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The Long Beach Grand Prix: Indycar Unification.

After the Champ Car finale in 2008, Indycar was unified. 2009 would be the first time that the Dallaras came to Long Beach. That being said, it would be a familiar podium.

After coming up short in 1998 and 1999 in CART, Dario Franchitti would get his Long Beach Grand Prix win in 2009 with Chip Ganassi Racing. 2008 winner Will Power was second in a part-time ride with Verizon and Penske which would turn into a full-time ride from 2010 onwards, while Tony Kanaan was third for Andretti Green Racing, Dario's former team.

This was Franchitti's first win with Ganassi and the first after his disastrous stint in NASCAR.

Speaking of drivers that were good in Indycar but disastrous in NASCAR, Danica Patrick was fourth in another Andretti car. Yup, I know that Danica was rough in NASCAR and that damaged her reputation, only for her to damage that reputation even more ever since retiring, but it should be noted she was a legitimately good driver in Indycar.

TK and Marco Andretti were her 2009 teammates (as well as Hideki Mutoh and, occasionally, Franck Montagny) and Danica finished the best of them all in the standings that year, finishing fifth behind the two Ganassi and Penske cars.

2010 saw Ryan-Hunter Reay join the newly renamed Andretti Autosport, and he took his first win with the team at Long Beach. This actually came somewhat unexpected, as Will Power was dominant in the early stages of the race, however, a pit limiter issue followed by lapped traffic led to Power losing out to both Reay and Justin Wilson.

Thus, The IZOD Andretti of RHR won, then the Charter/Z-Line Dreyer & Reinbold of Wilson finished second, and the Verizon Penske of Will Power had to settle for third.

You've noticed I haven't been mentioning chassis or engines here, and that's because at this point, all the Indycars were running Dallara-Hondas. Honda was the only engine left after 2005 and around the same time, the Panoz/G-Force chassis was fading out of the limelight.

I guess Panoz saw Dallara winning on the IRL side so decided to refocus their efforts on building a new spec car for Champ Car.

Problem is the Panoz DP01 chassis debuted in 2007, which would be the last Champ Car season.

Thus, Dallara was the last chassis left standing.

Their IR05 would see one more race in 2011. Here, the Long Beach Grand Prix was once again won by an Andretti Autosport driver in their first year with the team, only this time, it was Mike Conway in the #27. He'd win from the Penske of Ryan Briscoe and the Ganassi of Dario Franchitti.

2012 would be a new era for Indycar, as the Dallara DW12 engine entered the sport, along with Chevrolet and Lotus joining Honda as engine manufacturers.

Lotus making engines? But...Lotus don't even make their own engines! What were they doing making an Indycar engine?

Good question hypothetical viewer.

Unfortunately, I don't have an answer for you. The Lotus engine was really bad, the work was subcontracted to Judd, and they'd leave at the end of 2012. Very bizarre episode in Indycar history.

As for the Chevy, well, it was once again developed by Ilmor and unlike Lotus, it was pretty good actually.

So good, in fact, that it would get two thirds of the 2012 podium. Will Power finally won the Long Beach Grand Prix in his #12 Verizon Penske Chevrolet, ahead of the only Honda-powered podium finisher, that being Simon Pagenaud in the #77 HP Schmidt-Hamilton entry. Third would go to James Hinchcliffe, driving the #27 GoDaddy Andretti Autosport car, which was also a Chevy.

Going into 2013, Long Beach would really start to cement its place as the second most important race in Indycar. A lot of the ISC/NASCAR owned tracks that formed the backbone of the IRL disappeared after 2010 due to Indycar and ISC not being able to form a deal, while most of the CART stalwart races like Road America, Laguna Seca, and Portland wouldn't find their way back onto the calendar until the mid to late 2010s.

Thus, the longest running races in Indycar were Indy itself, obviously, Long Beach, and Toronto.

Longevity wasn't the only thing going for Long Beach, because this was also the era where Indycar was leaning on double-headers heavily to pad out the calendar. Detroit, Toronto, and Houston all hosted two races, meaning that while there were 19 races on paper, it was really more like 16.

This made Long Beach's star burn brighter as it approached its 40th anniversary.

Honda would bounce back in 2013, sweeping the top four, but it was a rather unexpected podium. Takuma Sato won for AJ Foyt Enterprises over Graham Rahal for RLL, and Justin Wilson for Dale Coyne Racing. Dario Franchitti was fourth for Target Chip Ganassi Racing.

2014 was the most chaotic Long Beach Grand Prix since probably 1998. Josef Newgarden, Ryan-Hunter Reay, James Hinchcliffe, Will Power were fighting for the lead, RHR tries to pass Newgarden, they crash, Hinchcliffe is collected, Power gets through, but Takuma Sato, Jack Hawksworth, Tony Kanaan, and Helio Castroneves are collected as the track is nearly blocked.

Sato, Hinchcliffe, RHR, Newgarden, and TK are out on the spot.

