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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 Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer All of us at Motorsports Tribune are saddened to report that Carl Haas has passed away at the age of 86. A statement issued by the Haas family this morning read “Carl Haas’ incredible journey came to a peaceful end on June 29, 2016, at his home that he loved, surrounded by family.” The sight of cigar-chomping Carl Haas, and his business partner, movie star-turned racer Paul Newman, in the pit lane during the heyday of the CART series was a familiar image as theirRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer This coming weekend the Verizon IndyCar Series will return to the Iowa Speedway for the Iowa Corn 300, continuing the 2016 season. The event is slated for July 9-10, 2016. About the Race The Iowa Corn 300 is round ten of sixteen for the Verizon IndyCar Series in 2016. The event is held on an oval track, one of five such events on the schedule. Andretti AutoSport driver, Ryan Hunter-Reay, is the defending race champion, and 2016 will mark the tenth IndyCar race held onRead 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 Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer After tremendous anticipation, the KOHLER Grand Prix at Road America for the Verizon IndyCar Series is now in the books. At the end of the day, it was Team Penske driver Will Power who led from pole and took the victory. Looking back, here are five takeaways from the days action. 1 ) The event was everything we had hoped it would be The last time Indy cars graced the Wisconsin countryside was 2007. With its high speed corners, long front straight, and a lapRead More

Spencer Pigot scored a career-best finish of ninth in only his sixth start as the Verizon IndyCar Series returned to Road America. The IndyCar rookie reigning Indy Lights champion kept the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet out of trouble early, until a late caution bunched the field back up and allowed him to set his sights on the top 10. Pigot powered past series championship leader Simon Pagenaud in the late stages and finished behind his Ed Carpenter Racing teammate, Josef Newgarden, to put an exclamation point on the bannerRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief The Verizon IndyCar Series has been confirmed that it will return to Road America next year on June 25. Sunday’s race was the first time since 2007 that Indy cars had gone to the 4.048-mile road course, with a large turnout of fans that were treated to Team Penske’s Will Power holding off Chip Ganassi Racing’s Tony Kanaan in the final two laps to win in IndyCar’s return to the Wisconsin track. Track president George Bruggenthies mentioned that it was one of, if not the biggest,Read More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief Will Power fended off a late charge from Tony Kanaan to seal a dominating performance and win the KOHLER Grand Prix in IndyCar’s return to Road America. The 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series champion led 46 of 50 laps from pole to secure his 27th career victory and second in a row following his win in the second race of the Belle Isle doubleheader. The only caution of the afternoon happened on lap 40 when rookie Conor Daly had an apparent left rear tire issue while exitingRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief Scott Dixon’s chances for victory in the KOHLER Grand Prix at Road America ended after retiring in the opening laps with an engine issue. The Kiwi qualified second and held off an opening lap charge from Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Tony Kanaan. However, it was on lap 7 the four-time Verizon IndyCar Series champion slowed, losing power on the exit of Turn 5 before fading to the back of the field and finding a run-off area to retire. Dixon came into the 4.048-mile road course secondRead More