Rising star Devlin DeFrancesco will start on pole position for today’s Indy Pro 2000 Oval Challenge of St. Louis Presented by Cooper Tires. In preparation for only his second ever race on an oval, the 20-year-old Italian-Canadian from Toronto, Ont., this afternoon was the only driver to turn two laps […]
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The Bommarito Automotive Group 500 – this year split into two 250-mile races – saw IndyCar again adopt the oval qualifying system whereby each car gets a two-lap run, with everyone’s first lap deciding the grid for Saturday’s race, the second deciding the grid for Sunday’s round. Parc ferme rules also […]
INDIANAPOLIS – The boost was turned up, but the suspects remained the same during “Fast Friday” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Andretti Autosport ended Friday with all seven of its cars or affiliated cars in the top 15 during the final full day of practice before Crown Royal Armed Forces Qualifying […]
Johann Zarco took a shock MotoGP pole position for Avintia Ducati at the Czech Grand Prix after a late crash for Fabio Quartararo, while Andrea Dovizioso was only 18th. Zarco put the KTM on the front row at Brno one year ago in wet conditions, but a week later had […]
Pol Espargaro stormed to his and KTM’s first MotoGP pole in a frantic Styrian Grand Prix qualifying, while Valentino Rossi was only 15th after a crash. In a season in which KTM achieved its first win courtesy of Brad Binder, Espargaro gave the Austrian marque its maiden pole in a […]
Fabio Quartararo claimed his second MotoGP pole of 2020 at the Andalusian Grand Prix after Maverick Vinales had his last lap cancelled, while Marc Marquez did not set a time. Reigning world champion Marquez completed 18 laps in FP3 and a further 10 in FP4, after Honda confirmed he would […]
EXCLUSIVE – Marco Andretti doesn’t believe in a family curse, but he’s fine if you do. The third-generation driver on Sunday won pole position for the upcoming Indy 500, becoming the first Andretti to do so since his grandfather Mario started from the front in 1987. Mario dominated that race until […]
The Indianapolis 500 isn’t until Sunday, but Marco Andretti is already making race history — and family history too. © Provided by For The Win After a strong performance this weekend during the initial qualifying session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for one of the biggest races in the world, Andretti won […]
Marco Andretti took pole position for the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500, which will go green this Sunday, August 23rd, at 2:30 p.m. ET. Andretti, the grandson of 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti and son of Michael Andretti, beat eight of his rivals in the Fast Nine Shootout […]
Mario Andretti, sitting in his favorite easy chair on Sunday at home in Nazareth, Pa., was practicing expectation management when his grandson Marco went out for a four-lap qualifying run for the 104th Indianapolis 500. “To be honest, after his three Andretti Autosport teammates had gone out and had not […]
Mario Andretti would normally have been in Indianapolis Sunday for qualifying for this weekend’s Indianapolis 500. Instead, he watched it unfold from his lake house in Wayne County in part because of the restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. No matter because when his grandson, Marco, earned the pole for […]
After a 33-year wait, a member of the storied Andretti family will once again start on the pole and lead the Indianapolis 500 field to green. And although he wasn’t the one behind the wheel, no one seemed more excited about that than the family patriarch, Mario Andretti, who won […]
They’re calling it the Month of Marco. Potentially premature, but also accurate to date. The third-generation driver continued the pace shown throughout the week, capturing the pole for the 104th Indianapolis 500 during the Fast Nine Shootout on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Andretti posted the quickest four-lap average […]
CLOSE Join motor sports insider Nathan Brown as he recaps the final day of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. Indianapolis Star INDIANAPOLIS – Marco Andretti was not crying. He wants you to know that. His eyes looked red, but he’d just rocketed four times around Indianapolis Motor Speedway, hitting speeds […]
Marco Andretti has won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 in a lightning-fast first step toward snapping the infamous “Andretti Curse” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Andretti logged a four-lap average of 231.068 mph in Sunday qualifying, and an Andretti now will lead the field to green for the first time […]
Marco Andretti is starting first in the 2020 Indianapolis 500. The third-generation racer barely beat out Scott Dixon on Sunday to start first in the pandemic-postponed race. Andretti had the fastest qualifying time of everyone on Saturday and then posted the fastest four-lap average again on Sunday among the nine […]
Qualifying is over, and the starting grid for the 2020 Indy 500 has been set after today’s session with the fastest nine drivers. Marco Andretti of Andretti Autosport took his first pole position with an average lap speed of 231.068 mph; for the first time in 33 years, an Andretti […]
Marco Andretti sits in his pit box before the start of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. Michael Conroy AP INDIANAPOLIS Marco Andretti was 2 months old the last time his venerable racing family led the field to green […]
From Autoweek They’re calling it the Month of Marco. Potentially premature, but also accurate to date. The third-generation driver continued the pace shown throughout the week by capturing the pole for the 104th Indianapolis 500 during the Fast Nine Shootout on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Andretti posted the […]
CLOSE Join motor sports insider Nathan Brown as he recaps the final day of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. Indianapolis Star After losing out on pole position for the Indianapolis 500 to Marco Andretti in dramatic fashion, Scott Dixon was, naturally, asked about Marco Andretti. It’s been 51 years since his […]