Race Weekend Central

Conor Daly Positive After Caution-Free Finish Ruins Mid-Ohio Upset

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Running 21st and 22nd out of 22 cars for the first 10 laps, it made sense when Dale Coyne Racing’s two teams elected to attempt an off-sequence pit strategy. 80 laps later, rookie Conor Daly nearly saw the strategy transition into his first-career Verizon IndyCar Series win. The decision to pit early came easily for …

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Simon Pagenaud Survives Strategy, Back Pain for Mid-Ohio Win

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(Photo: Chris Owens/IndyCar)

Simon Pagenaud survived a full array of differing pit strategies, back pain and a battle with teammate and championship rival Will Power to earn a victory in Sunday’s Honda 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The win is the Frenchman’s fourth of 2016, and the sixth of Pagenaud’s six-year career. Starting on the pole, Pagenaud …

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Pace Laps: Rainy Day Blues, Record Setting Trucks & Late Model Success

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(Photo: Zach Catanzareti)

Sprint Cup: Another Drenched Day in Pocono – Pocono Raceway now holds a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series record as the only track to have two rainouts in a single season. Needless to say, that’s not the record the 2.5-mile racetrack would hope to achieve, as Sunday’s Pennsylvania 400 was postponed from Sunday afternoon to Monday …

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Santiago Urrutia Dominates from Pole for Mid-Ohio Indy Lights Sweep

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Santiago Urrutia capped off a near-perfect weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday with his second Indy Lights victory in as many days. Piloting the No. 55 machine for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports with Curb-Agajanian, Urrutia withstood an early challenge from Felix Serralles and drove off from Dean Stoneman to claim a dominant victory from the pole in the …

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Scott Dixon Leads, But Crashes in IndyCar Mid-Ohio Warmup

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(Photo: Joe Skibinski/IndyCar)

It was a combination of highs and lows for four-time Verizon IndyCar Series champ Scott Dixon as the New Zealander topped Sunday’s warmup, but crashed at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Dixon’s fastest lap, good for a time of 1:04.4039, served as the quickest lap of the planned 30-minute warmup for the Honda 200 at Mid-Ohio. …

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Anthony Martin Holds Off Parker Thompson for USF2000 Mid-Ohio Win

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Anthony Martin came into the penultimate weekend for the USF2000 season at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course needing a big weekend to close the 20-point gap to teammate Parker Thompson in points. After three strong races, Martin not only closed the gap, he surged into the lead. Martin geld off Thompson by .3101 seconds from the …

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Uncertainty Ahead as Indianapolis Motor Speedway Enters a New Era

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(Photo: Logan Whitton/NKP)

For the legendary oval in Speedway, Indiana, 2016 has felt somewhat like the final chapter of a lengthy novel. The chapter began in May, when the Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted the much-anticipated 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500, a milestone that brought out upwards of 350,000 fans to the famed Brickyard and harkened to the …

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Conor Daly Enjoying NASCAR at IMS, Talks 2017 IndyCar Plans

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No track can bring out the stars quite like Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With Conor Daly, the Verizon IndyCar Series rookie for Dale Coyne Racing returns to IMS after competing in three of the last four Indy 500s. This time, however, it’s a different experience for the 24-year-old, who enjoys some NASCAR action this weekend while …

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Will Power Claims Third Victory in Four Races at Toronto

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(Photo: Shawn Gritzmacher / IndyCar)

Sometimes, it’s better to be lucky than good. However, in Will Power‘s case during Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto, it took a combination of the two to get to Victory Lane and firmly inside the championship battle. Power became the key benefactor after pitting before a late caution, earning him track position. He then held the …

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Luca Fillippi Back with Dale Coyne Racing in Toronto

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(Photo: Chris Jones/IndyCar)

Dale Coyne Racing will return to the driver lineup they used to start the season in Toronto as Luca Fillippi replaces Gabby Chaves in the team’s No. 19 Honda. Fillippi will join Conor Daly, reuniting the duo that started the first four races of the year for DCR. The announcement will also allow Fillippi, 30, …

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Andretti Autosport Struggles in Search for Seventh Iowa Victory

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(Photo: Chris Jones/IndyCar)

Returning to a track they’d conquered six-consecutive times, hopes were high for the struggling Andretti Autosport to score their second victory of 2016 at Iowa Speedway. However, Andretti’s drivers were left scratching their heads after a weekend of ineptitude at their top track. The organization’s struggles began on Saturday, when all four Andretti drivers failed …

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Pace Laps: Kes Rolling; Fast Jack Beckman; Hamilton Cruises & More

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Brad Keselowski hitting on all cylinders to start the summer- Though it may have come by fuel mileage, Keselowski wound up in victory lane again on Saturday evening in Kentucky. It was his third win in six tries at the newly repaved 1.5-mile racetrack. Adding the XFINITY Series, he has won at least one race …

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