Month: August 2012
BRISCOE WINS SONOMA AND POWER STILL LEADS POINTS
RYAN BRISCOE/Team Penske Racing Chevrolet won the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Sunday, his first victory since Texas 2010. Starting second, on the front row with his Penske teammate, points leader WILL POWER, Briscoe took over the lead during the first caution when Power was caught in the pits. The Margin of Victory was […]
PEOPLE WATCHING SONOMA STYLE
The sun is hot, the crowds are thick and the breeze tempers the heat at Sonoma for the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. The IZOD IndyCar Series is running its third to last race of the 2012 season. Warm-up is done, no engine changes, and the teams are making their final race preparations. The […]
SORTING THE SONOMA STARTING GRID
The official Starting Line Up has been released for Sunday’s GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. As expected four cars have been penalized starting grid positions for unauthorized engine changes. SCOTT DIXON/Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda is already on his sixth engine, having made the change at the last race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. […]
WARMED UP
RYAN HUNTER-REAY/Andretti Autosport Chevrolet ended up the fastest IZOD IndyCar driver for the Sunday morning warm-up before the afternoon GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. His lap was 1:19.0645108.595/108.595 mph. RHR was the last of a string of drivers who were atop the charts, and his second time during the half-hour session. Others included SCOTT […]
THE PACE IS ON
………………………………………………………………………………………….. In the garage area the teams are doing their last minute preparations before the 9am Warm-Up. All the service vendors and official duty stations are pretty much empty now as their work is done – Scrutineering, Firestone Tire Bay, and Sunoco gas pumps. WILL POWER/Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet has the pole position for the […]
POWERFUL TRIPLE CROWN IN SIGHT
After he quit sandbagging, IZOD IndyCar driver, WILL POWER/Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, took his third consecutive pole position for Sunday’s GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, with a record lap of 1:17.2709/111.116 mph. No matter how fast a pole lap, it would be a new track record since the circuit was newly reconfigured to open […]
POWERFUL
Quelle Suprise! WILL POWER/Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet again topped the charts in practice, leading up to Sunday’s GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, running even faster than Friday, with a lap of 1:17.5339. He held the position for most of the hour-long session. He’s on his way to a clean sweep for the weekend. RYAN […]
BOYS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN • STAND-UP COMEDY, INDYCAR STYLE
Another slow start for the sunshine at Sonoma for the second day of the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. In addition to the featured 85-lap IZOD IndyCar race on Sunday, there are other races with the Pirelli World Challenge Sports Car Wars and the Formula Car Challenge. Formula Cars were first out Saturday morning, […]
THAT’S A BETTER WAY TO LOOK AT IT
IZOD IndyCar driver, RUBENS BARRICHELLO/No.8 KV Racing Technology Chevrolet, sounds like he’s backpedaling a bit on a previous interview with MARSHALL PRUETT of SPEED when the Brazilian racer expressed his dissatisfaction over his debut IndyCar season with KV. In his latest interview, Friday at Sonoma prior to IndyCar practice, Barrichello attempted to clarify his position […]