Photo: Joe Skibinski The track temperature as Practice 2 began was 115 deg. F. IndyCar authorized a modification to provide additional cooling to the cockpit using templates provided by Dallara to cut an opening in the nose cap of the front wing assembly. “Fortunately, it’s not supposed to be a bazillion degrees, but the humidity is what makes it difficult,” said Sebastien Bourdais (KVSH Racing, Chevrolet). “Any air flow can only help.” Rookie Mikhail Ales...
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Photo: Chris Smith Will Power (Team Penske, Chevy) topped Practice 1 at the Grand Prix of Houstno with a time of 1:00.4427. Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports, Honda) posted the second quickest lap at 1:00.6956, with Sebastien Bourdais (KVSH Racing, Chevy) third at 1:00.7700. AJ Foyt Enterprise’s (Honda) Takuma Sato posted a time of 1:00.7901, Tony Kanaan (Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevy) 1:00.8355, and Helio Castroneves (Team Penske, Chevy) 1:00.835...
Photo: Chris Jones The Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston will mark the second of three doubleheaders on the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule. Drivers will contest a pair of 90-lap races Saturday and Sunday on the 1.69-mile temporary street circuit at NRG Park. With wins at St. Petersburg and Belle Isle, Will Power (Team Penske, Chevrolet) finds himself atop the season point standings. The Australian claimed a win in the second Houston race in 2013 and is the only driver to f...
Photo: Chris Owens Will Power (Team Penske, Chevrolet) and Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, Honda) started in Row 1, with Power jumping to the early lead followed by Tony Kanaan (Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevy). The first caution came out three laps in, when Marco Andretti’s (Andretti Autosport, Honda) engine blew and his car caught fire. At Lap 20 (of 248) Power and Kanaan led Newgarden, with Scott Dixon (Ganassi, Chevy) closing quickly. Dixon took third four l...
Photo: Chris Jones Will Power (Team Penske, Chevrolet) will start Saturday's Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on pole for the second straight year, having posted a two-lap average speed of 218.896 mph on the 1.455-mile, high-banked oval. Power broke a tie with Dario Franchitti for sixth on the all-time Indy car list with his 34th pole and second of the season. "I was actually surprised by the speed on the first lap (219.550 mph) and thought 'I have to do it again,'" said P...
Photo: Chris Owens Takuma Sato (AJ Foyt Enterprises, Honda) took pole for the second race at Belle Isle, with James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport, Honda) next to him in Row 1. Helio Castroneves (Team Penske, Chevrolet) and Mike Conway (Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevy) started third and fourth respectively. Castroneves took the victory, climbing the fence 14 years after his signature victory celebration was born following his first Indy car win in 2000 in the Motor City. It was his ...
Photo: Chris Jones Will Power overtook race leader Ryan Briscoe (NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet) on a Lap 60 restart and then held off Graham Rahal over a 10-lap sprint to win Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans Dual 1. "(Rahal) was really pushing me at the end and it was a great victory for Roger, the (crew) guys and Verizon," said Power, who started 16th in the Team Penske (Chevy) car and tied Tommy Milton for 18th all time with his 23rd Indy car victory...
Photo: Jim Haines Ed Carpenter (Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet) will start from the pole of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race for the second year in a row. The 33-car field is the fastest in Indianapolis 500 history (229.382 mph), breaking the previous record of 228.648 mph set in 2002. The owner/driver of the No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka Chevy was the final qualifier May 18 and recorded a four-lap average of 231.067 mph to bump James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport, Honda...
Photo: Walter Kuhn Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports, Honda) topped Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport, Honda) and Helio Castroneves (Team Penske, Chevrolet) to win the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis. Pagenaud, who started fourth held off Hunter-Reay by 0.8906 sec for his third career Verizon IndyCar Series victory. Castroneves finished 1.8244 sec behind the leader. Both Pagenaud and Hunter-Reay were starved for fuel after completing 28 laps after their fina...
Photo: Walter Kuhn The young drivers evidently like the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Sebastian Saavedra (KV AFS Racing, Chevrolet) and rookie Jack Hawksworth (BHA/BBM with Curb-Agajanian, Honda) locking down the front row in qualifying for tomorrow’s inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis with times of 1:23.8833 and 1:24.0788 respectively. Saavedra is the fourth different pole winner in as many 2014 races. The veterans weren’t far behind, howev...