Newgarden leads morning warm-up
Josef Newgarden continues his impressive weekend in Long Beach. With a lap of 1:08.344, Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing's Josef Newgarden set fast time in the recently-concluded morning warm up for … Read More
Author: Brian Carroccio
Brian C.’s Saturday Long Beach Notebook
Good day for Josef Newgarden in Long Beach. I had an opportunity to speak with a few Verizon IndyCar Series drivers after today’s qualifying session. One of the topics I … Read More
Hunter-Reay wins Long Beach Pole
Ryan Hunter-Reay scores his sixth career pole. With a lap of 1:07.8219 seconds, Ryan Hunter-Reay won the pole for tomorrow's Verizon IndyCar Series Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. It's … Read More
Charlie Kimball Finds Traction in Adversity
Charlie Kimball talking with Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Tony Kanaan. The following article from the Orange County Register, talks about Verizon IndyCar Series driver Charlie Kimball's battle with Type 1 … Read More
Domenicali on the way out?
Might the Scuderia's woeful early 2014 form, mean the end of Stefano Domenicali? Apr.11 (GMM) La Gazzetta dello Sport, the influential Italian sports daily, speculated on Friday that Ferrari could … Read More
Long Beach Weekend Schedule
2013 Long Beach winner Takuma Sato will look to repeat this weekend. Good morning, everyone. Brian Carroccio here filling in for AR1 President Mark Cipolloni. Mark C. is currently en … Read More
Long Beach Preview
IndyCar returns this weekend to the Streets of Long Beach. For this upcoming season, AutoRacing1.com columnist Brian Carroccio will preview all Formula 1 and IndyCar races. Below, is Brian's preview … Read More
SPM’s Pagenaud and Aleshin head to Long Beach
SPM rookie Mikhail Aleshin to make Long Beach debut this weekend. INDIANAPOLIS (April 9, 2014) — Simon Pagenaud spent his childhood fantasizing about driving race cars through the streets of … Read More
Patience Pivotal for Newgarden in Long Beach
Josef Newgarden will be looking to build on his solid performance in St. Pete this weekend in Long Beach. INDIANAPOLIS (April 9, 2014) – When Josef Newgarden steers through the … Read More
Bahrain Postscript
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton captured his 24th Grand Prix victory and first in Bahrain. A Force-India blew past a Ferrari. Four-time reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel was asked to move over … Read More
Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Set for Long Beach
MSR looking for a strong outing in Long Beach. Pataskala, Ohio (8 April 2014) – After staging the longest races of the year, the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship will make … Read More
Legacy Credit Union back as title sponsor of Indy Lights at Barber
IndyCar rookie Carlos Munoz celebrating his Lights victory last year at Barber Motorsports Park. Birmingham, Ala. (April 7) – ZOOM Motorsports announced today that Legacy Credit Union will be returning … Read More
Todt unconcerned about driver dieting
Jean-Eric Vergne was recently hospitalized due to ill effects of dieting. FIA president Jean Todt has dismissed concerns that Formula 1 drivers are being forced into extreme dieting that compromises … Read More
Dane Cameron Joins Risi Competizione Ferrari
It's been a difficult opening two races for the #62 Risi Competizione Ferrari team. HOUSTON, TEXAS – The only full-time Ferrari GTLM entrant, Risi Competizione, has had the most extraordinary … Read More
Brian Carroccio Previews Bahrain
Sebastian Vettel was joined on the podium last year in Bahrain by Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. For those of you interested in placing the occasional wager, let us point … Read More
Ryan and Beccy Hunter-Reay to host Yellow Party in Long Beach
Ryan Hunter-Reay and wife Beccy to host The Yellow Party in Long Beach April 11 Tickets are available to The Yellow Party in Long Beach: Ryan and Beccy Hunter-Reay will … Read More
Fantastic Run for Hawksworth Cut Short
Rookie Jack Hawksworth had an impressive debut at St. Pete. St. Petersburg, FL – March 30, 2014 – After earning a great starting spot and running 80 solid laps in … Read More
IndyCar St. Pete postscript
Will Power takes the win Round 1 of the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season is in the books. As predicted by yours truly, Team Penske’s Will Power took victory in … Read More
Miles and Verizon CEO to hold press-conference today
UPDATE Mark Miles and Dan Mead of Verizon are meeting with the media now. We'll have a full transcript of the press later. But here are a few highlights of … Read More
Munoz leads final morning warm up
Andretti Autosport rookie Carlos Munoz led the morning warm up session for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, as Honda-powered cars swept four of the top five positions. Sarah … Read More
Good Morning from St. Pete
R.C. Enerson wins St. Pete USF2000 race. There is a more than slight breeze. But the sun is shining, the temperature is in the low 60s, and 17-year old Florida … Read More
Track activity to resume at 3:30 p.m. ET
We just got word in St. Pete that the track will reopen at 3:30 p.m. ET. Below, is the revised schedule for the remained of the day: 3:30-3:50 Stadium Super … Read More
Rain Delay in St. Pete
UPDATE We just got word from IndyCar that the racetrack will reopen for activity at 3:30 p.m. ET. No word as to whether qualifying will begin then, or how exactly … Read More
Schedule for today
Below is today's schedule for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg: 9-9:45 Indy Lights Practice 10-10:45 IndyCar Series Practice 11-11:30 USF2000 Qualifying 11:45-12:15 Pro Mazda Qualifying 1:15-1:45 Indy Lights … Read More