Fatherinlaw, bob gordon, was an offroad racing legend and brotherinlaw, robby gordon, is one of the most versatile racers of his generation. Coronavirus pandemic virtual racing puts nascar, indycar. Chip ganassi could let mcdonalds and credit one bank and chevrolet pull their funding and bankrupt his team or he could cut ties with the driver he had plucked from sprint car racing and groomed into an elite stock car driver. Indianapolis motor speedway reschedules its indycar races and now will have indycar run on ims road course the same day as the nascar xfinity series. The 2020 season marks marshall pruetts 34th year working in the sport. Chip ganassi racing has been fielding entries in nascar since 1989. In the promotions leading up to and in the first couple episodes of the the bachelor, the show played up arie luyendyk jr. There was a bit of overlap when i was starting in usac in 199798 and he was still in indycar. New york ap abc has announced race car driver arie luyendyk lyendyk jr. Emerson is the most famous, having won two f1 titles, a indy car title and two indy 500s. Arie was in a league of his own throughout the month of may, but he had little or no luck. In his role today for racer, pruett covers openwheel and sports car. Arie luijendijk is a dutch former auto racing driver, and winner of the 1990 and 1997 indianapolis 500 races.
Get indycar series 2020 season stats, career statistics, race logs, sponsor info and more. Owner chip ganassi also has a fulltime indycar team which has won the indy 500 four. Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series ntt indycar series arca menards series. Danica patrick becomes first woman to win indy race history. Indycar max papis, arie luyendyk and dan davis good. Jul 22, 20 tony stewart, eddie cheever, robby gordon, arie luyendyk, tom sneva and al unser sported the familiar yellow colors of the menards chain through the years at indy. He has competed mostly in north america where his father lives and made his career. Indycar names veteran motorsports trio as race stewards for. Indy rescheduling leads to nascarindycar doubleheader. Statistics series photos link s history indy 500 memorial f1 vs. Robby, a former indy car and nascar driver, is founder and current driver in the formula offroad stadium super trucks series. Roger penske also runs a fulltime indycar team that has.
Indycar was supposed to have two full days of preseason testing this week for drivers and teams to get all the data, feel and confidence they could with the new aeroscreens installed on the cars. Dan wheldon in 2011 is the most recent driver to start in the first three rows and win the race. In 2002, after returning to the united states, she began driving for the rahal letterman racing team, owned by 1986 indianapolis 500 champ bobby rahal and. Jan 15, 2018 in the promotions leading up to and in the first couple episodes of the the bachelor, the show played up arie luyendyk jr. Dan wheldon in 2011 is the most recent driver to start in the first three rows and win the. Arie luyendyk 198599, 200102 no one topped his 1990 winning average speed of 185.
Tony stewarts storied career got its start in indycar. Sign up for the latest news and happenings from nascar s regional and local series. Became youngest champion in nascar xfinity history in 2014. Firestone working on indianapolis 500 speed increase for indycar. The following infographic compares nascar to indycar racing and although it does not touch all of the differences, it does cover some of the more interesting ones. Click on the year to see the standings for that year.
Nascar official home race results, schedule, standings. Improving the indy 500 indycars superspeedway tech tweaks. The result is two indy 500 wins and three indy car championships, including the last one. My personal preference is indycar due to the elements of turning and braking in the races.
Nascar drivers at bristol motor speedway this weekend are buzzing about fernando alonso attempting the indianapolis 500. Worlds top drivers from nascar, indycar, formula 1 to compete in unique race kurt busch, helio castroneves and travis pastrana are among the drivers who will compete. Nasr remains optimistic of making indycar debut former formula 1 driver felipe nasr. The 1985 cart ppg indy car world series season was the 7th national championship season of american open wheel racing sanctioned by cart. The indianapolis motor speedway home of the indianapolis 500 features four corners banked at 9 degrees. Its a specially modified indy car, and the drivers who give fans rides include mario andretti, twotime indy 500 winner arie luyendyk, former indycar driver davey hamilton and luyendyk jr. Scott dixon has won three times there and is the career leader in indy car laps led at the track 517. Nascar has become an embarrassment to the historic indianapolis motor speedway, and the 2020 schedule change involving the track highlights this. What is the top recorded speed in indycar and formula one.
