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FAST FACT During the tire building process, heat and pressure are applied in a mold to cure the tire’s rubber components, in a process known as vulcanizing — a process named after the Roman god of fire, Vulcan. In Birmingham, a 56- foot statue of Vulcan, the world’s largest cast iron statue, overlooks downtown from Red Mountain. Ryan Hunter-Reay broke Team Penske’s win streak at Barber Motorsports Park with his win in the 2013 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Can the Andretti Autosport driver repeat at Barber and join Will Power as the race’s only multiple winner? Shawn Gritzmacher/IMS Photo WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND: CAN JPM PICK UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF?: Juan Pablo Montoya is still adapting to his return to Indy car racing, but a fourth-place finish at the streets of Long Beach shows the former champion doesn’t have that much more rust to shake off. Montoya, the 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner, claimed his first NASCAR pole at Talladega. Can he achieve another Alabama milestone and get back to winner’s circle this weekend? CONWAY SEEKS BACK-TO-BACK WINS: Mike Conway was a surprise winner at Long Beach, inheriting the lead with three laps remaining and returning Ed Carpenter Racing to the winner’s circle. Now, the Englishman looks for another milestone – helping the team win its first entrant championship. Can Conway win again and help the team stay near the top of the standings? DIXON STARTS STRONG IN TITLE DEFENSE: Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon has shown he’s a contender to repeat as Verizon IndyCar Series champion. The New Zealand native has finished second in the previous four races at Barber and came within a few laps of scoring a win at Long Beach. Can Dixon continue his strong start to 2014 and finally claim his first victory at Barber? POWER LOOKS TO KEEP IT HOT: With back-to-back top-two finishes to start the 2014 season, Team Penske’s Will Power leads the Verizon IndyCar Series point standings as the series heads to Barber Motorsports Park. Power has won the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama twice. Can he continue his strong start to the 2014 season by scoring another win at Barber? 2014 VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS (TOP 5 AFTER 2 OF 18 EVENTS) 1. WILL POWER Team Penske 93 2. MIKE CONWAY Ed Carpenter Racing -27 3. SIMON PAGENAUD Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports -33 4. HELIO CASTRONEVES Team Penske -38 5. RYAN HUNTER-REAY Andretti Autosport -39 © 2014 Indy Racing League, LLC (dba INDYCAR). All Rights Reserved. © 2014 Indy Racing League, LLC (dba INDYCAR). All Rights Reserved. © 2014 Indy Racing League, LLC (dba INDYCAR). All Rights Reserved. © 2014 Indy Racing League, LLC (dba INDYCAR). All Rights Reserved..

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Supporting YOUR Mortorsports Family Supporting YOUR Mortorsports Family SupportingTo YOUR learn Motorsportsmore, get involved, Family ToTo learn learn more,more,or donate get get involved scan involved, QR or code or visit ordonate, donate scan www.indyfamilyfoundation.orgscan QR codeQR orcode visit: or visit www.indyfamilyfoundation.org www.indyfamilyfoundation.org@indyfamilyfnd @indyfamilyfnd @indyfamilyfnd 2012 IZOD INDYCAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS (Top 5 after 4 of 16 events) 1. WILL POWER Team Penske 180 2. HELIO CASTRONEVES Team Penske 135 3. JAMES HINCHCLIFFE Andretti Autosport 123 4. RYAN HUNTER-REAY Andretti Autosport 121 5. SIMON PAGENAUD Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports 118 WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND: PENSKE SEEKS HISTORY: Team owner Roger Penske has won the Indianapolis 500 a record 15 times and brings three strong entries in 2012 with IZOD IndyCar Series championship leader Will Power, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves and 2012 Indianapolis 500 polesitter Ryan Briscoe (right). Can the three drivers become the first team to lock out the podium and complete the Captain’s sweep? DIXON EYES SECOND WIN: Another former Indianapolis 500 winner has a shot at adding a second Baby Borg to his collection. 2008 winner Scott Dixon returns with the formidable Target Chip Ganassi Racing team. Dixon led the most laps in the 2011 race, but didn’t lead the lap that matters the most. Can the Kiwi score his second Indianapolis win? HINCH AND HUNTER-REAY ON HOT STREAKS: Andretti Autosport drivers and front-row starters James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay enter Indianapolis as two of the series’ strongest challengers to Team Penske’s dominance of the series.
