15 Days till Indycars at Pocono

The ABC Supply 500 at Pocono is in only 15 days!!!

 

Can

#15 Graham Rahal

win his third race of the season.

 and join his dad, Bobby (1988) as a Pocono winner?

 

 

 

To take the season points lead away from Juan Pablo Montoya Graham will need much better results than he's had in his previous two trips to the Tricky Triangle.

 

 

He finished 18th in 2013 and

19th in 2014 when he spun in Turn 2 on lap 157

to bring out the only caution of the race.

 

Good Luck, Graham.

We'd love to see a tight season points race

come down to the last race of the season.

 

 

Josef Newgarden Update Mid Ohio 2015

Josef made another appearance in the Firestone Fast Six and qualified 5th.

He led laps in a race for the 6th time this season.

He had a great shot at finishing on the podium.

But, then a late caution came out and he ended up finishing 13th.
 

It's really fun watching him run up front and be contending for a win at almost every race.

 

                               

Now on to POCONO!!!!

Where Josef has finished 5th and 9th. 

So he can definitely get another win there.

 

And the best part is I get to go see Josef

because it's only an hour from my house!!!!

And here is a really neat video Josef did for Forza.

 

 

 

Post by Alex, age 8 

Indycar Mid Ohio 2015

For the fourth time in 5 Indycar races an American won!
Justin Wilson finished second for his best finish with Andretti Autosport.
Tristan Vautier was the biggest mover of the race.
Poor Charlie Kimball got hit and spun...a lot. 
Sage Karam spun to bring out the final caution which changed the outcome of the race for a lot of drivers.

And did we mention,

Graham Rahal won at his home track,
where his dad won in 1985 and 1986.
 He is now just 9 points behind Juan Montoya in the Indycar Championship!!!






 

The top 10 Finishers

1. Graham Rahal   His 2nd win and 6th podium of the season have him second in points.

2. Justin Wilson  His best finish in 7 tries at Mid Ohio.
 

3. Simon Pagenaud  Tied his best finish driving for Penske.
 

4. Scott Dixon   Only his 3rd non-podium finish in 9 races at Mid Ohio.
   

5. Tony Kanaan  Has 9 Top 10 finishes in 14 races this season.

6.  Tristan Vautier  Led 10 Laps, has two top tens in 9 races this season.

7.  Ryan Hunter-Reay  Crashed in final practice but still qualified a strong 7th.

8.  Jack Hawksworth  His 5th Top 10 of the season.  Currently 17th in points.

9.  Carlos Munoz   His 2nd Top 10 in his 2 starts at Mid Ohio.

10. Marco Andretti  His 85th Top 10 in 165 career Indycar races.
 

Top Ten included...

*  3 Chevys and 7 Hondas
*  All 4 Andretti cars 
*  Only one Penske

Shout out to...

Charlie Kimball for persistence after being spun off course several times he kept coming back and trying to improve his position at the track he won at in 2013.

 

Josef Newgarden Update Iowa

Josef finished 2nd
 

He led 111 laps, after starting 7th, and now he's led the most laps of any driver this season with 317!

Now he has to get the most wins!!!!

 

 

Robin Miller with Josef

 

 

 

I hope everyone enjoyed that @IndyCar race last night. Thought it was a thriller. Love that Iowa track. Gritty, badass place to race.

— Josef Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) July 19, 2015

 

 

 

Josef racing at lowa

 

 

Now off to Mid Ohio where he almost got his first win last year.

 

 

GO JOSEF!

 

Post by Alexandra, age 8

 

 

Indycar Iowa Corn 200

The top 2 finishers in the 2015 Indycar Iowa Corn 200 were the same as last year. 
Ryan Hunter Reay beat the arguably better car of Josef Newgarden to the finish line for the second straight year. 
It was Hunter Reay's 3rd win at Iowa, and the sixth in a row at the track for Andretti Autosport.
But then things were different...
Six of the top seven finishers were Americans. The highest finishing Penske driver was Will Power in  10th. 
Rookie Sage Karam earned his first Indycar podium and was the highest finishing of the 4 Ganassi cars.  
Juan Montoya, the points leader had his first DNF of the season crashing on lap 9.





 

The top 10 Finishers

1. Ryan Hunter-Reay After a tough season the former champ finally earns a win.

2. Josef Newgarden A year ago, 2nd was a great finish for him, now he's having such a great season that 2nd is a huge disappointment.
 

3. Sage Karam - After winning the previous 3 times he raced at Iowa in the Indycar ladder system, he continued his success with his first Indycar podium.
 

4. Graham Rahal - Jumps to second in season points with just three races remaining.
   

5. Carlos Munoz - The 8th Top 5 in his Indycar career.

6. Ed Carpenter - Drove a strong race, and had strong words for Sage Karam after the race about his driving style.

7. Marco Andretti - His tenth Top 10 of the season. 

8. Ryan Briscoe - His second Top 10 in five starts filling in for James Hinchcliffe.

9. Sebastien Bourdais - His best finish in three starts at Iowa.

10. Will Power - The defending Indycar champ is just 55 points out of the lead in the championship.
 

Top Ten included...

* 6 Chevys and 4 Hondas
*  3 Andretti cars
*  Both CFH Racing cars
* Only one Penske and one Ganassi