Today’s schedule: Times are Eastern. Road America is in the Central Time Zone

10:15 am: IndyCar warmup Peacock

11 am: Indy NXT Race Peacock

1 pm: IndyCar Race USA

Another friendly nreminder that the race is on USA. Green fkag is at 1:30 Eastern

Happy Father’s day to all the dads who read this. Today’s Sonsio Grand Prix promises to be one of the more interesting races at Road America. A perfect storm is brewing for another wild day.

The Repave

Drivers loved the full track repave until they hated it. Drivers who got off line and ended up in the sand traps didn’t seem as enamored with the new surface as they did after Friday’s practice. With cars going two wide in some places, the recipe for caution periods is there, It has been a yellow filed year, but Road America doesn’t normally produce many caution periods. Today could be different.

Tires

The alternate tire doesn’t seem to be faster than the primary this weekend. Putting on the reds di not improve qualifying times. The driver who figures out the correct stire trategy will havet a great advantage.

I would start on the alternates and hope for an early yellow, then use the primaries the rest of the way.

Today will be the warmest day of the weekend with a temperature of 77 degrees at race time. It has been a most pleasant wekend weather wise.

Starting Lineup