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03/19 - Carb Day Concert Acts Announced
03/05 - IndyCar $1 Million Challenge Info
03/05 - Coyne Finally Chooses Some Drivers
03/05 - IndyCar $1 Million Challenge Info
03/05 - Coyne Finally Chooses Some Drivers
Coyne Finally Chooses Some Drivers
Mar 5 - With just a few days before IndyCar
travels to St Petersburg Florida for the first race
of the season, Dale Coyne Racing finally
announces some of their driver line-up!
Jack Harvey, who was fired mid-season last year
from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, will be
piloting the #18 Honda at 14 races.
Driving the #18 at Long Beach, Toronto and
Thermal will be Indy NXT driver Nolan Siegel.
Siegel is racing in NXT full-time for HMD
Motorsports. Siegel will also get to run in the Indy
500.
Coyne's 2nd entry, the #51, will be piloted this
weekend at St Pete by full-time IMSA driver Colin
Braun. Braun will also drive the car at Thermal.
Who will drive the #51 car the rest of the season
is unknown at this time.
Mar 5 - With just a few days before IndyCar
travels to St Petersburg Florida for the first race
of the season, Dale Coyne Racing finally
announces some of their driver line-up!
Jack Harvey, who was fired mid-season last year
from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, will be
piloting the #18 Honda at 14 races.
Driving the #18 at Long Beach, Toronto and
Thermal will be Indy NXT driver Nolan Siegel.
Siegel is racing in NXT full-time for HMD
Motorsports. Siegel will also get to run in the Indy
500.
Coyne's 2nd entry, the #51, will be piloted this
weekend at St Pete by full-time IMSA driver Colin
Braun. Braun will also drive the car at Thermal.
Who will drive the #51 car the rest of the season
is unknown at this time.
Jack Harvey
Nolan Siegel
Colin Braun
03/05 - Callum Illot will fill in for injured David Malukas at St Pete race for Arrow
McLaren. Malukas injured his left hand or wrist last month in a bicycle accident.
McLaren. Malukas injured his left hand or wrist last month in a bicycle accident.
$1 Million Challenge Info
Mar 5 - IndyCar travels to Palm Desert California
March 22-24 for a new non-points event called
The $1 Million Challenge.
It is being held at a private race course called the
Thermal Club. The course is 3-miles and has 17
turns.
The 2-Day ticket price for Saturday and Sunday is
$500.
PRIZE MONEY (Total Purse $1,756,000)
$500,000 for the winner,
$350,000 for second,
$250,000 for third,
$100,000 for fourth,
$50,000 for fifth, and
$23,000 for sixth through 27th.
Mar 5 - IndyCar travels to Palm Desert California
March 22-24 for a new non-points event called
The $1 Million Challenge.
It is being held at a private race course called the
Thermal Club. The course is 3-miles and has 17
turns.
The 2-Day ticket price for Saturday and Sunday is
$500.
PRIZE MONEY (Total Purse $1,756,000)
$500,000 for the winner,
$350,000 for second,
$250,000 for third,
$100,000 for fourth,
$50,000 for fifth, and
$23,000 for sixth through 27th.
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY - (EST)
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm - Practice
05:00 pm - 08:00 pm - Practice
SATURDAY
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm - Practice
04:00 pm - 06:00 pm - Practice
05:00 pm - 05:08 pm - Heat 1 Qualifying
05:27 pm - 05:35 pm - Heat 2 Qualifying
SUNDAY
12:31 pm - Heat Race 1 (10 Laps) 13 drivers
12:58 pm - Heat Race 2 (10 Laps) 14 drivers
The top 6 from both move on to the final
01:59 pm - Final Race (20 Laps)
Final race consists of two 10-lap segments
with a 10-minute refueling pit stop.
Qualifying and race televised on NBC.
FRIDAY - (EST)
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm - Practice
05:00 pm - 08:00 pm - Practice
SATURDAY
01:00 pm - 03:00 pm - Practice
04:00 pm - 06:00 pm - Practice
05:00 pm - 05:08 pm - Heat 1 Qualifying
05:27 pm - 05:35 pm - Heat 2 Qualifying
SUNDAY
12:31 pm - Heat Race 1 (10 Laps) 13 drivers
12:58 pm - Heat Race 2 (10 Laps) 14 drivers
The top 6 from both move on to the final
01:59 pm - Final Race (20 Laps)
Final race consists of two 10-lap segments
with a 10-minute refueling pit stop.
Qualifying and race televised on NBC.
The Indy Speedway will begin mailing out Indy 500 tickets March 12th.
Carb Day Concert Acts Announced
Mar 19 - Three bands have been hired to perform
this year in the Carb Day Concert.
Each is a different music genre from different
generations.
Representing the 80s is the boogie-woogie high-
energy blues rocker George Thorogood, who is
now 74-years-old.
From the 90s comes the Gin Blossoms, an alt-
rock band. The original band members are intact
except for the drummer. They are around age 60.
Both of the above have numerous hit songs that
Gen X and Millenials likely know.
The warm-up act is Kid Quill, a 30-year-old white
rapper representing the 2010s.
Will having such varied music make everyone
happy? Time will tell.
Mar 19 - Three bands have been hired to perform
this year in the Carb Day Concert.
Each is a different music genre from different
generations.
Representing the 80s is the boogie-woogie high-
energy blues rocker George Thorogood, who is
now 74-years-old.
From the 90s comes the Gin Blossoms, an alt-
rock band. The original band members are intact
except for the drummer. They are around age 60.
Both of the above have numerous hit songs that
Gen X and Millenials likely know.
The warm-up act is Kid Quill, a 30-year-old white
rapper representing the 2010s.
Will having such varied music make everyone
happy? Time will tell.
