By Tony DiZinno Just as a quick update to the end-of-day times, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing passed on this quote from JR Hildebrand after his incident today in Turn 3. Hildebrand was checked, cleared and released after contacting the wall exiting Turn 3 and Turn 4. Hildebrand had examined the left rear suspension of the...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno It’s a pair of veterans who topped Thursday’s seven-hour practice, with 29-year-old Graham Rahal going into his 11th Indianapolis 500 and 43-year-old Tony Kanaan going into his 17th ‘500 atop the timesheets. — Rahal, 34th on Wednesday, felt it important to “put down a lap” early and eliminate any chatter that he...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno and Steve Wittich A couple car name notes that are updated: Oriol Servia’s No. 64 Honda is now the Scuderia Corsa/Manitowoc car, and Zach Veach’s unmistakable bright yellow and orange No. 26 Honda is the Relay Group One Thousand One car for Andretti Autosport. Shortly after Steve sent the last update, we...
READ MOREINDYCAR drivers are now required to undergo a clinical eye-tracking computer test recently cleared by the Food and Drug Administration. It has been implemented as part of the sanctioning body’s concussion evaluation protocol, it was announced today. Drivers competing in this month’s Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil – plus drivers in the Mazda
READ MOREVictor Oladipo, who blossomed into an NBA All-Star in his first season with the Indiana Pacers, will drive the 2019 Corvette ZR1 Pace Car and lead the field of 33 drivers to the start of the 102nd Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil on Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Oladipo averaged
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich “Yeah, just still early days,” said Marco Andretti after getting out of the car after setting the quickest lap of practice. “But checking off the boxes right now. A lot of test items. We got through a ton of stuff today. It was a pretty productive day. We got the car to...
READ MOREBy Tony DiZinno After a couple days back-and-forth to Milwaukee since the INDYCAR Grand Prix, happy to say I’m back in Indianapolis a day sooner than I anticipated and am down here for the rest of the month. Just after 4 p.m. ET, there were only three yellow-flag interruptions all day, all for track inspections....
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich As of this update, all 35 cars have been on track. Andretti Autosport veteran Marco Andretti with a lap at 226.900mph has the quickest lap of the day when a yellow came out for a cut tire. 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan is currently the quickest driver on the no-tow speed...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich With two hours left in the first day of practice, the top 10 were: Marco Andretti (224.217 mph), Sage Karam, Charlie Kimball, Ed Jones, Scott Dixon, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Gabby Chaves, Simon Pagenaud, Tony Kanaan, and Jay Howard. At just after 4 PM, the yellow flag came out for impending weather. There was...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway media center. Practice for the 102nd Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Motor Oil is scheduled to get underway at 11 AM. You can follow along here –> http://racecontrol.indycar.com or here –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCPsXMIpEaM or on the Verizon IndyCar Series Ap When I took the dogs for their morning...
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