Sunday, June 26, 2016

IndyCar at Road America track stats:

Wins by Team:
Andretti Autosport 4
Team Penske 3
Chip Ganassi 2

Former Winners in today's field:
Sebastien Boudrais 2007

Race Record for Average Speed:
137.697 mph Christian Fittipaldi in 1999

Slowest Average Speed:
81.800 mph by Emerson Fittipaldi in 1986

Races won from the pole:
Mario Andretti 1983
Mario Andretti 1984
Mario Andretti 1987
Danny Sullivan 1989
Paul Tracy 1993
Jacques Villeneuve 1995
Bruno Junqueira 2003
Sebastien Bourdais 2007

Farthest back a winner started:
13th Alex Tagliani in 2004

Record for Most Cautions:
6 in 1995, 1997, 2001, and 2006

Record for Fewest Cautions:
0 in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1999, and 2000

Record for Most Lead Changes:
11 in 1983

Record for Fewest Lead Changes:
0 in 1987, 1993, and 2003

Average Time of Race:
1:46

All Time Lap Leaders:

Paul Tracy 143
Michael Andretti 119
Mario Andretti 112
Danny Sullivan 101
Sebastien Bourdais 92
Emerson Fittipaldi 83
Al Unser, Jr. 75
Bruno Junqueira 71
Jacques Villeneuve 61
Juan Pablo Montoya 57
Bobby Rahal 52
Alex Tagliani 39
Helio Castroneves 24
Alex Zanardi 24
Mark Blundell 23
Dario Franchitti 23
Cristiano da Matta 22
Christian Fittipaldi 22
Roberto Moreno 17
Jacques Villeneuve 14
Kenny Brack 11
Teo Fabi 10
Mauricio Gugelmin 8
Greg Moore 8
Al Unser 8
A.J. Allmendinger 7
Dan Clarke 5
Bryan Herta 5
Gil de Ferran 4
Josele Garza 4
Rodolfo Lavin 3
Adrian Fernandez 1
J.J. Lehto 1
Rick Mears 1
Hector Rebaque 1
Charles Zwolsman, Jr. 1

Saturday, June 11, 2016

INDYCAR TEXAS TRACK STATS:

Wins by team:
Team Penske 8
Chip Ganassi 4
A.J. Foyt 1
Andretti Autosport 1
Dale Coyne 1
Ed Carpenter Racing 1

Former Winners in the field:
Helio Castroneves 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013
Scott Dixon 2008, 2015
Tony Kanaan 2004
Will Power 2011
Ed Carpenter 2014

Race Record for Average Speed:
206.693 mph set by Will Power in 2011 race 2

Slowest Average Speed:
131.931 mph set by John Paul Jr. in 1998 race 2

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

Farthest Back a Winner Started:
17th Justin Wilson in 2012

Record for Most Cautions:
8 in 1997, 1998 race 2 and 2008

Fewest Cautions: 
0 in 2011 race 2

Record for Most Lead Changes:
32 in 2001 race 2

Fewest Lead Changes:
4 in 2013

Average Time of Race: 1:56

All-Time Lap Leaders among active driver:

Helio Castroneves 499
Tony Kanaan 362
Scott Dixon 353
Will Power 252
Ed Carpenter 91
Marco Andretti 84
Simon Pagenaud 59
Ryan Hunter-Reay 35
Juan Pablo Montoya 29
Graham Rahal 27
James Hinchcliffe 8
Charlie Kimball 1

Saturday, June 4, 2016

INDYCAR IN DETROIT STATS:

WINS by TEAM:

Penske 5
Andretti 3
Ganassi 2
Rahal 1
Coyne 1
Schmidt 1
KV 1

Former Winners in this Race:
Helio Castroneves 2000, 2001, 2014 Race 2
Tony Kanaan 2007
Scott Dixon 2012
Simon Pagenaud 2013 Race 2
Will Power Race 1 2014
Carlos Munoz 2015 Race 1
Sebastian Bourdais 2015 Race 2

