Kyle Kirkwood Tag

By David Morgan, Associate Editor LEBANON, Tenn. – Colton Herta may have won the battle, but Alex Palou won the war. In a frantic season finale on the 1.33-mile Nashville Superspeedway oval, Colton Herta put on a fearless drive the closing laps, streaking past Pato O’Ward with five laps remaining to pull away for his second win of the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series season and first career win on an oval. As the laps wound down, it became a battle of those who could make it to the end on fuelRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor LEBANON, Tenn. – The bump strikes back. In addition to the majority of the NTT IndyCar Series field having to learn the intricacies of a new track in Nashville Superspeedway for this weekend’s running of the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, the field was in for a rude awakening when they hit the track for the first time on Saturday. Through Turns 3 and 4, a section of the concrete surface near the tunnel that runs under the track had been ground, creating a bumpRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor LEBANON, Tenn. – Oval or street course, Kyle Kirkwood has Nashville figured out. The driver of the No. 27 Andretti Global Honda bested the streets of Music City a year ago, winning the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix and now that the race has transitioned out to the Nashville Superspeedway oval, he’s still got the speed. Pacing the 1.33-mile concrete oval with a two-lap average of 201.520 mph, the Jupiter, Florida native jumped to the top of the scoring pylon to give himself the bestRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor LEBANON, Tenn. – Championship weekend is officially underway in Nashville. The drivers and teams of the NTT IndyCar Series got their first look at the 1.33-mile concrete oval in the opening practice session of the weekend for the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix and it was a familiar face at the top of the scoring pylon when all was said and done. Alex Palou, who comes into the weekend looking to clinch his third title in the last four years, paced the session with aRead More

By INDYCAR PORTLAND, Ore. – Will Power and Team Penske made their point Sunday by winning the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland: The race for the Astor Challenge Cup is far from over. Power earned his series-leading third victory of the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season in the No. 12 Verizon Business Team Penske Chevrolet and gained ground on championship leader Alex Palou with three races remaining. He drove to a 9.8267-second victory over the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda of Palou on the 12-turn, 1.964-mile road courseRead More

By INDYCAR PORTLAND, Ore. – The ascension of AJ Foyt Racing this season hit its highest point Saturday, as Santino Ferrucci delivered the fabled team its first NTT INDYCAR SERIES pole since 2014 by earning the NTT P1 Award for the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland. Ferrucci earned his first career series pole in his first-ever appearance in the Firestone Fast Six, turning a top lap of 58.2046 seconds in the No. 14 Phoenix Investors Chevrolet owned by legendary four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt. It was the quickest lapRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor MADISON, Ill. – A busy Friday at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway is complete, with one final practice session in the books for Saturday’s running of the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. Pato O’Ward, looking to build on previous success at Gateway, where he has finished second in three of his last four starts at the track and never lower that fourth, topped the charts in the final one-hour session of the day in his No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet with a lap of 25.7572 seconds,Read More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor MADISON, Ill. – When it comes to qualifying on ovals in 2024, Scott McLaughlin has been on it. The driver of the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet has not started off the front row in any of the oval races thus far through the NTT IndyCar Series season, adding another oval pole with his qualifying run on Friday afternoon at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. McLaughlin rocketed to the pole with a two-lap average of 179.972 mph to bank the top spot over Meyer ShankRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor MADISON, Ill. – David Malukas has got Gateway figured out. With a pair of podium finishes over the past two years on his resume at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, the driver of the No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda picked up right where he left off, powering his machine to the top of the board with a lap of 25.1635 seconds, 178.830 mph. Since returning from a wrist injury that saw him booted from his ride at Arrow McLaren and picked up by MeyerRead More

By INDYCAR TORONTO – Michael Andretti’s raised right arm said it all following the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place, and the team owner could have raised two. One for Colton Herta, another for Kyle Kirkwood. The two drivers gave Andretti Global a win for the first time since last year’s rebranding and its first 1-2 finish in a race since Kirkwood and Romain Grosjean delivered in 2023 at Long Beach. SEE: Results Herta ended a 40-race winless drought by scoring his first NTT INDYCAR SERIES race in 799 days,Read More