Time to build off excitement of upcoming season, 100th indy 500. This is the th day of the 102 stats in 102 days until the 102nd indy 500. There is no doubt luyendyk has some quality experience racing cars and a coveted accolade his lone indy 500 start but theres a reason. Arie luyendyk set the current indy track record of 237. The average finishing position for the indycar series points leader at the indy 500 is 17th since 1996. Nov 03, 2018 in august 1988, nascar driver geoff bodine got behind the wheel of arie luyendyks cart openwheel race car to run a few laps around michigan international speedway. The new bachelor is former indy 500 driver arie luyendyk jr. The design offset and lowered the engine and surrounded the driver with a highsided. Ntt indycar series driver graham rahal believes johnson will be. The week in indycar, april 16, with arie luyendyk racer.
They have formerly competed in the nascar xfinity series, global rallycross championship, fia world endurance championship and the imsa weathertech sportscar championship. They have earned three drivers titles and 179 victories in nascar so far. Miscellaneous all races for a year all races on a specific date random page chase races road course. Race stats 19112019 driver stats career starts career wins rookies drivers az driver records winning drivers. John andretti stats, race results, wins, news, record. Nascar live race coverage, latest news, race results, standings, schedules, and driver stats for cup, xfinity, gander outdoors. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. We have average finishes in recent races and average finishes for all active nascar drivers at indianapolis. Stats and results for the top rungs of the ladder system.
Apr 11, 2020 nascar assigned steve peterson to work with the indy racing league technical director phil casey, peds designer john pierce and the nebraska engineers on the project. Chase elliott nascar driver page bio and stats mrn. F1s fernando alonso to swap rides with nascars jimmie. Helio castroneves leads indy car drivers with four texas wins 2004, 06, 09 and. In recent years, luyendyk has served as an indycar pace car driver. The current list of indy 500 winners is topped by will power, who won last years indycar race at indianapolis motor speedway. South bend native and purdue university alumnus ryan newman is sent skidding across finish line at daytona 500. Max papis and arie luyendyk bring the knowledge as racewinning drivers. Indycar goes iracing as latest series to offer fans content indycar driver tony kanaan, of brazil, practices on his racing simulator in his home in indianapolis, saturday, march 28, 2020.
Robert wickens gives more detail of paraplegic status. In 1996, luyendyk was arguably the top indy car driver who chose to join the newlyformed indy racing league. Arie luyendyk jr is a dutchamerican auto racing driver and son of twotime indianapolis 500 winner arie luyendyk. Indycar goes iracing as latest series to offer fans content. Nascar daytona 500 finishes with hard crash involving hoosier. The 100th running of the indy 500 is coming in may, and its time to build off that excitement. Drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver rankings owners crew chiefs.
Unique perspectives on the daily sports topics that matter most. After setting the unofficial ims track record with a 239. Brickyard vintage racing invitational the pedigree of the brickyard vintage racing invitational june 2021 at the indianapolis motor speedway is elite, for both machines and drivers. The vehicles are propelled by cables to a creditable speed and then released to travel free the final 15 feet into the barriers.
Was born in dallas but considers himself a native floridian. Chip ganassi racing announced that it fired the 27yearold nascar driver after several sponsors. John andretti, the first driver to compete in the indianapolis 500 and nascar s cocacola 600 on the same day, has died at the age of 56 after a. Scott dixon takes 2017 indianapolis 500 pole, fernando alonso. Indy rescheduling leads to nascar indycar doubleheader. While dixon won the indy 500 from the pole in 2008 he finished fourth after starting from the pole in 2015, starting position has not been a major factor in the races outcome in recent years. The car liveries of ed carpenter racing drivers conor daly no. Luyendyk was revealed as the leading man for the reality competition on good morning. Drink whenever someone talks about aries history as a race car driver.
Indianapolis still looms large for childress official site. April 11 today in jayskis nascar history page 19 of 24. Luyendyk never gained fame as a race car driver, although he is the namesake of his father, a twotime indianapolis 500 winner. At just 27 years of age, its difficult to believe kyle busch is considered by many to be a nascar sprint cup series veteran. In late 2019, it was announced that meyer shank racing would be competing full time in the ntt indycar series for both 2020 and 2021, in a technical alliance with andretti autosport, with jack harvey continuing as the driver of the no. The latest indycar news, analysis and stats from autosports team of indycar correspondents and experts. Highlights from the 83rd running of the indianapolis 500. Drivers, mechanics honored for excellence at speedway indianapolis, may 29, 1999 many pep boys indy racing league drivers and crew members were honored with special awards saturday during the. Firestone working on indianapolis 500 speed increase for. Nascar driver must now deal with consequences of racist slur.
