Last year’s inaugural Nashville Grand Prix had nine cautions and was remembered for being a wild show that ended with a most unexpected winner in Chip Ganassi Racing’s Marcus Ericsson, who crashed early in the race but recovered to reach victory lane in what was dubbed the ‘Music City Miracle.’ For anyone who thought it …
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Delayed as rainfall and local lightning strikes pushed qualifying for the Nashville Grand Prix back by 90 minutes, street race ace Scott McLaughlin wasn’t bothered by the pause to the afternoon as he eventually rocketed around the temporary circuit to earn pole position. It was the New Zealander’s second pole of the year—his first coming …
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Saturday afternoon’s 45-minute practice session on the streets of Nashville opened with Rinus VeeKay stuffing his car into the barriers midway through his first lap and closed with Team Penske and Team Chevy taking complete ownership of qualifying preparations. Run in oppressively hot and humid conditions, Penske’s Scott McLaughlin led a 1-2-3 for Penske with …
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Christian Lundgaard built on the breakthrough of his first career NTT IndyCar Series podium last week at Indianapolis by setting the pace in the opening practice session for the second Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville. Running on the alternate tires — green rather than red sidewalled this week, to signify Firestone’s new …
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The second annual Nashville Grand Prix will take place on a revised 2.1-mile, 11-turn circuit that has seen the advice from NTT IndyCar Series drivers turned into improvements and modifications made around the Tennessean street course. To reduce the likelihood of the traffic jams and multi-car crashes that caused mayhem during restarts at the inaugural …
Marcus Ericsson made up 14 positions during Saturday’s Indianapolis Grand Prix but it wasn’t enough for the Swede to hold onto the championship lead. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Indianapolis 500 winner surrendered his place atop the drivers’ standings to Team Penske’s Will Power after Ericsson finished 11th and the Australian improved from fourth at the start …
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The winless streak is over. After a 1,133-day wait, Alexander Rossi punched his return ticket to victory lane in the NTT IndyCar Series. A full 49 races since his last win came at Road America in 2019, Rossi took full advantage of adversity to break free from three years of disappointment and frustration to send …
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Felix Rosenqvist captured his second pole position of the season on Friday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, and it was the gap to Alexander Rossi that stood out as the most remarkable aspect of the Arrow McLaren SP driver’s achievement. Rosenqvist’s No. 7 Chevy toured the circuit in 1m10.2265s, more than a quarter-second …
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Josef Newgarden has passed his follow-up tests with the NTT IndyCar Series’ medical team and been cleared to drive in tomorrow’s practice session at the Indianapolis road course. A follow-up test will assess whether he is allowed to participate in the remainder of the race weekend. Newgarden was placed into the series’ concussion protocols after …
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar champion Alex Palou, who has contracts signed with two different race teams for 2023 and is being sued by Chip Ganassi Racing, declared Thursday: “I will be in the McLaren family next year.” The soap opera over Palou’s future continued with more twists and turns than the Spaniard will face in …
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