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Defending champion Alex Palou was fastest in opening practice for the Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday. The cars left the unique Detroit pit road the same way they had finished the Indy 500 last weekend, as everyone rushed out, all neatly in line, to test out their road and street track cars and dust off…
Helio Castroneves’ “Month of May” was extended by two races. Meyer Shank Racing announced that the four-time Indianapolis 500 winner will drive the #66 AutoNation-SiriusXM Honda in this weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix and the Grand Prix at Road America on June 9. Tom Blomqvist, a back-to-back Rolex 24 winner and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship…
Tristian Vautier returns to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES after an almost seven-year absence. The 34-year-old French driver will pilot the #51 Dale Coyne Racing entry on the streets of Detroit this weekend. The 2012 Indy Lights (Indy NXT) champion was last in an IndyCar in June of 2017 at the Texas Motor Speedway, where he…
Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden left Indianapolis with the largest winning purse in motorsports history. The Team Penske driver took home $4.288 million for his back-to-back win Sunday. The total purse for the 108th running of the Indy 500 was a record-setting $18,456,000. Newgarden was not the only driver to see a bimp in pay….
Josef Newgarden and Pato O’Ward have reflected on their thrilling duel in the closing laps of the 2024 Indy 500 that was delayed by rain. The Team Penske driver pulled off a stunning overtake at turn 3 on the final lap to take a second successive win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Through strategy, Arrow McLaren’s O’Ward…
After a four-hour delay, the 108th Indy 500 started under sunny skies. Josef Newgarden outdueled Pato Oward by .3417 seconds to become the first back-to-back Indy 500 winner in twenty-two years. Newgarden, in the #2 Shell Powering Progress Team Penske Chevrolet, made an emphatic pass on O’Ward behind the wheel of the #5 Arrow McLaren…
Former GP3 race winner and GP2 driver Conor Daly is set to contest his 11th Indy 500 on Sunday. The IndyCar veteran has finished in the top ten the last two years. For the 108th Indy 500, Daly starts 29th. While the starting position is not what he would like, he feels that his car…
Two veterans set the pace at the final practice ahead of the 108th Running of the Indy 500. 2008 winner Scott Dixon led Carb Day with a speed of 227.026 mph. Four-time champion Helio Castroneves was second fastest with a speed of 226.939 mph. With the weather a big question mark on race day, there…
The Californian rookie driver will have to wait another year in order to compete in the biggest event in motorsport. Nolan Siegel didn’t make the cut to be part of the 33 cars field for the 108th running of the 500 but he still wasn’t left unsatisfied with his Sunday at the office. The part…
NASCAR’s Kyle Larson has long been a driver that IndyCar fans wanted to see race in the Indy 500. For the 2024 edition of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” race fans will get their wish. McLaren CEO Zak Brown was the driving force behind the 2021 NASCAR champion getting the opportunity to race at the…
