Other Series Racing

Coming off a fifth-place finish at St. Petersburg, Simon Pagenaud led the combined practice sheet for the first pair of sessions at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Pagenaud lapped the 1.968 mile road course in one minute and 9.1488 seconds.

A.J. Foyt Racing's Takuma Sato returns to the site of his first Verizon IndyCar Series win this weekend when the series visits the streets of Long Beach, Calif., for the 40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Spring-type weather has finally reached most of the country and that means it’s about time for the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series to begin heading back east for races in the Midwest and on the East Coast.

Kokomo Speedway in Indiana already hosts one of the biggest Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series events of the year, in the form of the Sprint Car Smackdown, and now the Midwest oval will add to its ever-growing national reputation of being one of the raciest tracks in the country, by hosting the inaugural Kokomo Grand Prix for the Honda USAC National Midget Series.

The inaugural Kokomo Grand Prix for the Honda USAC National Midget Series was shaping up to be one of the biggest events of the season last year, until Mother Nature interrupted and pushed it back to this year.

Taylor Ferns raced at four of the most historic dirt tracks in the country last year with the Traxxas USAC Silver Crown Series, in the form of the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in Illinois, Eldora Speedway in Ohio, the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield and the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.

Baseball had its opening day earlier this week, which is a quasi-holiday to many. Now it's time for the racing crowd to celebrate the traditional USAC “Midwest Opener,” also viewed by many as a holiday of sorts.

Mike Conway's finish in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg could be filed in the stats-don't-tell-the-whole-story department.

Kraig Kinser has waited just about a year to see the re-configured Calistoga Speedway in California. Mother Nature was victorious at the picturesque half-mile last season and the third-generation driver returns this weekend for a pair of races at the historic oval in the heart of Napa Valley wine country.

Every race has a pivotal moment and the IndyCar season opener was no different as a lot of people have been talking about the lap 82 restart. Will Power brought the field down and it appeared he slowed, which caused the whole field to accordion. As a result contact was made in the second half of the field, ending the race for both Marco Andretti and Jack Hawksworth.