INDIANAPOLIS May 12—High hopes in the first half of the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Indianapolis were dashed in the second half of the 85-lap race around the 2.439-mile road course of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race started off well for the ABC Supply team as both Tony Kanaan and Matheus “Matt” Leist made great […]
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Race Report: INDYCAR Grand Prix of Indianapolis
category: A.J. Foyt Racing PR
tags: 2018, A.J. Foyt Racing, INDYCAR Grand Prix, Matheus Leist, Tony Kanaan, Verizon IndyCar Series
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval testing – wrapping everything up.
By Steve Wittich Before we get started with our coverage of on the track, we’ve got a few off the track things to cover. First, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports crew member, Eric Stewart, who has worked in the Verizon IndyCar Series for a long time, lost his home in a fire last weekend. If you...
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tags: 102nd Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Motor Oil, A.J. Foyt Racing, Danica Patrick, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Ed Carpenter Racing, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Jay Howard, Matheus Leist, oval testing, Robert Wickens, Sage Karam, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Tony Kanaan
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval testing – Monday – 3 PM – notes from afternoon practice and timesheet
By Steve Wittich The track went back to green flag conditions promptly at 1 PM, but most teams were still in Gasoline Alley looking at the data that they collected during their first 120 minutes. The 21 drivers collected 1,265 miles of data before lunch. Josef Newgarden, who turned 36 laps was the busiest driver...
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NOTES & QUOTES: Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix
A.J. Foyt’s ABC Supply Racing team revamped some key elements over the off season, including drivers, technical director and several support engineers and mechanics. Tony Kanaan drives the No. 14 ABC Supply Chevrolet while Matheus ‘Matt’ Leist is his teammate in the No. 4 ABC Supply Chevrolet. Eric Cowdin is the Technical Director and Kanaan’s […]
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Practice Report: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—As the Verizon IndyCar Series opened their 2018 season on the streets of St. Petersburg Friday morning, A.J. Foyt’s ABC Supply Racing team was in the top 10 when the checkered fell. In practice 1, Matheus ‘Matt’ Leist surprised everyone (including himself) when he emerged as quickest of the 24 starters. His teammate […]
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Notes & Quotes: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
A.J. Foyt’s ABC Supply Racing team revamped some key elements over the off season, including drivers, technical director and several support engineers and mechanics. Team President Larry Foyt speaks about the changes within the team and pre-season testing. Tony Kanaan will drive the No. 14 ABC Supply Chevrolet while Matheus ‘Matt’ Leist will be his...
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TSO’s 2018 preview of A.J. Foyt Racing
By Tony DiZinno, Patrick Stephan and Steve Wittich Location: Waller, Texas (No. 4) and Speedway, Ind. (No. 14) Team Owner: A.J. Foyt President: Larry Foyt Team Manager: George Klotz Technical Director: Eric Cowdin Engine Manufacturer: Chevrolet First Indy car start: 1966 Jimmy Bryan Memorial at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. Indy car wins: 44 First Indy...
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tags: 2018, A. J. Foyt, A.J. Foyt Racing, Eric Cowdin, Larry Foyt, Matheus Leist, Mike Colliver, preview, Tony Kanaan, Verizon IndyCar Series
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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 […]
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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