INDIANAPOLIS (March 27, 2018) – Red, white and blue will paint patriotism on the No. 27 car of Alexander Rossi for the upcoming Phoenix Grand Prix at ISM Raceway as MilitaryToMotorsports.com returns as primary sponsor for the 250-lap race. Military to Motorsports will use the first oval race of the Verizon IndyCar Series season to
READ MOREPHOENIX – The ABC Supply team can take away some positives from Saturday night’s Desert Diamond Phoenix Grand Prix at Phoenix International Raceway: Carlos Munoz claimed his second Top-10 finish in four starts and Conor Daly was charging his way through the field before a shift line burned up his chances at a top-8 finish. Munoz,
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) The Desert Diamond West Valley got off to a tough start for the points leader and a couple other contenders. Mikhail Aleshin spun at the Turn 1-2 apex from the low groove. Aleshin had started 7th, but spun in front of Marco Andretti who had turned hard left and spun to...
Qualifying Report: Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix PHOENIX—With difficult conditions in practice – 40mph gusty winds and sand blowing on the one mile Phoenix International Raceway oval—the ABC Supply team took a conservative approach to tonight’s qualifying session. As it turned out, it may have been too conservative. Carlos Munoz and Conor Daly
READ MOREJR HILDEBRAND QUALIFIES THIRD IN PHOENIX; EARNS BEST STARTING POSITION OF VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES CAREER Hildebrand Will Start Third At Phoenix International Raceway; Carpenter Faces Challenges After Abbreviated Practice Session (AVONDALE, Ariz.) April 28, 2017 – Qualifying Notes Less than three weeks after suffering a broken hand in a last-lap incident in the streets of
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) The two hour Verizon IndyCar Series practice session got started with the wind howling, and mostly blowing from Turn 1 to Turn 4, but as the session went along, it shifted from Turn 1 over more toward Turn 3. Weather conditions: 83 degrees ambient 118 degrees track; Winds from the west-southwest...
By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) As we work our way through a long day here at PIR, just wanted to pass along a couple notes. First, it’s getting windy, windy, windy here! I went down to Firestone and INDYCAR timing and scoring stands on pit lane around 3:10 local time and the sustained breeze there –...
By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Well, as noon approached, we started to see the sun start to make its appearance as the cloud cover was “burning off” and temperatures are starting to come up slightly. It is still quite pleasant though, and while activity has increased in the garage area, it remains pretty laid back out...
By Patrick Stephan (TSO_Patrick) and Bruce Martin (@BruceMartin_500) Good morning, Patrick Stephan here, and welcome to Phoenix International Raceway, where at 9:00am activity is fast and furious in the garage area to prepare for today’s on track activity in support of tomorrow night’s Desert Diamond Phoenix Grand Prix for the Verizon IndyCar Series. Ok, that’s...
CARLOS MUNOZ (#14) ON: Phoenix International Raceway: “Phoenix is a nice track. It is really [track] positon dependent, so hopefully the Chevy package will be competitive there and the team as well.” On the Open Test: “The Phoenix Open Test was our first day working together as a team with the Chevy aero kit
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