Here are your practice times for fast Friday. Amazingly, the track stayed mostly dry today except for the occasional yellow for moisture in turn X. And while the track was green, a whole slew of faces made their way to the top of the timesheets for today. Helio, Tagliani and Power all put in 226+ times, while Townsend Bell and Graham Rahall mixed up the status quo by placing 10th and 11th respectively. Dan Wheldon and Mike Conway chose to sit out today’s session though, most likely because today’s conditions…
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IndyCar – Indy 500 Tuesday Practice Results
Rain held off on Tuesday to allow a full day of practice for the IZOD IndyCar Series, in preparation for The Greatest Spectacle In Racing. But it did have a little bearing on today’s procedures as they didn’t go green until shortly after 1:00 PM EST since the track was drying from earlier rain. Scott Dixon put up quick time today, which isn’t much of a surprise given his affiliation with one of the big dog teams. But the results sheet behind him was an appealing surprise and hopefully a…
Read MoreIndyCar – Green For Practice At Indy
This was the scene earlier this morning as track crew worked to dry out the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in time for practice. With rain washing out yesterday’s activities and rain threatening for most of the remaining week, practice time is at a premium as everybody prepares for qualifying this weekend. Throw in the fact that the schedule this month is severely compressed and qualifying has been shortened from four days to two. That said, at 1:07 PM EST and the track went green. Ambient temperature is only 55F and there is a…
Read MoreIndyCar – Live from Kansas: Friday Morning
Wind, thunder, lightning, and hail. Welcome to springtime in Kansas! A line of storms are moving through the area this morning dumping copious amounts of rain on the speedway flooding most of the infield. Quarter-sized hail also pounded the track this morning. Expect the morning practice session to be terminated, and it’s not likely that the afternoon session will be a go, either. The storms should move out in time for qualifications, but with no practice time, drivers new and inexperienced with oval racing will be seriously disadvantaged. In fact,…
Read MoreIndyCar – Sao Paulo Wrap Up
The IZOD IndyCar Series opened their season this weekend on the brand spanking new Sao Paulo street circuit. Despite the short amount of time that Tony Cottman and his team had to bring this track from napkin sketch to sold out event, the race weekend looked to be a very successful coup in the heart of Brazilian racing madness. Granted though, there were a few hitches in this weekend’s giddyup. The first major problem of the event occurred during practice sessions when the IndyCar drivers discovered that the Brazilian National…
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