The 50th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is set for April 11-13, and on race day the nearly 200,000 in attendance will gather beneath sunny skies – it’s never rained on race day – to watch the Indy cars compete on this street circuit, now run on Shoreline Drive.
Wickens makes the leap from TDR to GTD in DXDT Racing’s No. 36 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, complete with the specialized Bosch hand-control package.
Hand-braking technology is at the top of the list for the IMSA racer as he works to increase speed and performance.
IMSA conducted the third in its Michelin Endurance Championship events on the Watkins Glen International road course this past weekend. it also presented the fifth race in its IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge on the challenging road circuit that has served as site of the United States Grand Prix Formula One race in the past.
IMSA’s four-hour Michelin Pilot Challenge season-starter, traditionally held the day before the Rolex 24 at Daytona, will have quite a few interesting driver combinations to look forward to, in what is always a manufacturer “winner take all” prelude to the nascent twice-around-the-clock winter classic.
Another Pocono NTT IndyCar Series race, another big accident.
When his No. 6 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (Arrow SPM) Honda Indy car climbed the wall into the fencing at Pocono Raceway last August, few thought the Canadian ace would regain mobility.
Although the series doesn’t start its 17-race calendar until the second weekend of March, the NTT IndyCar Series has been busy with announcements and will soon conduct its initial open tests in preparation for the season-starter at St Petersburg, Fla.
As he crossed the start-finish line at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, Scott Dixon equaled a record held by the great A.J. Foyt.
Newly-named 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year Robert Wickens is continuing to undergo surgeries related to his devastating accident at Pocono Raceway last month.
