Simona De Slivestro

Simona is a great driver from Switzerland, sometimes called the 'Swiss Miss' 

She had a tough year in Indycar last year with a bad engine but is doing pretty well this year with 3 Top Tens.  Plus she has finished all but one race and is currently 17th in points.

Simona is another one of the Indycar drivers who was nice enough to answer some of our questions when we emailed her.

*She says she doesn't have a pet, but always wanted a dog or cat when she was little and her mom wouldn't let her get one. 

*She had some favorite stuffed animals when she was a kid and still has a mini moose that sleeps with her every night when she's at home.

*Her least favorite chore as a kid was doing the dishes, and she still doesn't like to do them now, and her worst habit is biting her nails.

*She was featured on Indycar 36 preparing for the Brazil race this year

*Simona started racing in Europe and came to the US in 2006.

*In 2009, racing in the Atlantic Championship Series she became the first woman to win the most  races, and poles,  and to lead the most laps in a single season and finished third in points.

*2010 was her first full year in Indycar and she won Rookie of the Year honors in the Indy 500.

*Currently races for KV Racing and is teammates with Tony Kanaan.



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The Milwaukee Mile

The Milwaukee Indyfest is this Saturday.

We sure wish we lived nearby and could go.

They've got an Indy Lights Race, a Pro Mazda Race, and a Rickshaw Championship, and even though we're not sure what exactly that is, it would be fun to find out.

Plus they've got free carnival rides and lots of other fun looking stuff to do.

The neat thing about Milwaukee is that it's the oldest operating motor speedway in the world.  They've had at least one race there a year since 1903, except for during World War II.

Our grandparents lived in Wisconsin a long time ago, and apparently they went to the race at Milwaukee because we found an old program from there from 1963, so we'll share some photos from it.

 

 

Mario fan

Are you too hot at the race track?

 

Are you a Mario fan? 

Then let Mario Andretti help cool you off with your very own 'Mario fan'.

 

 

 

(We even got ours signed by Mario himself at Indy.)

Josef & Alex on Indycar 36?

 

 

Yes, the new Indycar 36 episode on NBC Sports is about Josef Newgarden, which we're fine with, however, much to our dismay, our little sister Alex is actually shown on the program. Twice.

 

 

 

Now we'll never hear the end of it. 

It's already all Josef, all the time with her and now that she met him and is on a tv show about him.

 

Ughh.

 

No offense Josef, we all really like you and root for you but Alex doesn't shut up about you, and it's getting kinda old.

 

 

 

 

Indycar 36 on NBC Sports

Alexandra is so excited, her favorite driver, JOSEF (Newgarden), is featured on a new episode of Indycar 36 on NBC Sports tomorrow night at midnight.  It was taped in Indianapolis a few weeks ago.

She's watched the episode shot last year at Fontana about Josef many, many times.

Problem is that she thinks she's staying up to watch the show at midnight. 

Wait till mom breaks it to her that she'll have to wait to see it till Saturday.

 Indycar 36 follows drivers for 36 hours leading up to a race.

 

You can view past episodes of Indycar 36 on Youtube.

Tony Kanaan at 2012 St. Petersburg

Graham Rahal at 2012 Alabama

Ryan Hunter-Reay at 2012 Long Beach

JR Hildebrand at 2012 Indy 500 Qualifying

Helio Castroneves at 2012 Indy 500 Race

Charlie Kimball at 2012 Texas and 2013 Long Beach

Ed Carpenter at 2012 Iowa 

James Hinchcliffe at 2012 Toronto

Simon Pagenaud at 2012 Mid Ohio

Will Power at 2012 Sao Paulo

Oriol Servia at 2012 Baltimore

Josef Newgarden at 2012 Fontana

Simona de Silvestro at 2013 Sao Paulo