INDIANAPOLIS (May 14, 2015) – Simon Pagenaud has watched his teammates grab the headlines since he joined Team Penske at the beginning of this season, but the Frenchman stole the spotlight in the fifth practice session leading up to the 99th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. Driving the No. 22 Avaya Team Penske
READ MOREDREYER & REINBOLD – KINGDOM RACING CONTINUES WORK ON SETTINGS AND PIT STOPS OF THE ROBERT GRAHAM SPECIAL Townsend Bell and his squad post a 226.059 mph lap in overcast conditions SPEEDWAY, Ind. (May 14, 2015) – While the team did not run a large number of laps, the Dreyer & Reinbold – Kingdom Racing
READ MORENewgarden Has Been Cleared To Resume Driving Duties (SPEEDWAY, Ind.) May 14, 2015 – Josef Newgarden has been checked, cleared and released from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Medical Center following an accident during practice for the Indianapolis 500. The rear end of the car came around entering Turn 1, making contact with the SAFER barrier....
Tomorrow at the Track: Friday, May 15 INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, May 14, 2015 – Information about 2015 Indianapolis 500 activity on Friday, May 15, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway: DAY: Fast Friday Indianapolis 500 Practice 9:30-11 a.m. IndyCar Experience 10 a.m. Public Gates Open IMS Midway Open Event Car Rides Begin 11 a.m. Ivy Tech Garage
READ MORETownsend Bell Looks to Upset the Multi-Car Efforts in Qualifying and the Race SPEEDWAY, Ind. (May 14, 2015) – Is it possible for a one-car team to still win the “World’s Biggest Auto Race,” the famous Indianapolis 500? Not since 2011 when Dan Wheldon scored a popular last-lap victory for Bryan Herta Autosport has a
READ MORESorry for the delayed close today. I (Steve) was chasing a few stories. ————— Some interesting thoughts from Tony Kanaan regarding the Chevrolet aero kits in this RACER.com article by Marshall Pruett and Robin Miller. (http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/116762-indy-500-it-was-a-hard-hit-but-i-m-fine-newgarden-says-116762) “TK” is the first driver to comment on the two airborne incidents. This especially caught my attention. “Obviously we...
Just after “Happy Hour” began on Thursday May 14, 2015 the No. 21 Centruy 21 Chevrolet of Josef Newgarden went for a wild ride in Turn 1 of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The video of the incident: The good news is that as bad as that looked, Newgarden got out of the car under his...
The cloud cover became pervasive around 4:30pm and the track activity immediately picked up with a group of eight cars headed on track to run race simulations together. At 4:45pm a large group of cars that included Ed Carpenter, Alex Tagliani, Sage Karam, Carlos Munoz, Sebastien Bourdais and Justin Wilson were slicing and dicing down...
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Indianapolis 500 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway Verizon IndyCar Series PRACTICE NOTES/QUOTES – Thursday, May 14, 2015 RAHAL AND SERVIA COMFORTABLE WITH HANDLING HEADING INTO FAST FRIDAY FOR THE INDY 500 1) Simon Pagenaud 228.793 mph 46 laps 12) Graham Rahal 226.941 mph 55 laps 16) Oriol Servia 226.357 mph 93 laps
READ MOREWe’ve got a new development in the Chevrolet centerline wicker saga. A Honda official has told TSO that just before the Newgarden accident they were told by INDYCAR that the centerline wicker was mandatory ON for Honda powered cars and mandatory OFF for Chevrolet powered cars. That contradicts the statement that INDYCAR sent TSO earlier...
