Chip Ganassi RacingIndianapolis, Ind. Team Owner: Chip GanassiChief Operating Officer: Doug DuchardtManaging Director, INDYCAR: Mike HullManager, INDYCAR: Barry Wanser Engine Manufacturer: Honda Indy car starts: 1,236– First Indy car start: 1990 Autoworks 200 at Phoenix International Raceway (now ISM Raceway) in Avondale, Ariz. Indy car wins: 108– First Indy car win: 1994 Molson Indy Toronto...
By Steve Wittich Welcome to our coverage of the INDYCAR Classic from Circuit of The Americas. I (Steve) love these new events and can’t wait to see how things unfold this weekend. Basics and a little strategy The INDYCAR Classic is scheduled for 60 laps of the 3.41-mile, 20-turn road course, equaling 204.6 miles. That...
Welcome the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season opeing race. It looks like it’s going to a picture perfect weekend to the season started. Last year at “St. Pete” (or St. Petes as Canadians and The English say) The story of the 2018 edition of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was undoubtedly Robert...
The 2018 Grand Prix of Portland will be the 25th Indy car race held at Portland International Raceway, but the first since a Champ Car World Series event in 2007. The first two-dozen races were part of the annual Rose Festival, which began 111 years ago in 1907. The first event, the Stroh’s / G.I....
By Steve Wittich For the 44th straight year the streets surrounding the harbor in the city of Long Beach, Calif. will play host to open-wheel cars. The very first Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach was held in September 1975 and was an F5000 race won by Brian Redman. The annual “Roar By The Shoar”...
After 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...
By Tony DiZinno, Patrick Stephan, and Steve Wittich Location: Mooresville, N.C. Team Owner: Roger Penske President: Tim Cindric General Manager: Clive Howell Team Manager: Jon Bouslog Competition Director: Kyle Moyer Technical Director: Ron Ruzewski Engine Manufacturer: Chevrolet First Indy car start: 1968 Telegraph Trophy 200 at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada (Mark Donohue)...
By Tony DiZinno, Patrick Stephan, and Steve Wittich Location: Brownsburg, Ind. Team Owners: Bobby Rahal, David Letterman, and Mike Lanigan General Manager: Steve Dickson INDYCAR Team Manager: Ricardo Nault Technical Director: Tom German Engine Manufacturer: Honda First Indy car start: 1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix on the streets of Surfers Paradise in Surfers Paradise, Calif....
By Tony DiZinno, Patrick Stephan, and Steve Wittich Location: Delray Beach, Fla. Team Principal: Trevor Carlin Team Manager: Colin Hale Engine Manufacturer: Chevrolet First Indy car start: N/A Indy car wins: none First Indy car win: N/A Last Indy car win: N/A Indy car poles: none First Indy car pole: N/A Last Indy car pole:...