By Patrick Stephan Welcome to Texas Motor Speedway where we now have our first practice session in the books. It was a bit disjointed with several yellows for track inspections, plus a couple incidents. Gabby Chavez brought out the first caution when he spun coming off of Turn 4, and made rear first impact with...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Just a quick note as practice gets ready to start at the Texas Motor Speedway. Temperatures are 86 ambient out here – though it feels a bit hotter with just a few clouds. We expect the practice to start slowly as teams won’t want to waste tires on a hot track. So,...
READ MOREOn Saturday evening, the Verizon IndyCar Series will take to the 24 degree banked D-shaped oval of the Speedway Motorsports Incorporated owned Texas Motor Speedway for the 29th time. Saturday’s Firestone 600 will take place under the lights just over 19 years after the first IndyCar night race took place at Texas Motor Speedway on June...
READ MOREKVSH Racing driver Sebastien Bourdais is coming off an outstanding weekend in Detroit which saw him score the most points of any driver. Bourdais captured his first victory of the season, second consecutive in Detroit and 35th of his IndyCar career in the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Race 1 (won Race 2 last...
READ MORESEBASTIEN BOURDAIS No. 11 Team HYDROXYCUT – KVSH Racing Chevrolet/Dallara/Firestone Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix – Sunday, June 5 – Race 2 Qualified: 12th Finished: Eighth Sebastien Bourdais Race Day Quote: “I have mixed feelings. We put on quite a show. The Hydroxycut machine was on it. It was a little bit like...
READ MOREWell, that was quite the comeback for Will Power, who seems to make a habit of such things. Remember how his day started: Being stripped of his two fastest qualifying times for getting in Marco Andretti’s way during qualifying. So, he started eighth, a remarkable feat given that was his third-best lap. Power worked his...
READ MOREHow’s Will Power feeling now? Power finally won a race, ending a 19-race drought, to close out the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit. The win was the 25th of Power’s career, moving him into a tie with Rodger Ward for 14th place all-time. Power passed Team Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud on the restart on Lap 53,...
READ MOREA couple of things as IndyCar approaches its green flag for the 3:50 p.m.: First, the weather looks better, but it still must be considered unpredictable. There was a bluster that went through the paddock about 1:30 p.m., with the wind kicking up and a few drops of rain, but it came and went pretty...
READ MOREWell, things got a little complicated in qualifying. Keep up if you can. Will Power delivered a track-record lap of 1 minute, 13.884 seconds in today’s qualifying session, but he will start the second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit in the eighth position. Simon Pagenaud will be on the pole despite not being...
READ MOREWelcome to another IndyCar Series day, this one the third of three from Detroit’s Belle Isle Park. The second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit will be held at 3:50 p.m., but first there will be a brief, 30-minute, two-group qualifying session at 10:30 a.m. (moved up from 10:45 a.m.). There is a chance...
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