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Cheers!
Cheers!
Ed Carpenter Racing and Zuzzy’s Vodka has teamed up with media personality Lindy Thackston for the 2012 INDYCAR season. Lindy will be running ECR social media and activation. Expect lots of “CHEERS” from Lindy via social media from official Vodka of INDYCAR and Ed Carpenter Racing.
Ed Carpenter Racing on twitter
Fuzzys Vodka on twitter
Previously Lindy had worked for VERSUS (Now NBC Sports) and local Indianapolis TV Station WTHR.
Ed Carpenter Racing and Zuzzy’s Vodka has teamed up with media personality Lindy Thackston for the 2012 INDYCAR season. Lindy will be running ECR social media and activation. Expect lots of “CHEERS” from Lindy via social media from official Vodka of INDYCAR and Ed Carpenter Racing.
Ed Carpenter Racing on twitter
Fuzzys Vodka on twitter
Previously Lindy had worked for VERSUS (Now NBC Sports) and local Indianapolis TV Station WTHR.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Driver lineup for 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series starting to take shape
Driver lineup for 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series starting to take shape
Team – Andretti Autosport – Chevy engines
Drivers – Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter- Reay , James Hinchcliffe , 4th – TBA
Team – Ganassi Racing – Honda Engines
Drivers – Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Graham Rahal, Charlie Kimball
Team – Penske – Chevy Engines
Drivers – Will Power , Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe
Team – KV Racing – Chevy Engines
Drivers – Tony Kanaan, 2nd – Rumored to be E.J. Viso , 3rd – TBA
Team – A.J. Foyt Racing – Honda Engines
Drivers – Mike Conway , possibly 2nd car TBA
Team – Panther Racing – Chevy enginesDrivers – J.R. Hildebrand, possibly 2nd car TBA (rumored to be Tomas Sheckter)
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing – TBA Engine
Driver – Josef NewGarden
Dale Coyne Racing – TBA Engine
Drivers – Justin Wilson, 2nd –TBA (rumored to be James Jakes)
HVM Racing – Lotus Engine
Drivers – Simona De Silvestro, 2nd car TBA
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing – Lotus Engine
Drivers – Oriol Servia , 2nd car TBA (rumored to be Katherine Legge)
Bryan Herta Autosport – Lotus Engine
Driver – Alex Tagliani
Sam Schmidt Motorsports – Honda Engine
Drivers – Simon Pagenaud, 2nd car TBA
Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing – Honda Engine
Drivers – Nothing confirmed, rumors include Takumo Sato, Jay Howard, and Bertrand Baquette
Ed Carpenter Racing – Engine TBA
Driver – Ed Carpenter
Michael Shank Racing – Lotus Engine
Driver – TBA (prefer a veteran)
Dragon Racing – Engine TBA
Driver – TBA
Conquest Racing – Engine TBA
Driver – TBA
Drivers in the mix for FT rides in 2012 – Tomas Sheckter, Paul Tracy, James Jakes, Raphael Matos, Ho-Pin Tung, Katherine Legge, Ana Beatriz, Pippa Man, Sebastian Saavedra, Esteban Guerrieri , Martin Plowman, Wade Cunningham, Townsend Bell,
Possible Indy 500 one off drivers
(Note all drivers listed in the mix for FT would count as Indy 500 1 offs) John Andretti, Davey Hamilton, Jean Alesi, Danica Patrick, Kasey Kahne, Buddy Rice,
Team – Andretti Autosport – Chevy engines
Drivers – Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter- Reay , James Hinchcliffe , 4th – TBA
Team – Ganassi Racing – Honda Engines
Drivers – Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Graham Rahal, Charlie Kimball
Team – Penske – Chevy Engines
Drivers – Will Power , Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe
Team – KV Racing – Chevy Engines
Drivers – Tony Kanaan, 2nd – Rumored to be E.J. Viso , 3rd – TBA
Team – A.J. Foyt Racing – Honda Engines
Drivers – Mike Conway , possibly 2nd car TBA
Team – Panther Racing – Chevy enginesDrivers – J.R. Hildebrand, possibly 2nd car TBA (rumored to be Tomas Sheckter)
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing – TBA Engine
Driver – Josef NewGarden
Dale Coyne Racing – TBA Engine
Drivers – Justin Wilson, 2nd –TBA (rumored to be James Jakes)
HVM Racing – Lotus Engine
Drivers – Simona De Silvestro, 2nd car TBA
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing – Lotus Engine
Drivers – Oriol Servia , 2nd car TBA (rumored to be Katherine Legge)
Bryan Herta Autosport – Lotus Engine
Driver – Alex Tagliani
Sam Schmidt Motorsports – Honda Engine
Drivers – Simon Pagenaud, 2nd car TBA
Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing – Honda Engine
Drivers – Nothing confirmed, rumors include Takumo Sato, Jay Howard, and Bertrand Baquette
Ed Carpenter Racing – Engine TBA
Driver – Ed Carpenter
Michael Shank Racing – Lotus Engine
Driver – TBA (prefer a veteran)
Dragon Racing – Engine TBA
Driver – TBA
Conquest Racing – Engine TBA
Driver – TBA
