(Photo by Russell LaBounty/LAT for GM/Chevrolet Racing)
Scott Dixon (No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Energizer EcoAdvanced Chevrolet Turbo V6) celebrates after winning the Verizon IndyCar Series Firestone 600 race on the 1.455-mile, high-banked Texas Motor Speedway oval Saturday night. Dixon led 97 of the 248 laps earning his second victory of the Verizon IndyCar Series season and his second at Texas Motor Speedway. Dixon averaged 191.940 mph - setting a track race record in a race slowed by just one caution. “We made some big changes after the first stint," Dixon commented. "We had a lot of understeer. TK was fast. I knew we had a good car, we just had to get it dialed in. I can’t thank the crew enough. This Energizer car... I told you... we had a run with this thing where we would constantly win. I am just over the moon with it, over the moon.” It was the 99th Indy car victory for team owner Chip Ganassi, and Dixon picked up his 37th Indy car win - fifth on the all-time list. Dixon has won multiple times in Indy car racing for ten straight seasons. Dixon is now third in the 2015 standings through nine of 16 races - 43 points behind Juan Pablo Montoya heading to the Honda Indy Toronto coming up on June 14th, where he swept a doubleheader on the street circuit in 2013.
(Photo by Russell LaBounty/LAT for GM/Chevrolet Racing)
Tony Kanaan (No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing NTT Data Chevrolet Turbo V6) finished second Saturday night, 7.8000 seconds behind his teammate. Chevrolet-powered machines swept the first four positions at Texas Motor Speedway.
(Photo by Chris Owens/IndyCar)
Helio Castroneves (No. 3 Team Penske AAA Insurance Chevrolet Turbo V6), who has won four times at TMS, finished third in Texas.
(Photo by Chris Owens/IndyCar)
With a fourth-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway Saturday night, Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 2 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet Turbo V6) increased his points lead to 35 over teammate Will Power (No. 1 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet Turbo V6), who finished thirteenth. Marco Andretti (No. 27 Andretti Autosport Snapple Honda Turbo V6) started 11th in the No. 27 Snapple Honda and finished fifth for his third consecutive top five.
(Photo by Chris Owens/IndyCar)
When you win in Texas, you get to do this.
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Aston Martin Racing and the Hotel de France reunited after more than 50 years on June 1st to relive some of the most iconic memories from the luxury sportscar manufacturer’s history at the world-famous 24 Hours of Le Mans. In the 1950s and 1960s, Aston Martin’s racing team used the Hotel de France as its base for the 24-hour race. This year, it returned with three of its 2015 V8 Vantage GTEs and works drivers Darren Turner (GB), Richie Stanaway (NZ) and Mathias Lauda (AT) to recreate the photos and footage that captured some of the greatest moments in the brand’s 102-year history. David Richards, Chairman of Aston Martin Racing, said: “The Hotel de France is an important part of Aston Martin’s motorsport heritage, having been the team’s Le Mans base for many years in the late 1950s, including 1959 when the team won the 24-hour race. This year, we wanted to recreate the nostalgia of those days, when the racing cars had their final preparations alongside the hotel before being driven some 40km to the circuit along public roads.” The Hotel de France’s association with motorsport and the Le Mans 24-hour race started when John Wyer, Aston Martin’s then team manager, discovered it in 1952 and then based his teams there.
(Porsche)
Porsche Cars North America has unveiled the official Rennsport Reunion V artwork for its gathering of historic and contemporary Porsche race cars, and their drivers, September 25 to 27, 2015. This year’s event will feature the decades-long success story of Porsche at Le Mans. The poster depicts the 356 of 1951, first Porsche entrant and first class winner at the famed 24 hour race; the 917, which garnered the first overall victory with Hans Herrmann and Dick Attwood in 1970; and the 919 hybrid prototype with which Porsche returned to the top category of sports car racing in 2014 after a 16-year absence. The painting is by automotive artist Dennis Simon, who created the posters for three of the previous four venues. Additional details about the Porsche Rennsport Reunion V along with images from the first four Rennsport Reunions will be published on the official Porsche Rennsport Reunion V website, www.porscherennsportreunion.com, and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca’s website (www.mazdaraceway.com), as they become available. Ticket information is available by contacting 831-242-8200 or www.mazdaraceway.com.
