Not quite the easy week to write about NASCAR and offer anything that resembles happiness, right? Let’s look back at the on-track festivities real quick. The Xfinity Series had all the heart-stopping action that accompanies watching mold grow as another Cup driver stunk up the show and walked off with the check. Kevin Harvick tried …
While the aerokits are new, an old favorite topped the charts in Alabama. Scott Dixon put down the fastest lap on day one of IndyCar’s testing at Barber Motorsports Park. Dixon, 34, put down a lap time of 67.48 seconds, less than .7 seconds off of the 66.77 track record time he set in 2013. …
With the 2015 IndyCar season quickly approaching, a few of the vacant seats have been filled. Dale Coyne Racing announced on Monday that Colombian Carlos Huertas will return to the team’s No. 18 Honda for a second season, per RACER.com. “I am very happy to be back with the team this year. I expect to …
Simon Pagenaud is already looking good with Team Penske. Pagenaud topped the speed charts in the first of two March 16 IndyCar test sessions at Barber Motorsports Park, with a lap time of 67.75 secs. Pagenaud, 30, did so driving the No. 22 for Team Penske, one of his first times in the car. Pagenaud …
2013 Indy Lights champion Sage Karam suffered a wrist injury after going off-course early in Monday’s IndyCar test session at Barber Motorsports Park. Karam, 20, had completed only three laps on the day when he suffered the incident. Karam, a native of Nazareth, Pa., got out of his car under his own power, but wasn’t …
Add KV Racing Technology to the list of teams bringing on a rookie in 2015. Monegasque GP2 veteran Stefano Coletti will run full time in the Verizon Indycar Series in 2015 for KV Racing Technology, the team confirmed in a release this morning. He will join teammate Sebastien Bourdais, who won one race in his …
The Verizon IndyCar Series will hit the big screen on February 27th with the debut of the new Warner Bros. Film “Focus,” which stars Will Smith and Margo Robbie. Smith plays a con man who’s latest scheme partners him with a race team owner. For help with cars and drivers, Warner Bros. turned to INDYCAR. …
James Jakes is back in the IndyCar paddock. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (SPM) announced today that James Jakes will drive the team’s No. 7 Honda-powered car, competing for the 2015 Verizon IndyCar championship. The move comes less than a week after Jakes tested with SPM as part of an IndyCar-sanctioned two day test at NOLA Motorsports …
In a bizarre and unanticipated move, BAND Tv out of Brazil announced that the season opening IndyCar race, to be held at Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, is cancelled. The race was scheduled to take place on March 8. The circuit had been undergoing renovations and there was nothing indicating that the construction was the issue. The …
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser will be honored by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Firestone during the 45th anniversary of his first 500 win at “Legends Day Honoring Al Unser presented by Firestone” on Saturday, May 23. Unser, who won the race in 1970, 1971, 1978, ad 1987 will be recognized during the Public …
INDYCAR announced today that Brian Barnhart, Vice President of Competition, has been named Race Director for 2015. The three-steward Race Control system implemented in 2014, in which all in-race penalties must be approved by 2/3 vote of the three stewards officiating at each event, will remain in place and will be one of the areas …
CFH Racing (the newly merged teams of Ed Carpenter Racing and Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing) says that road course ace Mike Conway will not return to the team next season. Conway split the season with Ed Carpenter, manning the car for all road and street courses while Carpenter piloted on the ovals. The duo combined …
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