By Joe Berkemeier Due to the length of the track, the qualifying sessions today were lengthened. The first two rounds of qualifying were 12 minutes long, with the second round also 12 minutes long. Times dropped fast and furious in the first group, and when the dust settled, Scott Dixon was quickest. Round 1 Group...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier As expected – Carlos Munoz is changing his engine. Munoz lost the motor early in the morning practice session. ===== As we expected, the crowd has built through the day as more people have come into the facility for the remainder of the weekend. And there’s palpable excitement –...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier and Steve Wittich Bit late on these, but since we were asked, here are the pit lane assignments for the weekend: Munoz Dixon Castroneves Sato Newgarden Pagenaud Power Kanaan Rossi ** Gap in wall ** Hinchcliffe Hunter-Reay Andretti Rahal Pigot Kimball Aleshin Montoya Bourdais Chilton Hawksworth Daly Chaves ** Start/Finish Line **...
READ MOREby Joe Berkemeier and Steve Wittich The cause of Jack Hawksworth stopping on course yesterday? Per Larry Foyt, the team ran Jack out of fuel. ===== In the day’s first USF2000 race, Cape Motorsports with /Wayne Taylor Racing sophomore pilot Anthony Martin survived two restarts while being pressured by his sophomore Australian countrymen Jordan Lloyd...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier Good morning from Road America, where the day’s activity has just begun. Here is today’s schedule – all times Central, one hour behind Eastern: 8:00am USF2000 Race #1 (40 minutes) 8:55 Pro Mazda Race #1 (50 minutes) 11:00am – 11:45am IndyCar practice #3 12:00pm Indy Lights race #1 (55...
READ MORESEBASTIEN BOURDAIS No. 11 Team HYDROXYCUT – KVSH Racing Chevrolet/Dallara/Firestone Kohler Grand Prix – Friday, June 24 – Practice Practice Session No. 1: 15th – 104.6940 seconds/138.025 mph Practice Session No. 2: 14th – 103.9059 seconds/139.072 mph Combined Practice Report: 16th – 103.9059 seconds/139.072 mph Sebastien Bourdais Practice Quote:...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier and Steve Wittich Before we begin the close, first, apologizes for the massive pictures in the earlier update. To borrow a phrase from Monty Python, those responsible have been sacked. ===== Road America is shrinking! OK, not really. But the track is slightly shorter than people expected. When INDYCAR came to this...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier Here are the session times for today’s second Verizon IndyCar practice session. The session ran clean but did end a few minutes early for a red flag for Jack Hawksworth, who came to a stop on course at Turn 4. More shortly. Pos Car Driver Manufacturer Best Time Total Laps 1 15...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier and Steve Wittich Last night’s social report? I’d never been here before, so I didn’t realize that Sheboygan is probably the best town to stay in. So I’m in Oshkosh, home of the famous air show. That’s around 50 minutes away from the track. Not a difficult drive, but not brief. Thanks...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier Good morning from Road America, where open wheel racing has returned for the first time since 2007. And with the entire Mazda Road to Indy and all seven classes of the Pirelli World Challenge joining the Verizon IndyCar Series for the weekend, it’s a very busy day of activity....
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