Road America Tag

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer As the Verizon IndyCar Series teams are unloading at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI, a familiar face is missing. Milkail Aleshin, driver of the No. 7 Honda entry for Schmidt Peterson Racing has been unable to enter the United States following a trip to France to participate in the 24 Hours of LeMans. Specific details about the Visa and immigration issues that are keeping Aleshin in France have not been released. The issues, however, will not be resolved in time for Aleshin to participateRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer After starting the 2017 season with Top 10 finishes in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Scott Lagasse Jr. will now add another four races to his 2017 schedule. Lagasse Jr. will drive the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing, joining Ty Dillon as they compete for the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Owners Championship. On the pit box, Lagasse Jr. will have first-year crew chief Matt Swiderski calling the race. In the NASCAR CWTS NextEra Energy ResourcesRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer Oliver Askew is no ordinary teenager. The 19-year-old Floridian represented Team USA at the Formula Ford Festival in England, finishing second at the prestigious Walter Hayes Trophy Race at Silverstone and won the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout. With that win, he earned a $200,000 Mazda Racing scholarship to fund a drive in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by Mazda for 2017. The craziest part of this whole situation is that before going over to race in England in November, Askew hadRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter The 2016 Verizon IndyCar Season was like a party tray. It gave us a little bit of everything – drama, excitement, surprise. It was hard to narrow down the top five moments from the season, but here you are: 5.) Firestone 600 When IndyCar arrived at the Texas Motor Speedway for their annual June trip, Murphy’s Law was in full effect. Rain hampered the entire weekend and a rough track surface made it difficult to dry. A scary crash between Josef Newgarden and Conor Daly marredRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor As 2016 comes to a close in just a few days, we’ll take this opportunity to look back at some of the best moments of the NASCAR season. This week, the NASCAR Xfinity Series is on the docket, so without further ado, here are the top five moments that stole the headlines in 2016. Daniel Suarez Captures Xfinity Series Championship at Homestead In the first year of the Chase in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the Championship Four came down to a battle between Joe GibbsRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer Carlin joined the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires grid in 2015 as Trevor Carlin sought to expand his open-wheel racing empire to the U.S. and succeeded in his second year of operations by securing an Indy Lights championship with driver Ed Jones. Let’s look back at his championship run. The season got off to an uneventful start for Jones as St. Petersburg gave the Dubai-based Brit a tenth and a seventh to start the season off in what is nowRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer 2015 was an incredible year for Nico Jamin. The Frenchman won had the Cooper Tires USF2000 championship powered by Mazda and went to the Pro Mazda Championship presented by Cooper Tires for the same team, Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing for 2016. Unfortunately for the 20-year-old Frenchman, Team Pelfrey’s juggernaut of Aaron Telitz and Pato O’Ward had the field covered for the most part, relegating Jamin to third in the title race, but let’s take a look at how hisRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer With Road America being the final road course race of the season for the NASCAR Xfinity Series, many were looking for a shot to solidify their spot in the first ever NASCAR Xfinity Series Chase. One of those drivers was Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Reed. Reed came into Road America 10th in points, just 60 points ahead of the Chase cut-off. The weekend started off promising, as Reed and his No.16 Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Ford Mustang was 11th fastest in the first practice session.Read More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor Since being added to the NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule in 2010, Road America has been one of the tracks on the circuit that tends to provide drivers with their first NASCAR wins and the tradition continued on Saturday afternoon. In the first six events at the track, three of those went to drivers who scored their first NASCAR wins, with Nelson Piquet, Jr. becoming the first in the 2012 event, followed by AJ Allmendinger in 2013, and Brendan Gaughan in 2014. As the NASCAR SprintRead More

By Frank Rigas, NASCAR Wire Service ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – Michael McDowell’s Twitter handle is @Mc_Driver. After Saturday, he may want to consider changing it — to something like @Mc_Winner. McDowell led 24 of the final 25 laps of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Road America 180 Fired Up by Johnsonville for his first victory in 94 series races. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular finished .534 seconds ahead of his Richard Childress Racing teammate Brendan Gaughan after two late restarts, including a green-while-checkered that pushed the race to 48 lapsRead More