NEWGARDEN GROWS HIS POINTS LEAD: With his third win in the last four races, Josef Newgarden has taken control of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series championship. The Team Penske driver holds a 31-point lead over Scott Dixon with only two races remaining. Can he keep his hot streak alive at Watkins Glen?
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND: • MAYBE IT SHOULD BE ‘SCOTT-KINS’ GLEN: When it comes to Indy car races at Watkins Glen International, there’s no better driver than Scott Dixon. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver has four wins in seven previous visits to the historic road circuit and will look to put his championship destiny in his own hands with another strong performance on the 3.37-mile circuit.
• WELCOME BACK, JACK: Rookie Jack Harvey returns to the Verizon IndyCar Series this weekend with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. The English driver, who finished second in Indy Lights in 2014 and 2015, made his series debut with Andretti Autosport with Michael Shank Racing in May. He makes the first of two road course starts this weekend. • FANTASY FOCUS: Scott Dixon will be the popular pick this weekend among Fantasy owners, but here are a few more to team with the four-time champ. Ryan Hunter-Reay and Will Power have won races at the Glen while Marco Andretti and Tony Kanaan have been strong at the track in the past. If you’re looking for value, Conor Daly and Sebastien Bourdais are affordable and finished in the top-five a year ago.
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. 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
WINNER: SCOTT DIXON WINNER: HELIO CASTRONEVES WINNER: JOSEF NEWGARDEN ROAD AMERICA IOWA SPEEDWAY STREETS OF TORONTO
WINNER: JOSEF NEWGARDEN WINNER: WILL POWER WINNER: JOSEF NEWGARDEN 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. 5
EVENT SCHEDULE All times local. Schedule subject to change.
8:00 am Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Practice 1 8:45 am Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup pres. by BFGoodrich Tires Practice 1 9:30 am Pro Mazda pres. by Cooper Tires Practice 1 10:15 am Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 1
SEPT. 1 SEPT. 11:15 am Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks Practice & Qualifying
FRIDAY 11:45 am Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup Driver Autograph Session (INDYCAR Fan Village) 1:00 pm Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Practice 2 1:00 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Driver Autograph Session (INDYCAR Fan Village) 1:45 pm Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup pres. by BFGoodrich Tires Practice 2 2:30 pm Pro Mazda pres. by Cooper Tires Race 1 Qualifying 2:30 pm Indy Lights pres. by Cooper Tires Driver Autograph Session (INDYCAR Fan Village) 3:05 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 2 3:15 pm Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Driver Autograph Session (INDYCAR Fan Village) 3:55 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Pit Stop Practice 4:00 pm Pro Mazda pres. by Copper Tires Driver Autograph Session (INDYCAR Fan Village) 4:25 pm Indy Lights pres. by Cooper Tires Practice 1 5:25 pm Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup pres. by BFGoodrich Tires Qualifying 7:00 pm Concert on the Jack Daniels Summer Stage featuring Rust (Near Sir Jackie Stewart Grandstand)
8:00 am Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Qualifying 8:45 am Indy Lights pres. by Cooper Tires Practice 2 9:30 am Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup pres. by BFGoodrich Tires Race 1 10:30 am Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 3 11:30 am Pro Mazda pres. by Cooper Tires Race 1 SEPT. 2 SEPT. 12:30 pm Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks Race 1 1:15 pm Cooper Tires USF2000 powered by Mazda Race 2:15 pm Indy Lights pres. by Cooper Tires Qualifying SATURDAY 3:00 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying/Firestone Fast 6 4:30 pm Battery Tender Global Mazda MX-5 Cup pres. by BFGoodrich Tires Race #2 5:30 pm Pro Mazda pres. by Cooper Tires Race 2 Qualifying
7:55 am Pro Mazda pres. by Cooper Tires Race 2 9:00 am Verizon IndyCar Series Warm Up 10:50 am Indy Lights pres. by Cooper Tires Race 12:10 pm Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks Race 2 1:07 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Driver Introductions SEPT. 3 SEPT. 1:47 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Race: INDYCAR GRAND PRIX AT THE GLEN - 60 laps SUNDAY
At last year’s pole speed of 147 mph it would take about half an hour to circle Seneca Lake.
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