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The Indy Racing League and the Indianapolis 500
The Indy Racing League and the Indianapolis 500: Increasing Competition in Open-Wheeled Automobile Racing in the United States Robert W. White Department of Sociology and Andrew J. Baker Department of Geography School of Liberal Arts IUPUI We thank Terri Talbert-Hatch and Pete Hylton for their comments and support of Motorsports Studies. Please direct correspondence to Robert White ([email protected]), Professor of Sociology and Director of Motorsports Studies, or Andrew Baker ([email protected]), Lecturer, Department of Geography, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 425 University Boulevard, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202. 1 The Indy Racing League and the Indianapolis 500: Increasing Competition in Open-Wheeled Automobile Racing in the United States Abstract Over the course of its lengthy history, the popularity of open-wheeled automobile racing in the United States has waxed and waned. This is especially evident in recent years. The 1996 “split” between the Indy Racing League (IRL; later, the IndyCar Series) and Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART; later the Champ Car World Series) severely hurt the sport. Following the split there was a well-documented decline in fan interest from which the sport has not recovered. Less understood, however, is that under the Indy Racing League the Indianapolis 500, the premier event in open-wheeled racing in the United States, became more competitive. Ironically, while fan interest decreased in the Indy Racing League era, the quality of racing increased. The increased competition associated with the Indy Racing League is a historically significant development that bodes well for the future of the sport.
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FIRST-TIME WINNER: Rookie Alexander Rossi, in just his sixth series race and second on an oval saved just enough fuel to win the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500. Chris Owens/IMS Photo WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND: SERIES PREPS FOR DETROIT DOUBLE: The Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit will mark the only doubleheader on the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule. Drivers will contest a pair of 70-lap races Saturday and Sunday on the 2.36-mile temporary street circuit, posing a unique challenge for drivers and teams just a week after the 100th Indianapolis 500. Will someone sweep the races and be crowned king of the streets in Detroit? PAGENAUD LOOKS TO CONTINUE SURGE: Simon Pagenaud didn’t have the best day at Indianapolis, but maintained the lead in the championship standings. The Frenchman looks to sustain his momentum at Belle Isle, where he won his first Indy car race. Can Pagenaud continue his climb towards a championship with at least one win in the Motor City? HELIO RETURNS TO SITE OF FIRST FENCE CLIMB: Helio Castroneves returns to Belle Isle, hoping to climb the fence at the circuit where he won his first Indy car race in 2000. Castroneves has three victories and three poles at Belle Isle for team owner Roger Penske’s team. Can he win again at the Captain’s home track? LED DISPLAY PANELS: POSITION: RED PUSH-TO-PASS: FLASHES GREEN PIT STOP TIMER: GREEN Primary display, showing the car’s position Display flashes “PP” in green while the Display shows a running clock in the running order.
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TITLE FIGHT DECIDED AT SONOMA: The Verizon IndyCar Series championship has only two eligible drivers, but the championship lead has belonged to one driver since early in the season. Simon Pagenaud took control of the championship standings following a torrid start to 2016 with five finishes of first or second in the first five races and carries a 43-point advantage over Will Power into the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma. Pagenaud can win the title with a finish of fourth or better. Joe Skibinski/IMS Photo WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND: BAY AREA IS TITLE TOWN: The Verizon IndyCar Series championship will be decided in the final race for the 11th year in a row, with Sonoma Raceway hosting the finale for the second straight season. The Verizon IndyCar Series championship will be the fourth major sports title clinched in Northern California this year alongside the NFL Championship (Denver Broncos defeated Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara), NBA championship (Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Golden State Warriors in Oakland) and NHL Stanley Cup Championship (Pittsburgh Penguins defeated San Jose Sharks in San Jose). TOASTING TEAM PENSKE’S SUCCESS: Team Penske looks to add to its dominance at Sonoma Raceway. The team, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016, has won five of the last eight races at the track and won the pole position six times. One of Penske’s title-contending duo of Will Power and Simon Pagenaud will celebrate a championship. Can they or teammates Juan Pablo Montoya and Helio Castroneves also provide team owner Roger Penske more hardware this weekend? LAST CHANCE TO CLAIM A WIN IN 2016: Indy car race winners Helio Castroneves, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tony Kanaan, Charlie Kimball, Carlos Munoz and James Hinchcliffe have finished on the podium in 2016, but they are still looking for a trip to Victory Lane.
