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Twice I have asked Juan Pablo Montoya if he had considered a Le Mans run and an attempt at the Triple Crown. First when he rejoined IndyCar with Penske and again at a reception held after his Indy 500 victory in May. Both times he brushed off the suggestion. Bemused that a driver wouldn’t want to take on the greatest challenge in racing and become only the second man in history after Graham Hill to achieve the feat of winning at Indy, Monaco and Le Mans, I even considered startingRead More

The Milwaukee race winning team of KVSH Racing has been penalized for a weight limit infraction. The #11 Hydroxycut Chevrolet was found to not meet the 1,600 pound minimum weight limit, which is in violation of IndyCar rule 14.3.1.1 and was fined $5,000. The win will stand and driver Sebastien Bourdais and KVSH Racing has not lost any points as a result of the penalty. In the engine manufactures championship, Chevrolet and Honda were fined 20 and 100 points respectively for engines that did not reach the minimum change outRead More

Sebastien Bourdais took advantage of an excellent strategy call to get out in front and stay there to take his second win of the season. Bourdais made his second pitstop just before the race’s first caution on lap 115 and subsequently stayed out as the rest of the leaders pitted under yellow. Up until that point, Josef Newgarden had dominated the race until a slow pitstop took him out of the lead and Scott Dixon inheritted the lead before the yellow. Bourdais restarted ahead of Ryan Hunter-Reay, Simon Pagenaud, JustinRead More

It took 63 tries, but Josef Newgarden finally captured his first Verizon IndyCar Series pole position for the evening’s ABC Supply Wisconsin 250. Newgarden backed up setting the pace during the race’s two practice sessions to log a 170.223 mph 2 lap average on the 1 mile oval to take his first career pole. Starting on the outside of the front row was a surprising run for super sub Ryan Briscoe, who was 20th in this morning’s practice session and will start on front row at Milwaukee for the firstRead More

Andretti Autosport announced today that driver Justin Wilson will return to the #25 Honda for the remainder of the Verizon IndyCar Series Season starting at this weekend’s ABC Supply Co. Wisconsin 250 at the Milwaukee Mile. Wilson drove for Andretti Autosport at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis 500 in the #25 car, with a best finish of 21st at the 500. He also competed at the Formula e round at Moscow for the team, where he finished in 10th place. “It’s not going to be easy jumpingRead More

IndyCar has announced the following post race penalties from last Saturday’s MavTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway. Will Power has been fined $25,000 and been placed on probation for the rest of the season for pushing a safety worker after he climbed from his wrecked #1 Verizon Wireless Chevrolet. Tristan Vautier was fined $10,000 for contact with left front tire changer Owen Trower during his first pitstop. He has also been placed on probation for the remainder of the season. Race winner Graham Rahal has been fined $5,000 and hasRead More

With a record 83 lead changes over the course of 500 miles, yesterday’s MavTV 500 was  one of the wildest IndyCar races in recent memory and arguably one of the best races of the season. The race has pushed IndyCar well into cyberspace with the race being one of the highest trending topics on Twitter and whether fans and the pundits love it or hate it, people are talking about it. Leading into the race weekend, some drivers (notably Juan Pablo Montoya) expressed concerns on Friday in criticism of theRead More

Adam Tate, Josh Farmer and Joey Barnes of Tribute Racing dish out the goods after a historic and controversial MAVTV 500 IndyCar race at Auto Club Speedway. The boys go in depth on the new aero kit package at Fontana, as well as the leading stories from the weekend. Was it tight racing or was it ‘pack’ racing? Click below for all this and more as we take you “In the Gravel Trap!” In the Gravel Trap: MAVTV 500 Post Race Show 06/27 by Tribute Racing Image: Chris Jones viaRead More

FONTANA, Calif. (June 27, 2015) – An Indy car record 80 lead changes among 14 drivers culminated in a dramatic victory for American Graham Rahal in the MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway. The victory was the second of Rahal’s career and ended a 124-race winless drought dating to 2008 in St. Petersburg – the longest gap between race wins for a driver in Indy car history. The 80 lead changes during the 250-lap event surpassed the previous Indy car record of 73 set at Auto Club Speedway in NovemberRead More

Simon Pagenaud captured his first pole in nearly a year and his first pole on an oval during qualifying for Saturday’s MavTV 500. The Frenchman logged the fastest lap of the day at a 219.112 mph average time and backed it up on his second lap with a 218.792 average to complete a 218.952 pole winning average. “Thanks to my crew for the preparations and it’s exciting to get a superspeedway pole,” said Pagenaud. “Qualifying is one thing. It’s a reward for performance. We have a 500-mile race and hopefullyRead More