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Currently the "Refresher Test" consists of the final two phases of the aforementioned rookie test, and it is used to re-acclimate drivers to Indy car racing and the Speedway. Refresher test participants usually are drivers that have not driven in an Indy car, particularly on an oval superspeedway, since the previous year's Indy 500 (or longer).
Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California.It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series) for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a 500-mile (800 km) oval stock car races; NHRA for drag races; and FIA for Formula One road ...
ESPN SpeedWorld (formerly Auto Racing '79–'86) is a former television series broadcast on ESPN from 1979 to 2006. The program that was based primarily based around NASCAR, CART, IMSA, Formula One, NHRA, and IHRA.
At the start, a multi-car tangle in turn one saw Scott Dixon spin out in front of the entire field. Hélio Castroneves (in his milestone 300th Indy car start) was involved in contact, as was Josef Newgarden, and others. Will Power took the lead and dominated the race, leading 65 of 82 laps. Power became the fifth different winner in as many ...
The 49th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Monday, May 31, 1965.. The five-year-old "British Invasion" finally broke through as Jim Clark and Colin Chapman triumphed in dominating fashion with the first rear-engined Indy-winning car, a Lotus 38 powered by Ford.
Rossi got in a full simulated qualifying run at 232.916 mph: "First real one without any snakes, so that's nice." Live updates: Practice updates, speeds, crashes on Fast Friday Tired: Snakes on a ...
The Music City Grand Prix, known as the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, is an IndyCar Series race held at the Nashville Street Circuit in Nashville, Tennessee. The race's most notable feature is its 3,578 ft (1,091 m) straightaway across the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge , which spans the Cumberland River .
Pole speed: 147.481 mph (237.348 km/h) Fastest qualifier: Eddie Sachs: Rookie of the Year: Bobby Marshman & Parnelli Jones (co-winners) Most laps led: A. J. Foyt (71) Pre-race ceremonies; National anthem: Purdue Band "Back Home Again in Indiana" Mel Torme: Starting command: Tony Hulman: Pace car: Ford Thunderbird: Pace car driver: Sam Hanks ...