If the word “chaos” had been a drinking game, while watching the Chevrolet Grand Prix of Detroit, there would’ve been few people left that were still coherent enough to watch the end. Ironically, that was the best part. Scott Dixon avoided enough chaos to make it to the front on fuel strategy, then held off a teammate, a former teammate and overcame a lapped car on his way to his fifty-eighth career victory and assuming the points lead. It was not a bad day for a driver, who quietly qualified in the fifth starting spot and was not really considered a factor – until he was. Sooner or later, we are going to learn to never give up on Scott Dixon.
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Random Thoughts on Detroit
Posted in IndyCar on June 3, 2024 by OilpressureDetroit Preview
Posted in IndyCar on May 31, 2024 by Oilpressure
The dust has yet to settle from the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500, and The NTT IndyCar Series is on to another race. This time the site is downtown Detroit for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. Last year was the first year for the new circuit after the race left Belle Isle and moved back to downtown for the first time since 1991.
Random Thoughts on Barber
Posted in IndyCar on April 29, 2024 by Oilpressure
After a torrid week, it was a weekend of redemption for Team Penske. I don’t know how the whole P2P debacle is going to turn out, but after being surrounded by it it all week and then this weekend – I can tell you I’m about sick of hearing and talking about it. Everyone has their thoughts and theories about what happened, and I have mine, too. But at this point I’m ready to put it behind us. I was convinced that a Team Penske car would win this weekend, simply because they were going to use this as extra motivation. That’s exactly what happened.
Another Entertaining Race at Barber
Posted in IndyCar on April 28, 2024 by Oilpressure
I’m not quite sure what it looked like on television, but the Children’s of Alabama was an extremely fun race to see in-person. There was mayhem near the back of the field, in the first turn of the opening lap. After that, things settled down to the point I was afraid things were going to get processional.
It’s Race Day at Barber!
Posted in IndyCar on April 28, 2024 by Oilpressure
Good morning from a sunny Barber Motorsports Park. It has been good weather all weekend, but somehow the racing gods created an even better day today.
Barber Saturday Qualifying Wrap-up
Posted in IndyCar on April 27, 2024 by Oilpressure
Team Penske will make up the front row for Sunday’s Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park. Scott McLaughlin will start on Pole as the defending champion of last year’s race here. Will Power will start second, alongside his team Penske teammate.
Lindsay Brewer: Not What You Think
Posted in IndyCar on April 27, 2024 by Oilpressure
Most of you that have followed this site for a while, know that I don’t do many interviews. I can probably count on one hand how many actual sit-down one-on-one interviews I have done in the near-fifteen years of this site – and they all occurred within about a six-month period in 2011. IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard, Sarah Fisher and Ed Carpenter were all done in spring of 2011. That summer, IndyCar asked me to meet Indy Lights driver Josef Newgarden in Nashville and interview him.
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