NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021) – Five laps into the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, Marcus Ericsson’s car launched airborne and limped to the pits with a broken front wing.
Seventy-five laps later, he drove the No. 8 Bryant Honda into victory lane Sunday as the winner of the inaugural NTT INDYCAR SERIES race on the streets of Nashville, Tennessee, in one of the most improbable results in recent memory.
Saturday night delivered the perfect end to a July full of short track racing on the ARCA Menards platform. The fifth and sixth races of the month both produced unforgettable moments.
In the Calypso Lemonade 200 at Indiana’s Winchester Speedway, the 12th race of the 2021 ARCA Menards Series season and Round 6 of the 2021 Sioux Chief Showdown, Ty Gibbs spun championship rival Corey Heim in the closing laps and went on to win the race in overtime.
The venerable group of 12 world class venues and events that has traditionally populated the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule returns in 2022.
The season gets under way as usual with the 60th Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 29-30 with all five classes – Daytona Prototype international (DPi), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3) Grand Touring Daytona PRO (GTD PRO) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) – battling twice around the clock for one of the biggest prizes in all of motorsport.
Motorcyclists from Across the Country Ride into North Central Ohio for the 26th Time
LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 22, 2021) – This weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course motorcyclists from across the country will unite for the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days presented by Royal Enfield, July 23-25.
This is one of the largest annual gatherings worldwide of motorcyclists, enthusiasts, swap meet vendors and collectors. It is all for a great cause serving as a fundraiser for the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Hall of Fame, a non-profit organization located in nearby Pickerington, Ohio, that works to preserve the history and tradition of motorcycling in the United States.
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Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden continued to dominate NTT INDYCAR SERIES qualifying Saturday for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the HPD Ridgeline, winning his third consecutive series pole. Now he must put aside recent disappointments in races and win.
By the Numbers:Â Practice Results
There’s one thing clear with Josef Newgarden as he and Team Penske search for their first victory this season in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES: Speed is not a problem.
Newgarden led the opening practice for The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the HPD Ridgeline on Friday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Two-time series champion Newgarden turned a top lap of 1 minute, 7.2524 in the No. 2 XPEL Team Penske Chevrolet, continuing a trend that has seen him win the NTT P1 Award at the last two series races.
Chip Ganassi Racing has won nearly half of the INDYCAR races held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course since 1996, which bodes well for Scott Dixon in his bid to win a record-tying seventh NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship this season. But that also bodes well for the driver he and the rest of the field are chasing for the series title.