By Joe Berkemeier We’ve been told by INDYCAR officials that the car of Takuma Sato will be allowed to race in tonight’s race provided that the car is repaired in time. There’s plenty of damage to the right side of the car – it’s repairable, but it’s going to be a thrash to make the...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier Temperatures were 93 degrees ambient, 131 degrees track at the start of the practice session. Takuma Sato was on his first hot lap in the upper lane when something appeared to break in the right rear of his car. A trail of sparks trailing him, Sato made contact with the outside wall...
READ MOREby Joe Berkemeier Hello from Texas Motor Speedway, where we’re here for the resumption of the Firestone 600. As Steve mentioned yesterday, Patrick covered this race in June. He will be at Watkins Glen next weekend, so I’m here this weekend to finish off the race. I’m not going to lie to you – it’s...
READ MORESEBASTIEN BOURDAIS NO. 11 Team HYDROXYCUT – KVSH RACING CHEVROLET/DALLARA/FIRESTONE Firestone 600 (Restart) – August 27, 2016 Round 9 of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series Season KVSH Racing driver Sebastien Bourdais is coming off his best oval finish of the season a fifth place showing at Pocono Raceway. The fifth place showing is his best...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier, Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich The Verizon IndyCar Series returns to Texas Motor Speedway to resume the Firestone 600, which was red-flagged on Lap 71 for rain on Sunday, June 11th. The 248 lap race on the 1.5 mile D-shaped oval was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 10th, but...
READ MORE2017 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule March 12 – Street of St. Petersburg April 9 – Street of Long Beach April 24 – Barber Motorsports Park April 29 – Phoenix International Raceway May 13 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway – road course May 28 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway – oval June 3 – Raceway at Belle Isle...
READ MOREMatt Mindrum to join IMS in Senior Leadership Role INDIANAPOLIS, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 — The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced today that Matt Mindrum will serve as Vice President of Marketing and Communications, leading all promotional efforts at the Racing Capital of the World. Mindrum is currently the Vice President for Marketing and Communications at Butler University...
READ MOREKVSH RACING’S SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS FINISHES OVAL SEASON-HIGH FIFTH IN RAIN DELAYED ABC SUPPLY 500 KVSH Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais drove the No. 11 Team HYDROXYCUT – KVSH Racing machine to an oval season-high fifth place finish today in the rain delayed ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, PA. Bourdais, who qualified 18th gave an indication...
READ MOREIn Steve’s opinion, the 2016 edition of the ABC Supply 500 was a thoroughly enjoyable race. It was a nice mix of the 2013/2014 races and the 2015 races. It was action packed, featured varying set-up strategies, had just enough passing, and it was very clear that the cars were quite a handful to drive....
READ MOREAt just a little bit past noon on Monday, and 21 hours after it was scheduled, the green flag flew to start the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway. Technically it was a yellow flag, as the start was waved off when pole sitter Aleshin got to much of a jump on Newgarden. The starter...
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