With only three races left in the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season, Auto Club Speedway teamed up with their sponsored driver Penske Racing’s Helio Castroneves. The last race of the season is a double-points paying event that is scheduled to run for 500 miles at Auto Club Speedway in just 21 days on Saturday, August 30.
It turns out that with only three races left in the 2014 season – Milwaukee, Sonoma, and Auto Club Speedway – roughly 11 drivers are within mathematical striking distance of capturing the Verizon IndyCar Series World Championship Trophy, the Astor Cup. Helio felt that a driver would need a 75 point lead to feel safe … that would be 75 points ahead after the next two races of the 1 mile bullring at Milwaukee and the 2.52-mile road course at Sears Point near Sonoma.
The next two home games for the L.A. Galaxy feature the first Friday Night Fireworks & Lights Show, presented by Best Foods tonight with L.A. Galaxy meeting the San Jose Earthquakes – 8/8 7:30PM PDT and Back to School Night where the first 15K fans will receive a tin lunch box courtesy of The Flame Broiler with L.A. Galaxy meeting the Vancouver Whitecaps FC – 8/23 7:30PM PDT.
said players will walk in more as a group and closer to the stands.
involving the Inland Empire 66ers of the California League.
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
Participants included Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves, Will Power and Juan Pablo Montoya, Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan and this year’s Indianapolis 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Autosport. Power won last year’s Sonoma race.
“Driving a Verizon IndyCar here is a rush. There’s really no comparison to driving a stock car here,” said Montoya, who won a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Sonoma in 2007.
Then after the Grand Prix of Sonoma, the season comes to an end … in August … at Auto Club Speedway … Saturday, August 30.