As we are just about a week and a half away from the dreaded IndyCar offseason, there is a lot of speculation swirling on just about every topic imaginable. Will Driver A sign with Team X? Will Driver B still have a seat at Team Y next season? Will Team M win their lawsuit against Driver P? Whether it is professional journalists like Marshall Pruett, Nathan Brown or Bruce Martin using their sourcing to make calculated predictions on what things will look like next season; or lowly bloggers like myself who go on mostly gut feelings – everyone seems to have an opinion on the makeup of the 2024 IndyCar grid. It’s fun to throw out speculation, and let people talk about it – then see what sticks.
Archive for August, 2023
When it is Wrong to Speculate
Posted in IndyCar on August 30, 2023 by OilpressureRandom Thoughts on Gateway
Posted in IndyCar on August 28, 2023 by Oilpressure
Greetings from I-64 East, in southern Illinois. Susan is reluctantly driving, while I type away. Such is the case with a race that ends at 5:00 pm on a Sunday.
Dixon Adds Another Win to His Collection
Posted in IndyCar on August 27, 2023 by Oilpressure
When Scott Dixon took out Will Power in a Saturday morning practice session at Road America this past June, many said that we were witnessing the beginning of the end of Scott Dixon’s driving career. They quickly assumed that since Dixon had been relatively unspectacular in the first half of the season, that Father Time had finally caught up with Dixon. The naysayers said that his skills had eroded and he might retire at the end of the season.
Scenes from Qualifying
Posted in IndyCar on August 27, 2023 by Oilpressure
By Susan Phillips
We made it in time to catch all of qualifying today. There was oil on the track from another series and qualifying was delayed for a bit. We went out to the track and I got these shots from qualifying this morning.
McLaughlin Takes the Pole, But…
Posted in IndyCar on August 27, 2023 by Oilpressure
Scott McLaughlin ended up being the fastest qualifier for this afternoon’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500. He is technically the pole winner, and will take the point that comes with that. Unfortunately, McLaughlin is one of several drivers that will sustain a nine-position starting grid penalty, for an unapproved engine change.
It’s Race Day at WWTR!
Posted in IndyCar on August 27, 2023 by Oilpressure
Race Day at World Wide Technology Raceway has dawned much like Yesterday – Qualifying is on hold. The culprit today is not the weather. It is an oil spill on the main straightaway from one of the Silver Crown cars during their practice this morning.
A Costly Practice for Will Power
Posted in IndyCar on August 26, 2023 by Oilpressure
It took almost nine hours, but the NTT IndyCar Series finally squeezed in the only practice for Sunday’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500. The first fifty-two minutes of the sixty minute session were fairly benign. Then Takuma Sato brushed the wall in Turn Four, bringing out a very brief yellow.
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