Ryan Hunter-Reay, the defending race winner at Barber, got off to a good start in Birmingham on Friday. The Andretti Autosport driver lead both practice sessions, with similar best times in both, and the quickest lap of the day. Ryan desperately needed this, after his disappointing exit at Long Beach two weeks ago. The combined practice session results…

Friday’s Verizon IndyCar practice at St Petersburg officially kicked off the 2014 season. Though there were occasional sprinkles, none of the teams had to break out the rain tires, and there were no major incidents to report. While Honda appeared to have had the better day, the Chevrolet-powered cars weren’t too far behind. The first practice…

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…

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…

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…