July - 2018

Race Report: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Ohio—Stumped. This weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course certainly had A.J. Foyt’s team scratching their heads as they tried to unlock the secrets to this 2.258-mile road course to no avail. The race started off hopefully enough. Starting 19th in the No. 14 ABC Supply Chevrolet, Tony Kanaan climbed to 14th by lap five, a combination of capitalizing on others’ misfortunes in the opening laps and the veteran’s experience here. Soon after, he started reporting underst

Qualifying Report: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Ohio—Despite a positive test at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course last week which saw Tony Kanaan second quickest out of the 13 cars that tested, the setup didn’t work when the team returned to the 2.258-mile park-like road course this weekend. And it was true for nearly every team that tested. Such is the challenge of Mid-Ohio! Through three practice sessions which saw more cars spin off track (including ours) due to the lower downforce of this year’s aero kit and ov

Notes & Quotes: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

AJ Foyt Racing crew member Marty Armstrong is in charge of preparing, building and maintaining the gearboxes for both of the ABC Supply Chevrolets. Growing up in Germany, Armstrong’s interest in racing began as a youth when his father took him to many different types of auto races. When he came to America in 1979, he made motorsports his career goal. He started working on gearboxes in 1987 at Skip Barber Racing School and considers IndyCar racing the pinnacle of U.S. motorspo

Race Report: Honda Indy Toronto

TORONTO—They call him “The Ironman” and he proved once again why. Competing in his 295th straight IndyCar race, Tony Kanaan posted his best finish of the season–sixth—in this year’s most physical race yet. His younger competitors were citing it as their toughest race yet and with good reason. Temperatures soared into the low 90s making driving on the bumpy, 11-turn, 1.786-mile street course through Toronto’s Exhibition Place even more draining than usual. “Great day for the A

Qualifying Report: Honda Indy Toronto

TORONTO—On the streets of Toronto’s Exhibition Place, Matheus ”Matt” Leist posted his best qualifying run in the No. 4 ABC Supply Chevrolet since the Indianapolis 500. He will start 12th in the Honda Indy Toronto. Leist advanced out of Round 1, and in a bit of strategy that almost worked in Round 2, the team started their qualifying run early on new reds because rain was imminent. Indeed with just four minutes to go, Leist had popped up to third. However, the effort resulted

Notes & Quotes: Honda Indy Toronto

Toronto’s Exhibition Place hosts the second-longest operating street course race in the Verizon IndyCar Series. With the inaugural race run in 1986, this year’s race will be the 32nd straight IndyCar race, except for the one-year hiatus in 2008. Only the Long Beach, Calif. street course has hosted more IndyCar races—35 consecutive—starting with the 1984 Grand Prix. TONY KANAAN on Toronto: “Toronto is always a fun track to go to—it’s a really fast street course. I love the ven

Race Report: Iowa Corn 300

NEWTON, Iowa —These are the races that try men’s souls. From the start of the weekend, A.J. Foyt’s team was struggling at Iowa Speedway, the superfast 7/8-mile banked bullring of a track that brings out the best and worst in teams – sometimes at the same time. Their struggle was exacerbated by having only an hour long practice before qualifying for the Iowa Corn 300 yesterday. Still the team appeared to make some progress with their ABC Supply Chevrolets as Tony Kanaan qualif

Qualifying Report: Iowa Corn 300

NEWTON, Iowa – Iowa Speedway, the ‘fastest-feeling’ track in the Verizon IndyCar Series, is proving to be even more challenging than usual with the universal aero kit which substantially reduced the downforce on the Dallaras this year. With lap times ranging from 17.6 seconds to 19 flat, trouble happens quickly and with very little warning. So it was for Matheus Leist and his No. 4 ABC Supply Chevrolet this morning in the first practice. His car got loose coming off Turn 2, d

Notes & Quotes: Iowa Corn 300

Eric Cowdin is the Technical Director of AJ Foyt Racing and serves as Tony Kanaan’s race engineer on the No. 14 ABC Supply Chevrolet. Following are his thoughts as we head to Iowa Speedway, a banked 7/8-mile oval in Newton, 30 miles east of Des Moines. ERIC COWDIN ON: Testing at Iowa Speedway: “We were able to get basic setup information from Matheus running at the test. The 2018 aero package has a lot less downforce so gearing and mechanical setup will be very important.” Ho