Category: Editorials

Will Power, the man of the hour at Pocono By now you know, Will Power drove the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet to victory lane in Sunday’s ABC Supply … Read More

Race winner Scott Dixon About 90 minutes to an hour before the green flag fell for Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, I spent some time talking to a few … Read More

Newgarden dominates at Iowa and this year was no different It’s hard to believe now, but there was a time in my world when powering through until 3 or 4 … Read More

This week's Toronto IndyCar postscript examines the tussle between Honda drivers Sebastien Bourdais and Takuma Sato and what might be behind it. It's been festering for awhile and it all … Read More

The Detroit GP had its usual share of carnage The NTT INDYCAR Series made its annual stop in The Motor City this past weekend. Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden took the … Read More

Pagenaud put in a career-defining drive I’m just going to go ahead and say it: entering this weekend’s INDYCAR Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Simon Pagenaud had not been very good … Read More

A despondent James Hinchcliffe after missing last year's 500 A pending move, the Easter holiday, and numerous other ‘life’ events left little time for thinking and writing last week. Thus, … Read More

Race winner ar Barber – Takuma Sato Let me briefly take you back about a month ago to my St. Pete Postscript following the 2019 NTT INDYCAR series opener. After … Read More

Colton Herta By now, you know the story. Colton Herta, the 18-year-old son of 4-time Indy Car race winner and current team owner Bryan Herta, drove the No. 88 Harding … Read More

Winner Josef Newgarden The first round of the 2019 NTT INDYCAR Series is in the books. Utilizing a combination of raw speed, creative tire strategy and sharp pit work, Josef … Read More

Is there a potential replacement for dangerous debris fencing? In late October, sad – although not surprising – news broke that Indy car driver Robert Wickens is paralyzed from the … Read More

Will Power From all indications, this past weekend’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 was a worthy sequel to last year’s successful return of the Verizon IndyCar Series to Gateway Motorsports Park. … Read More

Wickens hits catch-fence post which breaks his back, both legs and right arm It was undoubtedly a difficult weekend for the Verizon IndyCar Series at Pocono Raceway. Surely, by now, … Read More

Rossi was fastest, but he and his Andretti team used a rope-a-dope strategy on its competitors, and beat them using a 2-stop strategy to perfection Alexander Rossi dominates and finds … Read More

Scott Dixon and his Ganassi team have a quiet way of demoralizing the opposition Demoralized. That’s how I’d feel, if I were Josef Newgarden, Alexander Rossi, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Will Power, … Read More

James Hinchliffe celebrates with donuts Let’s face it: entering this weekend’s Iowa Corn 300 it had been a miserable season for James Hinchcliffe. This miserable season of course had been … Read More

Scott Dixon Tell me if you’ve seen this movie before. Scott Dixon spends 20-25 laps following another car in close proximity. That other car burns up fuel and/or tires at … Read More

Will Power put an exclamation mark on his career with an Indy 500 victory I mentioned this is Sunday’s race report, and it’s worth briefly repeating. Will Power’s win in … Read More

Popular James Hinchcliffe bumped Well, that was quite the qualifying weekend for 102nd Running of the Indianapolis 500. I think you all know what happened, so I’m going to get … Read More

Rossi winning at Long Beach Yes, he was only third fast in practice 1. But after that grave misstep, here’s how Alexander Rossi’s weekend went in Long Beach: Practice 2: … Read More

Josef Newgarden Unfortunately, it took three races. But with some assists from the spectacularly reconfigured Dallara DW12, the sublime driving of Alexander Rossi, and other standouts such as Josef Newgarden … Read More

Robert Wickens leads a bumper crop of fantastic rookies With an expiring television deal, a departing title sponsor and the much-anticipated debut of its latest racing spec, no question about … Read More

The Penske crew works on Newgarden's damaged car at The Glen When Josef Newgarden won at Mid-Ohio last month in dominant fashion, and took over the series championship lead, I … Read More