IndyCar Toronto: Kirkwood pips Grosjean by 0.05s in practice Kirkwood topped the 75-minute session around the 11-turn, 1.786-mile Exhibition Place street course with a best lap of 1m00.8075s. Motorsport · Jul 14, 2023
IndyCar Mid-Ohio: Palou wins third consecutive race, more pain for Herta Championship dominator Palou took control during the middle stint of his two-stop strategy, moving clear of pole position winner Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport, who once again suffered painful misfortune that cost him a podium finish when he was caught speeding in the pitlane. Autosport · Jul 2, 2023
IndyCar Mid-Ohio: Herta snatches last-gasp pole for Andretti Herta lapped the 13-turn, 2.258-mile road course with a best time of 1m06.3096s, and will start ahead of Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) and Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti). Motorsport · Jul 1, 2023
IndyCar Mid-Ohio: McLaren’s O’Ward fastest in first practice O’Ward topped the 75-minute session around the 2.258-mile road course with a best lap of 1m06.4935s, ahead of points leader Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing). Autosport · Jun 30, 2023
IndyCar Road America: Palou wins after late-race pass on Herta Andretti Autosport's Herta made his final pitstop a lap sooner than Palou and paid the penalty in the closing stages, as he was forced to lower his pace and tumbled back to finish fifth. Motorsport · Jun 18, 2023
IndyCar Road America: Palou shunts, Dixon and Power clash physically in FP2 Rossi topped the 45-minute session around the fabled 4.048-mile road course with a best lap of 1m41.9112s. Autosport · Jun 17, 2023
IndyCar Road America: Rossi quickest in first practice for McLaren Rossi topped the 75-minute session around the fabled 4.048-mile road course with a best lap of 1m41.779s, with times massively faster than last year’s pace thanks to the track’s first full resurface which took place last October and November, since 1995. Autosport · Jun 16, 2023
McLaren IndyCar drivers to discuss Detroit GP “elbows out” clash internally Rosenqvist and Rossi had already swapped places through Turn 1 and Turn 2 with four laps to go, but on the penultimate tour they raced wheel-to-wheel again, this time at Turn 3. Motorsport · Jun 5, 2023
Detroit street track “really came alive” during IndyCar race After receiving criticism following practice and qualifying, including from pole winner Alex Palou saying it was “too tight” and too short” for IndyCars, the post-race opinion had mellowed towards the 1.645-mile layout. Motorsport · Jun 5, 2023
IndyCar Detroit: Palou wins action-packed revived downtown race Palou led the majority of the race, but Power used an alternate strategy to lead a chunk of the event, the pair trading the lead before Palou stamped his authority on proceedings. Motorsport · Jun 4, 2023
IndyCar Detroit: Palou takes pole, Andretti cars hit the wall Having raced on nearby Belle Isle Island from 1992, Penske Entertainment Corp revived the downtown circuit for the IndyCar event with a short and sharp 1.7-mile, nine-turn layout in the shadow of the General Motors Renaissance Center. Motorsport · Jun 3, 2023
Split Detroit pits causing entry and exit issues for IndyCar drivers Due to space issues at the 1.7-mile, nine-turn track layout in the heart of the city, in the shadow of the General Motors Renaissance Center, the pitboxes have been split in two. Motorsport · Jun 3, 2023
IndyCar Detroit: O’Ward fastest in first practice on new street track Having raced on nearby Belle Isle Island from 1992, Penske Entertainment Corp decided to revive the downtown circuit for the IndyCar event with a new 1.7-mile, nine-turn layout in the shadow of the General Motors Renaissance Center. Autosport · Jun 2, 2023
Indy 500 fan whose car was damaged by a flying tire is getting a new one from Penske Entertainment A tire from Felix Rosenqvist's car flew off into the crowd during the Indy 500 and hit a parked car. USA Today Sports Media Group · May 31, 2023
Motorsport · May 30, 2023 Kyle Kirkwood reveals 80G impact flipped his car in Indy 500 Speaking at Monday night’s Indy 500 Victory Celebration banquet, Kirkwood paid tribute to the AMR safety crew and all the medical team at IndyCar, having been trapped upside down after sliding along the track following the Turn 2 crash.
Daily Mirror · May 29, 2023 Indy 500 star Kyle Kirkwood was given terrifying instruction after horror crash Kyle Kirkwood was caught up in a terrifying crash in the Indy 500 on Sunday when his car was flipped upside down after colliding with Felix Rosenqvist at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Motorsport · May 29, 2023 Rossi: Indy 500 rivals were “getting away with crazy restarts” Rossi, who won the centenary Indy 500 in 2016, finished this year’s race in fifth position in his first start in the event for McLaren since his switch from Andretti Autosport.
Motorsport · May 29, 2023 How Newgarden rose to be a thorn to Ericsson's double Indy 500 bid For the majority of the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500, the race lived up to its grand billing as 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing'. Run at a searingly fast pace, and with just a couple of minor shunts to disrupt its flow, it became bogged down by a sequence…
Autosport · May 29, 2023 How Newgarden rose to be a thorn to Ericsson’s double Indy 500 bid For the majority of the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500, the race lived up to its grand billing as ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’. Run at a searingly fast pace, and with just a couple of minor shunts to disrupt its flow, it became bogged down by a sequence…
Motorsport · May 29, 2023 O’Ward on Ericsson Indy 500 clash: “I won’t forget that one” O’Ward led the most laps in Sunday’s 107th running of America’s premier open-wheel race, and was at the front at a restart with eight laps to go.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023 Daring pass helps Josef Newgarden win Indianapolis 500 for first time The two-time IndyCar Series champion slingshotted around defending champion Marcus Ericsson on a late restart and held him off through the last two turns.
Autosport · May 28, 2023 Indy 500: Newgarden beats Ericsson to win after three red flags The race was halted for the first time with 14 laps remaining when Felix Rosenqvist (Arrow McLaren) crashed out of fourth place at Turn 1, clipping Kyle Kirkwood’s Andretti Autosport car which slammed into the wall and flipped over at Turn 2.
USA Today Sports Media Group · May 28, 2023 Felix Rosenqvist’s flying tire smashed into a parked car after narrowly missing Indy 500 crowd Thankfully, the tire only hit a parked car and no bystanders.
USA Today Sports Media Group · May 28, 2023 Kyle Kirkwood’s on-board camera captured a terrifying angle of his Indy 500 crash Crashing at 200 MPH doesn't get more unsettling
Motorsport · May 22, 2023 Indy 500 starting grid: Palou on pole, 33-car field in full The 26-year-old Spaniard will lead the 33-car field to the green flag for a three-wide rolling start across 11 rows for the 200-lap, 500-mile race.