At the end of Verizon Pole Qualifying for the Honda Indy Toronto, it’d be 2011 Honda Indy Toronto winner Dario Franchitti grabbing the pole. It marks his third pole of the season and fifth pole on the streets of the Toronto.
"I started racing when I was 13 in go-karts. I told my parents I wanted something motorized and they wouldn’t let me have it till I was 13. I finally got started in karts. That’s what I loved. I stopped playing baseball, I stopped playing basketball and started racing. Somewhere along the line, I found myself in an IndyCar so it’s been a pretty incredible journey."
Imagine running a full racing schedule going for a championship. Not just any championship, but the American LeMans Series Championship. Now imagine yourself doing that, while also running some IndyCar races for Panther Racing including the double header in Toronto this weekend.
As James Hinchcliffe sits in Coronation Park on Thursday morning, hearing him recall memories of Toronto past, you can see the fan that he is of IndyCar racing. As a kid, Hinchcliffe came to the Honda Indy Toronto, having only grown up a half hour away from Toronto in Oakville, Ontario.
This weekend, the OSCAAR Modifieds will take their battle to the beach....Sauble beach that is as they take on Sauble Speedway. With action that has impressed fans so far this year, it is no doubt that Sauble will just add to that.
So far this year, Marco Andretti has been fast and has run upfront each week leading laps. However, there's something missing so far this year - a win.
After putting on a stellar two-day show at Sunset Speedway for the Don Biederman Memorial two weeks ago, the OSCAAR Super Late Models return to the track this weekend. With the heat wave of summer hitting full force, it’s fitting that they’re headed to the beach this weekend – Sauble Beach.
To some of the world, Helio Castroneves is known as that racecar driver that won a Dancing with the Stars trophy, and he doesn’t mind people reminding him of that experience.
Scott Dixon, driver of the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, made history at Pocono Raceway in the IZOD IndyCar Series as the eighth different winner in eleven races, scoring his 30th career win, as well as the 200th win for Honda and the 100th team finish for team Target.
Although legends the likes of A. J. Foyt, Rick Mears, Al Unser and Mario Andretti have raced there, it has been since 1989 that an open-wheel race occurred at Pocono Raceway.
NASCAR Cup Series drivers reflect on the Coca-Cola 600 pre-race ceremony, a powerful patriotic tribute featuring military flyovers, helicopter arrivals
Spire Motorsports will hold its fifth-annual Spring Fan Day event Thursday, May 21, at the team’s Mooresville, N.C., headquarters leading up to NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 race weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
