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Was Long Beach really Scott Dixon’s greatest IndyCar drive yet?

You can read all about the strategy here, with Hull revealing the lap that Dixon needed to get to in order to make his final pitstop and have enough fuel to reach the finish.

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Inside the strategy that won and lost the IndyCar race at Long Beach

The second points-paying round of the 2024 season saw 85 laps run around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street circuit, with an early caution – the only one of the day – proving to be the pivotal moment that altered strategies.

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Scott Dixon Wins Grand Prix Of Long Beach With Fuel-Saving Strategy

Scott Dixon's strategic fuel-saving win at Grand Prix of Long Beach nears A.J. Foyt's record, with Chip Ganassi Racing's success. Exciting IndyCar action!

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IndyCar Long Beach: Dixon wins strategic battle, Herta hits Newgarden

After starting eighth, the 43-year-old New Zealander took advantage of the race's only caution, that temporarily neutralised the 85-lap contest, and switched to an alternate strategy. The outcome cycled him to the lead but forced him into fuel conservation mode.

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Herta admits he “misjudged” Newgarden IndyCar clash at Long Beach

Reigning Indy 500 champion Newgarden was running second and chasing Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon for the win when Herta – who had just caught up with the two leaders – rammed into the back of him at the Turn 11 hairpin with eight laps to go.

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IndyCar Long Beach: Rosenqvist gives MSR first-ever series pole

The 32-year-old Swede saved his best for last after pushing to a quick lap of 1m06.0172s around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street circuit, giving Meyer Shank Racing its first-ever pole in the IndyCar Series. It is the sixth pole of Rosenqvist’s career.

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IndyCar Long Beach: Kirkwood’s late surge paces second practice

The defending race winner, Kirkwood delivered a flying lap of 1m06.4731s (106.581 mph) in the final seconds to lead the session on a chilly morning at the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street circuit.

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IndyCar Long Beach: Start times, how to watch on TV, entry list & more

This weekend’s round on the Streets of Long Beach will comprise 85 laps (167.28 miles) around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary circuit.

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Palou takes dominant IndyCar win in Thermal Million Dollar Challenge

Palou, the reigning and two-time IndyCar Series champion, controlled the field in the non-points exhibition, the first in IndyCar since 2008, to claim victory by 5.7929s over Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin at the 3.067-mile, 17-turn road course.

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Rising concerns in IndyCar over PFC’s braking system

There have been three known issues thus far, with the latest happening during the first test session on ahead of this weekend’s $1 Million Challenge at The Thermal Club.

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Deletraz: Sebring 12H battle with Bourdais for win “tough but fair”

A run of multiple cautions in the final hour and 20 minutes threw fuel saving out the window and set up a memorable fight for glory in the endurance classic, which played into the hands of Deletraz.The 26-year-old Swiss driver sported a set of slightly fresher tires on the No.…

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Sebring 12h: Deletraz bests Bourdais to claim victory for Acura

Deletraz, driving the Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti’s No. 40 Acura ARX-06, applied the pressure with less than six minutes to go on Cadillac Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais, who had a firm hold of the lead for much of the final hour. The two tangled with on-track shoves, but it was…

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Acura buoyed by weight reduction for IMSA Sebring 12 Hours

HRC USA president David Salters, who is responsible for the ARX-06 program, told Motorsport.com at the season-opening IndyCar Series round at St. Petersburg last weekend that the reduction of 17kg since the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona should give it a better fighting chance on raw pace at Sebring this…

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McLaughlin: Charging to podium in St. Pete is “like a win”

The 30-year-old New Zealander started ninth for the 100-lap contest that opened the 2024 season for the IndyCar Series. However, it didn’t take long for the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet to quickly move forward.

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“Out of synch” Kirkwood rues St. Petersburg IndyCar qualifying plan

Kirkwood, who won at street tracks at Long Beach and Nashville last year, failed to progress from the first stage of qualifying and blamed a strategy call for pushing too late on the alternate compound Firestone tires, having missed the sweet spot of the rubber.

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IndyCar St. Petersburg: Herta fastest in FP2, Kirkwood hits wall

Herta lapped the 1.8-mile, 14-turn street circuit in his Honda-powered machine in 1m00.1331s, recording the fastest time of the weekend thus far.

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Fines, penalties and pain: Driver racewear disasters

Over the years, many drivers have struck trouble with their race garments and helmets or been fined for using the wrong or unapproved type.

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Fines, penalties and pain: When driver racewear goes bad

Over the years, many drivers have struck trouble with their race garments and helmets, or been fined for using the wrong or unapproved type. Starting with Logano, here are five famous instances.

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Was F1's assessment of Andretti's shortcomings fair?

FOM's statement on Wednesday afternoon was as detailed as it was blunt about what it felt were the Andretti Cadillac bid's shortcomings.

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Acura’s Daytona 24h hopes hit by Albuquerque stoppage

Filipe Albuquerque was behind the wheel of the No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 when it slowed to halt out on track and had to be recovered by a tow truck.

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Daytona 24h, H6: Porsche surges past Cadillac to lead

Hour four began with an almost-immediate caution, as serial LMP2 spinner Lance Willsey lost control again in the sole #33 Ligier approaching Turn 6 and almost took out Colton Herta’s then second-placed #10 WTRA Acura.

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Brad Pitt Filming Formula One Movie at Rolex 24

Brad Pitt is causing a stir at the Rolex 24 at Daytona as he films scenes for his upcoming Formula One movie. Other drivers are feeling the effects of the ...

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Herta’s F1 chance “very time sensitive” besides Andretti shot

The FIA gave Andretti’s new project the official go-ahead in October, subject to the team agreeing commercial terms with the F1 organisation and its CEO Stefano Domenicali, which is still pending.

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IndyCar 2023 season review: Andretti Autosport

#26 – Colton Herta, 10th in the championship standings (356 points) – 17 races

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Upsized WTR Andretti squad quickly “gelling” in Daytona test

The organization grew from a one-car outfit to three, adding an additional machine in the topflight GTP category while also branching out with a new entry in the GTD class.

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