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IndyCar Barber: Grosjean wins his second pole of the year

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Motorsport · Apr 29, 2023

IndyCar Barber: McLaughlin tops incident-packed first practice

Inevitably, after a warm-up lap at the start of the session, the veterans parked and let the rookies use their extra set of primary tyres to clean the track and add grip to the surface already christened with Firestone rubber thanks to the Indy NXT cars on track earlier in…

Autosport · Apr 28, 2023

IndyCar banking on new docuseries to boost interest

The first episode of “100 Days to Indy” featured a behind the scenes look at the IndyCar series and personalities IndyCar drivers got to tune in at the premier in Long Beach or this week when the six-part documentary series, produced by Penske Entertainment and VICE Media Group, debuted on…

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2023

IndyCar Texas: Newgarden pips O’Ward to win thriller

Polesitter Felix Rosenqvist didn’t last a lap in the lead, the Arrow McLaren losing out to Scott Dixon’s Ganassi entry at the end of the first lap, and then Penske’s Newgarden, and fellow McLaren drivers Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi demoted him to fifth. Newgarden and Dixon swapped the lead twice…

Autosport · Apr 2, 2023

Texas IndyCar: Newgarden wins thriller over O’Ward

Polesitter Felix Rosenqvist didn’t last a lap in the front, the Arrow McLaren losing out to Scott Dixon’s Ganassi entry at the end of the first lap, and then Penske’s Josef Newgarden, and fellow McLaren drivers Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi also demoting him to fifth. Newgarden and Dixon swapped…

Motorsport · Apr 2, 2023

IndyCar Texas: Dixon tops final practice at Texas Motor Speedway

Before the final hour got underway, the field was split in two to practice running the high line, and it went largely incident-free, until Conor Daly had a spin out of Turn 4, thankfully keeping his Ed Carpenter Racing car off the wall. Rookie Benjamin Pedersen in the #55 AJ…

Autosport · Apr 1, 2023

Which of the nine Indy 500 winners can conquer the Speedway again?

The 1992 Indianapolis 500 saw 10 former winners start the race – but none of them won it. The highest-placed former winner that day was four-time Indy victor Al Unser Sr of Team Menard, who managed to coax the notoriously fast-but-fickle Buick engine past the chequered flag. He was 10…

Autosport · Mar 29, 2023

Which of nine Indy 500 winners can conquer the Speedway again?

The 1992 Indianapolis 500 saw 10 former winners start the race – and none of them won. The highest placed former winner that day was four-time Indy victor Al Unser Sr. of Team Menard, who managed to coax the notoriously fast-but-fickle Buick engine past the checkered flag. He was 10…

Motorsport · Mar 28, 2023

Ganassi team expects Armstrong, Sato to shine in shared ride

Formula 2 exile Armstrong is to drive the #11 Ganassi-Honda in all 12 road and street course IndyCar rounds, while two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato was set to drive the five ovals, but right now is guaranteed only the PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway and the 107th running…

Motorsport · Mar 21, 2023

McLaughlin leads Penske 1-2 in 16-car test at Barber

McLaughlin turned 104 laps of the 2.366-mile course in Birmingham, AL, setting a best lap of 1m06.222s, two-tenths faster than defending IndyCar champion teammate Power.

Motorsport · Mar 13, 2023