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By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Will Power has been medically cleared to race after he passed the required IndyCar medical exams today. Power was initially not cleared to drive following a hard crash late in Sunday’s IndyCar Grand Prix at the Glen Presented by Hitachi. The 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series champion was reportedly suffering from concussion like symptoms following the accident. He was evaluated today at the University of Miami Concussion Center by Dr. Stephen Olvey, who served for 25 years as the medical director for CART. Power passed both necessaryRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer The Verizon Indycar Series has just completed its return to Watkins Glen International where Target Chip Ganassi driver Scott Dixon dominated the weekend and came home victorious. Lets look at some of the storylines coming out of the weekend’s racing. 1 ) The Right Venue When the Grand Prix of Boston imploded, it didn’t surprise me. As a matter of fact, I was actually a bit relieved, because running the race and having it fail would have been worse than not running at all. TheRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief According to Racer.com, Sebastien Bourdais looks to be headed to Dale Coyne Racing for the 2017 Verizon Indycar Series season. The 37-year-old Frenchman admitted to having conversation with several people due to the uncertain direction of KVSH Racing. “I’m talking to a lot of people because Kevin (Kalkhoven, co-owner) cannot tell me what the plan is for 2017,” Bourdais said. “Dale and I have been talking since January about what we could do but I have not signed anything.” When Bourdais returned in 2011 after aRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Scott Dixon managed to stretch his fuel to back up an amazing pace throughout the entire weekend to claim his fourth win at Watkins Glen International in the IndyCar Grand Prix of The Glen Presented by Hitachi. Dixon picked up where he left off on Saturday and broke away from the field right from the drop of the green flag and stretched out a huge lead over the course of the first stint. Dixon pitted on lap 14 and caught a lucky break when theRead More

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