Ahead of this week’s Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta where he’ll compete in the No. 31 Action Express Racing Corvette DP, Simon Pagenaud has made it through the first wave of media after winning the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series championship.
As you can see above, his round of media included a visit on NASCAR AMERICA on NBCSN. He spoke to Krista Voda about the year he just completed with Team Penske.
Pagenaud also posted a number of tweets about his week and the other places he visited:
First stop in #NYC for champion's media tour is @cnni! Watch live at 8:45am ET #IndyCar @Team_Penske pic.twitter.com/A5QT3YdQP9
— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) September 21, 2016
Thanks for having me @cnnsport and @AmandaJDavies! #IndyCar https://t.co/ycJsKdA7Ww
— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) September 21, 2016
Great dinner last night with my bud @thedrewpowell in #NewYork celebrating the @IndyCar championship Powell style ! pic.twitter.com/Iy1akjDCqT
— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) September 21, 2016
Getting comfy on the @COED futon, talking about my love for Grand Theft Auto of course! #IndyCar pic.twitter.com/mt0D0Fu9vG
— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) September 21, 2016
So cool to meet @TatyanaMcFadden and see her 17 medals at @SInow ...they are heavy!! #IndyCar pic.twitter.com/XVXUGDScZK
— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) September 21, 2016
Getting pumped up discussing why #Rocky is by far the best pre-race song at @SInowLIVE! #IndyCar pic.twitter.com/orlNIDOAO3
— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) September 21, 2016
We had breakfast with @Forbes yesterday in #NewYork, read about it here: https://t.co/FNmGCRxSCp #IndyCar pic.twitter.com/bkPGChglMI
— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) September 22, 2016
Pagenaud and Team Penske celebrated back at Charlotte headquarters:
What a time to celebrate our @IndyCar championship with @simonpagenaud pic.twitter.com/UDXTJYAzef
— Team Penske (@Team_Penske) September 23, 2016
And then there was this in Sonoma, which was shot before the weekend of title clinching itself but may have given Pagenaud the “force” to succeed (see separate piece).
Pagenaud made a brief co-hosting appearance on “The Star Wars Show” presented by Verizon - his portion starts on camera at 5:40 in the 8-plus minute clip, with the IndyCar portion starting at 5:12 or so.
Besides Pagenaud, Gabby Chaves and Zach Veach are in the video, since both were driving the IndyCar two-seaters at Sonoma.