Tag: Indy Lights

Episode 80 – OpenPaddock.net podcast

Shaun

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe racing gods feel as though you have waited long enough! So for your consumption, here is the 80th Episode of the Openpaddock.net Podcast! The boys talk a bit of rally, sportscars at Sebring, and get into all things IndyCar/MRTI! A long episode to say the least, but sit back with your favorite beverage and enjoy the latest show! The time grows near… Editors Note: Appreciate everyone giving us some time between shows after the server migration. The issues are 100% solved and the…

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Indy Lights – Éirinn go Brách

Doug Patterson

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, O2 Racing Technology announces that they have signed the winningest driver in Star Mazda Championship history, Dubliner Peter Dempsey. Dempsey competed in the Star Mazda Championship for Andersen Racing in 2008 and scored wins at Road America, Trois-Rivières, Mosport, and the New Jersey Motorsports Park against the likes of John Edwards, Alex Ardoin, and Joel Miller. He would finish 3rd in the championship that year. In 2009, Peter raced for AIM Autosport and improved on his results scoring five race wins at Iowa…

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Indy Lights – Belardi Auto Racing Finalizes Driver Roster

Doug Patterson

Today, Belardi Auto Racing announced that Jorge Goncalvez would join Anders “The Viking” Krohn to round out their 2011 Firestone Indy Lights driver roster. Jorge has made it to the Firestone Indy Lights series through a somewhat unique route. While he has has some experience in karting, beginning in 2006, he also started racing cars that same year. He ran one race in the Formula Renault 1.6 Panam GP Series and made the podium! Not bad for your first time out. He then moved to Formula Renault Campus France in…

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Episode 77 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Shaun

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWe are joined this week by Todd McCandless from Formula1blog.com to discuss Bahrain and all things F1 off season. We get into the Las Vegas announcement and all of the hot INDYCAR news. Doug hits us with his weekly Mazda Road to Indy topics and we prepare for the 100 Acre Wood Rally. GREAT conversation on the show and a must download for sure!

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Mazda Road to Indy Weekly Wrapup: 2/13-2/19

Doug Patterson

There’s not been a whole lot going on this past week in the Mazda Road to Indy Program, but we did get a couple of big driver announcements late in the week. The fields are starting to fill up, so in the coming weeks, we’ll be putting together a preview of the 2011 seasons for the Cooper Tires presents the US F2000 National Championship powered by Mazda, the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear, and the Firestone Indy Lights Series including a summary of driver/team combinations. For now, though, let’s…

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Episode 75 – Openpaddock.net Podcast

Shaun

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe 75th “diamond” edition of the Openpaddock.net podcast is packed full! We have Mike Cockrall (@TeamCanada1) on to talk the new Edmonton track layout. Kristi talks IZOD IndyCar and Doug with the Mazda Road to Indy. We preview Rally Sweden as the WRC calendar kicks off and talk the aftermath of the Robert Kubica accident. What’s next for Lotus Renault? What is next for teams and their drivers during the offseason? We talk about it all, so sit back and enjoy the diamond addition!

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Inside The Helmet – Anders Krohn

Doug Patterson

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download We had the great pleasure and honor to speak to Anders Krohn, driver for Belardi Auto Racing for the 2011 Firestone Indy Lights season. Anders had one of the earliest starts in motorsports I’d ever heard of, getting his own kart when he was only 3-1/2! He gives us some insight to his early career in karting and Formula Ford racing in his home country of Norway, how he came to race here in the United States, and the value of racing for…

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Episode 73 – OpenPaddock.net Podcast

Shaun

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin a full panel as the Openpaddock.net podcast returns from a week long break. Kristi joins us to talk Monte Carlo Rally and other odd rally news. Spike is back from Baltimore and provides us with an interview from Simona de Silvestro. We also talk Baltimore GP and other INDYCAR related stuff! Sit back and enjoy the show and thank you so much for the download!

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Indy Lights – Jensen Motorsport Car Will Be Featured at Montreal’s Crescent Street Festival

Doug Patterson

Ever want a chance at being a member of the pit crew? If you’re going to the Formula 1 Montreal Grand Prix, you can get that opportunity with the chance to win VIP passes to the Grand Prix Trois-Rivières race on August 7, 2011 courtesy of Jensen Motorsport. The team is bringing the car of their Canadian driver, David Ostella, to be on stage during the Montreal Grand Prix Crescent Street Festival and fans will compete in a tyre-change competition sponsored by Ford Motor Company of Canada with the fastest…

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