The first race is in the bag, and an official test at Barber Motorsports Park just wrapped. Are the St. Petersburg results a one-off? Or is that only the beginning of the status quo for the 2017 IndyCar season? We look back at both in this week’s TrackTalk.
Performance Track Riding: Twilight vs. Daytime
We’re ONE day away from the first practice session of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar season. After a long offseason, we look at some key facts about the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
You’ve seen the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and thought, man, wouldn’t it be cool to drive on that? So you went to midohioschool.com and looked at our courses and thought, whoa, there’s a lot here! What do I choose? You finally narrow down your choices to the Acura High Performance courses but, which one?
It’s hard to pry a cell phone out of the hands of a teenager. Whether on the couch, at school or even at the dinner table, it seems like every teen has a phone glued to their hands.
NASCAR kicks off this weekend, and their crown jewel- the Daytona 500, happens to be the first race of their season. IndyCar drivers have a history of competing in the Daytona 500. We take a look at some of the IndyCar drivers who tried their hand at competing at Daytona.
WHAT IS A PADDOCK?!?!
The Paddock is like the locker room by comparison to hockey, football, basketball or baseball. It is better known as the GARAGE area in the racing industry. Whenever the cars are not on the race track during an event weekend they will be found inside the Paddock. Race teams are assigned a space for housing each car and accompanying equipment, and the impressive, purpose-built transporter trucks transform into a fully functional temporary garage for race weekend.
What are the Pits?
The Pits is a lot of things- it’s where the teams & crews watch and communicate with their drivers during the race to help guide them, it’s where drivers make a "pit-stop" so that their tires can be changed and cars refueled and it’s where teams try to fix any car problems that may happen during the race. The pit is action packed and exciting!
