By Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD Just a couple topics today as we look back at the debris issues (and a spectator injury) and then try to cover some Indiana politics that could have a negative effect on not only the Indy 500 but also the Verizon IndyCar Series. Tomorrow, we’ll try...
READ MORENewgarden Manages 12th Place Result Despite Damaged Front Wing (ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) March 29, 2015 – Race Recap Luca Filippi finished 9th in today’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in his first race around the street circuit. This was only the Italian’s ninth start in the Verizon IndyCar Series and his first with CFH...
READ MORESEBASTIEN BOURDAIS NO.11 TEAM HYDROXYCUT KVSH RACING CHEVROLET/DALLARA/FIRESTONE BOURDAIS FINISHES CAREER BEST SIXTH IN 2015 VERIZON INDYCAR SEASON OPENING FIRESTONE GRAND PRIX OF ST. PETERSBURG Started: 6th Finished: 6th Fast Facts: * Best finish in an Indy car season opening race since 2006 (won Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beac. * Best finish in five...
READ MOREBryan Herta Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian 2015 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Post-Race Notes & Quotes The BHA team felt they were on course for a great race after making a number of post-qualifying setup changes and finishing the morning warmup with the 9th fastest time. The first half of the race was going well as...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Ok, I have to run back to Naples tonight so I can get up in the dark and head to the airport with my family in the morning, so this close will be brief. Will Power said his move on Juan Montoya was “optimistic”. But he thought that was the only shot...
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Here are a couple photos Patrick Stephan took on Sunday at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD The start of the “aero kit” era happened under beautiful skies here in St. Pete, with the field pretty well aligned as the waited for the green flag to wave. Everyone made it through turn 1, and heck, all the cars made it all the way...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD Robby Gordon and his crew were in again after another exciting Super Truck race. And yes, they are exciting, those trucks are bouncing all over the place and we even had a couple hooked together for a while. Robby is very proud of how tough these...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD Going through the notebook from Saturday discovered more goodies from Chip Ganassi. For background, it was very much a conversational interview, with a lot of bouncing from topic to topic. On the aero kits: Ganassi isn’t sure how to gauge the costs/rewards. He said the casual...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan of TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing/HPD Interesting fact picked up from the INDYCAR PR department. Recall that back in 2005, Andretti Green Racing was able to FINISH the race race here 1,2,3,4, with Dan Wheldon, Tony Kanaan, Dario Franchitti and Bryan Herta sweeping the podium plus one. That is the only known...
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