ED CARPENTER FINISHES 7TH IN PHOENIX GRAND PRIX Spencer Pigot Takes Checkered Flag in 14th In First Career Indy Car Short Oval Race PHOENIX (April 7, 2018) – Race Notes The first of six oval races on the Verizon IndyCar Series calendar is in the books after tonight’s 250-lap Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand
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By Steve Wittich Good morning from ISM Raceway, where it looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day. The Verizon IndyCar Series garages aren’t yet open, but the tire dragger is currently on track working on a second groove. Here is today’s schedule: TIME EVENT 11am Gates Open Noon USAC .25 Midget Races –...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Charlie Kimball led the final practice session before tomorrow’s 250 lap Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix at ISM Raceway with a lap of 179.797mph. Kimball’s strategist, Davey Hamilton, told Jake Query from the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network that the quick lap was done on a qualifying simulation....
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The lone practice session before qualifying for the 2018 edition of the Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix got underway at precisely 2 pm. The ambient temperature when the session began was 90F, and the track temperature was 129F. The quickest driver in the session, Simon Pagenaud turned the fastest...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich A couple of quick updates before the first Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix practice session begins. Robert Wickens came into the media center and said that this is the first time that he can remember qualifying on the first day of practice, and for sure the first time he...
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By Steve Wittich Good morning from ISM Raceway where the Verizon IndyCar Series visits for the 64th time since 1964. I (Steve) am on site today and tomorrow, and Patrick will arriving later tonight. Here is Friday’s schedule: TIME EVENT 11am Gates Open 11:30am – 12:30pm USAC Silver Crown Practice #1 Noon – 1pm IndyCar...
READ MOREDesert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix ISM Raceway April 7, 2018 9 p.m. EDT NBC Sports Network IndyCar Radio Network Broadcast and Live Stream MANUFACTURER COMPETITION Honda’s 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season is off to a strong start, with Sebastien Bourdais leading a first- through sixth-place Honda sweep at last month’s season-opening Grand Prix
READ MORENDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (April, 5, 2018) Verizon IndyCar Series competition resumes out west with the first oval of the 2018 season, the Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix at ISM Raceway. The #88 Harding Racing IR18 Chevrolet powered car piloted by Gabby Chaves will race 250 laps on the 1.022-mile oval for 255.5 miles....
READ MOREAfter a move to late April in 2017 because of the NCCA Final Four, the Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix is back to it’s more “traditional” date of late March or early April. Beginning in 1950, at the 1-mile dirt oval at the Phoenix Fairgrounds, and ending in 2005 at what...
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INDYCAR’s past, present and future fuse on Andretti’s 1993 anniversary celebration in Phoenix By Tony DiZinno The gap between the IndyCar of 1993, when Mario Andretti captured his 52nd and final checkered flag at Phoenix International Raceway, and the IndyCar of 2018 is as wide as the miles per hour gap between the fastest and
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