What came as no surprise, the start of the Indy Lights race was declared to be wet by race officials. Ed Jones, who started on pole for the sixth time this season, was able to tip-toe his way through the first three corners ahead of the 13 drivers behind him that were were side-by-side through...
READ MOREby Joe Berkemeier Here is the official starting lineup. Everyone on red alternate tires save Mikhail Aleshin, Juan Pablo Montoya, and James Hinchcliffe. SP Car Name Driver Manufacturer Tire 1 12 Will Power Chevy Alternate 2 9 Scott Dixon Chevy Alternate 3 10 Tony Kanaan Chevy Alternate 4 22 Simon Pagenaud Chevy Alternate 5 3...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier Morning warmup was delayed ten minutes for the medical helicopter to arrive. Once it did, we had two takers for the session. Sebastien Bourdais turned two laps, one one minor off at Turn 6, with a best time of 2:11.3498. Graham Rahal went out in the waning moments and...
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier Good morning from a rainy Road America, where the Verizon IndyCar Series will run the Kohler Grand Prix in a few hours. Which is good, as it’s currently raining very hard here at the track. The rain is forecast to clear out for the IndyCar race itself. However, we expect a very...
READ MORESEBASTIEN BOURDAIS No. 11 Team HYDROXYCUT – KVSH Racing Chevrolet/Dallara/Firestone Kohler Grand Prix – Saturday, June 25 – Qualifying Practice Session No. 3: Seventh – 103.1868 seconds/140.041 mphCombined Practice Report 3 Sessions: Eighth – 103.1868 seconds/140.041 mph Qualifying: Round 1 (Group 2): Fourth – 103.8669 seconds/139.124 mph Round 2: 12th – 103.3291 seconds/139.848 mph Round...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich and Joe Berkemeier Some stats from INDYCAR after qualifying today: Today was Will Power’s 44th career pole, which leaves him 5th on the all-time list. Next on the list is his teammate Helio Castroneves, who has 47. This is Team Penske’s 499th pole in racing competition and 242nd in open wheel competition....
READ MOREBy 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...
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