Montoya accepts offer to drive for Roger Penske in Indy 500
Montoya accepts offer to drive for Roger Penske in Indy 500
Juan Pablo Montoya has accepted an offer to race the Indianapolis 500 for Team Penske and will not drive full-time in IndyCar next season. Montoya told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, the offer was the best choice for the Colombian. Hes a two-time Indy 500 winner, including the 2015 crown driving for Penske. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Juan Pablo Montoya has accepted an offer to race the Indianapolis 500 for Team Penske and will not drive ful Montoya told The Associated Press on Tuesday the offer was the ''best choice'' for the Colombian.
The Indianapolis 500 -Mile Race ( better known as the Indy 500 ) is an automobile race held annually at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States . Indy 500 driver name generator (Photo11: Photo Illustration). They may be given names or nicknames, but these identities
Graham Rahal is 27 years old, comes from a racing family, married a drag racer , and will be in the field for this year’s Indy 500 at the end of May. Graham has been around fast cars his entire life. So he knows a thing or two about how be a better driver . “ Be more aware,” he told Business Insider
© Provided by Business Insider Graham Rahal Graham Rahal is 27 years old, comes from a racing family, married a drag racer, and will be in the field for this year's Indy 500 at the end of May.
It will be his eighth time at the Brickyard. His best finish thus far was a third in 2011. He's racing for the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team. (The Rahal is his dad, Bobby, who won the Indy 500 in 1986. The Letterman is Indiana native and racing nut David Letterman.)
Graham has been around fast cars his entire life. So he knows a thing or two about how be a better driver.
How Fast is a Mustang With an Indy Motor?
How Fast is a Mustang With an Indy Motor?
Read all about this 1967 Ford Mustang that is equipped with a four-cam Autolite Indy motor. Racing legend Mario Andretti even drove this 'Stang.Yep, that’s a four-cam Autolite IndyCar engine stuffed into a 1967 Mustang fastback’s engine compartment, the result of a bench racing session about how fast the combination might run. Hot rodding heroes Art Chrisman, Chick Hiroshima, Ak Miller, and Autolite’s Danny Eames were responsible for the delinquency, and they conned Mario Andretti into driving it in search of land speed records at Bonneville. The photo was shot on November 11, 1966, and the color version ended up on the Feb. ’67 cover of Hot Rod magazine.
Graham Rahal is 27 years old, comes from a racing family, married a drag racer , and will be in the field for this year's Indy 500 at the end of May. Graham has been around fast cars his entire life. So he knows a thing or two about how be a better driver . " Be more aware," he told Business Insider
Graham Rahal is 27 years old, comes from a racing family, married a drag racer , and will be in the field for this year's Indy 500 at the end of May.It will be his eighth time at the Brickyard. His best finish thus far was a third in 2011. He's racing for the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team.
"Be more aware," he told Business Insider, succinctly.
"There are so many distractions now," he added. "You have to pay attention."
He's right, of course. America is dealing with an epidemic of distracted driving, as devices and infotainment systems compete for attention in cars, taking our hands off the wheel and our eyes off the road. It doesn't take long for these behaviors to lead to tragedy. A crash can happen in just a few seconds.
Rahal also said that drivers should respect what he called "lane protocol."
"People don’t focus," he said. "And they don't understand lane protocol. The left lane is for passing, the center lane is for cruising, and the right lane is for slower traffic."
So there. If you want to be a better driver, follow a simple rule: Focus.
And get in the correct lane!
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Fast, furious Vertstappen vows no let-up .
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