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By Diane Swintal The final Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship race of the season will start at 64F under partly cloudy skies at PIR. At stake: a scholarship packaged valued at almost $407,000 to graduate to the 2023 Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. Reminder of the points as they stand (correction from the earlier points […]
By Patrick Stephan The second Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires practice of the weekend got underway at 11:15am under cloudy skies with the air temp at 69 degrees and the track at just 83.1F. That’s a pretty low track temp here, as we can expect it to get over 110F if the sun gets […]
By Diane Swintal Good morning from cloudy and cool Portland International Raceway. 63F at 8:00 a.m. Pacific, with highs only in the mid-70s and much later in the day. Four Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires sessions today, with the Cooper Tires USF200 Championship and the Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires […]
By Diane Swintal The day was going along as expected – until it wasn’t. The NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice was significantly delayed when a very large video screen along the front straight lost all its hydraulic fluid and tiled very precariously mere feet from the racing surface. Track services secured the screen and INDYCAR practice […]
By Diane Swintal Two Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship races Saturday, one race on Sunday, to decide the series champion. At stake is a scholarship packaged valued at almost $407,000 to graduate to the 2023 Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. Pabst Racing’s Jace Denmark will start on pole (grabbing that valuable championship point) […]
By Diane Swintal Two Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires races Saturday, one race on Sunday, to decide the series champion. At stake is a scholarship packaged valued at almost $615,000 to graduate to the 2023 Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires. Exclusive Autosport’s Louis Foster holds a 77-point lead over […]
By Patrick Stephan Before we get to the practice session, here are some notes from the media bullpen earlier today where I got to talk to some of the drivers. Matthew Brabham Chatted with Matthew Brabham, who is currently 2nd in Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires points, 108 behind Linus Lundqvist with three races […]
By Diane Swintal Green flag on race one qualifying as the day begins to warm up – 68F with an expected high of 88 degrees. Exclusive Autosport’s Louis Foster holds a 77-point lead over Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Reece Gold, and only needs to finish ahead of Gold and DEForce Racing’s Nolan Siegel to secure the […]
By Diane Swintal Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Reminder of how this qualifying works: One qualifying session to cover all three races: Qualifying session sets the race one grid Race two grid set by the second-quickest lap in qualifying or the quick race lap – whichever is quicker Race three grid set by the second-quickest lap […]
By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Steve Wittich spent this session on the radio broadcast, so I’ve jumped in to cover this session for the Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires. As noted by everyone, it’s a little sticky with the high humidity and we started the session with the track at ambient temperature at 88F and […]