Author: 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.

Courtesy of the NTT IndyCar Series Race weekend: Thursday, June 6 – Saturday, June 8 Track: Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile oval Race distance: 248 laps / 357.12 miles Entry List: DXC Technology 600 (PDF) Firestone tire allotment: Fourteen sets for use through the weekend Twitter: @TXMotorSpeedway @IndyCar, #DXC600, #IndyCar Event website: www.TexasMotorSpeedway.com INDYCAR website: www.IndyCar.com 2018 race winner: Scott Dixon (No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) 2018 NTT P1 Award winner: Josef Newgarden (No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet), 46.9964 seconds, 220.613 mph (two laps) Qualifying records (based on track distance of 1.44 miles) One lap: Charlie Kimball, 23.2730, 222.747 mph, June 9, 2017 Two laps: Charlie…

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FORT WORTH, Texas – NTT IndyCar Series drivers Simon Pagenaud, Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon and Fred Rosenqvist will battle on the streets of downtown Thursday morning when they compete in the Cowtown Pit Stop Challenge presented by Speedy Cash. The four drivers and their respective pit crews will compete head to head in a pit crew competition. The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on W. 2nd Street between Taylor Street and Burnett Street (behind the Fort Worth Central Library). This event is free and open to the public. The NTT IndyCar Series drivers will be competing…

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FORT WORTH, Texas – NTT IndyCar Series driver Will Power has an optimistic outlook for this Saturday’s DXC Technology 600 race at Texas Motor Speedway. Power, who drives the Verizon Chevrolet for Team Penske, is a two-time winner at Texas and became the first Australian driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 in 2018. “That was a very proud moment for me, something I have been trying for a long time,” Power said. Actually, I was over the moon when I won that race. It was a big achievement in my mind.” Power, who won the 2014 Indycar Series championship,…

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