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What Fans Need to Know about Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

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For the 14th race of the Camping World Truck Series season, the drivers get down to business at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the Chevrolet Silverado 250. It is their only road course of the season. This world-class racetrack opened in 1961, with a win by Sir Sterling Moss – this is how corners 5A and 5B got their name – and has had no fewer than 16 formula 1 champions and ten Indy 500 winners that have graced the corners. Greats such as: A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Rick Mears, Jackie Stewart and even ‘The King’ Richard Petty.

The track, a 2.459 mile, ten-turn asphalt road course has been host to: formula 1, IndyCar, United SportsCar and NASCAR.  2015 will be the Camping World Truck Series’ third visit to the track, which is one of the world’s fastest road courses. The inaugural race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was in 2013, becoming the first time in 13 years the series has raced on a road course. Continue reading →

MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway

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David Talley, Director of Communications at Auto Club Speedway is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 9:30 pm ET. Call 347-997-5176 during the LIVE broadcast with any questions/comments.  

Grand Marshal Titan Gilroy giving the command – ‘Drivers Start Your Engines”

Honorary Starter Beau Mirchoff to wave the green flag

Titan Gilroy, host of MAVTV’s ‘Titan: American Built,’ is the Grand Marshal for the MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships – the last race of the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series under the lights at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday, August 30. As Grand Marshal, Gilroy will give the most famous command in motorsports ‘Drivers Start Your Engines.’ Continue reading →

Montoya Returns to IndyCar Victory Lane at Pocono

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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 Takes Pocono Indy Lights 100

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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 →

Flashback Friday – IndyCar Says Goodbye to Pocono for 24 Year

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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 →