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LEXINGTON, Ohio (Aug. 1, 2015) – Scott Dixon shattered a 16-year-old track record on the way to earning the Verizon P1 Award for Sunday’s 90-lap Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. This marks the fourth track record that has been broken during the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season, which in addition to Mid-Ohio includes events at St. Petersburg, Long Beach and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Dixon, who won at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2014 after starting at the rear of the 22-car grid, recorded a best lap ofRead More

The Verizon IndyCar Series announced that Derrick Walker, president for competition and operations, will leave his post following the season ending Go Pro Grand Prix of Sonoma. Walker took the job with IndyCar in June of 2013 and has been the pinpoint of IndyCar’s introduction of aero kits as well as race control technology upgrades. Prior to his tenure at IndyCar, he operated his own race team, fielding cars for a number of big names in IndyCar including future starts Gil de Ferran, Will Power and Simon Pagenaud. His teamRead More

On the back on thrilling races, growing TV audiences and more than a bit of controversy, IndyCar is moving forward with a surefire hit at Mid-Ohio. On board LED panels that give real time race information to the fans. The 8 inch by 7 inch panels will sit on either side of the airbox just below the on board camera. Tested at Barber Motorsports park in April, the panels will display where each car sits in the running order and will automatically update each time a car passes timing andRead More

After several comments from drivers and team owners that were seen by IndyCar’s Mark Miles as “damaging to the sport,” the IndyCar Czar has now addressed the issue. According to new rule 9.3.8 – Detrimental Competitor Conduct: Competitors must be respectful, professional, fair and courteous to others. At all times, Competitors must not, attempt to, or engage in conduct or statements that in the judgement of INDYCAR • Threatens or denigrates any Official, fellow Competitor or the INDYCAR brand • Calls into question the integrity or legitimacy of the RulesRead More

Scott Dixon, Sarah Fisher, Ed Carpenter and Sebastian Saavedra are among the drivers who have committed to participating in the third Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge at New Castle (Ind.) Motorsports Park on Sept. 19. The race features Verizon IndyCar Series and Mazda Road to Indy drivers representing teams backed by corporate partners such as Firestone, Comfort Revolution, Target, Machine of Awesome and Performance Tire Service Company. It serves as a fundraiser for The Dan Wheldon Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Association — a cause close to Wheldon’s heart afterRead More

Ryan Hunter-Reay finally ended a 18 race winless drought with a resurgent final half of the race at the Iowa Corn Indy 300 at Iowa Speedway. RHR took the lead following the final exchange of green flag pitstops as he was the first car to pit when the final window opened. He pitted on lap 239 while running a somewhat distant second to Josef Newgarden who had dominated the race. Pitting before his rival allowed Hunter-Reay to click off fast laps and get his tires up to temperature as theRead More

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