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By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief Pippa Mann will make her second appearance of the season in this weekend’s ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway with Dale Coyne Racing. The 33-year-old Brit will pilot the No. 19 Honda and continue the driver carousel that looks to continue for the second half of the year. Mann finished 13th at the 2.5-mile track known as ‘The Tricky Triangle’ last season, tying her career-best finish in the Verizon IndyCar Series, and finished 15th in her only other start there in 2013. With Pocono being theRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter INDIANAPOLIS – Josef Newgarden led all drivers during Monday’s final practice before Carb Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The second place qualifier clicked off a lap averaged at 227.414 mph and led a Chevrolet sweep of the top four spots. 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan was second quickest and was followed by Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon in third. Sage Karam was fourth quickest while Pippa Mann recovered from crashing during qualifying on Saturday to log the fifth quickest time for Dale CoyneRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer While it has been speculated for some time, Dale Coyne and Pippa Mann have made it official. The Coyne team will enter Pippa Mann in a Honda-powered car for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Oil. The timing of the announcement coincides with the kickoff of the 2016 Pink #GetInvolved campaign, raising funds for Susan G. Komen. Mann will once again be behind the wheel of the familiar pink number 63 IndyCar as she sets the goal of raising $100,000 toRead More

By Josh Farmer, Journalist Conor Daly will join Dale Coyne Racing for a full season effort in the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Daly will drive the #18 Honda/Dallara with sponsorship from Jonathan Bryd’s Restaurant and Hospitality group except for the Indianapolis 500, when Byrd will sponsor USAC standout Bryan Clauson in a 3rd entry for DCR. The Noblesville, Indiana native has spent the last season searching for an IndyCar ride after racing in GP3 and GP2 from 2011-2014. He raced for Coyne last year at the Toyota Grand Prix ofRead More

Tristan Vautier and Pippa Mann are set to return to IndyCar action this weekend at Fontana where they will race for Dale Coyne’s outfit. The DCR merry-go-round has seen multiple drivers for each of the teams two cars this season, but Mann starting her third race for the team and Vautier his fifth, after an impressive fourth place outing in Detroit seem to be settling in as some of Coyne’s front running candidates should he want a stable line up. 2013 rookie of the year Vautier will look to buildRead 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

The second official day of practice for the 99th running of the Indianapolis 500 gave us high speeds and a reminder of the dangers of auto racing and how lucky we are. With the help of a tow, Andretti Autosport’s Carlos Munoz bagged the fastest lap of the month so far with an average speed of 230.121 mph (39.1098s). The time came late in the day as drivers were experimenting with the draft. “Really, we were not looking for a tow, we just made a change and said, ‘OK let’sRead More