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WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016) – For as much success as Scott Dixon has enjoyed at Watkins Glen International, he had never won the pole position at the iconic road course. Until today. Dixon laid down a track-record lap of 1 minute, 22.5259 seconds (147.008 mph) in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet during the climactic Firestone Fast Six segment of knockout qualifying to capture the Verizon P1 Award. The 25th pole position of Dixon’s Indy car career will have him starting up front for theRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief It has been an eventful rookie year for Max Chilton in the Verizon IndyCar Series, and Motorsports Tribune’s editor-in-chief, Joey Barnes, sat down with him to discuss the experience, the goals for the final two rounds and more. Driving the No. 8 Gallagher Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, Chilton qualified sixth for Sunday’s INDYCAR Grand Prix at The Glen presented by Hitachi at the historic Watkins Glen International. The Brit continues to show progress through the second half of the season, with three of his four topRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter The Performance Friction Corporation will become the exclusive supplier of brakes for the Verizon IndyCar Series as part of a multi-year agreement starting with the 2017 season. PFC will replace longtime brake supplier Brembo, which has supplied carbon brakes to the series since the introduction of the Dallara DW-12 chassis in 2012. Jay Frye, INDYCAR president of competition and operations, noted that the change comes following a number of teams and drivers having tested PFC’s brakes earlier in the season, where they were met with positiveRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Three-time Watkins Glen winner Scott Dixon led a blistering fast field in both practice sessions for Sunday’s IndyCar Grand Prix  at The Glen presented by Hitachi. Dixon unseated Will Power inside the final 10 minutes of the late afternoon session and broke he 83-second barrier with the fastest lap of the day of 1:22.8740s. The lap was  a surreal distant 5.5s under Ryan Briscoe’s record lap of 1.28.1322s. With the track continuing to rubber in and teams using the softer Firestone Reds during qualifications tomorrow, speeds areRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and driver James Hinchcliffe have been issued a hefty penalty following their second-place finish in last weekend’s Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. INDYCAR officials found during post-race inspection of the runner-up No. 5 Arrow Electronics Honda that the domed skid was worn excessively. As a result, SPM has been fined $20,000 as well as 25 driver and entrant points. The penalty drops Hinchcliffe and SPM from eighth to ninth in the standings. “In our post-race analysis this week it was determined theRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer This coming weekend the Verizon Indycar Series will race at Watkins Glen International for the Indycar Grand Prix at The Glen. The event is slated for September 2-4, 2016. About the Race The Indycar Grand Prix at the Glen is round fifteen of sixteen for the Verizon Indycar Series in 2016. The event is held on a natural terrain road course, one of six such races on the schedule. The original version of the 2016 Verizon Indycar Series schedule had this weekend scheduled for the Grand PrixRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief Scott Dixon’s quest to repeat as Verizon IndyCar Series champion all but ended following a crash in the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night. The No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet’s driver day ended on lap 213 after colliding with the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet of Ed Carpenter. The incident ended at the entry of Turn 1 following an intense battle when Dixon was trying to press forward in hopes of catching race leader James Hinchcliffe and get back on theRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer The Verizon IndyCar Series has now run the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway, a race that began in June. The conclusion of the rain-interrupted event saw Graham Rahal take his first win of the season in the closest IndyCar finish at TMS. Lets take a look at some of the storylines coming out of Saturday night’s race. 1 ) Worth the Wait  With eleven weeks between the red flag for rain and the restart, TMS fans had a long wait for the finish. TheRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Graham Rahal outdueled James Hinchcliffe in a Texas-style shootout to win the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. Hinchcliffe, who restarted the race from the top spot, led a majority of the race laps sometimes by massive margins until a controversial incident broke out between Scott Dixon and Ed Carpenter on lap 213. Dixon was fighting to stay on the lead lap while Carpenter was racing in second place and the two collided in the dogleg when Carpenter moved down slightly and Dixon drifted up into Carpenter’sRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Marco Andretti is feeling rather chipper heading into tonight’s Firestone 600. The 29-year-old American set the third quickest lap overall and was the quickest Honda in this evening’s 10-minute practice session. The Andretti Autosport cars have struggled mightily throughout the season, with their only win coming from Alexander Rossi taking the win at the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. It is known that the team has struggled with the damper setup on the rougher tracks, Texas being one ofRead More