#indycar 2023

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

Marcus winning Rookie Of The Year despite not racing ovals this year. Fucking smashed it 👌

[kosite]

PATO O’WARD by thomas gruber

[satellitesketchbook]

Pato 💙🩵

[indycar-series]

Quick Facts: Streets of Long Beach

Round 3 of the NTT INDYCAR Series Championship.

Event Name: 48th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Location: Long Beach, California, USA

Event Dates: Friday April 14 - Sunday April 16, 2023

Event Site: GPLB.com

Track Type: Street Course

Turns: 11 (6L, 5R)

Track Length: 1.968 miles/3.167 km

Race Laps and Distance: 85 Laps for 167.28 miles/269.21 km

Year of First Race: 1984

Race Lap Record: 1:07.2359 (Alex Palou, 2022, Dallara Honda)

Defending Winner: Josef Newgarden

Past Winners: Mario Andretti (1984, 1985, 1987), Michael Andretti (1986, 2002), Al Unser Jr. (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995), Danny Sullivan (1992), Paul Tracy (1993, 2000, 2003, 2004), Jimmy Vasser (1996), Alex Zanardi (1997, 1998), Juan Pablo Montoya (1999), Helio Castroneves (2001), Sebastien Bourdais (2005, 2006, 2007), Will Power (2008, 2012), Dario Franchitti (2009), Ryan Hunter-Reay (2010), Mike Conway (2011, 2014), Takuma Sato (2013), Scott Dixon (2015), Simon Pagenaud (2016), James Hinchcliffe (2017), Alexander Rossi (2018, 2019), Colton Herta (2021), Josef Newgarden (2022)

Winningest Driver: Al Unser Jr. (6 wins)

Winningest Team: Team Penske (7 wins)

Winningest Manufacturer: Honda (19)

Weekend Schedule:

Practice 1: Friday @ 6:00 pm EDT (10:00 pm UTC)

Practice 2: Saturday @ 11:45 am EDT (3:45 pm UTC)

Qualifying: Saturday @ 3:05 pm EDT (7:05 pm UTC)

Warmup: Sunday @ 12:00 pm EDT (4:00 pm UTC)

Race: Sunday @ 3:00 pm EDT (7:00 pm UTC)

Got questions about Long Beach or INDYCAR in general? Send me an ask, and I will get back to you as soon as I can!

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[ittybittyhogan]

F1 is back!!!!

It wasn't a great race for McLaren and Ferrari, but Pierre came back from P20 into the points! And Logan and Nyck did pretty well, but overall I'm just happy the season has started.

Comment down below if you know what the Bahrain curse is and let me know if you're glad Max won today.

I'm also watching the Indycar race right now, and how did they only make it to turn two before they had a red flag???? And that crash kind of reminded me of the Anthoine Hubert crash in 2019. Let me know if you agree.

[f1lead]

Kyle Kirkwood Secures First IndyCar Win

#INDYCAR #NTTIndyCarSeries #AGPLB

Kyle Kirkwood, a young and talented driver, has taken his maiden IndyCar victory in impressive fashion at the Long Beach race. He led a remarkable 1-2 finish for Andretti Autosport, with Romain Grosjean finishing second. Kyle Kirkwood, a highly skilled driver, secured his first-ever IndyCar triumph at Long Beach, finishing ahead of Romain Grosjean in a remarkable 1-2 victory for Andretti…

[acrosstobear]

im really glad to see drivers from other forms of motorsports tweeting about todays F1 race cause i truly think that the affects of climate change are only going to get worse, and we will face today’s conditions and issues more and more often, and F1 has SO MUCH to learn from, say, INDYCAR, which dealt with this exact problem when they introduced the aeroscreen. they’ve found solutions that make a huge difference — brought in cool suits for drivers instead of fireproofs, they brought in air flows directly into drivers helmets to allow them to cool down during the race. there are options and the best way to solve this kind of problem is with everyone across motorsports putting their heads together to find the right answers.

