By Tony DiZinno Third practice got underway under more good conditions, with temperatures of 65 degrees ambient and 88 on track per Firestone Racing. In the opening minutes, Friday’s fastest driver Josef Newgarden was the first driver to break into the 1:07 bracket, at 1:07.8198. Ryan Hunter-Reay eclipsed that shortly thereafter with 1:07.7407 at the...
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Rossi, Honda Dominate on Streets of Long Beach
Rossi, Honda Dominate on Streets of Long Beach Alexander Rossi scores commanding win, claims early-season championship lead Ed Jones comes from 13th to third, equals Indy car career-best result Honda builds Manufacturers’ Championship lead as drivers claim five of top-six finishing positions LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 15, 2018) – Alexander Rossi scored a dominant victory […]
category: Honda PR
tags: 2018 Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach, Alexander Rossi, Ed Jones, Honda Performance Development, Verizon IndyCar Series
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Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach – Sunday -3:45pm – rough race notes and unofficial results
Former Indy car driver Scott Pruett gave the command to fire the twin-turbo V6 power plants. The ambient temperature when the green flag flew was 66F and the track temperature was 105F. There was some significantly cooler than the past two afternoons. The race start was straggly with only the first two rows able to...
category: TSO News
tags: Alexander Rossi, Ed Jones, Graham Rahal, Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach, Verizon IndyCar Series, Will Power, Zach Veach
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Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg – pre-final
By Tony DiZinno, Patrick Stephan, and Steve Wittich We’ve got so much more we have to cover – including plenty on Robert Wickens/Alexander Rossi incident, but Steve, who is compiling this final, has to board his flight to Indy. We’ll have more in the morning, including all of your Mazda Road To Indy Presented by...
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tags: 2018 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Ed Jones, Honda Performance Development, Jordan King, rookies, Sebastien Bourdais, Verizon IndyCar Series, Zach Veach
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TSO’s 2018 preview of Chip Ganassi Racing
By Tony DiZinno, Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich Location: Indianapolis, Ind. Team Owner: Chip Ganassi Chief Operating Officer: Doug Duchardt Managing Director, INDYCAR: Mike Hull Manager, INDYCAR: Barry Wanser Team Manager, INDYCAR: Scott Harner Engine Manufacturer: Honda First Indy car start: 1990 Autoworks 200 at Phoenix International Raceway (now ISM Raceway) in Avondale, Ariz. (Eddie Cheever)...
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Bourdais Finishes Ninth at Sonoma
Bourdais Finishes Ninth at Sonoma Sonoma, CA (September 17, 2017) – It wasn’t the way the Dale Coyne Racing team wanted to end the season on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, but the team still came home with a top 10 finish with Sebastien Bourdais placing ninth. Rookie Ed Jones suffered the team’s first mechanical DNF...
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tags: Dale Coyne Racing, Ed Jones, GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Sebastien Bourdais, Sonoma Raceway, Verizon IndyCar Series
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DCR Duo Looking for Strong Finish at The Glen
Plainfield, IL (August 30, 2017) – Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais and Ed Jones are entering the penultimate round of the Verizon IndyCar Series season at Watkins Glen International this weekend with one goal in mind, registering a strong finish. The pair started off the season with excellent performances and they’re looking to close out […]
category: Dale Coyne Racing PR
tags: Dale Coyne Racing, Ed Jones, INDYCAR Grand Prix at The Glen, Sebastien Bourdais, Watkins Glen International
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ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway – Saturday – IndyCar Practice #1 – 10:45am – Hunter-Reay quickest – “Tricky Triangle” claims two drivers
By Steve Wittich The first Verizon IndyCar Series practice began bright and early with a sky that was a beautiful bright blue, and the ambient temperature at a comfortable 70F. The track temperature was 81F, and the wind was brisk, and blowing straight out of the north, and down the front straight. Qualifying simulations began...
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tags: ABC Supply 500, Andretti Autosport, Ed Carpenter, Ed Jones, Pocono Raceway, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Verizon IndyCar Series
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Gutierrez and Jones Ready to Take On Iowa Speedway
Gutierrez and Jones Ready to Take on Iowa Speedway Newton, IA (July 7, 2017) – Dale Coyne Racing driver Esteban Gutierrez will be making his official oval debut this weekend at the Iowa Corn 300 while teammate Ed Jones will be taking part in his first Verizon IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway. The pair of...
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INDYCAR News from around the Internet:- Long Beach’s Grand Prix report is $150K worth of obvious pointsThat report was made public Monday afternoon, and it’s loaded with an absence of surprises, although there are a few bits of weirdness involved. Rather than submit what KPMG said would be an ideal computer-aided design plan for the proposed F1 track that would identify all mandatory components required following FIA (the governing body of […]
- Here’s who won the race between Formula 1 and IndyCar in Long BeachIn October last year the city released a request for proposals seeking “an open-wheel auto racing format” to run the annual Grand Prix event. From the start it was only a two-horse race between Michaelian and Pook. Pook, of course, was hardly a carpetbagger. He founded the Long Beach Grand Prix in 1975 and brought […]
- Q&A: Printup talks future of WGI, IndyCar, PhishEverybody was excited, but I take a lot of personal interest in IndyCar. I always have. I kind of grew up in IndyCar, so I was glad that we were able to get them back. The fans themselves, for only having a little bit less than 90 days to sell the race last year, we […]
- Rick Mears – still the ultimate pro at 65Over the past 20-something years writing about racing, I’ve encountered three people from whom I learn something about the art of racecar driving every time we speak for longer than five minutes. One of that trio is Rick Ravon Mears, born this day 65 years ago in Wichita, Kansas, and brought up in Bakersfield, Calif. […]
- Memoir helps widow cope after IndyCar driver's deathTonya Bergeson-Dana talks with her son, Conor, about his father when he brings it up, which is often. If he’s asking the questions, she reasons, he’s ready to hear the answers. Paul Conor Dana, at age 9, knows that his father was Paul Dana, a journalist and IndyCar driver who died in March 2006 during […]
- Long Beach’s Grand Prix report is $150K worth of obvious points