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IndyCar race results, points standings after Bommarito 500 at WWT Raceway

By Betty C. Morrow 5 months ago

Josef Newgarden is now firmly in the hunt for a third NTT IndyCar Series championship after winning Saturday night’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Newgarden led a race-high 138 of 260 laps in claiming his second win of 2021 (Mid-Ohio). He becomes the fourth driver to score multiple wins this season in IndyCar, joining Pato O’Ward, Alex Palou and Marcus Ericsson.

O’Ward finished second to earn his fifth podium of the season and his first since winning Race No. 2 at Detroit’s Belle Isle Park in June. He also now holds the points lead by 10 points over Palou with three races to go.

Will Power followed his win last week on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course with a third-place finish. Power also earned his 63rd career Indy-car pole earlier Saturday. He is now within four poles of tying Mario Andretti for the

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Top Gear America Puts Dream Cars to the Test at Thunderhill Raceway Park!

By Betty C. Morrow 8 months ago

Everyone remembers them, you probably had one growing up (possibly still do)—a Lamborghini Countach poster circa the 1980s. The Countach is a dream car unlike any other, adorning more walls and inspiring generations of automotive enthusiasts all over the world. But everyone knows it’s a piece of crap. Never meet your heroes, kids, you’re often disappointed. Is that always the case? The Top Gear America hosts beg to differ and the producers aren’t going to make it easy on them, so they’re back at Thunderhill Raceway Park to find out if dream cars are more than just poster art.

Dream cars aren’t always the flagship models of boutique Italian sports car makers. Take the  Top Gear America hosts for example: Right off the bat, Rob Corddry has a polarizing vehicle in this category, a 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Eccentric as always, Rob, but that’s why we love you. Dax

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