Mikhail Aleshin Tag

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Driving a brand new Prototype developed and built in his native Russia, IndyCar driver Mikhail Aleshin won the top starting spot for the Rolex 24 at Daytona — with the ninth fastest time of Friday’s qualifying sessions at the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course. Englishman Nick Tandy had the afternoon’s fastest lap, leading a Porsche sweep of the top two starting spots in the highly competitive GTLM Class, touring the course in 2:01.408 (105.561 mph) and edging fellow PorscheRead More

Will Power delivered an astonishing track record breaking performance on black tires and held off a group of championship contenders on Saturday to take the pole for Sunday’s championship deciding Go Pro Grand Prix of Sonoma and make his somewhat long-shot title hopes seem a little bit brighter. Power dazzled in group one when he set a new track record of 1:16.8789 on black tires. Once his Team Penske crew strapped the alternate reds to his #1 Verizon Chevrolet, his times only got faster and ended the first group onRead More

Mikhail Aleshin will return to the Verizon IndyCar Series for the season ending GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sonoma Raceway for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. He will test for the team next week alongside Indy Lights standout Jack Harvey . Aleshin’s prior run for SPM was highlighted by a podium in Houston, but was cut one race short following a crash during practice for the season ending MavTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway. A 2015 return was ruled out due to United States sanctions against his sponsor, SMP Bank whichRead More