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This year will mark the Firestone brand’s 67th Indy 500 victory. Firestone has more Indy 500 wins than all other tire manufacturers combined. CAN HINCH GO FROM THE POLE TO VICTORY LANE: James Hinchcliffe wrote the latest chapter of his comeback story when he scored the pole for the 100th Indianapolis 500 last weekend. History will be on his side this weekend as the Indy 500 pole has gone on to win the race 20 times. Forty-three times, the winner has come from the front row, the last time in 2010 with Dario Franchitti. Will Hinch covert his Verizon P1 Award into the Borg-Warner Trophy? Chris Jones/IMS Photo WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS MONTH: IT’S NOT WHERE YOU START…: The last four Indianapolis 500 winners have started outside the top 10, including Juan Pablo Montoya, who came from 15th to win in 2015. With depth throughout the 33-car field for the Indy 500, including former winners Montoya, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan starting from the fifth row or further back, can another star drive through the field to win the race? SECOND-GENERATION STARS HOPE TO ADD TO FAMILY LEGACY: The latest generation from two of open-wheel racing’s most familiar families comes to Indianapolis in hopes of adding to the family legacy. Marco Andretti—the grandson of 1969 winner Mario Andretti and son of Michael Andretti—has finished in the top three at Indy three times in his nine previous starts. He hopes to give his father’s team its fourth Indianapolis 500 win.
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‘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. Chris Owens/INDYCAR PHOTO 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.
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2 JUAN PABLO GARCIA Team Moore Racing 4 JORGE GONCALVEZ Belardi Auto Racing 5 PETER DEMPSEY Belardi Auto Racing 7 GABBY CHAVES Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 8 SAGE KARAM Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 12 ZACH VEACH Andretti Autosport RACE: 22 ETHAN RINGEL Team Moore Racing 3/23, 3:30pm ET 26 CARLOS MUÑOZ Team Moore Racing TV BROADCAST: INFO 3/24, 11:00am ET, NBC Sports Network 77 JACK HAWKSWORTH Schmidt Peterson Motorsports ENTRY LIST 2012 IZOD INDYCAR SERIES FINAL POINT STANDINGS (Top 5 after 16 of 16 events) 1. RYAN HUNTER-REAY Andretti Autosport 468 2. WILL POWER Team Penske 465 3. SCOTT DIXON Target Chip Ganassi Racing 435 4. HELIO CASTRONEVES Team Penske 431 5. SIMON PAGENAUD Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Æ 387 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR The world of high-performance motorsports is based entirely on STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. INDYCAR is excited to offer a unique STEM-focused learning opportunity for students and teachers during the 2013 racing season. In select North American race markets, we’ll invite local students to the track to learn about everything from car and engine design to tire compounds and fuel formulas. Hands-on activities and getting up close and personal with a race car will give students real-world examples of how their science and math classes can lead to a fast-paced career in the world of motorsports. For more information, please contact INDYCAR at (317) 492-5086. INDYCAR VP of Technology Will Phillips explains some of the technology of the current IZOD IndyCar Series chassis to a group of students from Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy in Baltimore, Md.
