SM Staff

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports announced on Tuesday, May 26 that Conor Daly will drive the No. 5 Arrow Electronics Honda for the “Dual in Detroit” at Belle Isle Raceway on Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31.

Over the course of the final 14 laps, the lead would change hand on six different occurrences, including the top-three running three-wide for the top spot at one point. In the end, though, Juan Pablo Montoya would power by Will Power on the outside going into turn one with three laps to go, holding off Power the rest of the way to the checkered flag.

“I think the Steak ‘n Shake car is very consistent. I felt extremely good about it off the bat but I think we just need to find a little bit more ultimate pace. It’s going to be a battle but we’ll be okay. We’ve got to look at the drag numbers to figure out the downforce level we want to be at but we feel like we were in the zone and it was off the ultimate pace a little bit.”

In the final practice for the Indianapolis 500, it'd be Will Power topping the charts behind the wheel of the No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet. He recorded the best lap of the session at 229.020 mph. He will start the 500 mile event from the second spot behind Scott Dixon.

Dale Coyne Racing announced late Thursday night that Tristan Vautier will substitute for Carlos Huertas in the No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing entry in the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

Over the past five years, Kevin Harvick has won more races, at three, than anybody else has at this track. Harvick is fast every single week and is slowly putting up one of the greatest statistical seasons in NASCAR history; a top 10 on Sunday has Harvick on track to have 33 total top-10s at season's end, far and away the best in generations.

On Thursday, May 21, INDYCAR announced a brand new venue for the 2016 series schedule. The Verizon IndyCar Series will race on the streets of Boston on September 4, 2016 - Labor Day weekend. The agreement between Boston and INDYCAR extends to 2020.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports announced on Thursday, May 21 that Ryan Briscoe will fill in for James Hinchcliffe behind the wheel of the No. 5 Arrow/Lucas Oil Honda in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

I find the All-Star race to be incredibly pointless. There’s literally only one reason why it still goes on and that is so that Charlotte can keep people in the city for an extra week, something I doubt that most people still do, judging from the lack of interest in NASCAR itself.

In the fourth practice for the Indianapolis 500, it'd be Simon Pagenaud topping the charts as Team Penske found the speed that has served them well so far this season to date in winning the pole for each of the first four events this season.