Will Power, who claimed his second win of 2017 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 10, won the KOHLER Grand Prix in 2016. Can he become the fi rst back-to-back Indy car winner at Road America since Jacques Villeneuve won in 1994-1995?
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND:
• TIGHT TITLE FIGHT HEADS TO ROAD AMERICA: Scott Dixon has yet to win a race in 2017, but his consistency has helped him build up 13-point advantage over reigning series champion Simon Pagenaud in the Verizon IndyCar Series point standings. Only 40 points separate Dixon from fi fth-placed Will Power entering the KOHLER Grand Prix. Who will take control of the 2017 title race with a strong performance at Road America?
• RAHAL HOPES TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM: With top-four fi nishes in his last three races, Graham Rahal returns to a place that’s been very good to him riding a wave of momentum. Rahal has fi nished on the podium in his two previous starts at Road America, including a third last year. Can he record another podium fi nish again this weekend?
• NEED A FANTASY DARKHORSE? TRY DALE COYNE RACING: Dale Coyne Racing has never won at Road America, but the Plainfi eld, Illinois-based team could be a top runner in what is like the team’s home race. Several members of the team have winning experience at Road America’s fast, fl owing 4.048-mile road course, with Newman/Haas Racing, which won 10 times at America’s National Park of Speed. Could that experience pay off for Coyne’s drivers?
LED DISPLAY PANELS:
POSITION: RED PUSH-TO-PASS: FLASHES GREEN PIT STOP TIMER: GREEN Primary display, showing the car’s position Display fl ashes “PP” in green while the Display shows a running clock in the running order. Blinks when the car’s push-to-pass is active. during a pit stop in seconds. position has changed from previous lap. Example: Car with active P2P. Example: 7.9-second pit Example: Car is running in P12. 2017 SCHEDULE
WINNER: SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS WINNER: JAMES HINCHCLIFFE WINNER: JOSEF NEWGARDEN STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG STREETS OF LONG BEACH BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK
WINNER: SIMON PAGENAUD WINNER: WILL POWER WINNER: TAKUMA SATO PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS 500
WINNER: GRAHAM RAHAL (RACE 1) WINNER: GRAHAM RAHAL (RACE 2) WINNER: WILL POWER THE RACEWAY AT BELLE ISLE PARK THE RACEWAY AT BELLE ISLE PARK TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
JUNE 25, 12:30PM JULY 9, 5:00PM JULY 16, 3:00PM ROAD AMERICA IOWA SPEEDWAY STREETS OF TORONTO
JULY 30, 3:00PM AUGUST 20, 2:00PM AUGUST 26, 9:00PM MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE POCONO RACEWAY GATEWAY MOTOSPORTS PARK
SEPTEMBER 3, 1:00PM SEPTEMBER 17, 6:30PM *SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL SONOMA RACEWAY ALL TIMES EASTERN.
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EVENT SCHEDULE All times local. Schedule subject to change.
7:00 am Gates Open 8:00 am Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Qualifying #1 8:25 am Pro Mazda pres. by Cooper Tires Qualifying #2 9:00 am Indy Lights pres. by Cooper Tires Practice 10:00 am Pirelli World Challenge GTS-TC Cup Practice 10:45 am Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 11:45 am Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Race #1 12:40 pm Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup pres. by BFGoodrich Tires Race #1 1:00 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Drivers Autograph Session (INDYCAR Fan Village - Lower North Paddock) FRIDAY
JUNE 23 1:35 pm Pro Mazda pres. by Cooper Tires Race #1 2:30 pm Indy Lights pres. by Cooper Tires Qualifying #1 3:15 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 4:35 pm Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Qualifying #2 5:10 pm Pirelli World Challenge GT-GTA-GT Cup Practice
7:00 am Gates Open 7:50 am Indy Lights pres. by Cooper Tires Qualifying #2 8:35 am Pirelli World Challenge GT-GTA-GT Cup Qualifying 9:00 am INDYCAR Fan Village Open 9:20 am Pirelli World Challenge GTS-TC Cup Qualifying 10:05 am Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup pres. by BFGoodrich Tires Race #2 11:00 am Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 12:00 pm Indy Lights pres. by Cooper Tires Race #1 1:10 pm Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Race #2
JUNE 24 2:05 pm Pro Mazda pres. by Cooper Tires Race #2
SATURDAY 3:00 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying/Firestone Fast 6 4:30 pm Pirelli World Challenge GT-GTA-GT Cup Race #1 5:45 pm Pirelli World Challenge GTS-TC Cup Race #1
7:00 am Gates Open 8:00 am Verizon IndyCar Series Warm Up 8:45 am Indy Lights pres. by Cooper Tires Race #2 9:00 am INDYCAR Fan Village Open 9:55 am Pirelli World Challenge GT-GTA-GT Cup Race #2 11:05 am Pre-Race Activities 12:15 pm
JUNE 25 Verizon IndyCar Series: KOHLER GRAND PRIX (55 laps) SUNDAY 2:45 pm Pirelli World Challenge GTS-TC Race #2
Road America has a per lap elevation gain of about 211 feet. In a 55 lap race, a car will have climbed nearly 11,600 feet which is higher than the Yellowstone Caldera (10,308 feet) and more than 9,800 tires stacked on top of each other.