In partnership with Firestone, INDYCAR has announced the addition of Firestone Firehawk alternate-compound tires for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season finale, the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix Presented by Gainbridge on Sept. 14-15 at Nashville Superspeedway. Used in addition to Firestone Firehawk primary compounds, the softer alternate red-sidewall tires will provide another set of…
Indianapolis 500 veteran Paul Goldsmith, a winning competitor on two and four wheels, died Sept. 6 in Munster, Indiana. He was 98, the oldest Indianapolis 500 starter at the time of his passing. West Virginia native Goldsmith made six consecutive “500” starts between 1958-63. His best finish came in 1960, a third-place result in the…
FERNANDO ALONSO (No. 66 Ruoff Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet): “Ez volt az utolsó alkalom, hogy kipróbáljuk az autó néhány utolsó elemét. Néhányuk rendben volt, de volt amelyik nem. Most már többé-kevésbé világos elképzelésünk van arra, amit akarunk mit tudunk. A vasárnap teljesen más lesz, és állítólag kissé melegebb is várható, ezért megpróbálunk alkalmazkodni a feltételekhez….
