They’re gonna paaaahk the caaahs at Haaahhvahhd Yaaahhd next fall.
OK not really and sincere apologies to Bostonians and New Englanders everywhere for that bit.
But for the Verizon IndyCar Series, it appears the Boston season finaaaahle – dang, I did it again – is on the caaaahhds fully for next year.
OK, this time I’ll stop.
Anyway, a report from the Boston Herald is more or less confirming that IndyCar will end its 2016 season – and perhaps future ones – in the Seaport District in South Boston, with organizers hoping to officially announce the deal on Thursday.
It would fall on the Labor Day weekend and serve as the series’ first trip to a Northeast street course since Baltimore’s race ended at the end of 2013. That race took place on Labor Day weekend each of the three years.
The first track details may be hinted at, too, in the below tweet.
In an interview with MotorSportsTalk at the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Miles touched on how he wants to grow the schedule for 2016.
“We need to continue to strengthen the schedule,” Miles told MotorSportsTalk. “We hope and believe for next year, that the championship schedule, there will be at least one or two meaningful new venues that will be signs of growth, and positive signs about the health of the series.”
This would be one of those “one or two” meaningful new venues.
Three riders remain locked in a tight battle with 17 points separating the leader Cooper Webb from third-place Chase Sexton and these are only a few Supercross numbers to consider entering Seattle.Chase Sexton made a statement in Detroit with his second win of 2023. – Feld Motor Sports
Webb and Tomac won the last four championships with two apiece in alternating years, but they were not one another’s primary rival for most of those seasons. On the average, however, the past four years show an incredible similarity with average points earned of 21.0 for Webb and 21.3 for Tomac. With five wins so far this season, Tomac (23 wins) leads Webb (19) in victories but Webb (43) edges Tomac (41) in podium finishes during this span.
Tomac has won two of the last three Seattle races and those two wins in this stadium are topped only by James Stewart. Fittingly, if Tomac gets a third win this week, he will tie Stewart for second on the all-time wins’ list. Tomac tied Ricky Carmichael for third with 48 wins at Oakland and took sole possession of that spot with his Daytona win.
Sexton still has a lot to say and after winning last week in Detroit, he is speaking up. The Supercross numbers are against him entering Seattle, however, because a points’ deficit this large after Round 10 has been erased only once. In 1983 David Bailey was 47 points behind Bob Hannah, and like Sexton he was also in third place. Bailey took the points’ lead with one race remaining.
The seven points Sexton was penalized last week for jumping in a red cross flag section in Detroit could prove extremely costly.
In fact, it has been a series of mistakes that has cost Sexton the most. In the last two weeks, he lost 10 points with a 10th-place finish to go with his penalty. Erase those, and all three riders hold their fate in their hands.
Plessinger’s heartbreak in Detroit is still fresh, but the upside of his run is that was his best of the season and could turn his fortunes around. Prior to that race, he led only seven laps in three mains. He was up front for 20 laps in Detroit with five of those being the fastest on the track.
Last week’s win by Hunter Lawrence tied him with his brother Jett Lawrence for 17th on the all-time wins’ list. With the focus shifting to 250 West for the next two rounds, Jett has a great opportunity to pull back ahead. The real test will be at the first East / West Showdown in East Rutherford, New Jersey on April 22.
Last Five Seattle Winners
450s 2022: Eli Tomac
2019: Marvin Musquin
2018: Eli Tomac
2017: Marvin Musquin
2014: Ryan Villopoto
