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By Conor Daly, Verizon IndyCar Series Driver It’s been a while since my last blog and that’s because it’s been crazy busy! It’s been non-stop since the start of May, but we finally had a little breathing room this past week. I think I’ve gone through every emotion since the start of May, I had the joy of leading my first laps at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the Grand Prix, I suffered a huge disappointment after spinning out of the Indy 500, I then experienced the best weekend ofRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Josef Newgarden has been cleared to practice in tomorrow’s opening session for this weekend’s Kohler Grand Prix at Road America. The Ed Carpenter Racing driver will take part in the one hour, 15 minute session tomorrow and will then be evaluated by the INDYCAR medical staff to determine whether or not he will be cleared to race. If Newgarden is not cleared to race, ECR has driver JR Hildebrand on standby if needed to drive to No. 21 Fuzzy’s Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet. Newgarden sufferedRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief According to Motorsport.com, JR Hildebrand will replace the injured Josef Newgarden at the upcoming Verizon IndyCar Series test at Road America on Wednesday, along with any races should Newgarden not be ready. Newgarden fractured his right clavicle and a small fracture in his right hand after a vicious crash at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Hildebrand has been in a part time role with Ed Carpenter Racing, having raced the previous three Indianapolis 500’s under its banner, along with two Grand Prix of Indianapolis. “We’re testingRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter FORT WORTH, Texas – Due to deteriorating weather conditions, this weekend’s Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway has been rescheduled to August 27, 2016. The race was originally rescheduled to Sunday, June 12 after rains washed the original running on June 11th. The race got underway at 2pm but was halted after 71 laps due to another heavy thunderstorm. The race had ran under yellow from lap 42 until the stoppage due to a scary crash between Josef Newgarden and Conor Daly. All tickets will beRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter FORT WORTH, Texas – Driver Josef Newgarden has been transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital following a scary crash with Conor Daly on lap 42 of today’s Firestone 600. Daly was running second and lost control of his No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda in turn four and spun into the path of Josef Newgarden. Both cars hit the wall with Newgarden’s No. 21 Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet flipping over and hitting the frontstretch wall upside down after sliding on his lid for nearly 500 feet. The carRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter FORT WORTH, Texas — Due to inclement weather, the Firestone 600 has been postponed and will be run at 1 p.m. CT tomorrow afternoon. Multiple thunderstorms drenched the 1.5 mile oval throughout the afternoon before stopping around 5 pm local time. Track officials worked feverishly to get the track try but multiple spots around the track proved difficult to dry due to the high humidity. Any purchased ticket will be honored at the gate and the ticket office will be open to sell tickets forRead More

FORT WORTH, Texas (Friday, June 10, 2016) – Carlos Munoz was devastated when he didn’t win the historic 100th Indianapolis 500 two weeks ago. The Colombian was able to gain a little solace today by taking the Verizon P1 Award and will start from the pole position in Saturday’s Firestone 600. Driving the No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda, Munoz earned the first pole of his four-year Verizon IndyCar Series career with a two-lap qualifying average of 217.137 mph on the 1.455-mile oval at Texas Motor Speedway. The 24-year-old’s best qualifyingRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter FORT WORTH — Tony Kanaan led teammate Scott Dixon in the opening practice session for tomorrow evening’s Firestone 600k at Texas Motor Speedway. Kanaan, who won at TMS in 2004, set a quick lap of 216.745 mph on his eighth lap of the day to pace this afternoon’s practices session. Dixon led much of the session with a top average speed of 216.613 mph before being overtaken by his teammate late in the session. The Ganassi pair were followed by Josef Newgarden of Ed Carpenter RacingRead More

The No. 98 machine of Alexander Rossi will see a familiar, yet different look this weekend as Castrol EDGE will take on the role of primary sponsor for the Firestone 600.  Castrol EDGE will have an enhanced presence on the black and white livery to commemorate the Indianapolis 500 victory shared just two short weeks ago. “Castrol EDGE has been a long-time partner of Bryan Herta Autosport and was welcomed into the Andretti stable with our team in February,” said Bryan Herta. “Since 2013 we have seen our relationship growRead More

By Adam Tate, Associate Editor After his first Verizon IndyCar Series victory in over a year, Team Penske star Will Power has brought a bit of criticism upon IndyCar Race Control’s longstanding tradition of closing the pits when a yellow occurs. It may not be a popular or safe move to win a race and immediately use it as a platform for criticism, but in this instance Power is right. What he is calling for is a Virtual Safety Car, along the same lines of what Formula One uses, in orderRead More