Race Report: Iowa INDYCAR 250s - Race 2
NEWTON, Iowa—Tony Kanaan proved to be an Ironman Saturday night in Race 2 of the Iowa INDYCAR 250s at Iowa Speedway. The drink tube became dislodged and he ran nearly the entire race without benefit of water in a hot cockpit on an even hotter night. Starting eighth, in the No. 14 Bryant Chevrolet, he dropped to tenth (when the tube came out and splashed water over his shield), but climbed back to ninth by lap three. He moved to eighth by the time of his first pit stop on lap
Race Report: Iowa INDYCAR 250 - Race 1
NEWTON, Iowa—Tough night on Friday at Iowa Speedway but A.J. Foyt’s team soldiered through it. Going into the weekend, Tony Kanaan, who returned to the cockpit of the No. 14 after a six-week hiatus, knew it would be tough. Charlie Kimball, coming off a top-10 at Road America last week, also knew. One hour of practice on the banked 7/8-mile oval and then the teams headed into qualifying with Lap 1 determining the grid for tonight’s 250-lapper and Lap 2 setting the grid for tom
Bryant Heating & Cooling Named as Primary Sponsor for Iowa INDYCAR 250s
INDIANAPOLIS – AJ Foyt Racing announced that Bryant Heating & Cooling will be the primary sponsor of the No. 14 Chevrolet to be driven by 2013 Indianapolis 500 champion Tony Kanaan in this weekend’s pair of Iowa 250s at Iowa Speedway. Bryant Heating & Cooling has enjoyed a long relationship with Kanaan: signing on in 2007 when he was driving for Andretti Green Racing. Bryant has been a major associate marketing partner of AJ Foyt Racing since Kanaan was signed to drive in 20
Notes & Quotes: Iowa INDYCAR 250s
The Iowa INDYCAR 250s will present special challenges for both the drivers and teams this weekend as this is the first time in Iowa Speedway history that the track will host two 250-mile NTT INDYCAR SERIES races on the same weekend. Charlie Kimball is on the No. 4 Tresiba Chevrolet while Tony Kanaan returns to the cockpit of the No. 14 Chevrolet as his Last Lap Tour continues this season. The drivers address the mental and physical challenges of this weekend. TONY KANAAN ON:
Race Report: REV Group Grand Prix – Race 2
ELKHART LAKE, Wis.—Charlie Kimball and the No. 4 Tresiba Chevrolet team scored their first top-10 finish of the season in Race 2 of the REV Group Grand Prix presented by AMR Doubleheader at Road America this afternoon. However, it wasn’t without a bit of drama at the end. The beautiful 4-mile circuit can cause angst amongst engineers because fuel is always a factor as teams try to stretch it to the limit—and it is a long way back to pitlane if they miscalculate. There was a f
Race Report: REV Group Grand Prix - Race 1
ELKHART LAKE, Wis.—Races are won and lost in the pits. That was certainly true for the REV Group Grand Prix Race 1 here at the beautiful Road America circuit. Scott Dixon beat Will Power out of the pits in the final stop to take the lead and win the race—his third straight victory in as many tries. For the No. 4 Tresiba Chevrolet team, the pit stops were solid all day and helped Charlie Kimball gain track position. Kimball, who qualified at 1 minute, 47.6862 seconds (134.190
Notes & Quotes: REV Group Grand Prix at Road America
The NTT INDYCAR SERIES visits its first permanent road course of the season with a doubleheader at Elkhart Lake’s beautiful Road America circuit in the Wisconsin Dells. The 14-turn, 4-mile track is the longest on the INDYCAR circuit. There will be two 55-lap races run on successive days for the first time ever in INDYCAR history which will stretch both drivers and crews. Road America will be the first NTT INDYCAR SERIES to host fans. League and track officials have instituted
Race Report: GMR Grand Prix
INDIANAPOLIS – As the first race to be run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway under the ownership of Roger Penske, the GMR Grand Prix held special significance despite being delayed two months due to the coronavirus. The fact that it was held on the NASCAR Cup Series weekend made it that much more historic because it was the first time America’s two premier racing series competed at the same track (if not on it) on the same weekend. For rookie Dalton Kellett, it was special becau
Qualifying Report: GMR Grand Prix
INDIANAPOLIS – Dalton Kellett made his official NTT INDYCAR Series debut by qualifying for the GMR Grand Prix Friday afternoon on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s infield road course. His teammate Charlie Kimball will start in his sixth race on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile circuit. Hot temperatures and a sole 90-minute practice session made for difficult qualifying conditions for the second race of the INDYCAR season. Kimball, who has three top-five finishes in his past five GMR Gran
Notes & Quotes: GMR Grand Prix
INDIANAPOLIS-- The historic weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on America’s most historic weekend of the year holds a few “first times” for the motorsports community and, in particular, AJ Foyt Racing. First of First Times: The NTT INDYCAR Series and NASCAR Cup Series race at the same track on the same weekend. New track owner Roger Penske and his team worked with NASCAR officials to reschedule the GMR Grand Prix when it had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A
