Everything Trackside
Driven by the fans, for the fans
Tag: Kyle Kirkwood
-
Kyle Kirkwood delivered a statement on the biggest stage American open-wheel racing has ever built. He led 128 of 147 laps to win the inaugural Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., turning the first-ever motor race on the streets of the nation’s capital into a coronation for Andretti Global and, in a broader sense,…
-
The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham always had all the makings of a classic. A brand-new street circuit, a compressed schedule due to track issues, and a championship fight entering its final stretch. The inaugural race on the Streets of Markham delivered on every count, capped by Marcus Ericsson snapping a 63-race winless run.…
-
Alex Palou converted P2 on the grid into victory in the 2026 GP of Long Beach. Palou beat polesitter Felix Rosenqvist after a mid-race caution wreaked havoc on the teams’ strategies. Early Action Rosenqvist led from the start and controlled the opening stint. Palou muscled past Pato O’Ward on lap two into Turn 1 to…
-
2026 Long Beach practice at Long Beach delivered exactly what IndyCar promised this weekend. Practice gave us razor-thin margins, brushes with concrete, and a power struggle between Andretti, Penske, and McLaren. Practice 1 – Friday Andretti Global’s newest recruit, Will Power, topped Practice 1 with a blistering 1:07.6053 in the No. 26 Honda. He showed…
-
IndyCar’s first race at Phoenix Raceway since 2018 delivered a very different kind of race and the same winner. Josef Newgarden hunted down late leader Kyle Kirkwood on fresher tires to win the Good Ranchers 250. Newgarden reclaimed his old Phoenix crown and left the one‑mile oval as the new NTT IndyCar Series points leader.…
-
IndyCar has just come off the back of a double header weekend with the Bommarito and Road America Grand Prix. These are two notoriously different circuits and both provided us with vastly varying, but equally enjoyable entertainment. One thing that did stay the same though was the identity of the two race winners. Once again,…
-
Last time out, we saw Alex Palou take not only his first Oval win, but his first Indy 500 victory. Last weekend’s IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix saw the Spaniard struggle however as a myriad of drivers rose to the occasion to try and beat him. In the end, the victor was a familiar face –…