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

FORT WORTH, Texas – Will Power made history today by claiming pole position for the Firestone 600 for the third year in succession. His average speed of 218.519 mph is just shy the qualifying record for Texas Motor Speedway which he set in 2013. The high banked oval once a type of track Power struggled on, is now one the defending champion relishes in. It’s a real driver’s oval, I really like it, I really look forward to the ovals now. – Will Power It was also Power’s 40th poleRead More

Following a press conference at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the Canadian Grand Prix, Mercedes AMG PETRONAS driver Lewis Hamilton and Williams F1 Team driver Felipe Massa expressed their desire for an additional tire supplier in Formula 1. Pirelli became the official tire of F1 at the start of the 2011 season and has been unrivaled by another tire manufacturer since despite countless rumors or a second supplier entering the sport. The last time there was multiple tire suppliers in F1 was 2006. Michelin and Bridgestone rivaled each other for bestRead More

Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay crashed in Turn 2 during opening practice for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. The 2012 Verizon IndyCar Series champion was working on setups in race trim when the rear end of the #28 DHL Honda slid out, backing it into the wall. “I’m surprised,” said Hunter-Reay. “The car had a big understeer, a big push in it before that and I was behind two cars and all of a suddent the rear was just gone. I don’t know. We’re going to have toRead More

The Manor Marussia F1 team is finally making inroads to ensure it not only survives in Formula One, but eventually thrives. After signing former Mercedes F1 Technical Director Bob Bell, the team announced yesterday that they have signed 2013 GP2 champion Fabio Leimer as the team’s official reserve driver. We’re delighted to welcome Fabio to our team. We always keep a close eye on drivers competing in the feeder series and their potential for making the step up to Formula 1. Fabio has been on that radar for a numberRead More

Ford Motor Company is set to make their historic return to Le Mans official. Bill Ford Jr who is set to wave the flag for the start of this year’s race is expected to make the announcement at the company’s hospitality tent, already under construction in Le Mans. North American stalwart Chip Ganassi Racing is expected to field two factory supported GTE racers based on the forthcoming Ecoboost V6 powered Ford GT supercar. The announcement comes on the 50th anniversary of Ford’s first Le Mans triumph, when Chris Amon andRead More

Ryan Briscoe will return to the cockpit of the #5 Arrow Electronics Honda for this weekend’s Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. Briscoe finished 12th at the Indianapolis 500 when he was initially tapped to fill in for the injured James Hinchcliffe. He has one win (2010) in eight starts at TMS and won the pole in 2009. Conor Daly filled in for SPM last weekend in Detroit and finished 6th in the second race of the weekend. It is known that Daly is likely to return for Toronto. BriscoeRead More

Dale Coyne Racing announced via Twitter that Tristan Vautier and Pippa Mann will return to the team for this weekend’s Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway. Vautier and Mann were DCR teammates at the Indianapolis 500 where Vautier was eliminated in a pit road collision with the third member of the team’s stable James Davison. Mann was also involved in the incident but continued on to finish in 22nd place. The Frenchman was tapped to drive Coyne’s #19 at Detroit where he passed several cars on the last lap toRead More