By Joe Berkemeier First – yes, we mis-spoke earlier when we said that this was Josef Newgarden’s first win. We left out the phrase “on an oval” when we said it was his first win in the Verizon IndyCar Series. His first win was at Barber last year and his previous win was at the...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier What follows is the race spoiler. Please stop reading if you’re behind on the DVR. ===== Simon Pagenaud brought the field down to the green flag but it was Josef Newgarden who led the first lap. Most of the field held their general positions, but Charlie Kimball got off to a rough...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier Temps were 78 ambient, 101 track at the start of the Indy Lights race. At the start, Ed Jones took off and stretched out a decent lead. Second-place starter Dean Stoneman fell back into the clutches of Santiago Urrutia, but was able to rally and reclaim second place by the end of...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier The rain has passed here at Iowa Speedway. Indy Lights qualifying has been scrapped, and the plan is for them to race on schedule at 2:15pm local time. The Verizon IndyCar warmup was also cancelled. The rain came in around 10am, with the heavy stuff coming in around 11. It all stopped...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier: Good morning from a cloudy Iowa Speedway, where it looks like rain will shortly impact the day’s activities. A line of strong showers is to the north of the track and should arrive shortly. Here is today’s slated schedule (all times Central, one hour behind Eastern): 11:00 – 11:45am Indy Lights qualifying...
READ MOREPractice 1: Seventh – 17.4019 seconds/184.945 mph Qualifying: Lap 1: 17.8887 seconds Lap 2: 17.6884 seconds Total Time/Average Speed: 35.5771 seconds/180.925 mph Qualified: 16th Sebastien Bourdais Qualifying Quote: “We were too optimistic with the downforce level given the track conditions with the track temp going up. I was sliding all over the place. The balance was good on...
READ MOREby Joe Berkemeier So, paint schemes this weekend for those of you who didn’t get to watch qualifying. They’re largely the same from Road America with a few exceptions. Most notably, the cars from Ed Carpenter Racing look almost the same. To tell them apart, look for the air intake. Josef Newgarden has bright yellow/green...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier It was Simon Pagenaud who took his fifth pole position of the 2016 season here at Iowa Speedway. For Team Penske, it’s their 500th pole position. Pagenaud came into the press conference wearing a hat with “500” on it in large letters. Afterwards, Pagenaud said he’s got a very good race car...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier The 2017 and 2018 INDYCAR schedules are beginning to come together. After announcing that INDYCAR would be back at Road America in 2017 two weeks ago, they announced that INDYCAR would return to Iowa Speedway in 2017 and 2018. The race date will be Sunday, July 9th in 2017 and Sunday July...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier Team Penske had a media availavility this morning before the session. Penske was 1-2-3 in the test here last week, so all four drivers are confident of their pace this weekend. Juan Pablo Montoya has run well in his two races with Team Penske but has crashed in both of them –...
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