All posts by Josh Farmer

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Mikhail Aleshin rocketed around Pocono Raceway to claim his maiden Verizon IndyCar Series pole in his 30th  start. The Russian, who nearly claimed his first series win in the previous round at Mid-Ohio, set the quickest time in this morning’s practice session and backed that up during qualifying to log a 220.445 mph average en route to pole at the 2.5-mile oval in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. “That’s amazing,” said an ecstatic Aleshin. “It’s my first pole in IndyCar and I’m so happy to bring car No.Read More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Simon Pagenaud claimed his fifth pole of the season and his seventh of his career during qualifying for tomorrow’s Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway. The Frenchman was the ninth car to qualify and rocketed to pole on the heels of a two lap average of 185.855 mph that no one was able to match. The pole was Pagenaud’s second on an oval, the first coming at Auto Club Speedway last June and a record setting 500th overall pole for Team Penske. “Today the carRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Ryan Hunter-Reay became the first victim of the turn 4 wall during this morning’s practice for tomorrow evening’s Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway. The three time Iowa Speedway winner lost control of his No. 28 DHL Honda coming off of turn 4 and gently backed it into the SAFER barrier. Hunter-Reay was doing a qualifying simulation and had only completed three laps prior to crashing and had the third quickest time.. He noted that the combination of some slight bumps in the corner alongRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter A private consortium in Austrialia is reportedly in talks bring the Verizon IndyCar Series back to the streets of Surfer’s Paradise, Australia as soon as next season. The Gold Coast Bulletin reported that a group as been given the green light to negotiate with INDYCAR officials as well as officials from the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship in order to bring the open wheel series back to Surfer’s Paradise for the first time since 2008. The group has the goal being a week long event with the IndyCar race being theRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Now that the Verizon IndyCar Series season has finished up at Road America and raced just past the halfway mark on the season, it’s time to examine how 2016 has shaped up thus far. The season has proved to be relatively competitive with six winners in nine races, but there have been many facets to the season that has made it one of the most interesting or in some cases one of the weirdest IndyCar seasons in recent memory. Will Power’s recovery 2014 series champion Will PowerRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Josef Newgarden has been cleared to practice in tomorrow’s opening session for this weekend’s Kohler Grand Prix at Road America. The Ed Carpenter Racing driver will take part in the one hour, 15 minute session tomorrow and will then be evaluated by the INDYCAR medical staff to determine whether or not he will be cleared to race. If Newgarden is not cleared to race, ECR has driver JR Hildebrand on standby if needed to drive to No. 21 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet. Newgarden sufferedRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter FORT WORTH, Texas – Due to deteriorating weather conditions, this weekend’s Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway has been rescheduled to August 27, 2016. The race was originally rescheduled to Sunday, June 12 after rains washed the original running on June 11th. The race got underway at 2pm but was halted after 71 laps due to another heavy thunderstorm. The race had ran under yellow from lap 42 until the stoppage due to a scary crash between Josef Newgarden and Conor Daly. All tickets will beRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter FORT WORTH, Texas – Driver Josef Newgarden has been transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital following a scary crash with Conor Daly on lap 42 of today’s Firestone 600. Daly was running second and lost control of his No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda in turn four and spun into the path of Josef Newgarden. Both cars hit the wall with Newgarden’s No. 21 Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet flipping over and hitting the frontstretch wall upside down after sliding on his lid for nearly 500 feet. The carRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter FORT WORTH, Texas — Due to inclement weather, the Firestone 600 has been postponed and will be run at 1 p.m. CT tomorrow afternoon. Multiple thunderstorms drenched the 1.5 mile oval throughout the afternoon before stopping around 5 pm local time. Track officials worked feverishly to get the track try but multiple spots around the track proved difficult to dry due to the high humidity. Any purchased ticket will be honored at the gate and the ticket office will be open to sell tickets forRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter FORT WORTH — Tony Kanaan led teammate Scott Dixon in the opening practice session for tomorrow evening’s Firestone 600k at Texas Motor Speedway. Kanaan, who won at TMS in 2004, set a quick lap of 216.745 mph on his eighth lap of the day to pace this afternoon’s practices session. Dixon led much of the session with a top average speed of 216.613 mph before being overtaken by his teammate late in the session. The Ganassi pair were followed by Josef Newgarden of Ed Carpenter RacingRead More