As I promised a week ago, I am going to catch up on all of the news I missed when we went on vacation the week after Road America. Last Wednesday, I gave my opinion (for whatever that’s worth) on the new TV deal with FOX, as well as my thoughts on the 2025 schedule.
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It All Started With a Bike Ride
Posted in IndyCar on June 26, 2024 by OilpressureRandom Thoughts on Laguna Seca
Posted in IndyCar on June 24, 2024 by Oilpressure
Do you remember when the NTT IndyCar Series race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca was a bit of a snoozer? It appears those days are gone. I wouldn’t say that yesterday’s race was a racing clinic, but it was a lot more entertaining than some of the races I’ve seen there over the years.
Laguna Seca Preview
Posted in IndyCar on June 21, 2024 by Oilpressure
The NTT IndyCar Series makes its way to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend. Since Laguna Seca made its way back on the IndyCar schedule in 2019 for the first time since 2004, it has served as the season finale. That was also the case throughout the 80s and early 90s, before Fontana replaced it as the season finale in 1997, when Laguna Seca became the penultimate race of the season. After that, Laguna started bouncing around the schedule, until it was moved to June for the 2002 season. After 2004, it was gone.
What a Week to Take Off!
Posted in IndyCar on June 19, 2024 by Oilpressure
After posting about the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America last Monday, I took off for a week so that we could enjoy our vacation in Northern Michigan. I really enjoyed the time away, but I’m not sure I could’ve picked a busier time in the IndyCar world to take off. So much has happened since last Monday (including yesterday’s unexpected termination of Theo Pourchaire from Arrow McLaren), that I will have to limit this to only two topics that are fairly old news now. Others will have to wait until next week for me to comment on.
Random Thoughts on Road America
Posted in IndyCar on June 10, 2024 by Oilpressure
The 2024 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America provided quite the weekend. It started Friday morning with Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) announcing that David Malukas would be filling the seat fulltime, beginning at Laguna Seca in two weeks. That was considered big news until we learned that Agustin Canapino had been given “a leave of absence” from Juncos Hollinger racing (JHR), due to the fallout from the social media death threats to Theo Pourchaire. What was even more curious was that this was announced about thirty minutes before the first practice of the weekend.
Will Power Takes Control at Road America
Posted in IndyCar on June 9, 2024 by Oilpressure
Another race weekend at Road America is now in the books. It had beautiful weather at times, and dreary rain at others. But the crowds never seem to lose their spirits. There was a first-time Indy NXT winner, when Jamie Chadwick took her first checkered flag. There was a first-time IndyCar pole winner in Linus Lundqvist.
Susan’s Random Thoughts on Road America
Posted in IndyCar on June 9, 2024 by Oilpressure
By Susan Phillips
Since it was raining yesterday and nothing was really happening, I decided to review my past posts about Road America. I realized I still love it here as much as ever—even with the rain. I’m not sure how many times it has rained in the nine years we have been coming here, but I’m sure it has. I still lose track of time here—I never know what day it is. I do manage to remember race day because of the buzzing undercurrent of competition.
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