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By Aaron Bearden, Contributing Writer Reversal of Fortune Last season Sebastien Bourdais could only watch as Josef Newgarden drove off with a championship he appeared poised to contend for before misfortune befell him at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May. In St. Petersburg he kicked off another championship chase in victory lane after the misfortune of others. Bourdais completed an emotional comeback with a victory in Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg – the season-opening race for the Verizon IndyCar Series. “This is emotional because I was able from aRead More

By Josh Farmer, Contributing Writer Strategy and good luck vaulted Graham Rahal to a second place finish in today’s Verizon IndyCar Series season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. It marked the Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing driver’s first podium at St. Pete since his first win at the 1.8-mile street circuit in 2008. As calamity ensued between race leaders Robert Wickens and Alexander Rossi on a restart with two laps remaining, Rahal followed race winner Sebastien Bourdais through the chaos as the race ended under the yellow flag. Rahal noted that he wasRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Zach Veach is ready. After racing on all three steps of the Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires ladder system, the Stockdale, Ohio native will begin his first full season in the Verizon IndyCar Series on Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Veach has driven the track in all three MRTI championships, winning in 2014 in Indy Lights. For 2018 he’s competing for Andretti Autosport, a team he drove for in all three MRTI championships. The weekend started offRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series champion Josef Newgarden enters his second season with Team Penske with a lot less uncertainty. Gone is the uncertainty of working with a large team; he’s had a year to get used to Team Penske. Gone are the questions of whether he would adapt; he won in his third race. But with a new car, there are new variables but similar approaches ahead of Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. “With the new car we don’t reallyRead More

By Josh Farmer, Contributing Writer With the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season rapidly approaching, Motorsports Tribune is previewing each of the teams competing on the tour. The site’s IndyCar staff will break each team down, laying out their results from the previous season while previewing the year to come for the organization and their driver(s). Team: Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Driver: Sage Karam What happened Last Year: DRR paired up with young American Sage Karam for the third time. Unable to replicate their near come-from-behind run in 2016, Karam struggled muchRead More

By Aaron Bearden, Contributing Writer With the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season rapidly approaching, Motorsports Tribune is previewing each of the teams competing on the tour. The site’s IndyCar staff will break each team down, laying out their results from the previous season while previewing the year to come for the organization and their driver(s).  Team: Chip Ganassi Racing Drivers: Scott Dixon, Ed Jones What Happened Last Year: Chip Ganassi Racing’s first year back under the Honda banner was a relatively quiet one, and ultimately the final year of the organization as aRead More

By Aaron Bearden, Contributing Writer The details for the final leg of the Danica Double have been revealed. Ed Carpenter Racing announced on Wednesday that Danica Patrick will compete for the organization in May’s 102nd Running of the Indianapolis 500, confirming the news Patrick herself let slip during February’s Daytona 500 Media Tour. Patrick will pilot the No. 13 Chevrolet, running with the familiar green livery of longtime sponsor GoDaddy. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – to be the team to power Danica in her final race, and to doRead More

By Aaron Bearden, Contributing Writer Ahead of each Verizon IndyCar Series race weekend, Motorsports Tribune offers an in-depth look at the details and storylines going into the weekend’s event(s). Verizon IndyCar Series Race(s): Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (110 laps, 198 miles) Circuit: Streets of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Track Details: Clockwise – 14 turns, 1.80 miles Track Record: 107.561 mph (Will Power, 2016) What Happened Last Year: Sebastien Bourdais overcame a disastrous qualifying crash to rise from last to first and claim his first win in St. Pete, establishing himself and DaleRead More

By Josh Farmer, Contributing Writer With the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season rapidly approaching, Motorsports Tribune is previewing each of the teams competing on the tour. The site’s IndyCar staff will break each team down, laying out their results from the previous season while previewing the year to come for the organization and their driver(s). Team: AJ Foyt Racing Drivers: Matheus Leist, Tony Kanaan What Happened Last Year: The 2017 season brought new beginnings for AJ Foyt Racing, as they switched to the Chevrolet engine and aero kit and acquired new drivers in ConorRead More

By Aaron Bearden, Contributing Writer With the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season rapidly approaching, Motorsports Tribune is previewing each of the teams competing on the tour. The site’s IndyCar staff will break each team down, laying out their results from the previous season while previewing the year to come for the organization and their driver(s).  Team: Carlin Drivers: Charlie Kimball, Max Chilton What Happened Last Year: Carlin’s 2017 was a year filled with planning. After three seasons spent building in Indy Lights – the top ladder of the Mazda Road to Indy –Read More