All posts by Josh Farmer

Justin Wilson has passed away from injuries sustained during Sunday’s IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway. Mark Miles, Hulman & Co., confirmed the news during a press conference Monday evening at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Wilson was struck in the head by a piece of debris from Sage Karam’s car following Karam’s spin in Turn 1 of the Pocono Raceway. Wilson was removed from the car and transported by helicopter to the Leigh Valley Health Network-Cedar Crest Hospital. Wilson came to America in 2004 when he signed with Mi-Jack Conquest RacingRead More

IndyCar has announced a further update on the condition of driver Justin Wilson following a crash on lap 180 of the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway. Wilson is in a coma and suffered a severe head injury. He is currently undergoing evaluation at the Leigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania and is listed in critical condition. Us at Tribute Racing extend our best wishes to the Wilson family and Andretti Autosport during this difficult time.Read More

Ryan Hunter-Reay took his second win of the 2015 season at the ABC Supply 500, but the celebration was muted by a serious accident involving his teammate, Justin Wilson. Josef Newgarden was the early man to beat after two aborted starts. The Tennessean made a bold 4-wide pass for the lead and preceded lead the opening stint. Following the first round of pitstops, the yellow flag flew for Jack Hawksworth’s car losing a wheel which brought the remainder of the field down pit road and cycling the lead back toRead More

Helio Castroneves captured his 45th IndyCar pole for Sunday’s ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway and leads an all Team Penske 1-2-3. Teammate Simon Pagenaud set the pace with a 220.485 two lap average that was just a scant .1 mph clear of Will Power. Charlie Kimball initially laid down the fastest warmup lap of the day. A fast warmup lap would lead to disaster as Kimball lost it in turn 3 and hit the outside wall head on and briefly went airborne. The rear of the #83 Chevrolet grazedRead More

Simona de Silvestro will lead an all-female wildcard entry in October’s Bathurst 1000. The IndyCar veteran will be partnered with V8 Supercars Dunlop Series standout Renee Gracie to drive a third entry for Prodrive Racing Australia, who fields entries for current V8 Supercars points leader Mark Winterbottom and defending Bathurst champ Chaz Mostert. “The Bathurst 1000 race was actually the first V8 supercars race that I ever watched and it looked amazing,” said de Silvestro. “The track looks great from what I have seen on TV. It looks really challengingRead More

The Verizon IndyCar Series will not return to Auto Club Speedway in 2016 after a 4-year run. According to a statement from the series, both sides were close to a deal for the race to return for the series finale, but could not agree on a start time for an east coast television audience. “There was a tremendous amount of effort put forth to keep Auto Club Speedway on the calendar. In the end, we could not identify a compromise for 2016 that was amicable for both parties,” said MarkRead More

The Verizon IndyCar Series will return to Road America, ending an eight year absence for American Open  Wheel Racing. The yet to be named race will be held on the weekend of June 24-26 2016 and will feature the entire Mazda Road to Indy ladder as well as the Pirelli World Challenge. Road America was a staple on the CART/Champ Car schedule from 1982-2007 and was not included in the schedule when Champ Car and the then named Indy Racing League merged in 2008. “We know how revered Road AmericaRead More

Mikhail Aleshin will return to the Verizon IndyCar Series for the season ending GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sonoma Raceway for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. He will test for the team next week alongside Indy Lights standout Jack Harvey . Aleshin’s prior run for SPM was highlighted by a podium in Houston, but was cut one race short following a crash during practice for the season ending MavTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway. A 2015 return was ruled out due to United States sanctions against his sponsor, SMP Bank whichRead More

Hometown boy Graham Rahal kept his championship hopes alive with a perfectly strategised race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Rahal was looking to finish inside the top 5 as the race entered its final stages. Prior to that, the leader board was shuffled as a handful of yellow flags brought several drivers to the front. Scott Dixon got a jump on the field at the start and built up a big lead over the course of the opening stint. A curveball was thrown when the race’s second full courseRead More

The Verizon IndyCar Series announced that Derrick Walker, president for competition and operations, will leave his post following the season ending Go Pro Grand Prix of Sonoma. Walker took the job with IndyCar in June of 2013 and has been the pinpoint of IndyCar’s introduction of aero kits as well as race control technology upgrades. Prior to his tenure at IndyCar, he operated his own race team, fielding cars for a number of big names in IndyCar including future starts Gil de Ferran, Will Power and Simon Pagenaud. His teamRead More