Drivers in the mix for FT rides in 2012 – Tomas Sheckter, Paul Tracy, James Jakes, Raphael Matos, Ho-Pin Tung, Katherine Legge, Ana Beatriz, Pippa Man, Sebastian Saavedra, Esteban Guerrieri , Martin Plowman, Wade Cunningham, Townsend Bell,
Possible Indy 500 one off drivers
(Note all drivers listed in the mix for FT would count as Indy 500 1 offs) John Andretti, Davey Hamilton, Jean Alesi, Danica Patrick, Kasey Kahne, Buddy Rice,
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing future is bright
Yesterday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sarah Fisher confirmed her driver plans for 2012 by announcing the signing of a three year contract with American Josef Newgarden, the 2011 Indy Lights champion. The news by all accounts, was great, Sarah Fisher Racing is a small team of 17 employees and literally started from the ground up in 2008.
The even better news was that Fisher announced her team is rebranding as Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, (SFHR). The partnership of Wink Hartman and Sarah Fisher dates back to 2008, but the financial involvement of Hartman has strengthened and will allow Fisher’s Indianapolis based team to grow.
SFHR won their first race at Kentucky in 2011 with fellow American Ed Carpenter , but a bright moment was overshadowed by the departure of primary sponsor Dollar General to full-time NASCAR involvement, and later Carpenter’s formation of his own team. SFHR had their ace in the hole with Hartman.
Hartman, who owns a professional indoor soccer team and football teams in Kansas, will now be fully involved in the growth and development of the one car team piloted by Newgarden. Hartman, whose money is tied into oil, has deep pockets and according to sources, has pledged to take SFHR to the next step in the IZOD IndyCar Series.
SFHR has an engine contract in place, but has yet to announce it, is widely rumored to be partnering with Honda. SFHR should also have some exciting announcements in regards to their relocation of their new race shop. That announcement could happen at the start of the new year.
The hire of Newgarden will allow his sponsorship money from the Mazda Road to Indy to be applied to the 2012 season and will help off-set the costs of new equipment. Newgarden had five wins for SSM in 2011 in the Firestone Indy Lights series. Newgarden, 20, brings another American to the IZOD IndyCar Series, and is the immediate favorite to win Rookie of the year in 2012.
Continue to follow www.IndyCarGarage.com for updates on Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing and complete coverage of the IZOD IndyCar Series.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Sarah Fisher Racing Press Conference Tomorrow
Sarah Fisher Racing will have a press conference tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway on their 2012 plans. It's widely rumored that 2011 Indy Lights Champion
Josef Newgarden will use his partial sponsorship from winning the Lights Championship and become the full-time driver for SFR in 2012.
SFR also could be announcing their engine partner tomorrow as well. They have been rumored for Honda for awhile.
Newgarden tweeted late Tuesday night that he was headed to Indy the following day,
"Only one thing I like more than an empty airport, and that's an empty plane! Flying out to Dallas. Back in Indy tomorrow."
Stay tuned for more developments on SFR announcements and the location of their new race shop.
The announcment will be streamed live on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway network, through www.IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com
Motor Speedway on their 2012 plans. It's widely rumored that 2011 Indy Lights Champion
Josef Newgarden will use his partial sponsorship from winning the Lights Championship and become the full-time driver for SFR in 2012.
SFR also could be announcing their engine partner tomorrow as well. They have been rumored for Honda for awhile.
Newgarden tweeted late Tuesday night that he was headed to Indy the following day,
"Only one thing I like more than an empty airport, and that's an empty plane! Flying out to Dallas. Back in Indy tomorrow."
Stay tuned for more developments on SFR announcements and the location of their new race shop.
The announcment will be streamed live on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway network, through www.IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Hunter-Reay wins at Loudon and Power flashes the double bird!
Hunter-Reay wins at Loudon and Power flashes the double bird!
INDYCAR returned to their small bull-ring ovals at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and it was anything but dual.
It all started on lap one when Graham Rahal made contact with Mike Conway’s spinning car on lap one. Both cars were done for the day.