Thus, we get another bizarre podium, as Mike Conway, who has now switched to a no-ovals role at Ed Carpenter Racing, wins the race over Penske's Will Power in a Chevrolet 1-2. Carlos Munoz finished third in the now Honda-powered Andretti Autosport car, the #34 run in alliance with HVM.

2015 brought the aerokit era of Indycar, with Wirth producing the bodywork for the Honda teams whilst long-time Corvette Racing team Pratt & Miller produced the Chevrolet bodykits.

Chevrolet had Penske, Ganassi, and the merged Carpenter-Fisher-Hartman team (CFH) as its main teams.

Honda had Andretti, Rahal, and Schmidt-Peterson as their main teams.

Chevrolet...blew Honda out of the water in 2015.

Long Beach was no exception, as Scott Dixon won in the Target Chip Ganassi Racing #9, followed by Helio Castroneves in the Auto Club Penske #3, and Juan Pablo Montoya in the Verizon Penske #2 completed the podium.

We're not finished yet though, because Simon Pagenaud in the Penske Truck Rentals Penske #22 was fourth, Tony Kanaan in the NTT Data Ganassi #10 was fifth, Sebastien Bourdais in the #11 Hydroxycut KVSH was sixth in yet another Chevrolet, and Josef Newgarden was seventh in the #67 Hartman Oil CFH car.

The first Honda was Marco Andretti in eighth.

Absolute domination.

2016 would bring the closest finish in Long Beach Grand Prix history as Simon Pagenaud in the #22 PPG Penske Chevrolet held off Scott Dixon in the #9 Target Chip Ganassi Chevrolet by 0.3032 seconds. Two other Penskes followed with Helio Castroneves in the Auto Club #3 completing the podium whilst Juan Pablo Montoya in the Verizon #2 was fourth. Takuma Sato was the top Honda in fifth.

2017 finally brought Honda back into contention with a 1-2 finish. James Hinchcliffe in the Arrow/Lucas Oil #5 for Schmidt-Peterson would hold off Sebastien Bourdais in the Trench/Geico #18 for Dale Coyne Racing. Josef Newgarden, now at Penske, would complete the podium in third.

After three short years, the aerokits were phased out. Poor, suffering team owners like billionaire Roger Penske and Indycar, Indy Lights, Formula E, Global Rallycross, Pro Mazda, and V8 Supercars team owner Michael Andretti complained about the high cost of aerokits with all their sensitive aerodynamic parts.

Thus, for 2018, the universal aerokit was introduced.

2018 saw Alexander Rossi win in the #27 NAPA Honda for Andretti Autosport over Will Power in the #12 Verizon Penske Chevy, and Ed Jones in the #10 NTT Data Ganassi Honda.

2019 was similar, with Alexander Rossi in the same car winning over Josef Newgarden in the #2 Hitachi Penske Chevy, and Scott Dixon in the #9 PNC Bank Ganassi Honda.

There was one key change for 2019 though, and that was that Toyota's longrunning sponsorship over the LBGP finally expired. Honda took over their rival's race and would use it to promote their Acura luxury brand.

Unfortunately for Long Beach, certain world events led to the 2020 race being cancelled outright while in 2021, the race was delayed into being the season finale. An odd choice since the Long Beach Grand Prix had been an early season round since 1976, occasionally even serving as the first round of the season.

2021 would continue the Andretti winning streak, though now with Colton Herta in the #26 Gainbridge Andretti Honda. Josef Newgarden was second once again in the #2 Hitachi Penske Chevy, and Scott Dixon was once again third in the #9 PNC Bank Ganassi Honda.

The biggest story that weekend, however, was Alex Palou finishing fourth to win his first championship in the #10 NTT Data Ganassi Honda.

After playing the bridesmaid the last couple of races, in 2022, Josef Newgarden would finally get to win the LBGP. Romain Grosjean was third in the #28 DHL Andretti Honda, whilst Alex Palou was third in the same car he won the championship in a few months prior.

2023 would see Andretti and Honda regain their crown, with Kyle Kirkwood in the #27 AutoNation car winning over teammate Romain Grosjean in the #28 DHL car. Marcus Ericsson would be third in the #8 Huski Chocolate Ganassi Honda.

Colton Herta and Alex Palou would make it a Honda top five.

Take that 2016 Chevrolet!

2024 would see another Honda podium sweep. Scott Dixon's magic fuel tank won over Colton Herta and Alex Palou, who was now in DHL colors as Ganassi took over Andretti's long-term sponsorship.

This brings us to this year's race.

2025 saw Kyle Kirkwood win again in the #27 PreFab Andretti Honda over the #10 DHL Ganassi Honda of Alex Palou, and the #7 Velo Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren.

Not much else happened in the race. The most noteworthy thing I can think of is Sting Ray Robb led a chunk of laps by going off-strategy.

Indeed, the biggest drama of Long Beach lately has been the off-track stuff. Kevin Kalkhoven, who you might remember from last week's Champ Car blogpost, died in 2022. A few years later, this would kick off a firestorm as his estate was selling off his 50% stake in Long Beach, and NASCAR was heavily interested in buying that stake to take over the LBGP as their southern California date.

