Photo: Shawn Gritzmacher The Milwaukee Mile oval has hosted auto racing since 1903, making it the oldest operating race track in the world. Will Power led Team Penske (Chevrolet) teammate Helio Castroneves by just 5 points coming to the race. Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport, Honda) was third, 64 points back, just one point ahead of Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports, Honda). A win scores 50 points, with 4 bonus points also available each race weekend. Hunter-Reay, who...
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Photo: Bret Kelley Point leader Helio Castroneves (Team Penske, Chevrolet) started P15, well behind his teammate and closest competitor in the race, Will Power, who came in 13 points out of the lead and qualified sixth. Power has finished in the Top 5 in 4 of his 5 Mid-Ohio starts. Sebastien Bourdais (KVSH Racing, Chevy) won his second consecutive pole with Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, Honda) next to him in Row 1. Chip Ganassi Racing (Chevy) has won the last five Indy...
Photo: jackhawksworth.co.uk IndyCar Rookie of the Year candidate Jack Hawksworth teamed with Chris Cumming to win the Prototype Challenge class at the Tudor United SportsCar Championship’s Brickyard Grand Prix on July 25 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "It feels pretty awesome," Hawksworth said. "It was a lot of fun. We had a great battle with Bruno (Junqueira) and ended up with an RSR [Racing] 1-2. We were both slicing through the traffic. I just got my chance and I ...
Entering Indy, Wayne Taylor Racing (Jordan and Ricky Taylor) had a 5-point lead in the standings over Action Express (Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi), both using Corvette DPs. Gustavo Yacaman was 10 points back in the OAK Racing Morgan-Nissan, followed by Michael Valiante and Richard Westbrook driving the Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP. A race win is worth 35 points. Indy 500 rookie 19-year old Sage Karam replaced Memo Rojas as Scott Pruett’s co-driver in the Chip Ganassi Racing #01 Fo...
Photo: Joe Skibinski Mike Conway (Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet) earned his second Verizon IndyCar Series victory of the season by holding off Tony Kanaan (Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevy) over a three-lap sprint to the finish in the second race of the Honda Indy Toronto doubleheader. Conway won by 3.5418 sec following a Lap 54 restart after a red flag with 4 minutes, 23 seconds left in the 80-minute race. Race Control called for the red flag to freeze the field on Lap 52 after a mu...
Photo: Chris Owens Dry conditions greeted the drivers Sunday morning for the start of Race 1, reduced to 65 laps on the 1.75-mile, 11-turn road course or 90 min to accommodate running both contests on the same day. Sebastien Bourdais (KVSH Racing, Chevrolet) won pole, his first since 2007. Helio Castroneves (Team Penske, Chevy) started on the outside of Row 1, after teammate Will Power was shuffled to the back of the field for working on his car during Saturday’s red flag. Ryan ...
Photo: Chris Owens Sebastien Bourdais (KVSH Racing, Chevrolet) won pole, his first since 2007. It was raining prior to the start, slicking the temporary street course. Helio Castroneves led his Team Penske teammate Will Power by 9 points entering the double-header Toronto weekend. Iowa winner Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport, Honda) was third, 32 points back, followed by Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda, -50) and Juan Pablo Montoya (Penske, -66). A race victory ...
Photo: Shawn Gritzmacher Iowa is the shortest circuit on the IndyCar schedule, with the 7/8-mile laps completed in just 17 sec. Severe weather in the area saw race control move the start of the nighttime race forward. Team Penske (Chevrolet) drivers Will Power and Helio Castroneves started the race tied in the season standings, with Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda) 44 points back, Pocono-winner and third Penske driver Juan Pablo Montoya down 55, and Andretti Autospor...
Photo: Chris Jones Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport, Honda) was penalized and put on probation for failing to yield to multiple blue flags in Race 1. He qualified P16 for Race 2. Helio Castroneves (Team Penske, Chevrolet), who finished ninth in Race 1 took the pole for Race 2, with rookie Mikhail Aleshin (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda) lining up next to him on Row 1. Aleshin retired from Race 1 early after contact with Takuma Sato (AJ Foyt Enterprises, Honda). Race 1 winner rook...
Photo: Chris Jones Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves will start on the front row for Race 1 of the Grand Prix of Houston later today. Luca Filippi continued to shine in his return to IndyCar, qualifying fourth next to Scott Dixon. Pagenaud, who enters the weekend fourth in the points standings behind Will Power, Castroneves, and Ryan Hunter-Reay, won the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis earlier this year. Both he and Castroneves have five Top 5 finishes in the eight races run s...