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Contact List Ntt Indycar Series Team Pr Representatives
CONTACT LIST NTT INDYCAR SERIES TEAM PR REPRESENTATIVES TEAM DRIVER(S) PR CONTACT AJ Foyt Racing Sebastien Bourdais Anne Fornoro Dalton Kellett P: +1 (973) 726-3701 Charlie Kimball (Indy GP & Indy 500) C: +1 (832) 372-9912 [email protected] [email protected] Marie Fornoro (PR and Social Media) C: +1 (862) 268-2400 [email protected] Andretti Autosport Colton Herta Ryann Weatherford (Team) James Hinchcliffe P: +1 (317) 872-2700 ext. 275 Ryan Hunter-Reay C: +1 (610) 909-7312 Alexander Rossi [email protected] Marco Andretti (Indy 500 only) Lynzy Richey C: +1 317-619-1929 [email protected] Megan Barnhart C: +1 317-840-9822 [email protected] Arrow McLaren SP Pato O’Ward Phil Zielinski Felix Rosenqvist P: +1 (317) 209-0099 Juan Pablo Montoya (Indy 500 only) C: +1 (317) 373-9549 [email protected] Carlin Stephanie Carlin C: +44 07855780589 [email protected] Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon Kelby Krauss (Team) Marcus Ericsson C: +1 (317) 945-3019 Alex Palou [email protected] Jimmie Johnson (Road/Streets) Tony Kanaan (Ovals) Anna Weidinger C: +1 (703) 439-8763 [email protected] Amy Walsh Stock (Johnson/Kanaan) C: +1 704-451-8380 [email protected] Dale Coyne Racing Romain Grosjean (Road/Streets) Karina Redmond with RWR Pietro Fittipaldi (Ovals) C: +1 (317) 956-9910 [email protected] Dale Coyne Racing Ed Jones Kevin Diamond with Vasser Sullivan C: +1 (415) 729-6011 [email protected] NTT INDYCAR SERIES | 3.12.2021 Page 1 of 3 TEAM DRIVER(S) PR
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Indycar IMS Data Experience and Media Wall NTT Case Study
NTT INDYCAR SERIES | Americas | United States | Arts, Entertainment CASE STUDY and Media NTT INDYCAR SERIES IMS Data Experience and Media Wall Powered by NTT The NTT INDYCAR® SERIES keeps fans highly engaged with the IMS Data Experience and Media Wall powered by NTT —a way to experience the event like no other for those fans in live attendance at event or those located elsewhere. “Given the amount of technology that goes into our highly sophisticated INDYCAR racing machines and the support of their pit operations, it’s most fitting that a world-leading technology company like NTT is both our Title and Technology Partner” Jay Frye, President, INDYCAR NTT INDYCAR SERIES | Americas | United States | Arts, Entertainment CASE STUDY and Media Challenge Solution Outcome Enhancing the fan The IMS Data Experience Powered by the NTT Smart experience and Media Wall Platform INDYCAR and NTT have partnered to deliver digital With NTT as its title partner and The debut of the Media Wall offered a new data innovations for the sanctioning body of the NTT official technology partner, INDYCAR experience that vastly improved fan engagement INDYCAR SERIES and its events. This includes the management turned to NTT for the with real-time race data and storytelling insights. evolution of how fans can now experience even more new and innovative IMS Data of their events with the integration of NTT’s Experience and Media Wall - a proprietary Smart Solutions that are helping to supersized permanent digital Technologically, the development of the IMS Data transform one of the most challenging series in global experience that debuted during the Experience and Media Wall was a significant motorsports and its racing venues.
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FACT SHEET: IZOD Indycar Series at a Glance
FACT SHEET: IZOD IndyCar Series at a Glance The IZOD IndyCar Series is the premier open-wheel racing series in the United States. It offers one of the most diverse and challenging schedules in motorsports with races held on ovals, permanent road courses and temporary street courses. The world-renowned Indianapolis 500 Mile Race serves as the centerpiece of the IZOD IndyCar Series schedule each year. IZOD INDYCAR SERIES: THE DRIVERS FACT: The IZOD IndyCar Series continues to attract a diverse lineup of drivers including Marco Andretti, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Ryan Hunter-Reay, James Hinchcliffe, Tony Kanaan, Graham Rahal, Will Power and Helio Castroneves. IZOD INDYCAR SERIES: CARS AND PERFORMANCE FACT: The IZOD IndyCar Series features open-wheel, single-seat, open-cockpit cars with front and rear wings (pictured below). FACT: IZOD IndyCar Series cars feature a 2.2-liter, turbocharged, direct injected V-6 engine optimized to run 12,000 RPM. Honda and Chevrolet are the engine manufacturers for the IZOD IndyCar Series. FACT: IZOD IndyCar Series cars run on E85 fuel FACT: IZOD IndyCar Series cars produce approximately 500-700 horsepower IZOD INDYCAR SERIES FAST FACTS FACT: IZOD IndyCar Series cars generate 5,000 pounds of downforce at 220 mph, enough to allow the car to run upside down if that speed is maintained. FACT: Each of the six pistons in an IZOD IndyCar Series engine travels nearly 1 mile up and down in the cylinder every minute. FACT: An IZOD IndyCar Series car accelerates from 0 to 100 mph in less than three seconds, more than nine seconds quicker than it takes a production Porsche 911 Turbo street car to reach the same speed.
