INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – Team Penske reached a milestone at the INDYCAR Grand Prix today, earning its 250th pole position in Indy car history as well as extending its Verizon P1 Award domination on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Will Power, driving the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, broke his own track record with a lap of 1 minute, 7.7044 seconds (129.687 mph) in the Firestone Fast Six, the last of three knockout qualifying rounds to determine the Verizon P1 Award winner. It gave Team Penske its third straight pole position…
Author: Mike Haag
Mike Haag
Mike Haag has covered motorsports in San Antonio and South Texas for more than 39 years. In addition to covering motorsports for the San Antonio Express-News for nearly 28 years, Mike also has co-hosted TrackSmack with Dawn Murphy for 19 race seasons. In addition to being a writer, Mike taught high school English and Journalism for 30 years before retiring in May, 2020.
SIMON PAGENAUD (No. 1 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet): “It just didn’t work out and wasn’t our day. The Menards Chevy team worked really hard throughout the day, but it doesn’t always go the way you’d like. We’ll start seventh which isn’t terrible. We came from the back at St. Pete. You never know what’s going to happen. I feel really good about the car and look forward to a good result tomorrow in the race.” JOSEF NEWGARDEN (No. 2 hum by Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet): “We’ve not had a strong result (here at the INDYCAR Grand Prix). Last year qualified…
KANSAS CITY, Kansas – A photographic look at the NASCAR racing action on Thursday at Kansas Speedway. All photos courtesy of NASCAR and Getty Images.
FORT WORTH – Texas Motor Speedway and Speedway Children’s Charities is offering the general public a chance to drive on TMS’ reconfigured and repaved 1.5-mile speedway during an event called “Laps for Charity.” The one-day event is for Saturday, May 13, from 5-10 p.m. Fans will be allowed to take their personal car or motorcycle around the speedway for a three-laps experience that is complete with a visit to Sunoco Victory Lane for a commemorative individual photo. The three-lap experience and photo is $40 with an advance purchase or $50 the day of the event. The “Laps for Charity” event…
Race weekend: Friday, May 12 – Saturday, May 13 Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course (clockwise) Race distance: 85 laps / 207.315 miles Entry List: INDYCAR Grand Prix (PDF) Push-to-pass parameters: 200 seconds of total time with a maximum time of 20 seconds per activation. Firestone tire allotment: Seven sets primary, four sets alternate (Note: An eighth set of primary tires is available to any car fielding a rookie driver or those outside the top 10 in entrant points.) Twitter: @IMS @IndyCar, #INDYCARGP, #IndyCar Event website: www.ims.com INDYCAR website: www.IndyCar.com 2016 race winner: Simon Pagenaud (No.…
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – There’s no longer a goose egg in the win column next to Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s name. With a last-lap pass in Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Stenhouse collected his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory in his 158th start and delivered the first win for Roush Fenway Racing since Carl Edwards triumphed at Sonoma in June 2014. “This is for all the guys at the shop–we’ve been terrible for a long time,” an exuberant Stenhouse said of the Roush renaissance. “This year, every race, we’re just getting better and…
TALLADEGA, Ala. – A photographic look at the NASCAR racing action on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. All photos courtesy of NASCAR and Getty Images.
Courtesy of the NHRA COMMERCE, Ga. – Ron Capps raced his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger R/T to his third consecutive Funny Car victory this season Sunday at the 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Bo Butner (Pro Stock) and LE Tonglet (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were also winners in their respective categories at the seventh event of 24 on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series schedule. Defending world champion Capps raced a 3.991-second pass at 317.79 mph to defeat Tim Wilkerson in his Levi, Ray & Shoup Ford Shelby Mustang. This…
Courtesy of NASCAR TALLADEGA, Ala. – News and notes for Sunday’s GEICO 500 NASCAR race at Talladega Superspeedway. Richmond Winner Logano Goes For Second Straight ‘Dega Victory Joey Logano, 26, won his first race of the season Sunday at Richmond in his 300th career start. He’ll attempt to win again in his 301st start in Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway (2 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) – a track where he won the latest race last fall. Logano has taken the checkered flag in the last two fall races at Talladega, but claims only two…
Courtesy of the NHRA COMMERCE, Ga. – Tony Schumacher raced his U.S. Army dragster to the Top Fuel No. 1 qualifying position at the 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. Courtney Force (Funny Car), Bo Butner (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were also No. 1 qualifiers in their respective categories at the seventh event of 24 on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. Schumacher earned his 82nd career No. 1 qualifier and second of the season when he piloted his dragster to a 3.736-second pass at 325.45 mph. This is…