spring training

Wrapping up NTT INDYCAR SERIES testing from COTA – Part 1

By Steve Wittich & Patrick Stephan First, we’d like to welcome quite a few new subscribers that came on board in the past few days. Second, this will be the first part of a multi-post wrap-up of NTT INDYCAR SERIES testing from Circuit of The Americas. Clearly focused and a hopeful omen. Nobody would ever...

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Good morning from Austin and TSO’s 24th season of NTT IndyCar Series coverage – a few notes about COTA and travel

By Steve Wittich Good morning from the first official day of TSO’s 24th season of coverage. Both Patrick and Steve are on site for the official start of the 2019 season and beginning of the NTT era of the IndyCar Series. The Circuit of The Americas (COTA) is a 3.427-mile, 20-turn Herman Tilke designed road...

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Kyle Kaiser and Juncos Racing find success in first run in Verizon IndyCar Series at ISM Raceway

Kyle Kaiser and Juncos Racing find success in first run in Verizon IndyCar Series at ISM Raceway Avondale, Arizona (February 11, 2018) – After a nine-month hiatus in the Verizon IndyCar Series, Juncos Racing recorded their first laps for the 2018 season at the ISM Raceway test with rookie Kyle Kaiser. Photos @ Indianapolis Motor

Spring Training at ISM Raceway

PHOENIX – Tony Kanaan led A.J. Foyt’s ABC Supply Racing team to the top of the leader board both days in the Verizon IndyCar Series Spring training session at ISM Raceway before dropping to third overall in combined times when the sessions ended. As if that were not enough, Foyt entertained a special visitor Saturday

Phoenix Open Test – Rookie Testing – Thursday 6:30pm MST

By Steve Wittich The final three hours of the rookie test session on the one-mile ISM Raceway oval ran clean and green. That prompted the first sigh of relief among the team owners and managers. The quickest of the rookies was A.J. Foyt Racing’s Matheus Leist. The Brazilian Indy Lights grad won two oval races...

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IndyCar spring training – Thursday – Noon – Welcome and a Quick Preview

By Steve Wittich Good morning from the newly renamed ISM Raceway in Phoenix, where for the third straight year, the Verizon IndyCar Series teams and drivers have traveled the “Valley of the Sun” for a “spring training” open test before the season gets underway on the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla. in one month’s time....

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Dale Coyne Racing Completes Successful Test in the West

Avondale, Arizona (February 27, 2016) – Dale Coyne Racing along with rookie driver Conor Daly and Luca Filippi completed a productive two-day test at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) on Saturdaynight. With this being the first visit for Daly at a 1-mile track aboard an Indy car and only the second-time for Filippi, the pair knew that it

Barber Motorsports Park spring training – Tuesday close

The Team Penske duo of Juan Montoya and Helio Castroneves were the first to take to the track for the afternoon session. With two hours left to go in the session the top five times were held by: Sebastien Bourdais, Helio Castroneves, James Hinchcliffe, Will Power and Takuma Sato. With one hour left to go...

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Barber Motorsports Park spring testing – Tuesday open

Good morning from third floor of the Barber Motorsports Park tower where the sun is coming up and the weather forecast is a carbon copy of yesterday, which means I’m certainly not going to complain. According to the fine folks at Firestone Racing the high yesterday was 82F and the highest track temperature recorded was...

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Barber Motorsports Park spring testing – mid-day update

The first official test for of the aero kit era began in earnest this morning at Barber Motorsports Park, although the morning session saw a reduced number of laps turned. Each driver/car was allocated six sets of tires and some teams limited their drivers track time. Expect to see more laps turned in the remaining...

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