See, Fontana, the big oval that had hosted CART, Indycar, and NASCAR races from the late 90s until 2023, was being downsized by NASCAR and they were selling off parcels of land for warehouses, cashing in on that almighty inflated California real estate market. The plan, initially, had been to keep a piece of the land and redevelop it into a short track, but already in 2024, it seemed pretty clear that this wasn't going to happen.

Thus, NASCAR started exploring other opportunities. A new street circuit in San Diego has been floated a couple of times, but when a stake in Long Beach became available, NASCAR was ready to pounce.

Thankfully for Indycar, Long Beach was secured.

Gerry Forsythe, who owned the other 50% of Long Beach dating back to the Champ Car days, stepped in and bought Kalkhoven's stake. Come late 2024, Forsythe would sell the whole thing to Indycar's parent company, Penske Entertainment.

Long Beach has been secured. It'll remain an Indycar event.

NASCAR will have to find something else in SoCal.

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Indycar - Social Media

Who, what, where to follow.

Social Media

NTT INDYCAR SERIES YouTube - videos go back 15 years. Twitter Instagram TikTok

Team Penske (Josef Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin, Will Power) YouTube - a mix of all the series Penske runs in. Go look for the Penske Games - they're hilarious. Twitter Instagram TikTok

Andretti Autosport (Colton Herta, Kyle Kirkwood, Romain Grosjean, Devlin DeFrancesco, Marco Andretti) YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok

Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team (Pato O’Ward, Alexander Rossi, Felix Rosenqvist, Tony Kanaan) By far the most active and on-trend of the Indycar teams. YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok

Chip Ganassi Racing (Scott Dixon, Marcus Ericsson, Alex Palou, Marcus Armstrong, Takuma Sato) YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Graham Rahal, Christian Lundgaard, Jack Harvey, Katherine Legge) YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok

Juncos Hollinger Racing (Callum Ilott, Agustin Canapino) YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok

Ed Carpenter Racing (Rinus Veekay, Ryan Hunter Reay, Ed Carpenter) YouTube N/A Twitter Instagram TikTok N/A

Dale Coyne Racing (David Malukas, Sting Ray Robb) YouTube N/A Twitter Instagram TikTok N/A

AJ Foyt Racing (Santino Ferucci, Benjamin Perdersen) YouTube N/A Twitter Instagram TikTok N/A

Meyer Shank Racing (Helio Castroneves, Simon Pagenaud) YouTube N/A Twitter Instagram TikTok N/A

Indianapolis Motor Speedway YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok

Indy NXT (Indycar Junior series) YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok

Media/other

RACER YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok N/A

Marshall Pruett YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok N/A

INDYCAR on NBC YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok

Nathan Brown (IndyStar) YouTube N/A Twitter Instagram N/A TikTok N/A

Dalton Kellett (former driver) YouTube Twitter Instagram TikTok (tech explanations)

Speed You Later YouTube N/A Twitter Instagram TikTok N/A

TikTok

Misc Caterina Masetti Zannini (Callum Ilott's girlfriend) Behind the scenes and Indycar tech explained, some F1 content. James and Becky Hinchcliffe (hasn't been updated in some time) Honda Performance Development - features all series that use honda engines so you'l have to search for the Indycar stuff.

Drivers Pato O’Ward Conor Daly Callum Ilott Christian Lundgaard Alex Palou

Instagram

Misc PitFit (The gym a lot of drivers use)

Podcasts

Racer's Roots - A deep dive into the history of motorsports and the genealogy of the racers we know and love.

The B1tch Stop is a podcast about motorsport hosted by Charlotte, Almay and Steph: an exasperated sports fan who'd make a better team principle than half the paddock, someone that reads about the aerodynamics of cars for fun, and a woman with a lot of opinions and no driver's licence. Follow for biweekly breakdowns of major race series (including F1, 2 and 3, Formula E, W Series, F1 Academy and IndyCar), the judgement of professional drivers based on their birth chart, and very valid and correct opinions about which drivers would catfish each other.

The Race IndyCar Podcast Race reviews and analysis from the fastest circuit racing in the world. Jack Benyon hosts, ex-Indycar racer JR Hildebrand adds expert knowledge, while a host of special guests bring colour and insight. Join us for the ride!

The Week In IndyCar The Week In Indy Car features one or more guests to weave through the latest news in North America's premier open-wheel series and its related junior formula. Like The Week In Sports Cars show, it's an interactive affair driven by listener questions submitted via social media.

Motorsport101 - covers F1, MotoGP and FE as well as IndyCar

Did I miss anything? Have a podcast to recommend? Send me a message.

