INDYCAR announced on Wednesday, June 3 that Helio Castroneves' penalty that was assessed following the Augie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis has been reduced following the appeal process.
Jeffrey Earnhardt, grandson of all-time NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, and nephew of Sprint Cup front-runner Dale Jr, will compete in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (NWES) when it returns to Brands Hatch as the headline act at American SpeedFest III on Sunday 7 June.
There have been seven different winners in eight Verizon IndyCar Series races in 2015: Juan Pablo Montoya (Streets of St. Petersburg and Indianapolis 500), James Hinchcliffe (NOLA Motorsports Park), Scott Dixon (Streets of Long Beach), Josef Newgarden (Barber Motorsports Park), Will Power (Grand Prix of Indianapolis), Carlos Munoz (Raceway at Belle Isle-1) and Sebastien Bourdais (Raceway at Belle Isle-2).
The 2015 Firestone 600 will mark the 13th event for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) at the 1.5-mile, high-banked Texas Motor Speedway oval. The team’s highest start of pole with Scott Sharp came in 2007 and highest finish of second came in 2005 with Vitor Meira. The team earned another front row start in 2004 when Buddy Rice qualified second. Overall the team has earned three top-five finishes and six top-10’s at the track.
On Tuesday, June 2, INDYCAR announced they have implemented the usage of closure panels to the rear wheel guards for both Honda and Chevrolet's superspeedway aero kits beginning this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports announced on Tuesday, June 2 that Ryan Briscoe will be behind the wheel of the No. 5 Arrow/Lucas Oil Honda this weekend for the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Highland Park, IL racer David Levine has experience on many different kinds of race tracks, but Saturdays Pocono ARCA 200 will be his first time racing on a triangle. Pocono Raceway, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, is known as “The Tricky Triangle” because of its unique, three-turn layout. To familiarize himself with the 2.5 mile track, the Scott Rookie Challenge points leader has been practicing on iRacing, and is participating in the ARCA open test on June 3rd.
Following a pair of top-fives in the last two events for the Verizon IndyCar Series, Scott Dixon entered today's event in Belle Isle, Detroit with success on the mind. Unfortunately, contact with his teammate Charlie Kimball would end his race before the end.
The NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series will head back to Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend, with the doubleheader event featuring the opening race of the 2024 playoffs for NASCAR’s premier series with Sunday’s Quaker State 400.
