Archive | June, 2014

Grand Prix of Houston: Race 2 Race Report

Salvaged a sixth-place finish after fighting drive train issues for the duration of the 90-lap race Started in the 21st position and closed the gap on second in the points standings “We fought an issue with the drive train all day, so to be able to salvage points and bring home a sixth-place finish was […]

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Grand Prix of Houston: Race 1 Race Report

Started today’s race from the eighth position and ran as high as fourth Recorded a seventh-place finish and remains third in points (unofficial) “Unfortunately it just came down to strategy. We made a lot of headway with the DHL car there in the beginning under green. It came down to when you pit, whens the […]

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Grand Prix of Houston Practice Report

Enters the weekend ranked third in the Verizon IndyCar Series points rankings Started fifth in the 2013 Grand Prix of Houston Race Two and will qualify in the second group tomorrow “We never really got into a rhythm, never really got a good feel for the DHL car so I’m not sure what we have […]

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RHR Nominated for Second Consecutive Best Driver ESPY

Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay has been nominated for a 2014 ESPY Award in the Best Driver category. The 2013 ESPY winner’s nomination comes from his 2014 Indianapolis 500 victory – the second closest race finish and second fastest finish in Indy 500 history, as well as the first race producing an American winner since 2006. […]

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Firestone 600 Race Report

The Indy 500 winner took the green flag from the 12th position Was shown as high as fifth place before retiring on Lap 136 with mechanical issues, recording a 19th-place result “(The car) just lost power all of a sudden then we had an oil pressure alarm, I tried to get down to the apron […]

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It’s now up to Ryan Hunter-Reay to complete the Triple Crown

By Dave Lewandowski – indycar.com FORT WORTH, Texas – California Chrome didn’t fulfill horse racing’s Triple Crown on June 7, so it’s up to Ryan Hunter-Reay to complete Indy car racing’s Triple Crown. Affirmed was the last Triple Crown winner in 1978 – the same year that Al Unser won the Indianapolis 500 and the […]

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Firestone 600 Qualifying Report

Started from the third position and finished second at Texas Motor Speedway in 2013 The Indy 500 Champion will roll off from the 12th grid position tomorrow “We had a bit of an imbalance. We weren’t really in the race track, as we like to call it, but the car was on top of the […]

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Indy Dual in Detroit: Race 2 Race Report

Reigning Indy 500 champion was seen as high as third position Retired on Lap 62 due to a mechanical issue in P19 Sits third in the championship points fight heading to Texas Motor Speedway “It was a long weekend for the DHL crew. I’ll try to erase this one from my memory and move on […]

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