Indianapolis 500: Only 86 days away!

Only 86 days till the Indianapolis 500!!

 

 

Did you know

that 86 is the number of laps

Bob Sweikert led en route to winning

the 1955 Indianapolis 500?

 

He went on to win the championship that year to.

 

 

 

Photo courtesy of The Encyclopedia of Auto Racing Greats, 1973

Indycar Season Countdown 31 DAYS!!

Only 31 days
till the Indycar Season-opener
in St. Pete!

 

That's the age that Helio Castroneves was
when he won the GP of St. Pete in 2007!

 

 

 

Indycar Off-season News #4

Here are some Indycar happenings!

 

 

 

* The Indycar season is getting close.  The building of the GP of St Pete track began, with the help of defending winner, James Hinchcliffe. 

 

* A.J Foyt Enterprises picked up Martin Plowman for the Indianapolis 500.

*  Simona Silvestro has signed with an F1 team, Sauber, in the hopes of running in the F1 series in 2015. We will miss her in Indycar.

*  Sebastian Saavedra has signed with KV Racing and will join Sebastien Bourdais for the 2014 season.

 

* The GP of ST Pete will have a standing start.  What a great way to start the season!

* 2013 Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan unveiled the ticket artwork for the 2014 Indy 500.  Can't wait to get our 'blue' envelope in the mail with our tickets!

* 1995 Indy 500 winner Jacques Villeneuve returns!!  He has a ride with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for the Indianapolis 500 this year.

 

 



 

Rolex 24 at Daytona

The Rolex 24 at Daytona

Ok, so we had this post done, and then got caught up in snow shoveling and snow shoveling and more snow shoveling. And yes, we did play in the snow too, but then we got sick...and so our posting stopped for a while even though we've been watching all the happenings at Daytona and following along all the Indycar happenings.
So we're back, and even though this post is a few weeks old we thought we'd post it anyway.

 

What a great race!!

 

Here's why we think it was a great race:

 

* It had lots of passing.

 

* It looked really cool in the dark.

 

* It was especially neat because there were different drivers in the same car.

 

* It had a ton of cars so there was always action everywhere.

 

* The Indycar drivers did really good!

 

 

Here's the places they got:

 

Sebastien Bourdais = 1st

 

Simon Pagenaud = 11th

 

Ryan-Hunter-Reay = 12th

 

Graham Rahal = 14th

 

Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan = 15th

 

Mikhail Aleshin = 21st

 

Sage Karam = 43rd

 

Justin Wilson = 47th

 

James Davidson = 48th

 

Tristan Vautier = 56th

 

James Hinchcliffe = 57th

 

Conor Daly and Alex Tagliani = 58th

 

Gabby Chaves = 61st

 

Sebastian Saavedra and EJ Viso = 62nd

 

 

 

Can't wait for next years race!

 

 

Indycar Season Countdown 53 Days

53 Days

 

 

till the green flag drops for the Indycar Season!

at the GP of St. Pete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 In 1953

 

Bill Vukovich received a cocker spaniel puppy

as one of his prizes for winning the Indianapolis 500.

 

 

We want one!