Race Record:
100.052 mph set by Alex Zanardi in 1998

Slowest avg. Speed:
75.136 mph by Michael Andretti in 1996

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

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

Record for Most Cautions:
8 in 1999 and 2015 race 1

Record for Fewest Cautions:
2 in 1998

Record for most Lead Changes:
10 in 2014 race 1

Fewest Lead Changes:
0 in 2001, and 2012

Avg. Time of race: 
1:52

All Time Lap Leaders among active drivers:

Helio Castroneves 247
Juan Pablo Montoya 152
Scott Dixon 80
Will Power 32
Tony Kanaan 30
Marco Andretti 24
Takuma Sato 22
Ryan Hunter-Reay 20
Sebastien Bourdais 18
Simon Pagenaud 18
Conor Daly 12
Graham Rahal 10
James Hinchcliffe 10
Carlos Munoz 8
Charlie Kimball 3
Mikhail Aleshin 3
Jack Hawksworth 1

Saturday, May 28, 2016

2015 INDIANAPOLIS 500

The 99th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 24, 2015. It was the premier event of the 2015 season of the Verizon IndyCar Series. Juan Pablo Montoya won his second Indianapolis 500, followed in the finish by Will Power, Charlie Kimball, polesitter Scott Dixon, and Graham Rahal.[5]
For the second year in a row, the month of May activities opened with the Grand Prix of Indianapolis over May 7–9. Practice opened on May 11, and time trials were held on May 16–17. Rain interrupted and eventually washed out time trials on May 16, and all qualifications were held on Sunday May 17.
The 2015 race saw the debut of unique aero kits from Chevrolet and Honda, respectively, outfitted for the Dallara DW12 chassis.[6] As part of the ICONIC project, aero kits were originally planned for 2012, but a series of delays due to cost issues put off their homologation and implementation until 2015. During practice, three Chevrolet entries suffered major crashes that resulted in flip-overs. The crashes raised safety concerns around the paddock, and series officials delayed time trials for several hours in order to address the situation with rule and procedural changes, removing qualifying from its status as a points-paying event.
During a practice session on May 18, IndyCar's Holmatro Safety Team was lauded for a life-saving effort in their rescue of driver James Hinchcliffe. During the run, Hinchcliffe was involved in a major crash, and was impaled by a suspension member. The rapid response by the medical crews was credited with likely saving his life, and nine days later he was released from Methodist Hospital, expected to make a full recovery. Hinchcliffe was able to drive the IndyCar two-seater at a promotional event in August at the Golden Gate Bridge, then made his first competitive laps in a Dan Wheldon Memorial karting event in September. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Indianapolis_500

Starting Lineup:
Row Inside Middle Outside
1 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon (W) 1 Australia Will Power 22 France Simon Pagenaud
2 10 Brazil Tony Kanaan (W) 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves (W) 25 United Kingdom Justin Wilson
3 11 France Sebastian Bourdais 27 United States Marco Andretti 21 United States Josef Newgarden
4 6 United States J. R. Hildebrand 26 Colombia Carlos Muñoz 20 United States Ed Carpenter
5 32 Spain Oriol Servià 83 United States Charlie Kimball 2 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya (W)
6 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay (W) 15 United States Graham Rahal 29 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
7 7 United Kingdom James Jakes 48 Canada Alex Tagliani 8 United States Sage Karam
8 43 United States Conor Daly 24 United States Townsend Bell 14 Japan Takuma Sato
9 63 United Kingdom Pippa Mann 98 Colombia Gabby Chaves (R) 17 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra
10 41 United Kingdom Jack Hawksworth 4 Monaco Stefano Coletti (R) 88 United States Bryan Clauson
11 5 Australia Ryan Briscoe2 18 France Tristan Vautier3 19 Australia James Davison1

Other Drivers on Entry List:

Buddy Lazier
Carlos Huertas
James Hinchcliffe

Lap-By-Lap Summery:

Caution #1 Car #5 Ryan Briscoe, Car #8 Sage Karam, and Car #14 Takuma Sato Crashed in Turns 1 and 2.
During the Caution: Car #29 Simona de Silvestro got in to the back of Car #2 Juan Montoya causing Montoya to make an unscheduled pit stop. Scott Dixon Leads Lap 1