[abiirush]

[tyresdeg]

callum ilott | nashville 2023

[raphoupix]

Pato O'Ward in the McLaren garage - United States GP 2023

[vetteldixon]

SINAN THE SQUIRREL WITH HAT ON BENCH Big Machine Music City Grand Prix 2023 Qualifying Rain Delay

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

MARCUS-CEPTION!! 😂😂

[wombatchase]

I did a canva presentation on IndyCar for all Logan fans out there who now gotta figure this series out ― By someone who needed it, to those who need it:

[indycar-series]

Quick Facts: Barber Motorsports Park

Round 4 of the NTT INDYCAR Series Championship.

Event Name: Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix

Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Event Dates: Friday April 28 - Sunday April 30, 2023

Event Site: IndyAlabama.com

Track Type: Road Course

Turns: 17 (7L, 10R)

Track Length: 2.3 miles/3.7 km

Race Laps and Distance: 90 Laps for 207 miles/333.13 km

Year of First Race: 2010

Race Lap Record: 1:06.8182 (Pato O'Ward, 2021, Dallara Chevrolet)

Defending Winner: Pato O'Ward

Past Winners: Helio Castroneves (2010), Will Power (2011, 2012), Ryan Hunter-Reay (2013, 2014), Josef Newgarden (2015, 2017, 2018), Simon Pagenaud (2016), Takuma Sato (2019), Alex Palou (2021), Pato O'Ward (2022)

Winningest Driver: Josef Newgarden (3 wins)

Winningest Team: Team Penske (6 wins)

Winningest Manufacturer: Chevrolet (7 wins)

Weekend Schedule:

Practice 1: Friday @ 3:40 pm EST (7:40 pm UTC)

Practice 2: Saturday @ 12:00 pm EST (4:00 pm UTC)

Qualifying: Saturday @ 3:00 pm EST (7:00 pm UTC)

Final Warmup: Sunday @ 12:00 pm EST (4:00 pm UTC)

Race: Sunday @ 3:00 pm EST (7:00 pm UTC)

Got questions about Barber or INDYCAR in general? Send me an ask, and I will get back to you as soon as I can!

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[lovelytsunoda]

ghost brigade // pato o’ward

summary: a walk with rocky and norbi turns into an hour spent looking at halloween decorations (and getting the crap scared out of them with animatronic spiders)

pairing: pato o'ward x female reader

warnings: 90% fluff, 10% plot. alludes to the fact that our secy couple spent the night before enjoying each other's company without any clothes on, a few jumpscares, lewis the target pumpkin, shitty ending, dorks in love.

her light snores carried as y/n burrowed further under the blankets, a chill rolling in from the open window. pato's side of the bed was warm, but his body no longer rested next to hers. he looked over fondly from the dresser, pulling a hoodie over his head and mussing his hair slightly.

he could hear claws scraping against hardwood outside the room as rocky came bounding towards the closed bedroom door. the german shepherd barked, and pato quickly opened the door, kneeling down to try and soothe the canine.

"rocky, clam down, boy. y/n is still sleeping." pato whispered, scratching rocky behind the ears. "let me go wake her up gently, okay?"

pato stepped towards the queen sized bed, wincing when he stepped on the clasp of her bra, the article still strewn across the floor from what they had done the night before. the mexican blanket was pulled over her shoulders, only the top of her head peeking out as she slept.

rocky barked again, lumbering over to the bed and resting a paw on her shrouded form.

"pato." she whined, still half asleep, and likely unaware of what she was saying. "can you take rocky outside? i just want ten more minutes."

pato chuckled, moving to sit on the bed next to her.. he combed her hair out of her face, gently kissing the side of her head. "hermosa." he hummed. "pretty girl, love of my life. good morning, sweetheart."

the words were an echo of those exchanged the night prior, foreheads pressed together and patricio buried deep inside of her: "you're doing so good for me, pretty girl. just breathe for me, corazon."

she scrunched her face up, rolling onto her back. "ten more minutes." she whined, before rocky jumped onto the bed, rough tongue licking at her face. "okay, fine! i'm up!"

pato chuckled, kissing her forehead. “good morning, corazon. how did you sleep.”

