Techbench Tuesday: Marcus Ericsson’s 2022 Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Run
Marcus Ericsson and race engineer Brad Goldberg have great trust in each other, and that brings out the best in both at Chip Ganassi Racing.
Techbench Tuesday
Techbench Tuesday: IndyCar at Long Beach in 2022
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 …
Techbench Tuesday: IndyCar at Texas Motor Speedway in 2022
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 …
Techbench Tuesday: IndyCar at St. Petersburg in 2022
After driving through turn 14 of the St. Petersburg street circuit, Kyle Kirkwood speeds down the runway of the Albert Whitted Airport as he starts another lap of the 14-turn, 1.8-mile circuit.
Techbench Tuesday: IndyCar at Portland International Raceway
The NTT IndyCar Series’s west coast swing to close the 2021 season starts this coming Sunday (September 12th) at Portland International Raceway, a 12-turn, 1.967 mile road course near the Columbia River. Portland’s history with IndyCar racing goes back to 1984 when the CART IndyCar World Series raced there for the first time with Al …
Techbench Tuesday: IndyCar on the Streets of Nashville
When the NTT IndyCar Series visits a new track for the first time, teams are usually able to test at the track in order to help their race engineers gather data to create a setup for the race weekend. However, when that venue is a street circuit, then it’s not exactly an easy proposition to …
IndyCar Techbench Tuesday: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
The 13-turn, 2.258 mile road course just outside Lexington, Ohio is mechanically a hybrid of two different road courses, which can provide NTT IndyCar Series engineers with a lot of challenges in trying to nail a perfect car setup. The first portion of the lap is marked by two long straightaways and slower corners, partly …
Techbench Tuesday: Detroit’s Belle Isle
The streets of Belle Isle right outside of Detroit is the host of the upcoming doubleheader race weekend for the NTT IndyCar Series and the bumps of the concrete surface are ready to greet the field just two weeks after the 105th Indianapolis 500. Belle Isle has hosted Indy car racing since 1992 with two …
Techbench Tuesday: Sage Karam’s Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Run
While driving over 230 mph on the back straight at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sage Karam was feverishly lowering the ride height of his car by about an eighth of an inch to try and help him qualify for the Indianapolis 500. “We saw on data that it helped accelerate the car out of the …
IndyCar Techbench Tuesday: Texas Motor Speedway
The NTT IndyCar Series’s first oval visit of the 2021 season is a doubleheader at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) with the Genesys 300 on Saturday (May 1) and the XPEL 375 on Sunday (May 2). This is the first doubleheader Texas has hosted since the twin races in 2011 and since then, a lot has …