Lap 11: Green Flag 

Lap 19: Tony Kanaan Took the lead

Lap 21: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 22: Tony Kanaan Took the lead

Lap 26: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 35: Simon Pagenaud Took the lead

Lap 37: Will Power Took the lead

Lap 39: Juan Montoya Took the lead

Lap 41: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 64: Caution #2 Car #88 Bryan Clauson Crashed in Turn 4

Lap 67: Simon Pagenaud Took the lead

Lap 69: Green Flag 

Lap 71: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 72: Simon Pagenaud Took the lead

Lap 73: Tony Kanaan Took the lead

Lap 75: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 76: Tony Kanaan Took the lead

Lap 98: Simon Pagenaud Took the lead

Lap 100: Helio Castroneves Took the lead

Lap 102: Simon Pagenaud Took the lead

Lap 113: Caution #3 Car #20 Ed Carpenter, and Car #32 Oriol Servia Crashed in Turn 1

Lap 122: Green Flag 

Lap 124: Will Power Took the lead

Lap 125: Simon Pagenaud Took the lead

Lap 126: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 128: Simon Pagenaud Took the lead

Lap 129: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 149: Simon Pagenaud Took the lead

Lap 151: Charlie Kimball Took the lead

Lap 153: Caution #4 Car #10 Tony Kanaan Crashed in Turns 3 and 4; Alex Tagliani Took the lead

Lap 155: Charlie Kimball Took the lead

Lap 158: Green Flag 

Lap 163: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 165: Juan Montoya Took the lead

Lap 167: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 168: Caution #5 Debris on the Track

Lap 170: Carlos Munoz Took the lead

Lap 172: Green Flag 

Lap 173: Justin Wilson Took the lead

Lap 175: Will Power Took the lead

Lap 176: Caution #6 Car #4 Stefano Coletti, Car #17 Sebastian Saavedra, and Car #41 Jack Hawksworth HARD CRASH in Turn 4

Lap 184: Green Flag 

Lap 187: Scott Dixon Took the lead

Lap 188: Will Power Took the lead

Lap 192: Juan Montoya Took the lead

Lap 193: Will Power Took the lead

Lap 197: Juan Montoya Took the lead

Lap 200: Checkered Flag: Juan Montoya Wins his Second Indy 500.           

Race Results:


Finish Driver Laps Status Prize Money
1 Juan Pablo Montoya 200 161.341 $2,449,055
2 Will Power 200 161.339 $792,555
3 Charlie Kimball 200 161.329 $564,055
4 Scott Dixon 200 161.326 $615,805
5 Graham Rahal 200 161.307 $439,555
6 Marco Andretti 200 161.304 $412,055
7 Helio Castroneves 200 161.3 $482,555
8 JR Hildebrand 200 161.289 $246,805
9 Josef Newgarden 200 161.282 $382,055
10 Simon Pagenaud 200 161.28 $307,805
11 Sebastien Bourdais 200 161.264 $378,555
12 Ryan Briscoe 200 161.259 $368,805
13 Takuma Sato 200 161.251 $364,055
14 Townsend Bell 200 161.218 $218,555
15 Ryan Hunter-Reay 200 161.201 $355,555
16 Gabby Chaves 200 161.195 $399,055
17 Alex Tagliani 200 161.178 $203,305
18 James Jakes 200 161.167 $347,555
19 Simona de Silvestro 200 161.157 $200,305
20 Carlos Munoz 200 160.766 $345,555
21 Justin Wilson 199 160.464 $211,305
22 Pippa Mann 197 158.544 $206,805
23 Sebastian Saavedra 175 Contact $200,305
24 Jack Hawksworth 175 Contact $205,055
25 Stefano Coletti 175 Contact $344,555
26 Tony Kanaan 151 Contact $375,555
27 James Davison 116 Mechanical $344,055
28 Tristan Vautier 116 Mechanical $344,055
29 Oriol Servia 112 Contact $201,805
30 Ed Carpenter 112 Contact $344,055
31 Bryan Clauson 61 Contact $200,305
32 Sage Karam 0 Contact $344,055
33 Conor Daly 0 Mechanical $201,805