Juan Pablo Montoya is back in victory lane as an IndyCar driver after Sunday’s Pocono IndyCar 500.
When Tony Kanaan had to pit for fuel with three laps to go, Montoya headed to his first CART/IndyCar victory since Gateway in September 2000. Continue reading →
Gabby Chaves picked up where he left off in practice by dominating the Pocono Indy Lights 100 Saturday.
Chaves cruised to a 7.7 second margin of victory over his closest competitor in points, Andretti Autosport driver Zach Veach. The win put the icing on the cake for the Indy Lights points leader Continue reading →
IndyCar always made an annual stop to the 2.5 mile Pocono Raceway from 1971 to 1989. The series and Pocono decided to split after the 1989 race and it wouldn’t be until 2013 when IndyCar made a return to the Tricky Triangle.
With many differences today at Pocono vs. 1989, Marco Andretti set the current IndyCar track qualifying record with a two-lap average of 221.273-mph last July. Emerson Fittipaldi set the previous track record at 211.715-mph, before the track was re-paved twice in 1995 and 2012. Continue reading →
The first half of the 1994 Winston Cup season the black cars dominated. Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt and Ernie Irvan together had 11 wins in the season’s first 14 races.
Wallace was on a three-race winning streak heading into the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The Missouri driver’s luck at the track has been short of disastrous. Continue reading →