April 11 today in jayskis nascar history jayskis nascar. Is on the bachelor this season, which nascar driver would you most like to see on the bachelor. In his role today for racer, pruett covers openwheel and sports car racing. Worlds top drivers from nascar, indycar, formula 1 to. The 04 win came from the pole his only pole at the track. Indycar drivers like safety, still learning new aeroscreens. Apr 29, 2011 if i was the ceo of the izod indy car series for a day, i would make changes that would allow the series to regain its status as the face of motorsports. Justin haley nascar driver page stats, results, bio. The fittipaldi name resonates with race fans across the globe. Archived ot former indycar driver arie luyendyk jr is picked as the new bachelor.
Official justin haley nascar driver page with latest stats, race results, videos, news, photo galleries, team information, bio and more. The indianapolis 500mile race is the worlds oldest currently operational automobile race. Drivers express concern after ryan newman suffers serious injuries. The latest news in indycar and the world of motor sports. Injured indycar driver robert wickens has offered more detail on his definition of himself as a paraplegic in his recent posts on social media a spinal cord injury was among the severe injuries. Veekay called twotime indianapolis 500 winner arie luyendyk a longtime. He finished season with 16 topfive finishes and 26 top10 results in 33 starts.
Unique streamliners set stage for sleek cars of today at indy 500 master mechanics and innovators jim travers and frank coon chalked out a new car on the floor of their torrance, california, shop for car owner howard keck to enter in the 1952 indianapolis 500. In this video, i show an indycar driver winning a nascar race and it isnt somebody you were expecting. Watch live races and get the nascar schedule, race results, rumors and more on. Apr 24, 2019 we thought last years indy 500 was quite good, we asked chevrolet and honda what they thought and they were happy but the fan ratings were down a little bit. Luyendyk is best known for competing in the indy lights series where he finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in. For more stats and facts on nascar vs indycar watch the informative videos below the graphic.
Also became first series driver to win the series crown and rookie of the year honors in the same season. Coronavirus pandemic virtual racing puts nascar, indycar ahead in sports shutdown i think we are honestly still in the early stages of figuring out how to make this work as good as we can. See what indy car drivers accomplished in other realms of motorsport. Driver averages at indianapolis in recent races since feb. Feb 24, 2016 the flying dutchman still holds the indianapolis motor speedway one and fourlap track speed records set in 1996 and was inducted into the motorsports hall of fame of america in 2014. Mar 08, 2016 the indycar series is set to kick off this sunday with bright prospects.
Sep 30, 2015 i was in usac and wanted to be an indy car driver like he was. Chip ganassi racing teams or simply chip ganassi racing cgr, is an american auto racing organization with teams competing in the ntt indycar series and nascar cup series. He was inducted into the indianapolis motor speedway hall of fame in 2009, and the motorsports hall of fame of america in 2014. Scott dixon claimed 2017 indianapolis 500 pole with the fastest qualifying speed since arie luyendyks 1996 record, while fernando alonso earned fifth on the grid for his indycar debut. Nascar has become an embarrassment to indianapolis motor. To some an indy car legend to others unskilled driver an who drives with no respect for anyone else. More than 300 of the worlds most exceptional vintage race cars will compete in 12 different sportscar vintage racing association svra classes on the 14turn, 2. This list will show you the most popular iracing series each week as well as detailed series stats. Has virtual racing given jimmie johnson a head start on indycar. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of stats perform is strictly prohibited. Timmy hill gave the afternoons dominant car, driven by william byron, the virtual bumpandrun with three laps remaining to take the race lead and then ultimately held off fellow nascar cup series drivers ryan preece and garrett smithley for the victory in sunday.
Papis has followed a career path from formula one to indy cars to sports cars to nascar. He scored wins at texas, darlington and chicagoland speedway. Nascar race results, schedule, standings, news, drivers. The crashes are simulated on an airport runway setup. Wilsons son christian made a name for himself, racing not only in f1 and indycar, but in nascar. Some nascar drivers can say theyve been in an indy car. Of the last six indy 500 winners, five are in the field for the 2019. Key stats to know before picking a winner for sundays indy 500.
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