We are currently yellow at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a track inspection At 1:30pm there have been 22 cars on track and they have turned a total of 347 laps. The No. 29 T.E. Connectivity Honda piloted by Simona de Silvestro turned its first laps since suffering a fire on Tuesday. The Swiss driver...
READ MORESTEFANO COLETTI NO. 4 KV RACING TECHNOLOGY CHEVROLET/DALLARA/FIRESTONE 99th Indianapolis 500 – May 10-24, 2015 “I am very excited to be racing at the Indianapolis 500. It will be my first time on an oval, so will be a whole new experience but it looks like it will be really fun, so I’m excited to...
READ MOREGood morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It’s currently 53F and partly cloudy. The forecast high is 72F and the clouds are forecast to increase. Today’s track schedule is open practice from noon through 6pm. ————— There was a very interesting exchange between James Davision, Ryan Hunter-Reay and a few other IndyCar drivers on a...
READ MOREWe’re back. Steve decided to take one last tour of Gasoline Alley and learned a couple of things. —————— Buddy Lazier will be out tomorrow in the No. 91 Wynn Iowa Vision Research Lazier Racing Chevrolet. He was fitted in the car this afternoon. —————— TSO was able to confirm that Dale Coyne Racing does...
READ MORESorry about that. I forgot to add the time sheets to the last post. Pos Car Driver Manufacturer Best Speed Total Laps 1 26 Carlos Munoz Honda 230.121 88 2 24 Townsend Bell Chevy 228.969 57 3 10 Tony Kanaan Chevy 228.172 64 4 19 James Davison Honda 228.043 86 5 8 Sage Karam Chevy ...
READ MOREMuch thanks to Joe for the quick update on the Pippa Mann incident. I (Steve) was down in my “happy place” to watch the first half-hour of “happy hour.” Here’s a picture of the view from the south-east corner of the pit road suites. ...
READ MOREThe track is yellow for an incident involving Pippa Mann. After watching two replays, it appears that Marco Andretti may have slowed unexpectedly in front of Mann in the north end of the track. That may have caused her to get high in Turn 4 and spin off the corner as she tried to avoid...
READ MORETeam Penske released a statement from Helio Castroneves “The car was really good and I am very blessed. Unfortunately I still do not understand what happened. I got loose in turn one and spun out. The good news is the impact wasn’t very strong and the landing was smooth as well. In all aspects, I...
READ MOREMedical update on Helio Castroneves. Dr. Geoffrey Billows, medical director for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has checked, released and cleared the driver of the No. 3. —————— There have not been an abundance of Chevrolet’s on track since the No. 3 had it’s incident, but the ones that TSO has seen do not have the...
READ MOREAt 12:47pm The No. 3 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet of Helio Castroneves crashed in Turn 1 and came to rest in the short chute. He wiggled in the middle of Turn 1, turned 180 degrees and hit the wall with the left side of the car. The car caught air and did a back flip...
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