s qualifying since the order the end of a session…well, keep reading. In first group, most drivers started out on primary black tires before going back to the reds. While on those, we saw Mikhail Aleshin get loose at...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan The Indy Lights race is about to start, and a reminder, it can be watched online IndyCar.com and also on YouTube.com or via the YouTube app on your streaming player (Roku, etc.) The point battle is the big this to watch, so keep an eye on pole sitter Santiago Urritia and also...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Good morning from The Glen, where we again have a beautiful day unfolding. Temperatures as the Indy Lights series runs qualifying are just approaching 60 degrees under beautiful blue skies with just a few light and fluffy clouds in the area. There is a light breeze making it one of those days...
READ MOREKVSH RACING’S SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS NINTH ON SPEED CHARTS AFTER FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE FOR INDYCAR GRAND PRIX AT THE GLEN Sebastien Bourdais, in the No. 11 Team HYDROXYCUT – KVSH Racing Chevrolet/Dallara/Firestone machine, concluded the first day of practice for Sunday’s IndyCar Grand Prix at the Glen ninth on the combined practice report following two practice sessions...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD Going to try and work in some notes before getting to today’s final practice time sheet. If I seem to be “gushing” about Watkins Glen at various points this weekend – well, blame it on the weather – which is virtually perfect today. As the second...
READ MOREHere is the timesheet from the second practice. Extensive notes to follow. No major incidents though both Simon Pagenaud and Tony Kanaan did have incidents on the final lap of the session. Pagenaud slid off at Turn 7 (the toe of the boot), and Kanaan spun at the exit of Turn 6 – no real...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Ok, I’m running behind a bit today, but I did make it here in time to see most of the first session. Yesterday’s travel schedule was the usual for reaching Watkins Glen from Denver -kind of meandering but totally worth it (well, at least I think that NOW that I’m here in...
READ MORESEBASTIEN BOURDAIS NO. 11 Team HYDROXYCUT – KVSH RACING CHEVROLET/DALLARA/FIRESTONE IndyCar Grand Prix at the Glen – Watkins Glen International Raceway – Sept. 2-4, 2016 Round 15 of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series Season KVSH Racing driver Sebastien Bourdais is coming off a 10th place showing in the restart of the Firestone 600 at Texas...
READ MOREWatkins Glen International joins Phoenix International Raceway and Road America as the third historic track to rejoin the Verizon IndyCar Series during the 2016. Quite an impressive feat by Jay Frye and Mark Miles. Here is hoping that in the case of the Verizon IndyCar Series and “The Glen,” that the third effort at establishing...
READ MOREFirestone 600 post-event infraction INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016) – INDYCAR announced the following post-event infraction from the conclusion of the Firestone 600, which was completed Aug. 27 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas: • INDYCAR fined Schmidt Peterson Motorsports $20,000 and penalized the team 25 entrant and driver points after the No....
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