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A gallery of the Verizon IndyCar Series’ new 2018 universal aero kit for road/street and short ovals from the test at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. All photos below are courtesy of INDYCAR. And below, reminder of where we are now for comparison. IndyCar is set to get a lot better looking soon.Read More

By INDYCAR LEXINGTON, Ohio – One thing is certain following another successful test of the new Verizon IndyCar Series universal aero kit: Any misconception of drivers not earning their keep in the cockpit will be put to rest in 2018. The new aero kit – developed by chassis supplier Dallara and set to be used by all competitors next season following three years of manufacturer aero kit competition between Chevrolet and Honda – was put through the paces in the road course/street course/short oval configuration for the first time todayRead More

FIA Formula 2 Championship leader Charles Leclerc edged McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne to top the timesheet on day one of the final in-season test of the 2017 Formula One campaign. Ferrari Academy driver Leclerc set a time of 1:17.746 in the closing moments of the session to beat Vandoorne’s best time by 0.088s. However, while the McLaren driver used purple-banded ultrasoft tyres to set his personal best, Leclerc’s P1 time came on soft compound Pirelli rubber. Vandoorne had run quicker than the Ferrari driver in the morning session but the afternoon was notRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer JR Hildebrand was moving through the Verizon IndyCar Series field during Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The California native had gained the most positions in the field until a caution for Ed Jones’s stalled car on Lap 67 put his strategy in disarray as he was unable to come into the pits for service until the field had packed up behind the pace car. “We ended up just going a lap long when that yellow came out,” saidRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor After limiting the number of races Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers could run in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this season, NASCAR is taking the limits a step further for the 2018 season, shrinking the number of races Cup drivers can run even more. In 2017, the limits for Cup Series drivers with more than five years’ experience was set at 10 races in the Xfinity Series and seven races in the Truck Series. Next year, the limit dropsRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief Formula 1 is set for its second in-season test of 2017, with the two-day event set to take place at the Hungaroring. Per regulations, a minimum of two of the four sessions must be run by a driver not currently competing for the championship. In several cases, teams go to reserve and/or test drivers, or also decide to try out young drivers from various junior formula categories. The test will also feature the highly-anticipated return of former Canadian Grand Prix winner Robert Kubica, who will beRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer Conor Daly has undergone several changes this year in the Verizon IndyCar Series. He changed teams. He changed manufacturers. He even changed his diet to become vegan around two weeks ago, losing about ten pounds in the process. Whatever else he might have changed must have helped because on Sunday he finished 10th in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, scoring AJ Foyt Racing’s first top ten on a permanent road course since Mid-Ohio in 2016. Daly started 11thRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series made their second trip of the season to Pocono Raceway for Sunday’s Overton’s 400, which led to yet another new winner in 2017. To break down the top storylines of the day, NASCAR editor David Morgan is here with his five takeaways leaving the Tricky Triangle. Kyle Busch Wins…Finally It may have taken 21 races, but Kyle Busch is finally a winner in the Cup Series in 2017 after a dominating day at Pocono. Busch has had a handfulRead More

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service LONG POND, Pa. – Barely more than three hours after the Pocono crowd greeted Kyle Busch with a chorus of boos during driver introductions, Kyle Busch made converts of the fans in the grandstands – at least a large portion of them – with a spectacular burnout after his long-awaited victory in the Overton’s 400. Benefitting from a splendid pit call by crew chief Adam Stevens, Busch charged through the field after his final stop and pulled away to beat runner-up Kevin Harvick toRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer Even a spin on the first lap of the Overton’s 400 could not keep Matt Kenseth from earning a Top 10 finish. Kenseth used pit strategy to climb back up through the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series field to finish ninth in his No. 20 ToyotaCare Toyota Camry. Kenseth’s crew chief Jason Ratcliff brought his driver to pit road late in many of the green flag pit cycles. This kept Kenseth up front throughout the day, except at the end of the first two stages.Read More