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Rahal ends six-year pole position drought at Indianapolis | IndyCar

Six years since the last time he started on pole position in the IndyCar series, Graham Rahal will start up front once again at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rahal will lead an all-Rahal Letterman Lanigan front row in tomorrow’s 85-lap race around the grand prix course, with Toronto Indy winner Christian Lundgaard starting alongside him. Lundgaard was holding onto provisional pole in the waning seconds of the Fast Six session, before Rahal surpassed him after the chequered flag and took the top spot with a time of 1’10.113, a tenth of a second clear of his Danish team mate. For Rahal, it’s his first IndyCar pole since the first race of the 2017 Detroit Grand Prix. Rahal went on to sweep that double-header weekend, which is also his most recent IndyCar victory. It was also a much happier return to the Speedway for Rahal, less than three months after he was bumped from the field at the Indianapolis 500 – on a day where all three of RLL’s full-time runners had to go through the Last Row Shoot-out. Rahal eventually made it into the race as a substitute for the injured Stefan Wilson. Behind Lundgaard, who won pole at the same track in May, an all-McLaren second row sees Alexander Rossi third and Pato O’Ward fourth. Devlin DeFrancesco, who has looked less and less likely to return to Andretti Autosport next season, recorded his best-ever IndyCar qualifying result in fifth place, ahead of Romain Grosjean in sixth. Championship leader and Indianapolis GP winner Alex Palou missed the cut to fight for pole position in the second round, but he will start eighth tomorrow, alongside his Chip Ganassi Racing team mate Marcus Armstrong. Crucially, Palou will start 11 places ahead of his nearest title rival, Josef Newgarden, who hadn’t been able to get up to speed since the morning’s practice session. Newgarden, visibly frustrated with his result, will start 19th. Palou enters this weekend with an 84-point lead over Newgarden with four races left this season. Jack Harvey finished eighth in qualifying but will take a six-place grid penalty for an unapproved engine change following the Music City Grand Prix last week, which demoted him to 14th on the grid and allowed Palou and several others to gain one place on the grid. Helio Castroneves and David Malukas are also serving identical six-place grid penalties which will demote Castroneves to 18th on the grid, and Malukas to 27th and last, barring any additional grid penalties that may come before tomorrow. This means Felix Rosenqvist will start ninth, ahead of Scott McLaughlin, Colton Herta, and rookie Linus Lundqvist, in his second race filling in for an injured Simon Pagenaud. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Brickyard GP Provisional Starting Grid Position Car Driver Team Engine 1 15 Graham Rahal RLL Honda 2 45 Christian Lundgaard RLL Honda 3 7 Alexander Rossi McLaren Chevrolet 4 5 Pato O’Ward McLaren Chevrolet 5 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Honda 6 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Honda 7 11 Marcus Armstrong Ganassi Honda 8 10 Alex Palou Ganassi Honda 9 6 Felix Rosenqvist McLaren Chevrolet 10 3 Scott McLaughlin Penske Chevrolet 11 26 Colton Herta Andretti Honda 12 60 Linus Lundqvist Meyer Shank Honda 13 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Honda 14 30 Jack Harvey RLL Honda 15 9 Scott Dixon Ganassi Honda 16 12 Will Power Penske Chevrolet 17 8 Marcus Ericsson Ganassi Honda 18 06 Helio Castroneves Meyer Shank Honda 19 2 Josef Newgarden Penske Chevrolet 20 21 Rinus VeeKay Carpenter Chevrolet 21 14 Santino Ferrucci Foyt Chevrolet 22 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Carpenter Chevrolet 23 78 Agustin Canapino Juncos Hollinger Chevrolet 24 51 Sting Ray Robb Coyne/RWR Honda 25 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Chevrolet 26 55 Benjamin Pedersen Foyt Chevrolet 27 18 David Malukas Coyne/HMD Honda Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free IndyCar Browse all IndyCar articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://racefans.net/

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#26: Colton Herta, Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian Honda

