Saturday, June 10, 2017

TODAY'S FEATURED INDYCAR DRIVER: J.R. HILDEBRAND

2010

Best Season Finish: 16th 8/8 Mid-Ohio

2011

INDY 500 Result: Started 12th Finished 2nd

2012

INDY 500 Result: Started 18th Finished 14th
Best Season Finish: 5th 4/15 Long Beach and 6/9 Texas

2013

INDY 500 Result: Started 10th Finished 33rd
Best Season Finish: 5th 4/21 Long Beach

2014

INDY 500 Result: Started 9th Finished 10th

2015

INDY 500 Result: Started 10th Finished 8th

2016 

INDY 500 Result: Started 15th Finished 6th

Friday, June 9, 2017

TODAY'S FEATURED INDYCAR DRIVER: PIPPA MANN

2011

INDY 500 Result: Started 31st finished 20th

2013

INDY 500 Result: Started 30th finished 30th
Best Finish of the season: 15th 7/7 Pocono

2014

INDY 500 Result: Started 22nd finished 24th

2015

INDY 500 Result: Started 25th finished 22nd
Best finish of the season: Two 13th place finishes: 6/27 California and 8/23 Pocono

2016

INDY 500 Result: Started 25th finished 18th
Best Finish of the season: 17th 8/22 Pocono

Thursday, June 8, 2017

INDYCAR AT TEXAS TRACK STATS:

Wins by Team:
Team Penske 8
Panther Racing 5
Team Kelley 4
Chip Ganassi 4Team Treadway 1
A.J. Foyt Enterprises 1
Jonathan Byrd Racing 1
Andretti Autosport 1
Dale Coyne 1
Ed Carpenter Racing 1
Rahal Letterman Racing 1

Wins by Driver:
Helio Castroneves 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013
Sam Hornish 2001, 2002, 2007
Scott Goodyear 1999, 2000
Scott Sharp 2000, 2001
Scott Dixon 2008, 2015
Arie Luyendyk 1997
Billy Boat 1998
John Paul Jr. 1998
Mark Dismore 1999
Jeff Ward 2002
Al Unser Jr. 2003
Gil de Ferran 2003
Tony Kanaan 2004
Tomas Scheckter 2005
Ryan Briscoe 2010
Dario Franchitti 2011
Will Power 2011
Justin Wilson 2012
Ed Carpenter 2014
Graham Rahal 2016

Races won from the Pole:
Sam Hornish 2001 (2)
Gil de Ferran 2003 (2)
Helio Castroneves 2004 (2)
Tomas Scheckter 2005
Scott Dixon 2008
Ryan Briscoe 2010


Farthest back a winner started:
17th Justin Wilson 2012

Average starting position of the race winner:
5th

Most Cautions in a race:
8 1997, 1998 (2), 2008

Fewest Cautions in a race: 
0 2011 (2)

Average Number of cautions per race:
4

Most Caution laps in a race:
78 1999 (2)

Fewest Caution laps in a race:
0 2011 (2)

Average Number of caution laps in a race:
34

Fastest average speed:
206.693 mph Will Power 2011 (2)

Slowest average speed:
131.931 mph John Paul Jr. 1998 (2)

Most Lead Changes in a race: 
32 2001 (2)

Fewest Lead Changes in a race:
4 2013

Average Number of lead changes in a race:
14

All Time Laps Led:

