‘THE MAYOR’ REIGNS AT LONG BEACH: James Hinchcliffe became the second winner of 2017 as he held off points leader Sebastien Bourdais to claim the victory at Long Beach on April 9. It was the fi rst win for Hinch since his return from an life-threatening crash at Indianapolis in 2015 and lifted him into second in the in the Verizon IndyCar Series point standings. Hinchcliffe trails Bourdais by 19 points heading into this weekend’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND: •TEAM PENSKE LOOKS TO CONTINUE BARBER DOMINATION: Team Penske has won four of the seven Verizon IndyCar Series races at Barber Motorsports Park, including last year’s race with Simon Pagenaud. Team owner Roger Penske will look to add another trophy to his team’s collection during the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama with a lineup of drivers who have each visited victory lane at the track.
• NEWGARDEN’S HOME TRACK: Josef Newgarden isn’t from Alabama, but he considers Barber Motorsports Park to be his home track. The former Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama winner hails from Nashville, Tennessee, a few hours away from the “Augusta of Motorsports,” where he claimed his fi rst Indy car win. Can Newgarden repeat in front of friends and family and score some more home cooking for Team Penske?
• HUNTER-REAY GOES FOR A ALABAMA HAT-TRICK: Ryan Hunter-Reay is one of only two drivers to keep Team Penske out of victory lane at Barber Motorsports Park with wins in 2013 and 2014. Hunter-Reay goes for his third win in fi ve years at the track this weekend.
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 stop. Example: Car is running in P12. 2017 SCHEDULE
WINNER: SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS WINNER: JAMES HINCHCLIFFE APRIL 23, 3:00PM STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG STREETS OF LONG BEACH BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK
APRIL 29, 9:00PM MAY 13, 3:30PM (ROAD COURSE) MAY 20, 4:00PM (QUAL DAY 1) PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
MAY 21, 4:00PM (QUAL DAY 2) MAY 28, 11:00AM (OVAL) JUNE 3, 3:30PM (RACE 1) INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS 500 THE RACEWAY AT BELLE ISLE PARK
JUNE 4, 3:30PM (RACE 2) JUNE 10, 8:00PM JUNE 25, 12:30PM THE RACEWAY AT BELLE ISLE PARK TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY ROAD AMERICA
JULY 9, 5:00PM JULY 16, 3:00PM JULY 30, 3:00PM IOWA SPEEDWAY STREETS OF TORONTO MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
AUGUST 20, 2:00PM AUGUST 26, 9:00PM SEPTEMBER 3, 1:00PM POCONO RACEWAY GATEWAY MOTOSPORTS PARK WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL
SEPTEMBER 17, 6:30PM SONOMA RACEWAY *SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ALL TIMES EASTERN.
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EVENT SCHEDULE All times local. Schedule subject to change. 7:30 am Gates Open 8:00 am MX-5 Cup Practice 8:45 am USF2000 Qualifying 9:20 am Prototype Challenge Qualifying 9:55 am GT3 Cup Practice 10:45 am Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 11:50 am MX-5 Cup Qualifying 12:40 pm USF2000 Race 1 1:40 pm Indy Lights Practice 2:45 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 3:15 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Pit Stop Practice 3:45 pm Prototype Challenge Race 1 4:30 pm Driver Autograph Session (INDYCAR Fan Village) 4:45 pm GT3 Cup Practice
FRIDAY APRIL 21 5:45 pm Parade Laps
7:30 am Gates Open 8:05 am GT3 Cup Qualifying 8:40 am Indy Lights Qualifying 9:25 am USF2000 Qualifying 10:00 am/12:00 pm/2:00 pm Monster Energy FMX Stunt Show (Located in Lot E next to Car Corral) 10:00 am MX-5 Cup Race 1 10:00 am Wine Down at Indy (Located in the TNT Fan Zone) 11:00 am Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 12:00 pm Prototype Challenge Race 2 1:00 pm GT3 Cup Race 1 2:00 pm Indy Lights Race 1 3:15 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying/Firestone Fast 6 4:45 pm USF2000 Race 2 5:40 pm MX-5 Race 2
SATURDAY APRIL 22 6:40 pm Parade Laps
7:30 am Gates Open 8:00 am Indy Lights Qualifying 8:45 am GT3 Cup Race 2 9:45 am Verizon IndyCar Series Warm Up 10:00 am/11:30 am/1:00 pm Monster Energy BMX Stunt Show (Located in Lot E next to Car Corral) 11:45 am Indy Lights Race 2 12:00 pm Wine Down at Indy (Located in the TNT Fan Zone) 1:48 pm Driver Introductions: Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
SUNDAY APRIL 23 2:23 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
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