Some numbers to note from the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300, the fourth race of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season..3463 - The margin of victory by James Hinchcliffe. It was the 13th-closest road/street finish in Indy car history. 1 - Lap led by race winner James Hinchcliffe at Sao Paulo. … Driver who has finished [...]
The first quarter of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season has seen three winners in four races, 15 drivers record at least one top-five finish and the emergence of Takuma Sato and Marco Andretti as legitimate championship contenders. The veteran drivers find themselves 1-2 in the series point standings after four races following podium finishes [...]
James Hinchcliffe led the final 300 yards of the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle, which is all that was necessary. Hinchcliffe overtook Takuma Sato in the final turn of the final lap to win by.3463 of a second, preventing A.J. Foyt Racing from earning consecutive victories. Hinchcliffe, who won the season-opening [...]
The all-new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will act as Pace Car for this year’s Indianapolis 500 at the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway later this month. Leading the pack of open-wheel racers at Round Five of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series, the … Continue reading ? The post Chevrolet Corvette Stingray to set pace at Indianapolis 500 appeared first on CarAdvice.
IZOD INDYCAR SERIES POST-QUALIFYING NOTES: · This is Ryan Hunter-Reay’s second pole of 2013 and the fourth pole of his Indy car career. His last pole came at Barber earlier this season. E.J. Viso qualified second, his best start in the IZOD IndyCar Series. His previous best start was fourth at Long Beach in 2009. [...]
Ryan Hunter-Reay earned his second Verizon P1 Award of 2013 by setting a track-record lap of 1 minute, 20.4312 seconds in the Firestone Fast Six for the fourth Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle. “I gave it everything I had and it’s great to get the DHL Chevrolet up front again and on [...]
Reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay joked that Will Power has at least two trophies bigger than the two he’s earned for finishing second in the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300. “Actually, I have all of them,” Power quipped. The Team Penske driver is the only IZOD IndyCar Series competitor to win on the [...]
Helio Castroneves knows he will have to be on offense this weekend in order to defend his IZOD IndyCar Series championship point lead. The Brazilian leads Japan’s Takuma Sato by six points heading into the May 5 Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle and hopes to become the first Brazilian to take the [...]
Former F1, and IZOD IndyCar Series KV Racing Technologies team driver, Takuma Sato - AJ Foyt Racing... looking at data feedback after posting a P4 in qualifications for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.... read more
Some numbers to note from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the third race of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season. 1 - Indy car race winners from Japan: Takuma Sato, who became the second first-time winner in three races. 2 - Consecutive fifth-place finishes at Long Beach for JR Hildebrand. 3 - Drivers who have finished [...]
Takuma Sato became the first driver from Japan to win an Indy car race, prevailing in the 39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Sato, who started fourth in the 80-lap race on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit, provided A.J. Foyt Racing its first victory since July 7, 2002, at Kansas Speedway with Airton Dare [...]
IZOD INDYCAR SERIES POST-QUALIFYING NOTES: This is Dario Franchitti’s first pole of 2013 and the 30th pole of his Indy car career. His last pole came at Toronto in 2012. It is the first time he has earned the pole at Long Beach. He started from pole last year after the pole winner suffered an engine [...]
Qualifying Saturday for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach IZOD IndyCar Series event on the 1.968 mile(s) Streets of Long Beach, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses:...Show More Summary
Mike Conway said that a day in a Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing car during the IZOD IndyCar Series Open Test at Barber Motorsports Park was a good start of preparation for the 39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The race, which Conway won in 2011 with Andretti Autosport, will be his first in the [...]
What do Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves have in common aside from at least one Indianapolis 500 victory? They’re the only drivers this season to finish in the top five in both of the series’ first two races. Naturally, they’re 1-2 in the championship standings heading into the 39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. [...]
Dario Franchitti has already overtaken Bobby Rahal and Gordon Johncock on the all-time Indy car victory list. Before the end of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season, he will pass them for most career starts, too. The April 21 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach will mark Franchitti’s 250th Indy car start – a fact [...]
It seemed appropriate that Marco Andretti was the first IZOD IndyCar Series driver to turn a lap at Pocono Raceway during an April 10 Firestone tire test. Andretti’s grandfather, father and cousin competed in the Quaker State 500 on Aug. 20, 1989 – the last time an Indy car turned a lap on the 2.5-mile [...]
Some numbers to note from the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, the second race of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season. 1 - Winning car number of Ryan Hunter-Reay. The last win by a car carrying No. 1 was by Sebastien Bourdais in 2007 at Mexico City. 2 - Consecutive Firestone Indy Lights wins by Andretti [...]
Helio Castroneves has been in this spot before. In fact, he occupies the same position in the standings as he did this time last year. Podium finishes by the driver of the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet have delivered the IZOD IndyCar Series championship points lead. It might be only two events into the 19-race [...]
Reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay overtook Helio Castroneves on Lap 76 of 90 and then held off Scott Dixon to win the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama by.6363 of a second. Castroneves, who won the inaugural event in 2010 on the 2.38-mile, 17-turn Barber Motorsports Park road course, finished third and [...]