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James Hinchcliffe Scores Career-First IZOD IndyCar Series Win to Put Chevrolet V6 Power in Victory Lane

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Team Chevy Drivers Capture Top-Four Finishing Positions and Six of Top-Seven

ST. PETERSBURG (Fla.) (March 24, 2013) – James Hinchcliffe made the right move at the right time to grab the lead on the final restart of the 110-lap race, and never looked back to score his career-first win in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Behind the wheel of the No. 27 GoDaddy.com Andretti Autosport Chevrolet, Hinchcliffe led a total of 26 laps on the 1.8-mile/14-turn temporary course on the Streets of St. Petersburg.

Today’s victory was the second consecutive for the Chevrolet IndyCar V6 in the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

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CHEVROLET-POWERED DRIVERS TOP OPENING DAY AT ST. PETERSBURG

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Friday, March 22, 2013) – That Will Power and Ryan Hunter-Reay were at the top of the time chart on the opening day of preparations for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg wasn’t a surprise. After all, they dueled for the IZOD IndyCar Series title in 2012.

The driver who ranked third, Simona de Silvestro, was a bit of a surprise – a pleasant one to the first-year KV Racing Technology driver.

Power, who has earned the pole at St. Petersburg the past three years, led 25 drivers with a best lap of 1 minute, 1.4467 seconds, while Hunter-Reay, the reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion, checked in second at 1:01.6252.
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Erik Jones Wins the 45th Annual Snowball Derby

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Shortly after winning the 45th Annual Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, Byron, Michigan’s Erik Jones sat down with Speed51.com and SPEED TV’s Bob Dillner to discuss winning the crown jewel of short track asphalt racing. Jones held off NASCAR star Kyle Busch for the victory.

Cars Hit the Track for Practice for the 45th Annual Snowball Derby

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Speed51.com welcomes folks to the 45th Annual Snowball Derby Weekend with a look at the start of Thursday’s practice at Five Flags Speedway.

AUSTIN THERIAULT: Theriault, BKR Team Up For Double Duty At 45th Snowball Derby

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First Snowball Derby On Tap For Theriault

Fort Kent Driver Pulling Double Duty For BKR At Five Flags Speedway

AUSTIN THERIAULT: Theriault, BKR Team Up For Double Duty At 45th Snowball Derbyay in Pensacola, Fla.

Theriault is attempting to make his first start in the prestigious end-of-the-season event. Practice begins on Thursday, while WXBM Pole Qualifying is slated for Friday night, November 30, with the Snowball Derby 300 on Sunday, December 2, at 2 p.m.
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Brandon Johnson Wins the Governor’s Cup Pro Late Model 100

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With a late-race pass of Rich Clouser, Brandon Johnson won the November 16th, 2012 Pro Late Model 100 at New Smyrna Speedway (FL) to kick off the 47th Annual Florida Governor’s Cup 200 Weekend.

SunTrust Racing Wins Rain-Soaked Rolex Sports Car Series Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway

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Victory is Second Consecutive Win for Corvette Daytona Prototype

The No. 10 SunTrust Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype DP driving duo of Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor battled from the ninth starting position in what can only be described as extremely adverse conditions to capture their first win of the season in the Rolex Sports Car Series.

The win is the second consecutive for the Corvette Daytona DP which made its debut in Rolex competition at the 2012 Rolex 24-Hour race at Daytona in January 2012.

“We are very happy,” said Angelelli. “The team did an amazing job, good strategy at this. I think it was just fantastic. Our Corvette was perfect.”

Although both the Daytona Prototype (DP) and Grand Touring (GT) teams are equipped with rain tires designed to race in the rain, torrential downpours and standing water around the 2.3-mile course made it treacherous to navigate with an acceptable degree of safety. GRAND-AM officials were forced to end the race 52 minutes before the scheduled two-hour and 45-minute time for the race.
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Chevrolet V-6 IndyCar Debuts With Win at St. Petersburg

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Helio Castroneves’ Victory Paces 6 Chevy-Powered Teams in the Top 10

IndyCarST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Helio Castroneves punctuated Chevrolet’s return to Indy car racing following a six-year absence by winning the IZOD IndyCar Series season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Castroneves led 28 laps en route to his third career win at the 1.8 mile street course.

“This was a great effort for everyone,” said Castroneves, who moved into a tie for 13th place on IndyCar’s all-time list with his 26th career victory. “Chevy did a great job to keep everything under control. We had some issues in the beginning that we have to raise the revs so that we can have the battery, or something like that. But, to be honest, it didn’t upset us, it makes our temperature in the engine very nice and everything went really smooth.”
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CASTRONEVES WINS HONDA GRAND PRIX OF ST. PETERSBURG – Full Results

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IndyCarST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Helio Castroneves ended a winless drought of more than a year by winning the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg for the third time on March 25.

Castroneves, driving the No. 3 Shell V-Power/Pennzoil Ultra Team Penske Chevrolet, passed Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon for second place with a pass on the outside of Turn 1 on Lap 73 and went on to score the 26th win of his Indy car career.

Dixon finished second in his Honda-powered car, followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Autosport in a Chevrolet-powered car. James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Briscoe rounded out the top-five.
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POWER BREAKS TRACK RECORD, WINS POLE FOR HONDA GRAND PRIX OF ST PETERSBURG

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IndyCarST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Will Power says claiming the pole for the eighth Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is a “good start,” which he hopes six months down the road will lead to a championship finish.

Power set a circuit-qualifying record of 1 minute, 1.3721 seconds in winning the pole for the IZOD IndyCar Series’ season-opening race March 25.

Power has started from the pole in the race on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit for three consecutive years. He won in 2010 and was runner-up to Dario Franchitti in 2011.

Ryan Briscoe will start alongside his Team Penske teammate on the front row, while Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay and James Hinchcliffe will occupy Row 2. It’s the best start in the race for all three (Hinchcliffe didn’t compete in 2011).
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