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"¡El Comité Judicial de la Casa INTERROGA sobre el RECHAZO del Andretti Cadillac F1! ¡Descubre lo que NO quieren que sepas!" - ¡Hola a todos! Quiero hablarles sobre esta novedad, acerca de Andretti Autosport y Cadillac, que han anunciado un esfuerzo conjunto para lanzar un nuevo equipo de Fórmula 1. Una noticia fascinante desde una perspectiva de progreso en el mundo automotriz. ¡Checa esto! El automovilismo es una de las forma más impactantes de mostrar avances en tecnología e ingeniería, una plataforma global que tiene el poder de unir a las personas detrás de una competencia intensa. #F1 No es ningún secreto que el equipo Andretti ha estado buscando trabajar con otro fabricante después de su separación con Honda. Y Cadillac, bueno, todos sabemos que llevan un tiempo buscando hacer algo más grande en el automovilismo. Estas dos fuerzas unidas presentan una propuesta bastante interesante. Quiero decir, ¿qué podría ser más emocionante que ver una nueva dinámica en la pista? Cadillac ha estado en el mercado automotriz durante bastante tiempo. Han hecho movimientos impresionantes en términos de innovación y tecnología. Tienen un legado dulce en IndyCar, el cual estaría genial si lo llevan a F1. Y luego tenemos a Andretti Autosport. Un equipo con pedigree de carreras y una rica historia que abarca varias generaciones. ¡Y ahora quieren entrar a la F1! ¿Quién más está emocionado por ver lo que pueden hacer? Ahora, a las noticias de Andretti tratando de entrar en F1 se sumó una cierta conmoción cuando los legisladores de la Cámara de Representantes pusieron a la serie “bajo inquisición”, aludiendo al hecho de que Liberty Media, que posee la F1, podría estar violando la Ley Clayton Antimonopolio. Eso es bastante polémico, ¿no creen? Lo que sí me parece sorprendente es cómo las leyes pueden jugar un papel tan importante en la industria automotriz. La F1 ha alcanzado tal estatus en la industria que es difícil imaginarla sacudida por los pasillos del Congreso. Para ser honesto, me parece ridículo, poco profesional y apresurado involucrar a la F1 en la Ley Antimonopolio. ¿Desde cuándo el automovilismo es un monopolio? Para mí, sólo muestra cómo los políticos a veces no entienden completamente lo que están regulando. ¡Es tiempo de que se queden en su carril! A ver que sucede con este embrollo legal y cómo impactará en los planes de Cadillac y Andretti. Sin embargo, no se puede negar que esta podría ser una gran oportunidad para ambas compañías para incursionar en la F1. En fin, no se puede negar el nivel de entusiasmo que rodea a la Fórmula 1 en este momento. Es una etapa emocionante para el automovilismo y no puedo esperar a ver qué sorpresas nos esperan. Andretti y Cadillac, emocionado de ver lo que tienen reservado para nosotros, ¡adelante! #Automovilismo #Fórmula1

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IndyCar: Graham Rahal Earns Pole at Indianapolis Road Course - Full Qualifying Results 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix at Indianapol... #usa #uk #ireland

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El domingo 28 de mayo de 2023 quedará grabado en la historia de Agustín Canapino como el día en que se convirtió en el cuarto argentino en correr las prestigiosas 500 Millas de Indianápolis, y el primero en hacerlo en 83 años. El piloto de Arrecifes mostró su destreza al desempeñarse de manera destacada en la carrera más importante de los Estados Unidos, llegando incluso a posicionarse en el tercer lugar. Sin embargo, en el penúltimo relanzamiento, un desafortunado accidente lo obligó a abandonar la competencia. La jornada comenzó de manera prometedora para el Titán de Arrecifes, quien logró ganar cinco posiciones gracias a sus habilidades de sobrepaso. Para la vuelta 33, Canapino se encontraba en el puesto 15, beneficiado por las primeras detenciones en boxes que generaron cambios en la clasificación. En ese momento, el piloto también hizo su parada para cambiar neumáticos y repostar combustible. Su equipo, Juncos Hollinger Racing, realizó una labor impecable, completando la tarea en tan solo 7,8 segundos. Sin embargo, no todos los competidores tuvieron la misma suerte en sus detenciones iniciales. Un claro ejemplo fue la piloto local Katherine Legge, quien aceleró demasiado con los neumáticos fríos, sufriendo un despiste en la calle externa de los boxes y estando a punto de atropellar a uno de los mecánicos. Posteriormente, Legge se vio obligada a abandonar la carrera en la vuelta 45 debido a fallas mecánicas en su vehículo. https://youtu.be/0zwFw5ZLJsw Mientras tanto, Canapino regresó a la pista en la posición 26, justo detrás de su compañero de equipo, el piloto inglés Callum Illot. Realizó su segunda parada en boxes en la vuelta 67 y, al llegar a la vuelta 80, el arrecifeño logró situarse en el puesto 25, alcanzando un promedio de velocidad de 352 kilómetros por hora, rozando los 360 km/h de velocidad máxima. Dado que la competencia consta de 200 vueltas y más de tres horas de duración, la estrategia se convierte en un factor crucial. La carrera se convierte en un verdadero juego de ajedrez en el que es fundamental controlar el consumo de combustible y el desgaste de los neumáticos para minimizar las paradas en boxes y el cambio de neumáticos. En ese sentido, Canapino y su equipo supieron esperar pacientemente su oportunidad. Es importante destacar que en la IndyCar se utilizan los mismos chasis, en este caso el Dallara IR18, y lo que diferencia a los vehículos son las motorizaciones, siendo Honda y Chevrolet los proveedores. Ante esta igualdad técnica, los equipos trabajan arduamente en la configuración del chasis y en la optimización de la suspensión y la aerodinámica para lograr una mayor velocidad y rendimiento. En este escenario, el manejo del piloto se convierte en un factor determinante para marcar la diferencia en la pista. Llegando a la mitad de la carrera, se produjo la primera bandera amarilla debido al accidente del debutante estadounidense Sting Ray Robb, quien perdió el control de su auto en una de las curvas y chocó contra el muro. Afortunadamente, el piloto no sufrió lesiones graves, pero los daños en su monoplaza lo dejaron fuera de competencia. Durante la neutralización de la carrera, todos los corredores realizaron su tercera parada en boxes. Sin embargo, ocurrió algo insólito cuando el neerlandés Renus VeeKay, al regresar a la pista, realizó una maniobra similar a la de Legge, provocando un choque con el español Alex Palou, poleman y uno de los principales favoritos para la victoria. A pesar del incidente, ambos pilotos lograron continuar en la carrera. Un hecho similar ocurrió entre los compañeros de equipo en Andretti Autosport, el francés Romain Grosjean y el local Colton Herta. En el relanzamiento de la carrera en la vuelta 104, Canapino se encontraba en la posición 26, pero no perdió la calma. Aunque es un debutante absoluto en la IndyCar, con sus 33 años de experiencia en automovilismo y 15 títulos nacionales, se mostró sereno y decidido a enfrentar el desafío. El

