Drivers in carts

Do Indycar drivers race Indycars or golf carts?

 Ryan Hunter-Reay
(well, the back of him anyway, we'll get a better one)

 Helio Castroneves
(on Will Power's cart!....is this allowed?)

 

 

Helio, on a bike this time.
And still smiling!

 Tony Kanaan defending 500 champion
(love his shoes)

James Hinchcliffe
(glad he recovered from the hit in the GP)

Simon Pagenaud
(congrats on the Indy GP win)

 Rick Mears - 4 time 500 winner!!!
(got his autograph!)

 Ryan Hunter-Reay
(we told you we would get a better one)

 Dario Franchitti - 3 time 500 winner
(miss him on the track but great to still see him at the track!)

 Jack Hawksworth rookie
(awesome helmet)

 

Carlos Huertas a

(another rookie)

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Indycar Season Begins

The 2014 Verizon Indycar Season
starts this weekend in St. Petersburg, FL!!!
 

 

And as long, cold, snowy and snowy and snowy

as this offseason was, it's hard to believe Indycars are back already.

 

 

And as bummed as we are that we can't be there (thank you Pennsylvania State School Assessments),

we will be glued to the tv and Indycar.com site all weekend to follow the action since

 we'll be guest posting for Pocono Raceway's site about the race.

 

 

There will be lots of Racing action all weekend in St. Pete:

 

Pro Mazda
USF2000
Indy Lights

 Pirelli world challenge

 Stadium super trucks

All Leading up to the INDYCARS on Sunday afternoon!

 

 

 

  

   Some new drivers to the Indycar series in 2014:

 

Mikhail  Aleshin

 

Ryan  Briscoe (back from a one year hiatus)

 

Jack  Hawksworth (from the Indy Lights Series)

 

 Carlos  Munoz (runner up in the 2013 Indy 500)

Carlos Huertas (from Formula Renault 3.5)


WATCH THE FIRESTONE GRAND PRIX of ST. PETE

at 3:00 EST on ABC

and follow along all weekend at

INDYCAR . com
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indycar offseason news #5

Almost the start of the season and there's plenty going on in Indycar!

 

  

There will be a new qualifying format for the Indy 500 this year.  Of course we never fully grasped the old format, and our mom still misses the 2 weekends of qualifying.  We just hope we can go to Indy to watch it this year however they qualify.

 

NASCAR driver Kurt Busch will do the 'double' and race in the Indy 500 and Coca Cola 600 in Charlotte on the same day.  Cool!


 

 

Indy Lights alumni Jack Hawksworth  signed with Bryan Herta Autosport for the 2014 season.

 

Looks like Verizon will soon be announced as the new sponsor for Indycar.

 

Indycar Happenings

Wonder what's been happening in the world of Indycars?

 

Look below!

*  Juan Pablo Montoya, 1999 CART Champion and 2000 Indy 500 winner, will be returning to Indycar after years in F1 and Nascar.  He will drive a third car for Penske Racing joining Helio Castroneves and Will Power.

*  Tire Testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week. 

*  Graham Rahal and Ryan Briscoe tested on the road course at IMS in anticipation of a possible Indycar road race there in 2014.

*  Jack Hawksworth, winner of the most recent IndyLights race at Baltimore tested for Rahal Letterman racing today.

*  Boo Hoo.  The Grand Prix of Baltimore will not be back in 2014 or 2015.   We loved this race and were so looking forward to going back!