Dario continued to dominate the race until light rain brought out the caution.
On the restart after a lengthy caution delay, Dario Franchitti came down on Takumo Sato and hit the inside way of the front stretch. Franchitti day was done and he put all the blame on Sato in his post-race interview.
Ryan Hunter-Reay resumed the race in position number one and that would prove to be his finish position until the race was called with five laps left.
The highlights of this race will be the call by INDYCAR race control to attempt to re-start the race with five laps to go. Rain brought out the yellow again with just under 20 laps to go in the Movethatblock.com225.
Coming off turn four on the re-start with five to go, Danica Patrick spun her tires and took out multiple cars. Among the cars, Will Power, Ed Carpenter, Takumo Sato, and Danica. The race was then red-flagged. About 15 minutes passed until the checkered was displayed and Ryan Hunter-Reay was declared the race winner.
What happened in between the red flag and the checkered flag is what will keep INDYCAR in the news for a few days.
Among the highlights of ABC’s coverage was Michael Andretti’s rant directly after the restart with five to go, with Michael being quoting
“This is the worst officiating I’ve ever seen, sorry Brian, but this was bad”
“You just don’t do that , it was wetter than when they threw the yellow earlier”
“Normally Brian does a great job, but this one, he really missed it”
Among the Will Power quotes after he flipped the double bird to race control while walking next to Penske President Tim Cindric (see picture)
“I was begging him, we were begging him, please don’t go green”
(On Brian Barnhardt) “ There is no use, he makes such bad calls all the time this is gonna be it, they can’t have this guy running the show , because this was his decision that put a lot of drivers in danger and you saw how many people crashed on the front straight and it was no condition to race in, shame on him.”
“I just can’t believe they make decisions like that, I mean what are those guys up there doing, I mean they have Al Unser Jr, he’s raced, he would never race in these conditions. So to me it was disgraceful.”
(On fines coming Power’s way) “Yeah I know I lost my temper , but it was bad of me to do that, I couldn’t help it, I was so emotional about it. We had such a good day and we begged them, begged them not to do it.”
In the end Ryan Hunter-Reay captured his first race win of 2011 and the third for Andretti Autosport. As Michael Andretti , CEO of Andretti Autosport said “ This is the third race winner of the season from our team and I just have to thank our sponsors for the decision they made this year” .
A very exciting race for INDYCAR and hopefully for T.V. ratings as well.
INDYCAR returned to their small bull-ring ovals at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and it was anything but dual.
It all started on lap one when Graham Rahal made contact with Mike Conway’s spinning car on lap one. Both cars were done for the day.
Dario continued to dominate the race until light rain brought out the caution.
On the restart after a lengthy caution delay, Dario Franchitti came down on Takumo Sato and hit the inside way of the front stretch. Franchitti day was done and he put all the blame on Sato in his post-race interview.
Ryan Hunter-Reay resumed the race in position number one and that would prove to be his finish position until the race was called with five laps left.
The highlights of this race will be the call by INDYCAR race control to attempt to re-start the race with five laps to go. Rain brought out the yellow again with just under 20 laps to go in the Movethatblock.com225.
Coming off turn four on the re-start with five to go, Danica Patrick spun her tires and took out multiple cars. Among the cars, Will Power, Ed Carpenter, Takumo Sato, and Danica. The race was then red-flagged. About 15 minutes passed until the checkered was displayed and Ryan Hunter-Reay was declared the race winner.
What happened in between the red flag and the checkered flag is what will keep INDYCAR in the news for a few days.
Among the highlights of ABC’s coverage was Michael Andretti’s rant directly after the restart with five to go, with Michael being quoting
“This is the worst officiating I’ve ever seen, sorry Brian, but this was bad”
“You just don’t do that , it was wetter than when they threw the yellow earlier”
“Normally Brian does a great job, but this one, he really missed it”
Among the Will Power quotes after he flipped the double bird to race control while walking next to Penske President Tim Cindric (see picture)
“I was begging him, we were begging him, please don’t go green”
(On Brian Barnhardt) “ There is no use, he makes such bad calls all the time this is gonna be it, they can’t have this guy running the show , because this was his decision that put a lot of drivers in danger and you saw how many people crashed on the front straight and it was no condition to race in, shame on him.”
“I just can’t believe they make decisions like that, I mean what are those guys up there doing, I mean they have Al Unser Jr, he’s raced, he would never race in these conditions. So to me it was disgraceful.”
(On fines coming Power’s way) “Yeah I know I lost my temper , but it was bad of me to do that, I couldn’t help it, I was so emotional about it. We had such a good day and we begged them, begged them not to do it.”
