On Wednesday, I mentioned that Romain Grosjean will be moving on to Andretti Autosport for next season, after making his IndyCar debut this season for Dale Coyne. I realize that the full name of Grosjean’s team is Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing; but I still consider this a Dale Coyne entry. So for simplicity sake, let’s just call his current team Dale Coyne Racing.
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Changing Times at Andretti Autosport
Posted in IndyCar on September 3, 2021 by OilpressureThe Joys of the IndyCar Silly Season
Posted in IndyCar on September 1, 2021 by Oilpressure
With the NTT IndyCar Series in the midst of a two-weekend break, it’s not surprising that a silly season rumor has become reality during this down-time. Chances are, there may be others before the series reconvenes in Portland next weekend to kick off the so-called west coast swing to conclude the season.
IndyCar Needs to Announce a Plan B, Now
Posted in IndyCar on August 30, 2021 by Oilpressure
This past Thursday, Marshall Pruett of Racer.com posted an article regarding the upcoming west coast swing for the NTT IndyCar Series. After a very busy stretch in August with three races over as many weekends, the series is in the middle of a two-weekend break before resuming for the final three-race leg of the season – all on the west coast. The first stop will be Portland on Sep 12, where an outdoor mask mandate has already been put in place; followed by Laguna Seca on Sep 19 with the season finale at Long Beach taking place on Sep 26.
Robin Miller – A Different Perspective
Posted in IndyCar on August 27, 2021 by Oilpressure
Over the past couple of days, we have all read, heard and seen some beautiful and heartfelt tributes to Robin Miller, who sadly passed away early Wednesday morning. I am quite certain that I cannot add anything that would be near as eloquent or significant as what you and I have already seen. But I feel it would be highly neglectful and grossly inappropriate if I wrote about anything else besides Robin Miller today.
Has the Time Come For Ed to Hang it Up?
Posted in IndyCar on August 25, 2021 by Oilpressure
Back in 2018, I wrote a post when Ed Carpenter Racing (ECR) announced that Jordan King would not be returning to the team for the following season. Within that post, I opined for a couple of paragraphs that it might be time for Ed Carpenter to step out of the cockpit for the ovals, in order to focus on two full-time cars. A couple of the comments disagreed with me, but I received an e-mail from a very loyal reader practically chastising me for that opinion. He said he sent me an e-mail because he didn’t want to dress me down in public. I can appreciate that, but he did not hold back on how wrong I was in his e-mail.
Random Thoughts on Gateway
Posted in IndyCar on August 23, 2021 by Oilpressure
I’m assuming most of you have read the race recap I posted late Saturday night after the race, where I get into the nitty-gritty of the race itself. I will cover the race a little more, but I want to spend more time today talking about the weekend in general. – GP
Now that I’ve had a little time to think about Saturday night’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway (WWT Raceway – formerly known as Gateway Motorsports Park), I realize what a wild race it really was. Mostly, it was very entertaining – at least to witness in person. We’ve not yet watched the replay – in fact, we still have the IndyCar race at IMS from last week to watch – so, I can’t say how it looked on television; but it was probably the most entertaining race we’ve been to at Gateway.
An Interesting Night, Indeed
Posted in IndyCar on August 21, 2021 by Oilpressure
The 2021 Bommarito 500 is now in the books. Counting the double-header last year, this was the sixth edition of this incarnation of the race – since the NTT IndyCar Series returned to the 1.25 egg-shaped oval in Madison, Illinois in 2017. Without going back an reviewing each race, this one stands out as perhaps the most unique.