piloto argentino tampoco se dejó afectar por la penalización que recibió por exceder el límite de velocidad dentro de los boxes en una de sus paradas. La sanción consistió en pasar por los boxes sin detenerse. Después de la penalización, Canapino logró avanzar dos posiciones y, con 70 vueltas restantes, se encontraba en el puesto 24. Más allá de su talento y su impresionante actuación en el desafío más importante de su carrera deportiva, la clave del éxito de Canapino radicó en su fortaleza mental. Supo reconocer sus límites y no se arriesgó en situaciones innecesarias, como en el intento de adelantamiento del brasileño Hélio Castroneves. Las 500 Millas de Indianápolis son conocidas por ser la carrera más rápida del planeta, en la que cualquier piloto puede cometer errores, como le sucedió al propio Grosjean, con una década de experiencia en la Fórmula 1. El piloto francés sufrió un accidente en la vuelta 150 que resultó en otra neutralización de la carrera. Ante esta incidencia, la mayoría de los competidores regresaron a los boxes. En el reinicio de la carrera, Canapino mostró un ritmo impresionante y logró ganar dos posiciones. Sin embargo, fue golpeado en la rueda trasera izquierda por David Malukas. A pesar del impacto, Agustín logró controlar su auto y mantenerse en la pista. De hecho, a falta de 23 vueltas y después de una nueva ronda de paradas en boxes, Canapino llegó a estar en el tercer lugar de la clasificación. En el tramo final de la carrera, se produjo un accidente espectacular. El piloto sueco Felix Rosenqvist chocó contra el muro, dañando la suspensión delantera de su automóvil. Quedó cruzado en una curva y fue impactado por el estadounidense Kyle Kirkwood, quien luego chocó contra el muro y volcó. Kirkwood recibió atención médica y fue trasladado al centro médico del circuito. Este incidente marcó la tercera neutralización de la competencia. En el siguiente relanzamiento, Canapino tuvo que ingresar a boxes para repostar combustible, ya que solo le quedaba suficiente para dos vueltas y aún faltaban diez. Al regresar a la pista, se encontraba en la posición 17 y demostró un buen ritmo. Sin embargo, al tratar de evitar el automóvil dañado de Simon Pagenaud, sufrió un trompo de 360 grados, golpeando su automóvil y dañando la dirección. Canapino continuó unos metros, pero luego chocó contra el automóvil del mexicano Pato O'Ward. Agustín salió del auto por sus propios medios y también fue trasladado al centro médico del circuito para una evaluación de rutina. Agustín es el primer argentino en competir en las 500 Millas de Indianápolis en 83 años. Martin de Álzaga Unzué y Raúl Riganti fueron los pioneros y compitieron en 1923 con Bugatti Type, pero abandonaron debido a problemas mecánicos. Riganti regresó en 1933 y finalizó en el puesto 14 con un Chrysler, mientras que en 1940 sufrió un accidente con una Maserati. Juan Antonio Gaudino también participó en 1932, pero abandonó debido a una falla en el embrague de su Chrysler. En 1958, Juan Manuel Fangio no pudo competir debido a la falta de un vehículo adecuado en su Kurtis Kraft 500G Offenhauser. Carlos Alberto Pairetti también intentó competir en 1970 con un Drake-Offenhauser, pero enfrentó dificultades. En cuanto a la lucha por el liderato, los protagonistas fueron O'Ward, Rosenqvist, Josef Newgarden y Santino Ferrucci de Estados Unidos, así como Takuma Sato de Japón. Durante varias vueltas, estos pilotos se alternaron en la primera posición, al igual que Palou, quien se retrasó después del incidente en los boxes. En el momento del accidente de Canapino, Newgarden se encontraba liderando la carrera. La competencia se detuvo con una bandera roja. Después del último relanzamiento, el sueco Marcus Ericsson estaba en la primera posición, pero Newgarden aprovechó la succión detrás de Ericsson y lo superó en la última vuelta por una diferencia de 97/1000, logrando así su primera victoria en esta emblemática carrera. Conclusión: A pesar del resultado

adverso, la participación de Agustín Canapino en las 500 Millas de Indianápolis fue histórica para el automovilismo argentino. Demostró su talento y temple en una carrera desafiante, enfrentando a pilotos experimentados y situaciones adversas. Su actuación destacada y su capacidad para adaptarse rápidamente a la categoría IndyCar son un testimonio de su habilidad como piloto. https://rafaeladigital.com/noticias/agustin-canapino-un-hitorico-debut-argentino-en-las-500-millas-de-indianapolis/?feed_id=1821

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The incident began when Arrow McLaren's Felix Rosenqvist lost control and hit a wall skidding across the track in front of Kyle Kirkwood's Andretti Autosport Honda.