In the end Ryan Hunter-Reay captured his first race win of 2011 and the third for Andretti Autosport. As Michael Andretti , CEO of Andretti Autosport said “ This is the third race winner of the season from our team and I just have to thank our sponsors for the decision they made this year” .
A very exciting race for INDYCAR and hopefully for T.V. ratings as well.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Zach Veach heads into Mid-Ohio with momentum and fans
Zach Veach heads into Mid-Ohio with momentum and fans
Andretti Autosport driver Zach Veach continues his USF2000 summer racing schedule with a stint on his home turf at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this weekend. Veach, 16, joins the full “Mazda Road to Indy” developmental ladder system in support of the IZOD IndyCar Series’ headliner at the 50-year-old racing facility. Veach has also been a guest on IndyCar Garage Weekly and was featured as part of Andretti Autosport’s Road to Indy week on www.IndyCarGarage.com
“Our season started out great, we won the first race of the season, captured poles at Sebring and really have been focused on finishing as high as possible in each race.”
Veach sits currently second in the points championship, trailing Petri Suvanto by 17 points. Veach’s teammate, Spencer Pigot, sits one point behind in third.
“It’s a good and bad thing when your teammate is really fast, you can learn from each other, but also it makes you push harder and do your best. “
Veach enters his very first race at Mid-Ohio on the heels of two straight runner-up finishes at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and at The Milwaukee Mile. The Zakosi Data Backup car No. 7 is now second in series points heading into the 13-turn 2.25 mi paved road course. Already this year, Veach has taken two race wins and three pole positions to capture the inaugural Cooper Tires presents the USF2000 Winterfest Championship. This season, he has earned three pole positions, a race win and five top-five finishes.
Mid-Ohio, a natural road course, while Veach’s home race, it’s not his preference of track. Veach prefers oval racing over road/street course racing.
“I’ve always felt more in tune on the ovals, it’s all about being smooth.”
“The USF2000 cars have little downforce so you have to almost throw the car around and get in through each turn (on road courses).”
Even though Veach’s prefers the ovals, it still will be special to race so close to home. Veach expects almost two dozen family members at this race, as well as a number of representatives from his new sponsor The Young Marines. This “home field” feel makes the 2011 Mid-Ohio all the more special to Veach, who places a strong value on family.
To follow Veach’s progress at the Mid-Ohio in Lexington, OH, live timing and scoring is available on www.usf2000timing.com or for more information, please visit www.ZachVeach.com or www.AndrettiAutosport.com.
Andretti Autosport driver Zach Veach continues his USF2000 summer racing schedule with a stint on his home turf at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this weekend. Veach, 16, joins the full “Mazda Road to Indy” developmental ladder system in support of the IZOD IndyCar Series’ headliner at the 50-year-old racing facility. Veach has also been a guest on IndyCar Garage Weekly and was featured as part of Andretti Autosport’s Road to Indy week on www.IndyCarGarage.com
“Our season started out great, we won the first race of the season, captured poles at Sebring and really have been focused on finishing as high as possible in each race.”
Veach sits currently second in the points championship, trailing Petri Suvanto by 17 points. Veach’s teammate, Spencer Pigot, sits one point behind in third.
“It’s a good and bad thing when your teammate is really fast, you can learn from each other, but also it makes you push harder and do your best. “
Veach enters his very first race at Mid-Ohio on the heels of two straight runner-up finishes at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and at The Milwaukee Mile. The Zakosi Data Backup car No. 7 is now second in series points heading into the 13-turn 2.25 mi paved road course. Already this year, Veach has taken two race wins and three pole positions to capture the inaugural Cooper Tires presents the USF2000 Winterfest Championship. This season, he has earned three pole positions, a race win and five top-five finishes.
Mid-Ohio, a natural road course, while Veach’s home race, it’s not his preference of track. Veach prefers oval racing over road/street course racing.
“I’ve always felt more in tune on the ovals, it’s all about being smooth.”
“The USF2000 cars have little downforce so you have to almost throw the car around and get in through each turn (on road courses).”
Even though Veach’s prefers the ovals, it still will be special to race so close to home. Veach expects almost two dozen family members at this race, as well as a number of representatives from his new sponsor The Young Marines. This “home field” feel makes the 2011 Mid-Ohio all the more special to Veach, who places a strong value on family.
To follow Veach’s progress at the Mid-Ohio in Lexington, OH, live timing and scoring is available on www.usf2000timing.com or for more information, please visit www.ZachVeach.com or www.AndrettiAutosport.com.
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