Ed Carpenter Racing will prepare a backup car for Rinus VeeKay after Friday night’s big crash that caused significant damage to his No. 21 Chevy when he was hit from behind by Colton Herta of Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing while the field was clustering in a restart aborted. “It’s easier …
Read More »Pagenaud goes from last to first in Iowa’s first game
Simon Pagenaud had not led a lap all season, had not won a race since last July in Toronto and had to start last Friday night in the first double race game at Iowa Speedway. But the 2019 Indianapolis 500-mile champion made up for all those negative stats with one …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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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