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Carlos Muñoz Subbing for Robert Wickens at Portland

Carlos Munoz 2018 Indianapolis 500

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Schmidt Peterson Motorsports will field the No. 6 entry this weekend at Portland International Raceway in the IndyCar Series, with Carlos Muñoz the driver, a week after leaving the entry vacant at last weekend’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Gateway, Motorsport reports. Muñoz’s tapping to drive the car comes after Robert Wickens, the usual driver of the …

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Carlos Munoz Reunites with Andretti Autosport to Run 102nd Indy 500

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Although Carlos Munoz doesn’t have a plan in place to run the full 2018 IndyCar Series season, he’ll run the next Indianapolis 500 with his former team, Andretti Autosport. Munoz and AJ Foyt Racing went separate ways after one season together when the 2017 campaign ended to bring in 19-year-old IndyCar rookie Matheus Leist. Leist …

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Carlos Munoz Claims First Verizon P1 Award With Flyer in Texas

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(Photo: Chris Jones/IndyCar)

Carlos Munoz may not yet have an Indianapolis 500 victory to his name, but the Columbian scored an important first in the Verizon IndyCar Series at Texas Motor Speedway – his first pole. Munoz maneuvered his No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda around the 1.455-mile Texas oval with a two-lap qualifying average of 217.137 mph to …

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Carlos Muñoz Left Empty After Second Indy 500 Runner-Up Finish

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(Photo: Forest Mellott/IndyCar)

Drivers are supposed to be happy for their teammates when they win races, but how can you be happy when a teammate steals the biggest prize in racing from you by a few fumes of fuel? As Carlos Muñoz proved after Sunday’s 100th Indianapolis 500, you can’t. “I cannot say I’m really happy, I’m just …

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IndyCar Roundtable: Previewing and Predicting the 100th Indianapolis 500

James Hinchcliffe was a surprising pole winner, but where do you see him ending up as he drives for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports? Mike Neff: This is the Indianapolis 500. Cinderella stories, surprises and disappointments are strewn across the history like carbon fiber shards after a turn one impact. He has to survive the 200 laps …

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Kanaan Paces Carb Day At Indy, Castroneves Pit Crew Champ

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Every year, Carb Day at Indianapolis seems to take on its own personality. Sometimes, you will have drivers avoiding each other on the track like the plague while other times, drivers will test the limits of their cars to see how they’ll react in traffic. This year, it was the latter and it happened in …

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IndyCar Breakdown: 2015 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Race No. 1

IndyCar tried to wait out the thunderstorm, but after 47 laps of sporadic rain, series officials were forced to prematurely call race No. 1 of the Dual in Detroit and hand Andretti Autosport young gun Carlos Munoz his first career IndyCar Series victory. How it happened: The race was plagued by showers from the onset, …

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Honda Cuts the Gap to Chevrolet in Alabama

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Much has been made about the early season woes for Honda and the HPD IndyCar program. Despite posting good results and gaining momentum on Sunday afternoon in the Grand Prix of Alabama, it appears as if the manufacturer still has a considerable gap to close on Chevrolet – at least on road and street courses. …

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2014 IndyCar Driver Reviews Part 2

2014 Indycar Milwaukee Castroneves On Track

Helio Castroneves Team: Team Penske Sponsor: Hitachi/AAA/Verizon/Pennzoil/PPG Rank: 2 Wins: 1 Top 5s: 7 Top 10s: 10 Always a bridesmaid…Castroneves came up just short and finished second in the championship for the fourth time in his career, this time to teammate Will Power. It’s always consistency with Castroneves. Yes, he had one win and he …

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Open Wheel Wednesday: Andretti Amiss, Ganassi Strong, Power Prevails

2014 Indycar Auto Club Will Power Roger Penske Aussie Flag

Matt:  So, just to start off, can we all agree that Fontana in its current state is pretty much the perfect IndyCar track? Toni:  I certainly agree. I think it’s such a great way to end the season too. A great 500-mile event. Huston:  Interesting way to begin…but yes, the match between the cars and …

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IndyCar Breakdown: 2014 Pocono IndyCar 500

2014 Indycar Pocono Team Penske Victory

In a Nutshell: Juan Pablo Montoya continued his stellar form as of late and delivered a convincing victory in what is arguably the second biggest race on the INDYCAR calendar. Montoya won the pole for the race and then proceeded to duel with old CART rival Tony Kanaan in a grueling battle that was only …

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