Fast Friday at Indianapolis

Today was all about the added boost, and it didn’t disappoint. The top five cars on the speed charts all turned in laps over 226 mph. I arrived early this morning on Fast Friday to see if the activity in Gasoline Alley had picked up. There were noticeably more people working, and the owners were…

Indy 500 Practice, May 17

Thursday’s practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the debut for Sebastien Bourdais, Katherine Legge, and Dragon Racing. The team pushed the number six car out to pit lane at 8 am, which was powered by Chevrolet. Bourdais turned 28 laps in 90 minutes, with his best lap at 209.680 mph. Legge began her rookie…

Indy 500 Practice, May 16

Josef Newgarden set the fastest lap of practice today, the third time in five days. It wasn’t a picture perfect end though, as he lost control of his Dollar General machine coming out of turn four with just 15 minutes of practice time remaining. He brushed the outside wall before making contact with the inside wall…

Indy 500 Practice, May 15

One of the storylines coming into the fourth day of practice for the Indy 500 was the impressive young drivers. Josef Newgarden had been the fastest driver on two of the three days, and others like Bryan Clauson, Charlie Kimball, and Sebastian Saavedra were always at the top of the speed charts. Today, big boys…

Indy 500 Practice, May 14

It was another sunny and warm day of practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Speeds climbed in a furious last hour of practice, which saw Josef Newgarden at the top of the speed charts again. On the day, 29 cars turned 1,199 laps on track and we were incident-free yet again. The only hiccup we saw…