Driver Led
Helio Castroneves 506
Sam Hornish, Jr. 446
Tomas Scheckter 371
Tony Kanaan 363
Scott Dixon 353
Ryan Briscoe 282
Al Unser, Jr. 275
Will Power 252
Dan Wheldon 247
Dario Franchitti 236
Tony Stewart 208
Greg Ray 202
James Hinchcliffe 196
Buddy Lazier 172
Scott Goodyear 164
Scott Sharp 155
Billy Boat 119
Eddie Cheever, Jr. 114
Ed Carpenter 92
Marco Andretti 84
Gil de Ferran 68
Mark Dismore 60
Simon Pagenaud 59
Alex Tagliani 54
Kenny Brack 53
Vitor Meira 51
Arie Luyendyk 49
Ryan Hunter-Reay 46
Carlos Munoz 37
Robbie Buhl 33
Robby Unser 33
Jaques Lazier 32
John Paul, Jr. 31
Raul Boesel 30
Juan Pablo Montoya 29
Shigeaki Hattori 28
Graham Rahal 28
Donnie Beechler 26
Jeff Ward 26
Roberto Guerrero 22
Felipe Giaffone 19
Adrian Fernandez 18
Robby McGehee 16
Sam Schmidt 15
Justin Wilson 11
Bruno Junqueira 10
Kosuke Matsuura 8
Bryan Herta 7
Andy Michner 7
Buddy Rice 7
Airton Dare 6
Jim Guthrie 6
Jeff Simmons 5
Davey Hamilton 4
Eliseo Salazar 4
Robbie Groff 3
Danica Patrick 3
Alex Barron 2
James Jakes 2
Josef Newgarden 2
E.J. Viso 2
Charlie Kimball 1
Hideki Mutoh 1




TODAY'S FEATURED INDYCAR DRIVER: Dan Wheldon

2002

Best Finish: 10th 9/8 Chicagoland

2003

INDY 500 Result: Started 5th finished 19th
Best Finish: 3rd 10/12 Texas

2004

INDY 500 Result: Started 2nd finished 3rd
Best Finish: 3 Wins 4/17 Japan, 6/26 Richmond and 8/29 Nazareth

2005

INDY 500 Result: Started 16th and was the WINNER
Best Finish: 5 other wins: 3/6 Homestead, 4/3 St. Petersburg, 4/30 Japan, 8/21 Pikes Peak and 9/11 Chicagoland

2006

INDY 500 Result: Started 3rd finished 4th
Best Finish: 2 wins: 3/26 Homestead and 9/10 Chicagoland

2007

INDY 500 Result: Started 6th finished 22nd
Best Finish: 2 wins: 3/24 Homestead and 4/29 Kansas

2008

INDY 500 Result: Started 2nd finished 12th
Best Finish: 2 wins: 4/27 Kansas and 6/22 Iowa

2009

INDY 500 Result: Started 18th finished 2nd

2010

INDY 500 Result: Started 18th finished 2nd
Best Finish: Also finished 2nd 8/28 Chicagoland

2011

INDY 500 Result: Started 6th and was the WINNER

Sunday, June 4, 2017

TODAY'S FEATURED INDYCAR DRIVER: BUDDY LAZIER

1989

INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

1990

INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify
Best Season Result: 12th 9/2 Vancouver

1991

INDY 500 Result: Started 23rd and finished 33rd
Best Season Result: 9th 8/25 Denver

1992

INDY 500 Result: Started 24th and finished 14th
Best Season Result: 7th 8/2 Michigan 500

1993

INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify
Best Season Result: 14th 8/15 Road America

1994

INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify
Best Season Result: 13th 4/10 Phoenix

1995

INDY 500 Result: Started 23rd and finished 27th
Best Season Result: 14th 7/30 Michigan 500

1996

INDY 500 Result: Started 5th and WON HIS ONLY 500

1997

INDY 500 Result: Started 10th and finished 4th
Best Season Result: He WON 7/26 Charlotte

1998

INDY 500 Result: Started 11th and finished 2nd
Best Season Result: He also finished 2nd 7/19 Dover

1999

INDY 500 Result: Started 22nd and finished 7th
Best Season Result: 2nd 8/1 Dover

2000

INDY 500 Result: Started 16th and finished 2nd
Best Season Result: TWO WINS 3/19 Phoenix and 8/27 Kentucky

2001

INDY 500 Result: Started 10th and finished 18th
Best Season Result: FOUR WINS 6/17 Pikes Peak, 6/30 Richmond, 7/21 Nashville and 8/12 Kentucky

2002

INDY 500 Result: Started 20th and finished 15th
Best Season Result: Two 3rd's 8/11 Kentucky and 9/8 Chicagoland

2003

INDY 500 Result: Started 21st and finished 21st
Best Season Result: 10th 6/15 Pikes Peak

