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By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer The Chevrolet Dual in Detroit for the Verizon IndyCar Series is halfway down with KVSH Racing and Sebastien Bourdais taking a big win in Race One. Let’s take a look at some of the talking points coming out of Saturday. 1 ) Is Detroit really the place to be after Indianapolis?   The Verizon IndyCar Series is coming off of the biggest Indianapolis 500 in the League’s history and heads straight to Detroit, a city that has been suffering from population loss, urban decay, highRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Simon Pagenaud led a Team Penske sweep of the top three spots at Belle Isle to take his fifth career pole and third of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series Season. The Frenchman pulled off a flying lap of 1:14.9166s on the primary black tires as opposed to his rivals who chose to make their qualifying runs on the option red tires. Pagenaud’s lap was just a tick quicker than Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves’ lap of 1:14.9285, who was on the option red tires. “TheRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer This coming weekend the Verizon IndyCar Series will return to the Raceway on Belle Isle for the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit, continuing the 2016 season. The race weekend will be the only double-header of the season featuring two full races. The event is slated for June 3-5, 2016. About the Race The Chevrolet Dual in Detroit comprises rounds seven and eight of sixteen for the Verizon IndyCar Series in 2016.  The event is held on a temporary street circuit, one of five such races onRead More

By Toby Christie, NASCAR Editor Joey Logano looked like the runaway championship winner heading into Martinsville last fall, until a retaliatory crash at the hands of Matt Kenseth sent Logano’s chances for his first championship skidding into the wall. Many preseason polls had Logano as the favorite to hoist the Sprint Cup at the conclusion of the 2016 season. However, prior to the All-Star race this past weekend, things hadn’t been going according to plan for Logano and his No. 22 team. Through 12 races, it looked like Logano wasRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer CONCORD, N.C. –When the format for this year’s All-Star race was announced, no one could have predicted just how bizarre the race would play out. Brad Keselowski was second fastest in practice, but started in sixth after qualifying was rained out and the starting grid was set by owner’s points. Meanwhile teammate Joey Logano was fifth fastest and started eighth. Keselowski started segment one in sixth and sat there for much of the segment. Keselowski slowly moved forward as others peeled off to make theirRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief INDIANAPOLIS – James Hinchcliffe soared to the top of the pylon in one of the most dramatic Indy 500 qualifying sessions in recent memory, solidifying himself into the Fast Nine Shootout with a chance to win the pole on Sunday for the 100th Indianapolis 500 on May 29, 2016. Hinchcliffe’s first qualifying attempt wasn’t fast enough to advance, but in the final 30 minutes of the session the Canadian went out again and put down an electrifying four lap average of 230.946 mph in his No.Read More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief INDIANAPOLIS – Every year Indianapolis Motor Speedway provides some sort of dramatic flair during qualifications for the Indianapolis 500. With this year’s 100th running likely being no different, here are the heavy hitters expected to contend for pole at the milestone event. 1) Will Power – The Team Penske veteran and last year’s runner-up in the Indy 500, Power electrified the time sheets on Fast Friday with a speed of 232.672 mph. The pace was strong enough to jump to the top of the timesheets andRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter INDIANAPOLIS – Will Power turned up the wick during Happy Hour to set the fastest lap of the week in preparation for qualifying for this weekend’s 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. The Aussie caught a tow with around an hour remaining Friday evening to log a blistering lap of 232.672 mph. Josef Newgarden set the second quickest lap of the session late in the evening and was the only other driver to break 232 mph with a 232.364 mphRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief INDIANAPOLIS – Rick Mears is arguably one of the greatest drivers at the Indianapolis 500 and for team owner Roger Penske. The four-time Indianapolis 500 champion has enjoyed several special moments at the 2.5-mile oval, but aside from his victories, one of Mears’ favorite memories was his first pole. The legendary driver jetted to the top of the pylon in 1979, the same year he won his first Indy 500, in a Penske PC-6. Recalling the joyous memory, Mears shared it with the media on FastRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Simon Pagenaud claimed his third straight win of the season in today’s Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis. From the start of the race, Pagenaud was the man to beat as he pulled away from Charlie Kimball at the drop of the green flag and pulled away by as high as four and a half seconds over the course of the first stint. Pagenaud made his first pitstop on lap 12 which handed the lead over to Kimball, who pitted on lap 23. Kimball briefly heldRead More