Kirkwood was unable to move his car out of the way in time as he battled with A.J. Foyt Racing's Santino Ferruci.

As he drove by, Kirkwood's back left tire clipped the front of Rosenqvist's car, sending that tire flying over the catch fence.

Kirkwood's car was spun out of control and into the barrier, flipping him upside down with sparks flying. Fortunately, no one was injured and both drivers were able to be removed from their vehicles.

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Turbo exposed by Peter Burke Via Flickr: Inside the winning machine just before the race Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport Honda NTT IndyCar Series REV Group Grand Prix Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI USA Sunday June 23, 2019 World Copyright: Peter Burke LAT Images

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Alexander Rossi - Andretti Autosport Honda

Image by Peter Burke

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Honda Qualifying Sweep at Long Beach: Kyle Kirkwood Claims Career-First NTT INDYCAR SERIES Pole

#27: Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Autosport Honda, NTT P1 Pole award The NTT INDYCAR SERIES is in full swing, and the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach has already provided a thrilling qualifying session. It was a Honda qualifying sweep, with Kyle Kirkwood claiming his first career pole position for Andretti Autosport, and Marcus Ericsson completing the front row for Chip Ganassi Racing. Honda drivers…

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Indycar Driver Lore

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Jack Joseph Murray Harvey

Birthdate: April 15, 1993 Hometown: Bassingham, England Residence: Indianapolis Height/Weight: 5’10”/168lbs

Rookie Year: 2018

Team: Dale Coyne Racing

Follow him on: Instagram Twitter

Career Stats

2017 1 race w/ Michael Shank Racing w/Andretti Autosport, 2 races w/ Schmidt Peterson Motorsports - 28th Overall 2018 1 race w/ Michael Shank Racing w/ Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, 5 races w/Meyer Shank Racing w/Schmidt Peterson Motorsports - 24th Overall 2019 10 races w/Meyer Shank Racing w/Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports - 21st Overall 2020 Meyer Shank Racing - 15th Overall 2021 Meyer Shank Racing - 13th Overall 2022 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - 22nd Overall 2023 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - 24th Overall (Fired with three races left)

A two-time INDY NXT by Firestone championship runner-up,

Has lived in both the United States and France but has remained grounded in his sense of home – the small village of Bassingham in Lincolnshire, England.

Among the drivers who have won on both the oval and road courses at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with wins on both circuits in 2015 while racing in INDY NXT.

Has 10 racing championship wins in his career, including the British Formula 3 title in 2012.

enjoys baking, target shooting, watching Star Wars and Marvel movies and watching soccer and American football.

has been roped into collecting baseball cards and star wars trading cards

-big star wars fan

-bakes, and is known to make very good cookies

Iconic/memorable moments

Jack Harvey Takes Flight with Red Bull Air Race Pilot Kirby Chambliss 2022 PACE CAR LAPS // GRAHAM RAHAL AND JACK HARVEY Christmas Questions with GRAHAM RAHAL and JACK HARVEY! GRAHAM RAHAL and JACK HARVEY Answer Thanksgiving Questions! HONDA PACE CAR // HELIO CASTRONEVES AND JACK HARVEY TRACK WALK WITH JACK HARVEY // FIRESTONE GRAND PRIX OF ST. PETERSBURG Jack Harvey reflects on the time he lived in the IMS president's basement Jack Harvey Explains His Dislike For IndyCar Silly Season IndyCar Driver Jack Harvey Joins Us at Indy 500 Media Day Who is Jack Harvey? Motorsport101 Interviews… IndyCar's Jack Harvey! Indycar driver Jack Harvey trains at gym to be race ready Jack Harvey, Max Chilton, and Simon Pagenaud go skeet shooting Jack Harvey snatches last spot in the Indianapolis 500 from teammate | Motorsports on NBC Doug and Drivers: Jack Harvey Almost Didn't Want To Race in America IndyCar driver Jack Harvey shows off his RV at IMS You Don't Know Jack! Playlist Go BTS with Jack Harvey at our Hy-Vee Commercial Shoot! Colton Herta & Jack Harvey Are Pumped For "Kenobi" | Indy 500 Happy Hour

Sweet and kind, Jack often spends extra time interacting with fans at races. A huge Star Wars nerd, he was thrilled to meet Adam Driver when he was the honorary starter at the 2023 Indy 500. Jack loves baking, especially cookies.

