2014 IndyCar / Mazda Road to Indy season

Indycar teams prepared for the season finale at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, yesterday in a series open test. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2014/08/8-26-Carpenter-points-toward-another-Fontana-podium) Scott Dixon set the fastest lap of the day at an average of 219.462mph. Full timesheet: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-08-28/FON indycar-results-pcomb.pdf

The Grand Prix of Louisiana at NOLA Motorsports Park was officially announced for the 2015 season, using a slightly modified 2.67-mile layout. The track previously hosted a winter series for USF2000 and Pro Mazda in February, along with Indy Lights testing. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2014/08/8-27-NOLA-race-debuts-on-2015-schedule)
 
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2014 Verizon Indycar Series Round 18 of 18: MAVTV 500

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Venue: Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA
Track length: 2.00 miles
Banking: 14 degrees (corners), 11 degrees (frontstretch), 3 degrees (backstretch)
Race length: 250 laps (500 miles)

Overview: CART first raced at Auto Club Speedway in 1997, scheduling a 500 mile race and continuing until 2002. The IRL series added a 400-mile race to the track between 2002 and 2005. Gil de Ferran holds the lap record (set in 2000), at 237.977mph which is also a closed-circuit speed record. The 2003 IRL race was the fastest circuit race in motorsport history, with an average speed of 207.151 mph. In 2012, the re-unified IndyCar series returned with a 500 mile event at night to close the season, along with a shorter race for Indy Lights. The Indycar series title will be decided here for the third consecutive season, with Indy Lights having finished its season last week at Sonoma.

Drivers' preview:


Entry list:

http://d1b8ufspcmikd1.cloudfront.ne.../indycar-entrylist.pdf?vs=1&d=20140826T112611

Spotter guide:

http://d1b8ufspcmikd1.cloudfront.ne...dycar-spotterguide.pdf?vs=1&d=20140825T191925

Schedule:

http://d1b8ufspcmikd1.cloudfront.ne...ar-weekendschedule.pdf?vs=1&d=20140825T191909

TV coverage:

ESPN UK - 02:30 Sunday 31st August (live); 10:30 Sunday 31st August (re-run); 06:00 Wednesday 3rd September (re-run); 15:45 Wednesday 3rd September (highlights); 14:45 Friday 5th September (highlights)
 
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Will Power set the fastest lap in first practice at Fontana. Full practice 1 results: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-08-29/FON indycar-results-p1.pdf

Helio Castroneves took pole position for the MAVTV 500. Full qualifying results: https://d1b8ufspcmikd1.cloudfront.n...-qualresults.pdf?la=en&vs=1&d=20140829T193806

Qualifying highlights and interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyzbLtP866k

Ryan Briscoe led the second practice session. Mikhail Aleshin will not start the race after being involved in an accident mid-session. Results: http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/3112/2014-08-29/indycar-results-pf.pdf

Fontana starting grid

1) Helio Castroneves
2) Juan Pablo Montoya
3) Josef Newgarden
4) Takuma Sato
5) Scott Dixon
6) Charlie Kimball
7) Tony Kanaan
8) Ryan Hunter-Reay
9) Graham Rahal
10) James Hinchcliffe
11) Ryan Briscoe
12) Simon Pagenaud
13) Ed Carpenter
14) Sebastien Bourdais
15) Justin Wilson
16) Jack Hawksworth
17) Marco Andretti
18) Carlos Munoz
19) Sebastian Saavedra
20) Will Power
21) Carlos Huertas

Fontana race results

1. Tony Kanaan Ganassi-Chevrolet 2hrs 32min 58.4659s/250 laps
2. Scott Dixon Ganassi-Chevrolet +3.6750s
3. Ed Carpenter ECR-Chevrolet +7.3053s
4. Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske-Chevrolet +7.9238s
5. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport-Honda +11.8858s
6. Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda +12.6887s
7. Ryan Briscoe Ganassi-Chevrolet +6.5113s
8. Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport-Honda +23.2807s
9. Will Power Team Penske-Chevrolet +28.3456s
10. Josef Newgarden Fisher-Hartman Racing-Honda +32.1856s
11. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport-Honda +1 lap
12. Charlie Kimball Ganassi-Chevrolet + 1 lap
13. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +1 lap
14. Helio Castroneves Team Penske-Chevrolet +1 lap
15. Jack Hawksworth Bryan Herta Autosport-Honda +1 lap
16. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport-Honda +2 laps
17. Sebastian Saavedra KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +2 laps
18. Sebastien Bourdais KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +5 laps
19. Graham Rahal Rahal-Letterman-Honda +6 laps
20. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +7 laps

Retirements

Carlos Huertas Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +229 laps/Withdrawn

Fastest lap: Will Power, 218.982mph/32.8794s on lap 189

Race highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DVAuooaLW0

Post-race interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUdwoiSGtGM

Final championship standings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_IndyCar_Series_season#Driver_standings
 
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