Notes from GP of Baltimore



Pit Lane along Camden Yard....very cool!



*  Scott Dixon won the pole on the final lap of qualifying, beating Will Power, Simon Pagenaud, Justin Wilson, Josef Newgarden and rookie Tristan Vautier.


*  Tony Kanaan will make his 212th consecutive Indycar start breaking Jimmy Vasser's record.

*  Stefan Wilson will be making his Indycar debut teaming up with his brother Justin at Dale Coyne Racing.



Stefan was very nice and signed our hats on Friday. 
Thank you Stefan & Good Luck!

 

 



*  Lots of airborne cars during practice and qualifying should make for some interesting racing Sunday!

*  Turn 6 was repaved on Friday night to try to smooth it out.

1 day to baltimore!!!!

Finally the wait is almost over! 

1 more day til Baltimore!

 

But, to keep busy til then, we wandered around the Paddock.

GP of Baltimore in 3 days

 

 

 

Finally!

 Only three more days!

but...that's still a little long.

 

 

 

GP of Baltimore

YYAAAAAYYY!!!

That's us yelling because we're so excited!

Only 4 more days!

We can't believe it! 

Our mom says to calm down, but we can't!



Grand Prix of Baltimore in 5 days!

We can't believe it!

Only five more days until the Grand Prix of Baltimore!

Only 5 days! 5!

Yeah!!!

6 days til Baltimore!

It keeps getting closer!!

Only 6 more days til the Grand Prix of Baltimore!

 

 

 

Time to start packing.

See you at Baltimore, Indycars!

Behind the scenes in Indycar

We've been doing our blog since April, and we've started to notice how many people work 'Behind the Scenes' to keep Indycar going.

 

 

We wanted to learn more about what kind of work people do, and when we researched, we found out that there's...

 

Engineers

Journalists

Mechanics

Welders

Sponsors

Track workers

Trailer drivers

Photographers

People who run Fan Fest...

and a whole lot more!

 

And... since we found it really interesting, we've decided to  start an Indycar interview series!
 

We can't wait!

 

Now we just need to find some people to interview so we have something to write about. 

So far in our 'Indycar journey' we've already met some really nice people like journalists, drivers, track owners, crew members and even drivers, so we're hoping we'll be able to gets lots of really great interviews and interesting stories to share on our blog.

 

So Stay Tuned
as we hope to take you

Behind the Scenes in Indycar!

 

Grand Prix of Baltimore 7 days

Seven. More. Days. Till. Baltimore!!!

Are you as excited as we are?!!

Indycars, here we come!!

8 Days till GP of Baltimore

We've heard it's a great race and can't wait to go to the GP of Baltimore next weekend!

GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma

 

 Indycar is back!

 Catch the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma!
(California).

Live Sunday at 4:00 Eastern time on the NBC Sports Network.
 

At Sonoma

* Lucas Luhr will be driving the #97 car for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing in his Indycar debut.

 * Rookie James Davison is driving the #18 Sonny BBQ car for Dale Coyne Racing.

 * JR Hildebrand will be back in the #98 Barracuda Networks car for Bryan Herta Autosport.

 

Check out this great video about the Go Pro Grand Prix of Sonoma with  James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay and more!

 

9. Days. Till. Baltimore!!

9 Days Till The G. P. Of Baltimore!!!
 Yaaayyy!!!

 

We're so excited!

 

 

We're already planning on what we're gonna do on the car ride there. 

Luckily it's only 3 hours.

 

 

 

 

Indycar Grand Prix of Baltimore

 

Guess what!?

Only 11 more days till the Grand Prix of Baltimore!

 

We wish it wasn't that long of a wait.

 

But hey!
 

At least we can watch the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma on TV this weekend!

 

*NEW VIDEO* Pocono Indy 400 with the 3-2-1 Indycar kids

 

 

Yup, that's the name of our newest video showing all the fun we had at the Pocono Indycar race in July.
 

We had a blast, and can't wait to make another video. 
(At the Grand Prix of Baltimore!!!)

 

 We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

 

 Please, before watching it, make sure you read what "ingredients" are mixed in so you may know whether to laugh (Yes) or cry (No) while watching it.
 

 

* Silliness        * Cuteness

 

* Cheering        * Excitement        * Cool music
 

 

and of course, Alex's favorite driver, Josef Newgarden.

