Virtual IndyCar: Team Previews

Last week, I introduced the Virtual IndyCar World Series. Now I’m going to in-depth with the teams and drivers on there open-wheel stats. Alex Zanardi (Italy) #1 Date of Birth: October 23, 1969 Teams: Ganassi (1996-1998) and Mo Nunn (2001) Rookie Season: 1996 (3rd) First Win: 1996 Portland Grand Prix Championships: 2 (1997-1998) Poles: 10 [...]

INTRO: Virtual IndyCar World Series

I’m a big believer in what ifs. So I’m going to create a feature for the blog. I’m going to call it “Virtual IndyCar”. What is Virtual IndyCar? Simple. VIC is the greatest 30 CART/IRL drivers of the 90s to the present day competing in the ultimate “IndyCar World Series” (my opinion).I say this because [...]

IndyCar: Three Races In, What Have We Learned?

The 2012 IndyCar and Formula One seasons have been very interesting so far. They are both three races in. So what have we learned? Competitiveness of the DW12: Everybody knew the DW12 was going to be a question mark going into the 2012 season. We have seen more passing at every single race this season. [...]

IndyCar All-Access: Recap of Barber Plus Long Beach Preview

First off, we are very sorry that we couldn’t recap St. Petersburg and preview Barber.  We will not have Matt Hickey with us this weekend due to other commitments. Participants: John Oreovicz  @indyoreo Matt Bauer @bauerracing Jerry Cruz @jerrycruz1077 John Hetrick @hetrick32 Tony Tellez @tonytellez Kent Mueller @Kent_RM *Note: All Chevrolet drivers will face a [...]

How Do We Make IndyCar Better?

When Tony George created the “Indy Racing League” in 1994, his mission was to run an all oval series. That made a ton of people mad.  Nobody saw any point in the IRL, the first year they only ran three races. Then they ran a spilt season in 1996 and 1997. This series proved very [...]

Please! We Need Randy to Succeed; RE: Schedule

The 2012 IndyCar schedule is less than impressive. It doesn’t have anything that the average fan wants. I mean this, no history (other than Indy and Long Beach), and very few ovals. Remember when the series was all ovals. Well, that was under Tony George’s guidance. Since George left in 2009, the schedule has gone [...]

IndyCar Preview

The 2012 IndyCar Series Season starts up this weekend in the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. There are a ton of changes in this season from last. Dan Wheldon: As Robin Miller revealed in the weekend of 2011 Las Vegas, Wheldon did sign with Andretti to replace Danica. But then tragedy struck and that didn’t happen. [...]

IndyCar All-Access: Previewing St. Petersburg

Sunday is the opening race of the 2012 IndyCar season. Hopefully it’ll be just as exciting as the Formula One season opener in Australia. Track Layout: Entrant List: # Driver Team Sponsor Engine 2 Briscoe Penske IZOD C 3 Castroneves Penske Shell C 4 Hildebrand Panther N.G. C 5 Viso KV Citgo C 6 Legge [...]

Combined Testing Results (More Later)

Pos Driver Team/Car/Engine Time 1. Scott Dixon Ganassi DW12-Honda 51.7932s 2. Dario Franchitti Ganassi DW12-Honda 52.0157s 3. Helio Castroneves Penske DW12-Chevrolet 52.1413s 4. Rubens Barrichello KV DW12-Chevrolet 52.1615s 5. Will Power Penske DW12-Honda 52.2059s 6. JR Hildebrand Panther DW12-Chevrolet 52.2068s 8. Ryan Briscoe Penske DW12-Chevrolet 52.2072s 9. Mike Conway Foyt DW12-Honda 52.2230s 10. Ryan Hunter-Reay [...]

Round 2 of IndyCar All- Access

This week we are back with IndyCar All-Access, if you forgot who are participants are: here they are: John Oreovicz (JO) Matt Hickey (MH) Matt Bauer (MB) Tony Tellez (TT) John Hetrick (JH) Jerry Cruz (JC) Kent Mueller (KM) This week we discuss, MSR and Conquest, Barrichello, races, and where standing starts should take place. Q: [...]