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McLaughlin fastest but Newgarden takes pole at Gateway | IndyCar

Penske team mates Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden finished one-two in qualifying for the Gateway 500. But while McLaughlin was the fastest of the two, Newgarden will start first in today’s 500-kilometre race. That’s because McLaughlin was one of six drivers since the start of the weekend who were handed nine-place grid penalties for exceeding their allotted pool of four engines for a season. Other drivers impacted were championship leader Alex Palou and his Ganassi team mates Scott Dixon and Takuma Sato, plus Andretti Autosport’s Kyle Kirkwood and Juncos Hollinger rookie Agustin Canapino. McLaughlin will still be recognised as the P1 Award winner given to the fastest qualifier and earned a championship point with a two-lap average qualifying speed of 182.951 miles per hour (294.431 kilometres per hour). With the grid penalty, he is expected to start tenth. Meanwhile, Newgarden will inherit first place on the starting grid as he pursues a clean sweep of IndyCar’s five oval races in 2023, while also trying to begin what would be an improbable championship comeback with three races left in the season. Colton Herta qualified third-fastest and was the fastest Honda-powered driver, followed by McLaren driver Pato O’Ward, then Palou, who qualified fifth, but will start from the middle of the 28-car field after his grid penalty for an engine change which was announced this morning. Palou needs to score seven more points today than his Ganassi team mate Dixon, and four more points than Newgarden, to clinch his second IndyCar Series title. Felix Rosenqvist qualified sixth, ahead of Dixon in seventh, then Sato, Romain Grosjean, and David Malukas rounding out the top 10. Will Power was 12th-fastest to match his car number, and Marcus Ericsson qualified down in 18th. Both drivers were in rebuilt or new cars after a collision in practice yesterday evening where Power spun out of turn two, and was hit head-on by Ericsson. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Ericsson, who recently announced a move to Andretti Autosport next season, was in a backup car originally prepared for Palou. Also in the middle of the order, Conor Daly qualified 15th in his first drive for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, in the car previously occupied by Jack Harvey. Daly outqualified his full-time team mates Graham Rahal and Christian Lundgaard. Gateway 500 qualifying results Position Car Driver Team Engine 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Penske Chevrolet 2 2 Josef Newgarden Penske Chevrolet 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Honda 4 5 Pato O’Ward McLaren Chevrolet 5 10 Alex Palou Ganassi Honda 6 6 Felix Rosenqvist McLaren Chevrolet 7 9 Scott Dixon Ganassi Honda 8 11 Takuma Sato Ganassi Honda 9 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Honda 10 18 David Malukas Coyne/HMD Honda 11 7 Alexander Rossi McLaren Chevrolet 12 12 Will Power Penske Chevrolet 13 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Honda 14 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Chevrolet 15 30 Conor Daly RLL Honda 16 60 Linus Lundqvist Meyer Shank Honda 17 06 Helio Castroneves Meyer Shank Honda 18 8 Marcus Ericsson Ganassi Honda 19 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Honda 20 45 Christian Lundgaard RLL Honda 21 78 Agustin Canapino Juncos Hollinger Chevrolet 22 21 Rinus VeeKay Carpenter Chevrolet 23 15 Graham Rahal RLL Honda 24 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Carpenter Chevrolet 25 51 Sting Ray Robb Coyne/RWR Honda 26 55 Benjamin Pedersen Foyt Chevrolet 27 14 Santino Ferrucci Foyt Chevrolet 28 33 Ed Carpenter Carpenter Chevrolet Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free IndyCar Browse all IndyCar articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://racefans.net/

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KYLE KIRKWOOD will be racing in the No. 27 Autonation Honda for Andretti Autosport in 2023. Read more here

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Las esperanzas de Albon de WTRAndretti para el Rolex 24 se desvanecen - Qué pena... ¡Parece que los planes de Alexander Albon y Andretti Autosport para el Rolex 24 han llegado a un punto muerto! Leí que Albon (ex piloto de Fórmula 1) estaba en negociaciones para unirse a Andretti en un Honda DPi, pero todo se ha desmoronado hoy. Durante toda su carrera, Albon ha demostrado ser un piloto excepcional, así que probablemente haya muchos equipos soñando con conseguir su talento en sus filas. Y aunque estoy seguro de que las cosas no siempre salen como planeamos, ¡vuelvo a decir, qué lástima! Si te preguntas qué lo hizo tan especial en este Rolex 24, bueno, el último piloto que se pasa de F1 a IMSA fue nada menos que Juan Pablo Montoya. Y eso es una señal de cuán prestigioso puede ser este evento. Así que mientras continuamos observando esta danza de sillas en la serie IMSA, sería muy intrigante ver dónde aterriza Albon. ¡Y especialmente atractivo sería ver a Montoya y Albon en el mismo evento! Ahora bien, nada de esto disminuye la emoción para el Rolex 24... sigue siendo una de las carreras de resistencia más gratificantes y desafiantes del mundo, llena de drama y adrenalina. No hay mucho mejor que eso para un fanático de los autos y las carreras como yo. Mientras tanto, seguiré aquí "disecando" los coches más interesantes del mundo... o al menos eso intento. #CoolestIntentosRacing