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For the past week, I think I have watched more Tony Kanaan interviews on You Tube than I have in the past fifteen years or so. He was a guest on Hinch and Rossi’s podcast. There was almost an hour long interview with Marshall Pruett; and David Land had a two-parter where he spread his interview over two episodes, which was probably smart. There were also a couple of interviews on channels that I don’t follow.

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If Arrow McLaren was on a campaign to be talked about as much as possible over the past two weeks, they have succeeded. It all started at Road America two weeks ago, when Christian Lundgaard had an improbable last to first drive to win his second race of the season. He followed that up with winning the pole for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Saturday. Pato O’Ward had a brilliant drive to win at Mid-Ohio on Sunday, with Lundgaard finishing a close second.

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It has been nearly two weeks since I last posted here. I’ll promise that was not planned, it just sort of happened. That would sound better if there was some family emergency or something, but there wasn’t (thank goodness). My excuse is really rather flimsy – summertime activities just got in the way.

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The 2026 edition of the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America is now in the books. It was the most intriguing IndyCar race held here since the series returned to this massive 4.088-mile track in 2016. There have been wild finishes, like the year Josef Newgarden lost power on the last lap while leading. There have been a few affected by rain. Last year had very oppressive heat for the first time since we’ve been coming here. Some years, the temperature never broke 60° for the weekend. This year, the weather was about perfect. It would have been rated a little on the cooler side, but compared to what most of the country is experiencing – who’s complaining?

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We just witnessed our eleventh straight IndyCar race (twelfth, if you count the 2020 double-header), and I can honestly say I’ve never seen a wilder race at Road America than the one we saw this afternoon. Christian Lundgaard won a whacky race that saw him fall back to dead last after contact with Scott Dixon on Lap One. We were in Turn One at the start of the race, so I didn’t see it happen. But when I heard over the PA that Lundgaard was limping back to the pits, I figured his day was done. It wasn’t.

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Good morning from a partly cloudy Road America. After two days of brilliant sunshine each morning, it is currently partly cloudy with a forecast of complete overcast later in the day. The forecast also calls for cooler temperatures, with a high of 65° and breezy. I dressed accordingly and wore a sweatshirt. I am re-thinking that decision as it is already 70°. It felt rather warm getting out of the car. I’m still betting it cools off before the race. Anything will be better than last year’s race, with its uncharacteristic high temps. This weekend has been much more representative of the weather here.

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While IndyCar qualifying featured some interesting twists and storylines, in the end it was Alex Palou on the pole for tomorrow’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America. If that sounds familiar, this was Palou’s fifth straight pole, and the sixth out of ten poles. In case you’re wondering, Palou still has a way to go in order to surpass Bobby Unser’s record of eight consecutive poles set between 1971 and 1972. Still it’s an impressive feat. But if you are suffering from Palou fatigue, you weren’t happy to know that Palou added another point and extended his lead over Kyle Kirkwood to exactly fifty points.

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