IndyCar Category

The Verizon IndyCar Series travels to Canada this weekend for the Honda Indy Toronto, round 10 of the sixteen race schedule. With the second half of the season underway, and the title fight heating up, its an appropriate time to examine some of the stories circulating around the series. The Good A Competitive Field:  The nine races run thus far have produced seven different winners from six different teams. Among those were two first-time winners in the Series, Josef Newgarden and Carlos Munoz. That total looks to increase as driversRead More

Sebastian Saavedra will return to the #8 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet for this weekend’s Honda Indy Toronto, filling in for Sage Karam. The Columbian was not slated to return to the #8 car until the season finale at Sonoma Raceway, but a sponsorship opportunity with Automatic Fire Sprinklers has put Saavedra back in the ride. He has been recovering from a contusion to his right foot suffered during the Indianapolis 500 and will need to be evaluated by IndyCar’s medial team before he is cleared to drive. “I can’t waitRead More

Highlights from last night’s Firestone 600. Video: IndyCar Read More

Back in April, I was engaged in a round table conversation with some of my fellow motorsports journalists discussing the Grand Prix of Long Beach. It was Joey Barnes of Tribute Racing who made the comment, “There’s no such thing as an exciting win by Scott Dixon.” I pondered that statement for a moment, and then replied. “I guess I’d have to agree. Dixon always makes it look too easy, he reminds me of the Professor, Alain Prost in that respect.” On Saturday night at the Texas Motor Speedway, ScottRead More

Scott Dixon put on a cerebral performance during the final 148 laps of the Firestone 600 on his way to his second career win at Texas Motor Speedway. Dixon ran a steady first stint after starting in 7th place while Simon Pagneaud put on a clinic up front. The Frenchman led 59 of the race’s first 67 laps. He held the lead after the first pitstop while Tony Kanaan suddenly came to life and took the lead on lap 75 and began to pull away. The race’s only yellow flagRead More

FORT WORTH, Texas – After multiple road and street courses and one superspeedway event in the Indy 500, the Verizon IndyCar Series finds itself at Texas Motor Speedway. The rough and fast 1.5 mile oval set to host its 27th IndyCar race when the green flag drops tonight. The nature of it’s high banking and not quite superspeedway layout has led both the Honda and Chevy camps to experiment with aerokit set ups and with interesting results; Honda is slowly closing the gap. In practice one Takuma Sato took hisRead More

Conor Daly has more than proved that he belongs in the Verizon IndyCar Series after just a few starts this season. He did a sufficient job at Long Beach subbing for Rocky Moran Jr. at Dale Coyne Racing, after getting the call while eating at the Honda Hospitality Tent.  Sam Schmidt then called him to race in a third car at the Indianapolis 500, but that ended before it started as the fuel cell leaked on the parade lap. Daly took it like a man, didn’t whine or complain andRead More

At last week’s Dual in Detroit race two, one young superstar in the Verizon IndyCar Series frequently found himself in the way of another. Jack Hawksworth driving the No. 41 AJ Foyt Racing Honda was spun not once, but twice by Chip Ganassi’s rookie Sage Karam in the No. 8 car. Karam so often the focus of intense media speculation is highly rated in the paddock but has suffered a rough IndyCar season so far, one filled rookie mistakes, he has crashed out of multiple races. He kept it togetherRead More

Chevrolet Dual in Detroit race two winner, KVSH Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais is hoping he can carry the good momentum into tomorrow’s Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. Bourdais, second among active drivers on the all time win list with 33 victories is more known for his Champ Car prowess and Formula One experience than recent IndyCar success, but the veteran is among the most experienced in the field and gave a great perspective on the coming race. It was good to win again in Detroit. But to carry that momentumRead More

Will Power captured his 3rd consecutive pole at Texas Motor Speedway on a scorching hot Friday afternoon. Power was the first one to qualify and laid down the law early with a two lap average of 218:519 mph that was untouchable by the rest of the grid. Team Penske teammates Juan Pablo Montoya and Helio Castroneves managed to land immediately behind their teammates while Simon Pagenaud patiently waited to fire the final bullet for Team Penske. Pagenaud went out 17th and nearly overthrew his teammate, but came up just .017Read More