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By Zach Horrall | Published: Jun 9, 2021
The entire last month has been one to forget for Sebastien Bourdais and his A.J. Foyt Enterprises team, but even if the results say his best finish is 19th, it’s not due to a downturn in performance.
The team’s May to forget literally started on the first day of the month at the Texas Motor Speedway doubleheader May 1-2.
In the first NTT INDYCAR SERIES race of the weekend, Bourdais was hit from behind while running sixth and sent spinning into the SAFER Barrier, resulting in a 24th-place finish. The next day, he was caught up in a Lap 1 incident that ended his day before it got started. He finished 19th.
INDIANAPOLIS Whenever the big, traditional sporting events pop up on the living room TV, from the Kentucky Derby to the Masters to those midweek midafternoon WTH are they doing? Olympic events, everyone loves that one guy in the room who is suddenly the expert on that sport, even though no one in the room has watched that event since the last time it was on, one or four years earlier.
Like, when Uncle Earl, who has never left his hometown, is suddenly throwing out gems like, Well, I knew that guy from Belarus wasn t going to make it into the 10-meter springboard finals because his splash was too big.
By Zach Horrall | Published: May 1, 2021
The on-track action in Saturday night’s Genesys 300 at Texas Motor Speedway saw sparks and flames, a mirror of the high emotions between Jack Harvey and Graham Rahal well after Scott Dixon ended the night in Victory Lane.
Exiting Turn 2, Rahal attempted to pass Harvey on the inside, but Harvey had begun to change his line toward the inside, as well. The two continued toward the bottom of the racetrack, and Rahal dipped below the white line to avoid hitting Harvey.
As they approached Turn 3, Rahal got the better of the pair as Harvey backed off and let him have the position. INDYCAR race stewards ruled that the action was a racing incident, and Rahal went on to finish fifth, Harvey seventh.
Kanaan’s Fountain of Youth Whets Appetite for Texas Victory
By Zach Horrall | Published: Apr 30, 2021
Tony Kanaan feels like a little kid again.
That’s how pumped 2004 INDYCAR SERIES champion Kanaan is for this weekend’s doubleheader at Texas Motor Speedway. Kanaan will drive the No. 48 Bryant Chip Ganassi Racing Honda in the Genesys 300 at 7 p.m. (ET) Saturday, and he will drive the No. 48 American Legion Chip Ganassi Racing Honda in the XPEL 375 at 5 p.m. (ET) Sunday. Both races will be broadcast live on NBCSN and the INDYCAR Radio Network.
It’s a homecoming of sorts for 2004 Texas winner Kanaan, who returns to Chip Ganassi Racing to split driving duties with rookie Jimmie Johnson. Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Johnson is driving the car on all road and street circuits this season, while Kanaan will race in all the oval events. Kanaan competed for Chip Ganassi Racing