Matt: So, just to start off, can we all agree that Fontana in its current state is pretty much the perfect IndyCar track? Toni: I certainly agree. I think it’s such a great way to end the season too. A great 500-mile event. Huston: Interesting way to begin…but yes, the match between the cars and …
ONE: ONE TO GO: RICHMOND And then there was one. Just 300 miles and 400 laps at Richmond International Raceway separate us from the end of the regular season and the start of the newfangled Chase for the Sprint Cup format. Kasey Kahne became the 13th driver to win a race this season at Atlanta …
Cup: Sweet Relief for Kahne By racing for the Cup juggernaut Hendrick Motorsports, there are high expectations for Kasey Kahne. That his brethren at the organization have all earned three wins apiece makes his season look all the worse. In fact, with only two top-5 finishes in 2014, Kahne was looking like …
The MAV TV 500 from Auto Club Speedway In a Nutshell: For the ninth consecutive year, the last race of the season determined the IndyCar champion. This time, Will Power, three times a runner-up, hoisted the Astor Cup by finishing ninth. Tony Kanaan held strong all night, seemingly in the top five the whole event, …
The qualifying session for the IndyCar series race at Auto Club Speedway took place in the heavy heat in the middle of the day in Fontana, California. Helio Castroneves, going out last, earned the pole position with an average of 218.640 mph. The track temperature during the session hovered around 136 degrees. Qualifying was based …
What’s News? What else? This is it, the end of the season, so it’s time to decide the championship! The Verizon IndyCar Series seems to have a knack for making it come down to the final race of the season as this is the ninth year in a row that’s been the case. As our …
The Verizon IndyCar championship will be decided this weekend. The race, being held at Auto Club Speedway, on Saturday night, is likely to be captivating, with a battle down to the end between Penske teammates Will Power and Helio Castroneves. Should they both find a banana peel on the racetrack, Simon Pagenaud is lurking, sitting …
One: Keselowski — Our First Triple Champion? After 62 races across 10 seasons, Brad Keselowski has finally won his first Camping World Truck Series race. In the process, the 2012 Cup champion, in his own equipment, became just the 25th driver to record a victory in all three of the major NASCAR series. Bristol’s triumph …
Sprint Cup Series: Kyle Busch, Dave Rogers Quarrel – Bristol Motor Speedway is often known for its beating, banging and tempers flaring, and Saturday night’s Irwin Tools Night Race was no different. Several drivers left angry with a fellow competitor for a variety of reasons, but it was a bit of a different scenario for Kyle Busch …
The GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma started under rather inauspicious circumstances, as a massive earthquake nailed the Napa/Sonoma area around 6 am. The IndyCar series let it be known that the event would go on as scheduled. Hence, as the on-track festivities began, with the IndyLights race and the air show, one would never know …
So, let’s rewind for a moment and go back to Michigan. OK, that may not be the best way to put it, as most fans are happy to put Michigan in the rear-view mirror and look toward Bristol, where the hope is that the track might restore some of its past flavor and produce some …
Last year, midway through the 2013 IndyCar Series season, IndyCar head honcho Mark Miles vowed that as part of his plan to rejuvenate the sport of American open wheel racing, he would see to it that the IndyCar Series schedule would be chopped, screwed and condensed in an effort to raise week-to-week excitement and avoid …
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