Archive | 2014

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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Indy Dual in Detroit: Race 1 Race Report

Rolled off from the 21st grid position and fought his way as high as second before recording a 16th-place finish Was on his way to a top-10 finish when the No. 28 car met the tire barrier in Turn 7 on the final lap Retains the Verizon IndyCar Series championship points lead (unofficial) “We had […]

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Indy Dual in Detroit Practice Report

Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion led this morning’s practice session Championship points leader completed the first day back on track fifth fastest “I think it was a good day. We had a great first session – we led – and in the second session, we only used one set of tires, so we’ve got some tires […]

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Ryan Hunter-Reay wins first Indy 500

From the Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The finish at the Indianapolis 500 was worth the wait for Ryan Hunter-Reay. He used a series of daredevil moves to deny Helio Castroneves a chance at history on Sunday and became the first American since 2006 to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” He passed Castroneves at the […]

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