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Raceway 1.964 Mile(S)
Event: Grand Prix of Portland Round 16 Track: Portland International Raceway 1.964 mile(s) Report: Official Results Verizon IndyCar Series Session: Race September 2, 2018 End of Lap 105: Time of Race: 02:00:09.7537 Avg Speed: 102.971 Lead Changes: 9 Caution Laps: 18 Fastest Lap: 120.367 mph ( 58.7403 sec) on lap 19 by 6 - Carlos Munoz Fastest Leader Lap: 120.052 mph ( 58.8946 sec) on lap 11 by 27 - Alexander Rossi Laps Time Pit Avg Running / Total Pos SP Car Driver C/E/T Lap Down Down Stops Elapsed Time Speed Reason Out Pts Pts Standings 1 20 30 Sato, Takuma D/H/F 105 0 --.---- 3 02:00:09.7537 102.971 Running 51 341 11 2 5 28 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F 105 0 0.6084 2 02:00:10.3621 102.962 Running 41 462 5 3 4 18 Bourdais, Sebastien D/H/F 105 0 1.8266 4 02:00:11.5803 102.944 Running 35 369 9 4 17 21 Pigot, Spencer D/C/F 105 0 4.5557 3 02:00:14.3094 102.905 Running 32 313 13 5 11 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F 105 0 5.3215 4 02:00:15.0752 102.895 Running 30 598 1 6 22 22 Pagenaud, Simon D/C/F 105 0 11.4605 4 02:00:21.2142 102.807 Running 28 428 6 7 25 23 Kimball, Charlie D/C/F 105 0 12.0057 4 02:00:21.7594 102.799 Running 26 271 17 8 3 27 Rossi, Alexander D/H/F 105 0 13.3769 3 02:00:23.1306 102.780 Running 27 569 2 9 16 19 Fittipaldi, Pietro (R) D/H/F 105 0 18.3753 3 02:00:28.1290 102.709 Running 22 63 26 10 2 1 Newgarden, Josef D/C/F 105 0 19.8044 3 02:00:29.5581 102.688 Running 21 511 4 11 24 14 Kanaan, Tony D/C/F 105 0 22.1362 3 02:00:31.8899 102.655 Running 19 276 16 12 14 6 Munoz, Carlos D/H/F 105 0 22.7069 3 02:00:32.4606 102.647 Running 18 71
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Indianapolis 500 Coverage Live on Siriusxm
NEWS RELEASE Indianapolis 500 Coverage Live on SiriusXM 5/26/2021 SiriusXM listeners nationwide get the live turn-by-turn broadcast of the biggest event on the INDYCAR calendar this Sunday, May 30 Fans can tune in to exclusive pre-race programming - "Brick by Brick," hosted by Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan, and the "O Track with Hinch and Rossi" podcast, hosted by Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi and teammate James Hinchclie NEW YORK, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM, the Ocial Satellite Radio Partner of INDYCAR, the sanctioning body for the NTT INDYCAR® SERIES, will oer nationwide coverage of the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500. SiriusXM listeners will have access to the live call of the race from Indianapolis Motor Speedway this Sunday, May 30. Pre-race coverage begins at 11:00 am ET, with the green ag scheduled to start the race at approximately 12:45 pm ET, on SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation (SiriusXM channel 205) and NBC Sports Audio (SiriusXM channel 211). These channels are available on SiriusXM radios, on the SXM App, and at home with Amazon Alexa, the Google Assistant or however subscribers stream in their home or on the go. From now through June 8, non-subscribers can get the SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation and NBC Sports Audio channels as part of the SiriusXM Listen Free Event. During this event, SiriusXM will feature a sampling of over 100 SiriusXM channels including ad-free music of every kind, plus sports, talk, news and entertainment available to non- subscribers on inactive SiriusXM radios in their car and on the SXM App, with no credit card required.
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