IndyCar Qualifying Might Need Some Flexibility
INDYCAR’s rulebook has a lot of clarity but no flexibility when it comes to qualifying rules. Let’s look at what happened in Long Beach and see how it can be fixed.
INDYCAR’s rulebook has a lot of clarity but no flexibility when it comes to qualifying rules. Let’s look at what happened in Long Beach and see how it can be fixed.
A good mix of luck and strategy helped Romain Grosjean get onto the podium at Long Beach, his first for Andretti Autosport.
Colton Herta’s near-perfect weekend in Long Beach came to an end as the No. 26 Honda stopped in pit road, damaged from wall contact exiting turn 9.
Felix Rosenqvist’s relationship with race engineer Craig Hampson is paying dividends with a fourth place qualifying effort at Long Beach.
Colton Herta’s lap was over nine tenths of a second faster than the old track record. Let’s look at how the field came to be in the three rounds.
LONG BEACH, Calif.— Simon Pagenaud’s quest for a second victory at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach got off to a good start as the 2016 Long Beach winner led the opening practice session on Friday (April 8). The No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda went around the 1.968 mile street circuit in 1 …
As Takuma Sato roars down the back straight of the Long Beach Grand Prix street circuit, the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner has just three more corners to go before completing another lap of the 1.968-mile circuit. The concrete canyon that is Seaside Way leads to a right-hander before the track curls around in a long …
FORT WORTH, Texas— An opportunistic move ended with three cars hitting the turn 3 wall at Texas Motor Speedway during Sunday’s (March 20) XPEL 375 for the NTT IndyCar Series. After the field got the green flag on lap 128 following Kyle Kirkwood’s accident, Andretti Autosport’s Devlin DeFrancesco went underneath Graham Rahal on the backstretch. …
FORT WORTH, Texas — There was a sense of pure amazement from race winner Josef Newgarden and congratulations from many other drivers on pit road. Why? Jimmie Johnson was competitive at an oval race again. Johnson finished sixth in Sunday’s (March 20th) XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway in his first oval race in the …
FORT WORTH, Texas — It was the best of sessions, it was the worst of sessions for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. As Christian Lundgaard and Graham Rahal went fourth and seventh fastest respectively in the final practice session ahead of Sunday’s (March 20th) XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway, Jack Harvey lightly brushed the wall …
As Graham Rahal goes 215 mph around Texas Motor Speedway, the No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda goes into turns 1 and 2 hoping that the car will stay as close to top speed as possible before going onto the backstretch and then towards turns 3 and 4 to complete a fast lap. While …
Lapping cars have been the bane of Will Power’s existence over the last couple of seasons in the NTT IndyCar Series.
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