Pace Laps: JGR vs RPM, IndyCar Officiating, Red Horse Racing Politics, and More
Did you miss an event during this busy week in racing? How about a late-night press release, an important sponsorship rumor, or a juicy piece …
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IndyCar Preview – Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
It’s about time they got started! The Verizon IndyCar Series revs up this weekend with its traditional opener in St. Petersburg, Florida. Well, it’s not …
Open-Wheel Wednesday: Welcome to 2014! So What’s New?
The 2014 Verizon IndyCar season kicks off this weekend in St. Petersburg and that means your Frontstretch IndyCar staff returns, starting this week to bring …
Five Points to Ponder: Five Winners, Fontana In The Chase And The Real Deal
ONE: Five Winners in Five Weeks So that’s five winners in five weeks, with Kyle Busch joining Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski and …
Happiness Is… FOX, F1, California, and Points
This racing season is off to a fantastic start. Really. Two 12-hour races in Cup. The last three Nationwide races were won by Cup drivers. …
Kurt Busch And The Double: Really?!
Kurt Busch announced on Tuesday that he’ll be racing in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 later that day in Charlotte. That’s 1,100 …
Open Wheel Wednesday: The Sudden Death of the Indy Lights Series
Question for the readers: have you caught any of the races in the Indy Lights season this year? Oh, you have? Well, what have you noticed? Anything that bothers you, makes you a bit nervous? Perhaps something relating to the series car counts? You have? Excellent, because you aren’t alone.
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DavidRagan: Man DavidGilliland gave me the push we needed to get the W. I cannot express how big of a Win this is for @FrontRowNASCAR. …
Pace Laps: NASCAR’s Miracle Moment, Cautions Breed Controversy And “21”
_Did you miss an event during this busy week in racing? How about a late-night press release, an important sponsorship rumor, or a juicy piece of news? If you did, you’ve come to the right place! Each week, The Frontstretch will break down the racing, series by series, to bring you the biggest stories that you need to watch going forward for the week ahead. Let our experts help you get up to speed, no matter what series you might have missed, all in this edition of Pace Laps!_
IndyCar Recap: Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300
*In A Nutshell:* With varying pit strategies, and after a number of wrecks, the final 20 laps came down to a battle between Takuma Sato, Josef Newgarden, and James Hinchcliffe. Sato held strong, with a few questionable moves that seemed like blocks, but he could not gap those behind him and ultimately fell victim to Hinchcliffe’s better car during the final lap. Hinchcliffe earned his second win of the year (and his career) while Sato took second, Marco Andretti third, Oriol Servia fourth, and Newgarden faded to fifth.