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IndyCar spray passes its first real test in Iowa

The NTT IndyCar series’ decision to outfit its cars with a titanium halo wrapped in a thick laminated shield could have saved one or more lives on Friday night at Iowa Speedway. After avoiding a restart on lap 157, Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay seemed to slow down behind eventual …

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Daly and Newgarden split Iowa IndyCar posts

Conor Daly earned him and Carlin a first IndyCar pole position in Iowa on Friday, and it was only a late intervention by a pair of Penskes that kept him from securing a clean sweep for this weekend’s doubleheader, with Josef Newgarden finally claiming the honor for race two. Daly …

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IndyCar is testing a new cabin cooling device for Iowa

The NTT IndyCar series will test and compete with a new cabin cooling device during the double game Friday through Saturday at the Iowa 0.875-mile oval. After testing a raised blade that channeled air into the helmet crown during opening practice last week at Road America, the series switched to …

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PRUETT: Notes from Road America

Just when he thought we would finally write about a team other than Chip Ganassi Racing, Felix Rosenqvist ruins Arrow McLaren SP’s first win and offers the potential that allowed him to get the plum seat alongside Scott Dixon. Having compromised many words with CGR in our recent post-career analysis …

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PRUETT: Speedway Notes

After Scott Dixon and the Chip Ganassi Racing team delivered their Texan coup, we delved deep into the season’s low-season engineering deck where Dixon’s racing engineer Chris Simmons was promoted to a new role as CEO. performance, and IndyCar veteran Michael Cannon was brought into the reins of the guy …

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