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Tentative race day schedule for St. Pete

Here’s the revised, tentative schedule for tomorrow morning: 7 a.m. ET — Garage opens8 a.m. ET — Technical inspection9 a.m. ET — Gates open9:05 a.m. ET — Push out of cars9:20-9:30 a.m. ET — Engine warm-up9:30 a.m. ET — Cars to the grid9:39 a.m. ET — Driver introductions9:49 a.m. ET — Invocation/National Anthem9:51 a.m. ET […]

Let’s try this again tomorrow

Honda GP of St. Pete postponed due to weather conditions With a torrential downpour of rain and lightning hitting the Tampa Bay area and creating areas of standing water all over the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg street circuit, it was an easy call for the IRL to postpone the second race of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series […]

Tag talks about postponement

FAZZT Race Team driver Alex Tagliani will be starting eighth in the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, which has been moved to tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. ET due to today’s inclement weather conditions in the Tampa Bay/St. Pete region. Here are his comments on the turn of events: “Well, it is always disappointing […]

IndyCar race moved to Monday morning

The ABC-TV broadcast has just given word that the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will go off tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. ET and will be broadcast on ESPN2. IMS Radio Network reporter Kevin Lee had tweeted minutes earlier that the race

More reports from St. Petersburg…

Rain continues to fall in St. Petersburg, Florida as the IZOD IndyCar Series tries to get the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in today. As of now, the league is aiming for a 4:30 p.m. ET start time, but I’m getting the sense that’s pretty optimistic on their part. In the meantime, some drivers […]

Start delayed for IndyCar at St. Pete

Twitter reports from IZOD IndyCar Series teams, as well as Planet-IRL.com’s Stephanie Wallcraft and Trackside Online, are reporting that

Severe weather emerges in FIL season opener

As fans along the 1.8-mile Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg temporary street circuit were escaping the start of a major storm, 22-year-old J.K. Vernay of France took the checkered flag in today’s rain-shortened Firestone Indy Lights season opener. Just minutes before the end of the timed race, track announcers asked people in the grandstands […]

Scott Dixon leads IndyCar warmup at St. Pete

After ideal weather yesterday for qualifying, the skies are getting more and more overcast today in St. Petersburg as we head toward today’s Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC/IMS Radio/IndyCar.com). But the rain has held off for now and the IZOD IndyCar Series’ final warm-up this morning took place in dry […]

What to watch for tomorrow in St. Pete

After an interesting qualifying session today in St. Petersburg, there’s several stories to keep an eye on in tomorrow’s Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC). Let’s take a brief look at each of those. 1. A whipping in the works? Considering how pole sitter Will Power has had everything covered this weekend […]

Another Power surge in store for Sunday?

http://youtube.com/watch?v= u6l8IoEvhsQ[/youtube] Will Power has said on multiple occasions that he isn’t quite sure what makes him so good on temporary street circuits and in dealing with all of the obstacles that are inherent with them. You can choose to believe him or not. But what cannot be disputed is that whenever the IZOD IndyCar […]

Will Power wins pole for St. Petersburg

Will Power continued a stellar weekend so far at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg by winning the pole for tomorrow’s race with a lap of 61.6026 seconds in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske machine. The Australian bested Andretti Autosport’s Tony Kanaan’s top lap by almost three-tenths of a second in the final […]

Saturday practice times from St. Petersburg

Will Power continues to pace the time charts, throwing down the fastest lap of the weekend in this morning’s practice session for the IZOD IndyCar Series in St. Petersburg, Florida. The driver of the No. 12 Verizon machine ran a lap of 62.1206 seconds around the 1.8-mile temporary street course, and it was enough to […]

Dissecting Danica’s comments on street racing

I’ve noticed a lot of heat surrounding comments made by Danica Patrick yesterday down in St. Petersburg. The IZOD IndyCar Series star and part-time NASCAR Nationwide Series competitor expressed her displeasure at the amount of street racing that the series currently has, saying that they aren’t the best tracks for the IndyCars to “display excitement […]

Gil de Ferran elected to IndyCar advisory panel

The IZOD IndyCar Series team owners have elected Luczo Dragon/De Ferran Racing co-owner Gil de Ferran as their representative on the ICONIC advisory committee that will recommend a chassis and engine package to the Indy Racing League for the 2012 season. The former Indianapolis 500 winner and two-time CART champion joined Jay Penske and Steve […]