Times are Eastern. Road America is in the Central Time Zone
Friday
2:50-3:35 pm: Indy NXT Practice
4-5:15 pm: INDYCAR Practice Peacock
Sat
9:50-10:35 am: Indy NXT Practice
10:55-11:55 am: INDYCAR Practice Peacock
1:15 pm: Indy NXT Qualifying
1:55 pm: INDYCAR Qualifying Peacock
Sun
10:15-10:45 am: Indycar Warmup Peacock
11:15 am: Indy NXT Race Peacock
1 pm: INDYCAR Race USA Peacock
A release from Ed Carpenter Racing:
| ED CARPENTER RACING DRIVER UPDATE |
| ECR, Conor Daly Mutually Agree to End Their Relationship, Effective Immediately |
| (INDIANAPOLIS) June 7, 2023 – Ed Carpenter Racing announced today that the team and Conor Daly have mutually agreed to end their relationship, effective immediately. The No. 20 BITNILE.COM Chevrolet will continue as a full-time entry in the 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. Team owner Ed Carpenter stated, “This is the most difficult decision I have made as a team owner because I respect Conor and know what he means to INDYCAR and its fans. Our team has not been performing at the level we are capable of this year, and despite making technical changes and investments in the offseason, 2023 has been extremely challenging. I have put a great deal of consideration into the current state of our team and realize it is my obligation to our employees, partners, and supporters to do whatever is necessary to elevate our team’s competitiveness. We sincerely wish Conor continued success and will cheer him on wherever he goes next.” “Although we’ve mutually decided that it’s in our best interests to take different paths, I’d like to thank ECR for the past three and a half seasons,” said Daly. “I’m grateful to everyone who has supported me – past, present and into the future. I look forward to taking on the next opportunities that await, and I want to thank the fans for being with me on this ride.” The status of the No. 21 BITNILE.COM Chevrolet is unaffected, as well as the ovals-only program of the No. 33 BITNILE.COM Chevrolet. Information regarding the driver of the No. 20 BITNILE.COM Chevrolet for the upcoming event at Road America will be released in due course. |
| About Ed Carpenter RacingEd Carpenter Racing (ECR) first entered the NTT INDYCAR SERIES in 2012. The Indianapolis-based race team has proven its versatility by collecting eight wins across each type of track the series competes on – street and road courses, short ovals and speedways. ECR is led by IndyCar’s only team owner/driver, Ed Carpenter, three-time pole winner for the Indianapolis 500 (2013, 2014 and 2018). The 2023 season will see the team continue to compete with two full-time entries: the No. 20 BITNILE.COM Chevrolet and the No. 21 BITNILE.COM Chevrolet, driven by Rinus VeeKay. Carpenter will round out the team’s three-car effort on the ovals, campaigning the No. 33 BITNILE.COM Chevrolet. More information may be found at http://www.edcarpenterracing.com/. |
The long day for RLL cars continues. Christian Lundgaard was just bumoled out of the top 30 by David Malukas. Three cars from the team will a=have to fight for the last row to morrow.. Malukas is now on the bubble. UPDATE- Lundgaard just knocked Malukas out and put himself on the bubble.
Katherine Legge is still the nly RLL car in nthe field. She sits 29th. Legge is probably safe.
Kyle Kirkwood has moved into the top 12. he knocked Ed Carpenter rto 13th. Tony Kanaan tied Carpenter with a speed of 232.620 mph. Carpenter slots ahead of Carpenter since he posted the speed first.
Agustin Canapino went out to try to mprove hios time. he brushed the wall in turn 2 and the run was called off. I don’t understand sending a rookie who was safe out for a second run.
75 minutes remain.
Colton Herta turned the fastest lap in the final tunme up for this afternnonm’s Firestomne Grand Prix. Pole siteer Romain Grosjean finished the session 11th.
The 30 mminute perod ran without incident, but some drivers ran into runoff areas. Allwho did were able to get their cars back on track
\Kyle Kirkwood, who crashed on the first lap of the Fast Six, ended the morning second quick. Scott McLaughlin, who also ha an on ttack incident in qualifying, was 17th.
Callum Ilott and Josef Newgarden were the two fastest Chevrolets in fifth and sixth respectively. Newgarden could be a factor in the race despite his 14th starting spot.
Results:
I’ll be back in a bit with tire choices/
On track times for Indycar and Indy NXT by Firestone. All Indycar sessions are on Peacock, including the race. The race is also on NBC.. The Indy NXT race is aon Peacock. All times Eastern
Friday. March 3
3 PM-4:15 PM Practice 1
Saturday, March 4
10 AM-11 AM Practice 2
2:15 PM-3:30 PM Qualifying
Sunday, March 5
9 AM-9:30 AM Warm up
12:30 PM- Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (100 laps)
Friday. March 3
1:55 PM-2:40 PM Practice 1
Saturday, March 4
9 AM-9:45 AM Practice 2
1:35 PM-1:55 PM Qualifying
Sunday, March 5
9:55 AM-10:55 PM Race
Romain Grosjean came away from the Spring Training tests at The Thermal Club optimistic about the upcoming NTT Indycar season. I spoke with at the St. Pete track build, where the driver of the number 28 DH car for Andretti Autosport represented the series.
He enjoyed his time with Lamborghini at Daytona, but is now fully focused on having his best Indycar season.
About Thermal Club, Grosjean found it “different or better than what we expected really. The facility was amazing , the track was actually pretty good for testing so we actually learned a fair bit of stuff from the two days of of testing.”
Grosjean said the team left California ahead of where they were at this point in 2022.
“We have a better baseline that we had last year,” Grosjean said. “We have one more test in Sebring before coming here. We’re going to work on our street setup. Last year we were quite competitive. We should have won Long Beach, almost had the pole in Nashville, so we know on street courses we’re pretty good.”
The team’s dynamic is “pretty good I like Kirkwood andColton as well as Devlin. We’re good, we’ve got a good team. I’m excited to get the season going.”
Grosjean hopes to score his first Indycar win in 2023, but admits it is going to be tough with 27 cars.
The Pit Window by Mike Silver 