Sometimes qualifying features few surprises, and pretty much mirrors what we saw in practice. Such was not the case in today’s NTT IndyCar Series qualifying for tomorrow’s Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America. Josef Newgarden had been mostly average in the first two practices, but was the only Team Penske representative in the Firestone Fast Six.
Road America Saturday Wrap-up
Posted in IndyCar on June 17, 2023 by OilpressureChanges at Road America
Posted in IndyCar on June 17, 2023 by Oilpressure
By Susan Phillips
I have to say I’m exhausted, but I’m still having fun. This year we got a slow golf cart—this is great news for me because George can’t drive like a maniac. I’m still trying to get my stamina back. The steps to the Media Center were daunting last year, this year I can just walk right up, so I’m getting better and I am getting more energy.
Pay Attention to the Time Zones
Posted in IndyCar on June 17, 2023 by Oilpressure
Never pay any attention to what I say. I thought this morning’s practice started at 10:55 am. Well, that’s correct if you live in the Eastern Time Zone. Road America, however, on in Central time. You’d think living in the Central Time Zone in Nashville, I’d be used to making the mental conversion. We arrived at the track this morning at 10:20, thinking we had plenty of time for the 10:55 practice. I told Susan that the cars on track sounded like Indy cars. They were.
Road America Friday Wrap-Up
Posted in IndyCar on June 16, 2023 by Oilpressure
It always does my heart (and ego) good to see my choice for the weekend’s race win, do well in the first practice session of the weekend. Not only did Alexander Rossi do well, he led the first session with a time of 1:41.7790. How does that compare with last year’s speed, now that the new surface is down? Rossi was on the pole at Road America last year, with a time of 1:44.8656. By the time Qualifying rolls around tomorrow afternoon, I imagine more time will be whittled down.
Welcome To Road America!
Posted in IndyCar on June 16, 2023 by Oilpressure
Good morning from a partly sunny, but still cool Road America. It was projected to get down to 49° overnight, but I don’t think it dipped that low. It was 53° when we woke up, and our car said it was 62° driving in. Compared to the steamy temps we left behind in Nashville, I’m loving this.
Road America Preview
Posted in IndyCar on June 16, 2023 by Oilpressure
This weekend is the Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America, one of our favorite weekends of the year. I remember through the 90s watching IndyCar races at Road America, thinking to myself that I would like to go there someday. That was in the days when the only IndyCar race I ever attended was the Indianapolis 500. This looked so completely different from what I had experienced at IMS, it intrigued me. I knew my wife at the time would never allow such a thing, so it was nothing more than a pipe dream
Some Bitter Disappointments for 2023
Posted in IndyCar on June 14, 2023 by Oilpressure
On Monday, I wrote about some of the surprise teams as I saw it after the first seven races of the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series season. I included the teams of AJ Foyt Enterprises, Junco Holinger Racing and Andretti Enterprises as my pleasant surprises so far this season. You are free to agree or disagree, as this is just my opinion.
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