Josef Update - Iowa Corn Indy 300

Josef got second in Iowa!

 Alex was so excited and I think it's rubbing off on us. 

 

To see him just zoom through the field on new tires in the last few laps was super cool.

The only problem was that Ryan Hunter Reay (or as Alex refers to him as 'the guy who crashed Josef out of the lead at Long Beach) had new tires too.

  

   (by the look on Josef's face we have to wonder what he and Robin Miller were joking about before the camera started rolling.)

Josef and Simon Pagenaud had a little fun before the race at Iowa too.

(We've watched this video way too many times)

 

 

 

Yes, we got a little behind on our Josef posts but we guarantee it was not for lack of watching and Alex crazily cheering him on.  So we'll go into Josef overload and get caught up this week.  

 

The 2 in TO

The 2 in TO (Toronto) was awesome!!

 

Race 1 got postponed from Saturday to Sunday because of rain,
so it made for a real double header on Sunday.





Race 1's were dominated by the French Drivers.

Sebastien Bourdais won the Indycar Race.

Alex Baron won the Indy Lights race
and the USF2000 race was won by Jake Eidson

Race 2 was run a few hours later in the afternoon
and after some sun and some rain and some more sun,
 Mike Conway won for his second time this year.

 

Race 1 - The Top Ten

  

1st. Sebastien Bourdais - 33 career win. First since 2008.

 

2nd. Helio Castroneves - Still championship points leader (6th podium in 2014)

 

3rd. Tony Kanaan - 9th Top Ten this year

 

4th. Simon Pagenaud - Led 6 laps after being involved in 1st lap incident

5th. Scott Dixon 

 

6th. Graham Rahal
 

7th. Charlie Kimball
 

8th. James Hinchcliffe
 

9th. Will Power - moved up 14 positions after starting in back after damaging his car in the rain Saturday before the race started.
 
10th. Justin Wilson

* No Rain
* 3 lead changes
* 3 different leaders
* 60 laps under green
*5 laps under yellow

*6 Chevys
*4 Hondas



Race 2 - The Top Ten:

1st. Mike Conway  - Second win of the year
                                  - 3rd win for Ed Carpenter Racing this season

2nd. Tony Kanaan - 2nd double header weekend this year that he had 2 podiums

3rd. Will Power - Gained points on his teammate Helio in the Indycar standings

4th. Charlie Kimball - Finished in the top ten both races

5th. Takuma Sato - moved up 17 places after starting 22nd

6th. Jack Hawksworth - 3rd in Rookie points standings

7th. Scott Dixon - 8th top ten this year but still no win

8th. Marco Andretti - finished where he started

9th. Sebastien Bourdais

10th. Justin Wilson

* 6 lead changes
* 5 different leaders
* 36 green laps
* 20 yellow laps

*6 Chevys
*4 Hondas





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Honda Indy Toronto

Honda Indy Toronto!

Two Days.

Two Races.

One Standing Start.

(that's gonna be cool.)

Both races will be shown live on
NBC Sports Network at 3:00 (Eastern on Saturday & Sunday)

You can catch qualifying too, 
today from 5:30 - 7:00 on NBC Sports.

*  Mike Conway, winner of the first Dual in Detroit, will be racing in the number 18 car for Dale Coyne Racing.


*  Can James Hinchcliffe or Alex Tagliani become only the second Canadian to win on the streets of Toronto. 
(Paul Tracy won in Indycars in 1993 and 2003).

*  Can Ryan Hunter-Reay follow up last year's Toronto win with another victory...or two?

*  Can one of the four Andretti Autosport drivers give their team owner Michael Andretti, the winningest driver here (with 7 wins), another victory?



Can't wait!