 

 



 

 Hold it!

Don't forget to check out our first video, "A Day with the 3-2-1 Indycar kids"

 

 

Hinchcliffe can't live without...

In a Toronto Life newspaper article, James Hinchcliffe wrote down in his own words what he can't live without, here are a few of them.

My onesie pajamas
 I’ve wanted a pair of these forever. Last year, Kirsten (His girlfriend) finally got me some. They’re the full deal: red flannel, bum flap and everything. When you’re hanging around the house on a Sunday, there’s nothing better to have on.

 
My lighters I’ve been collecting lighters since I was a kid. I have about 80 of them now (just to look at—I don’t smoke). My favourite is from WWII. I love thinking about where it’s been, whose it was and what happened to him.


My hero’s steering wheel It’s from Greg Moore’s first race car, which he used before he made it big on the CART circuit, and it’s signed. I met him after a race in Toronto in ’99. I stood outside his trailer for hours before he finally came out.

 

 

If you want to read more of Hinch's things he can't live without, click here.

News Flash

Thumbs up:
* Glad to see that J.R Hildebrand will be driving the number 98 Barracuda Racing car at Sonoma and Fontana.  It'll be his first start since the Indy 500.

* For the first time since his breaking his wrist at Toronto, Ryan Briscoe is back in the #4 Panther Racing car for Sonoma.



Thumbs Down:
* Indycar points leader, Helio Castroneves crashed in Brazil while practicing in a stock car and cut his leg, and had reported back and neck pains. Luckily he will still be able to race at Sonoma.

* We'll miss seeing Alex Tagliani in the 98 car.

Who wants to ride around the Indiana State Fair in a beaver costume?

Dixon wins the Power of Two contest!

 

 

 

 

That means that Alex Tagilani rode a tricycle around the Indiana State Fair in a Beaver costume.  

 

 

Here is a video of tagliani riding around:

Franchitti and Dixon at the Grocery Store?

Vrooms, Anyone?

 

 

Walking through a discount grocery today and who did we spy on a stack of cereal boxes but Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon.

 

There also was another Target Ganassi Driver and Indy 500 winner (2000) pictured, but since he doesn't race Indycars anymore we didn't buy his box of cereal.

 

Funny. 

Charlie Kimball Wins at Mid-Ohio!

*  Charlie Kimball became the fourth first time winner in the Indycar series this year with a great drive at the Honda Indycar 200.
(the record for first time winners in a season is 5 in 1965)

*  Honda swept the top three spots with Simon Pagenaud and Dario Franchitti joining Kimball on the podium.

*  It was the 5th win in a row for Ganassi Racing at Mid-Ohio.

*  Rookie drivers James Davison and Luca Fillipi finished 15th and 16th driving in their very first Indycar race.

*  Helio Castroneves stretched out his championship points lead to 31 points over Scott Dixon.

The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

What's going on at Mid-Ohio?

 

* Ryan Hunter Reay won his third pole of the 2013 season and will start P1 in Sunday's Honda Indy 200.

* Another strong start to the weekend for Ganassi weekend with all three of their cars in the top 5.   The top 6 are Hunter-Reay, Will Power, Scott Dixon, Marco Andretti, Charlie Kimball and Dario Franchitti.

* Rookie Luca Fillipi (driving in his first ever Indycar race) had the fourth fastest lap in Group 1 qualifying but didn't advance because he had a minor crash which stopped the qualifying session.  Indycar rules state that if a driver causes a halt to a session he lose his fastest two laps.
He will start 24th.

* Another Indycar rookie, James Davison will start 17th driving in his first Indycar race.

* You can watch the Honda Indy 200 at Mid Ohio live on NBC Sports Network live at 3:00 today. 

*  Tune in to NBC Sports a little earlier at 2:00 to watch 20 year old Gabby Chaves start on his first pole at the Indy Lights Mid Ohio race. (The race takes place at noon today.)

Columbus Ohio Zoo Fundraiser

                                 

 

 The Mid-Ohio track is partnering with The Graham Rahal Foundation and offering special Honda Indy 200 race tickets with partial proceeds helping the Columbus Zoo to celebrate Jack Hanna’s (Graham Rahal's godfather) 35-year partnering with the Columbus Ohio Zoo.