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IndyCar | Big Music GP | Qualifying | Kirkwood takes pole from Newgarden and Rosenqvist, Power to start fourth twenty spots ahead of Palou

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

It’s time to set the grid for the final round of the season. Who will come out on top in Nashville? How will championship contenders Alex Palou,, Will Power and Scott McLaughlin line up? Following his earlier FP1 crash Nolan Siegel, who has been cleared to race, will not take part in the session, as…

IndyCar | Milwaukee Mile | Practice | Newgarden leads quiet session ahead of Dixon and O’Ward

Lucrezia Costa4 months ago4 months ago06 mins

It’s time for the final double header of the 2024 IndyCar season, with the title fight now heading to Milwaukee for the first time in eight years. A five minutes install lap session was followed by two 15 minutes practise sessions, with the grid split in two groups as they get used to the track especially…

IndyCar | Indy 500 | Race | Josef Newgarden wins back-to-back 500’s with daring last lap pass on Pato O’Ward

John Goolsby7 months ago7 months ago08 mins

After a four-hour delay, the 108th Indy 500 started under sunny skies. Josef Newgarden outdueled Pato Oward by .3417 seconds to become the first back-to-back Indy 500 winner in twenty-two years. Newgarden, in the #2 Shell Powering Progress Team Penske Chevrolet, made an emphatic pass on O’Ward behind the wheel of the #5 Arrow McLaren…

Indy 500 polesitter McLaughlin on his qualifying laps: “Some of the best laps I had ever driven”

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

The Penske driver has signed the fastest average pole speed in the history of the 500, for a very dominant display from the entire team. In fact McLaughlin, alongside his teammates Will Power, who had been fastest on Day 1 of Qualifying, and latest 500 winner Josef Newgarden, has managed to do a front row…

Indy 500 | IndyCar Qualifying Day 1| Power and Penske on top after the first attempts

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago015 mins

It’s time to begin setting the grid for the 108th running of the Indy 500. Today starting positions 13th to 30th will be filled out, with the best and the worst drivers to be defined tomorrow. Ganassi’s Scott Dixon has opted for a very last minute engine swap. Andretti’s Kyle Kirkwood has drawn the number…

All you need to know ahead of the “Month Of May” and the Indy 500

Evan Roberts7 months ago010 mins

With the much anticipated IndyCar “Month of May” underway, all 27 drivers will be hoping this weekend’s Sonsio Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Road Course will be a springboard for success in “the greatest spectacle in racing”. As come 26th of May, 33 cars will face the green flag at the historic brickyard hoping to…

Praise for Penske after Scott McLaughlin dominates Barber IndyCar race: “So proud of the execution, the way that the team stuck together”

Ewout Albrecht8 months ago8 months ago012 mins

Scott McLaughlin converted his pole position at Barber Motorsports Park into a commanding victory, despite a late caution and an agressive strategy choice by his team. Looking back on the race, the Penske-driver was proud of how his team executed the race and how they stuck together.

Scott McLaughlin elated with IndyCar Barber pole position: “A nice little reward” after losing St. Petersburg podium earlier in the week

Ewout Albrecht8 months ago8 months ago06 mins

Scott McLaughlin grabbed his first pole position of the season yesterday at Barber Motorsports Park, besting teammate Will Power, who for the second race in succession had to settle for second. Crossing the alternate start/finish line the Kiwi was clearly very happy with the result, cheering loudly on the team radio.

Herta critical of Newgarden and Penske’s “bullshit” excuses over IndyCar controversy

Lucrezia Costa8 months ago8 months ago07 mins

Newgarden’s press conference regarding his disqualification from the St. Petersburg round definitely answered a number of questions, as well as elicit rather different reactions from his colleagues. However, it also raised concerns. Colton Herta, who had come second in the latest IndyCar round at Long Beach, mentioned his doubts to reporters following the Penske driver’s…

Newgarden emotionally opens up on his IndyCar rule breach at St. Pete: “I want to be held accountable for what I did”

Lucrezia Costa8 months ago8 months ago011 mins

The biggest cheating scandal in years has hit IndyCar in the past few days, following the disqualification of Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin from the St. Petersburg round. Team Penske was in fact caught manipulating the overtake software system, with the two drivers able to use push to pass at all race starts and restarts….