“like a stone. you must have really tired me out last night.” she winked, pulling her camisole up to cover the hickeys dotting the tops of her breasts.

next to the bed, rocky barked, placing a paw on top of her hand.

“okay, buddy. we get it. let me get dressed, and then we’ll take you outside, okay?”

rocky nodded his head, but the only word he had understood was outside. the german shepherd pranced out of the room, no doubt going to wake norbi, who was probably still asleep in his bed.

“go take the dogs outside, I’ll be out in a minute once i get dressed.” she hummed, leaning in to kiss her boyfriend. “i love you.”

“te amo.” pato grinned, kissing her forehead. “pit stop at starbucks for coffee and croissants?”

“always.”

————

half an hour and one starbucks trip later, they were on the move, sun rising over the horizon as they warmed their hands with coffee cups. the couple were dressed in almost identical cable knit sweaters, her head resting on his shoulder as they paused to let norbi sniff the pile of leaves next to a fire hydrant.

“hey, y/n, look at that haunted house.” patricio pointed down a side street. “wanna go look at the decorations?”

“lead the way, casanova.” she giggled

norbi went down the new street with vigour, sniffing everything in sight, whereas rocky was more apprehensive as he took in the plastic decorations around him.

“pato, look! it’s lewis!” she laughed, reaching for the skeletal pumpkin animatronic.

“i am not a jack-o-lantern. i am lewis!” y/n and pato chorused in time with the animatronic, bursting out into gleeful giggles.

norbi nudged her leg, and y/n cooed as she lifted the corgi into her arms. “oh, poor norbi. are you scared, baby?”

norbi whined, rubbing his nose into her sweater. she chuckled, kissing the dog behind the ears.

“lewis can’t hurt you, buddy.” pato laughed, rubbing norbis head. “do you want me to take your cup?”

she nodded, passing over the remainder of her hot chocolate. “what’s left is mostly whipped cream, i think.”

“you can’t keep carrying norbi. you spoil him too much.”

y/n shook him off, continuing down the sidewalk. “hell jump out of my arms when he’s ready. he doesn’t like the animatronics.”

sure enough, when the couple were four houses down and lewis the pumpkin was out of sight (with a promise from patricio to buy one for the house they shared), norbi jumped out of her arms and back to the sidewalk, rushing to catch up with rocky.

she took her drink back from pato, gently kissing him on the cheek before pointing out an inflatable black cat on one of the lawns they passed. (don't let rocky see that, or we'll be buying them a new one, pato had joked.)

the couple enjoyed their morning like that, walking around and taking in all the decorations, activating animatronics to startle each other. the dogs were enjoying themselves too, being doted on and preened by small children who were walking past with their parents.

they continued walking, until rocky's paw tripped a pedal switch. all at once, from underneath a pile of leaves, a large black fuzzy spider came springing towards them. rock howled in shock as norbi jumped back.

taking pato off guard, rocky went running, and, well, took pato with him. pato swore in spanish, being yanked off his feet and dragged headfirst into a pile of leaves, dropping both coffee cups to the sidewalk.

concerned, rocky ambled over to pato, leash dragging behind him as he licked at the driver's face. y/n was laughing, fumbling her phone out of her pocket to take a picture of her lover splayed against the leaves.

"babe," he whined, on the verge of laughing himself. "this is so not funny."

"it is so fucking funny." she giggled, blowing him a kiss. "laugh it off, babe. they're just leaves."

pato extended a hand. "help me up?"

"sure" she smiled softly, slipping her hand into his.

with a wicked grin, pato yanked hard, pulling her into the leaves with him. she squealed in surprise, giggling as she playfully smacked pato in the chest.

"i love you, you idiot."

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