2004

INDY 500 Result: Started 28th and finished 23rd

2005

INDY 500 Result: Started 9th and finished 5th

2006

INDY 500 Result: Started 25th and finished 12th

2007

INDY 500 Result: Started 22nd and finished 19th

2008

INDY 500 Result: Started 32nd and finished 17th

2009

INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

2013

INDY 500 Result: Started 32nd and finished 31st

2014

INDY 500 Result: Started 33rd and finished 32nd

2015

INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

2016

INDY 500 Result: Started 32nd and finished 30th

2017

INDY 500 Result: Started 30th and finished 29th

Friday, June 2, 2017

INDYCAR AT DETROIT TRACK STATS:

Wins by Team:
Team Penske 6
Andretti Autosport 3
Newman Haas 2
Chip Ganassi 2
Rahal Letterman 1
Galles Kraco 1
Derrick Walker 1
Team Forsythe 1
Dale Coyne 1
Sam Schmidt 1
KV Racing Technologies 1

Wins by Driver:
Helio Castroneves 2000, 2001, 2014 (2)
Will Power 2014, 2016 (2)
Sebastien Bourdais 2015 (2), 2016 
Bobby Rahal 1992
Danny Sullivan 1993
Paul Tracy 1994
Robby Gordon 1995
Michael Andretti 1996
Greg Moore 1997
Alex Zanardi 1998
Dario Franchitti 1999
Tony Kanaan 2007
Justin Wilson 2008
Scott Dixon 2012
Mike Conway 2013
Simon Pagenaud 2013 (2)
Carlos Munoz 2015

Races won from the pole:
Robby Gordon 1995
Helio Castroneves 2001
Scott Dixon 2012

Farthest back a winner started:
20th Carlos Munoz 2015 race 1

Average Starting Position of a winner: 
6th

Most Cautions in a race: 
8 in 1999 and 2015 race 1

Fewest Cautions in a race: 
2 in 1998 and 2016 race 1

Average Cautions in a race: 
5

Most Caution Laps in a race:
24 in 1996

Fewest Caution Laps in a race:
7 in 1998

Average Number of Caution Laps in a race:
16

Race Record:
100.052 mph by Alex Zanardi in 1998

Slowest Average Speed: 
75.136 mph by Michael Andretti in 1996

Most Lead Changes in a race:
10 2014 race 1

Fewest Lead Changes in a race: 
0 in 2001 and 2012

Average Number of Lead Changes in a race: 
4

All Time Laps Led:

Driver Led
Helio Castroneves 257
Juan Pablo Montoya 165
Simon Pagenaud 93
Al Unser, Jr. 84
Mike Conway 82
Scott Dixon 81
Paul Tracy 72
Christian Fittipaldi 64
Alex Zanardi 50
Will Power 47
Dario Franchitti 44
Michael Andretti 44
Robby Gordon 43
Greg Moore 42
Sebastien Bourdais 38
Danny Sullivan 30
Tony Kanaan 30
Bobby Rahal 29
Gil de Ferran 27
Mauricio Gugelmin 25
Marco Andretti 24
Takuma Sato 22
Ryan Hunter-Reay 20
Justin Wilson 18
Conor Daly 16
Emerson Fittipaldi 12
Graham Rahal 11
James Hinchcliffe 10
Danica Patrick 9
Carlos Munoz 8
Buddy Rice 7
Ryan Briscoe 5
James Jakes 4
Charlie Kimball 3
Mikhail Aleshin 3
Roberto Moreno 2
Alexander Rossi 1
Jack Hawksworth 1
Nigel Mansell 1
Oriol Servia 1
Scott Pruett 1
Tristan Vautier 1

 
 


TODAY'S FEATURED INDYCAR DRIVER: Dr. Jack Miller

1997

Best Finish: 15th 1/25 at Orlando

Indy 500 Result: Started 17th finished 20th

1998

Best Finish: 9th 7/25 at Charlotte

Indy 500 Result: Started 15th finished 21st

1999

Best Finish: 18th 7/17 at Atlanta

Indy 500 Result: Started 31st finished 31st

2000

Best Finish: 24th 4/22 at Las Vegas in what was his only race of the year:

Indy 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

2001

Best Finish: 25th 4/28 at Atlanta in what was his only race of the year:

Indy 500 Result: was entered but did not show up