Christmas Shopping

Christmas Ideas.

Take out a subscription for friends or family for a years enjoyment of Race Control magazine. Its the gift that keeps on giving.

Here are some quick links for you all so you can get your issue from any format/ provider that best suits you.

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Race Control Issue 4 Out Now

The bumper Sonoma Edition 

On Line NOW. Issue 4 has gone LIVE. Here are some quick links for you all that will suit any platform that may best suit you. This is a bumper issue topping 140 pages as we wrap up the 2018 IndyCar season.

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Race Control Issue 4

Issue 4 of Race Control on line in November

The latest Race Control promo for you all went on line today.

Issue 4 of Race Control is due out very soon and its another massive bumper edition for you. 

We feature the Sonoma Showdown for the 2018 Championship title, meet Cara Adams from Firestone, find out really just who is the Sarge?, meet Hunter McElrea 2018 Australian Formula Ford Champion on his Road to Indy, Fitness 101 for any driver, they call him Ziggy but he's Paul Harcus from Andretti Autosport all this and so much more. 

Grab your copy on line from ZINIO.com Amazon.com and our app from the I Tunes store

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The How to Get Race Control Magazine guide.

Many of you are asking how do we get a copy of Race Control. Its really very very simple so heres a guide for you all. 

Race Control is an On Line only publication made for this modern world. It gives us the freedom to create these bumper editions (we average 140 pages) for you and give you the fan the very best publication. It also means you can read it wherever you are on any PC, Tablet and any device. The app in I Tunes is currently for OS devices but will be there on android version soon as well.

ZINIO.com is our main publishing partner and the main source of finding it. Simply by going to that address and creating a free account you then can purchase thousands of magazines from around the globe and ZINIO is the worlds largest online magazine store. Race Control can be found by typing into the search field Race Control. Once you have an account (free) your issues stay there for life so you can always recall them. You can purchase either a single issue or take out a subscription which means you pretty much get several issues for FREE. With ZINIO Race Control is seen in over 12 countries directly at each countries currency as well and then equally fully global reach. The site is simple to use and very user friendly. They really are the best on line place to be.

Amazon.com It is hosted within the newsstand and magazine section of the Amazon site and there is no need for an account here just go to that section of Amazon and use the search field and type in Race Control to find us. Again you get the choice of single issues or subscriptions.

I Tunes -- the App is there and while its a little harder to find due to the number of apps. If you go to the magazines section of the I Tunes store and search Race Control you will find the Free APP and its all set to go for your OS type of phone and again offers single issues or subscriptions.

We are looking at other options for you as well but currently these are the very best in the market place today for on line reading and thats why we have gone with them. They give you the best digital quality publication and reading experience.

Race Control Issue 3

Out today. Race Control Issue 3.

Our countdown to the championship final issue is out today. Featuring our Sonoma race preview, an inside look at the role of data engineering at Team Penske with Malcolm Finch, the IndyCar Ministry and meeting up with Jason Holt ,up close and personal with driver manager Stefan Johansson, on the sofa with Speed Cities Jonathon Green and introducing Patricia Parsons, daughter of former Indy 500 winner Johnnie Parsons. All this and plenty more along with all our regular sections in Race Control Issue 3 out NOW.

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Robert Wickens

Medical update on Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver Robert Wickens

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania (Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018) - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver Robert Wickens underwent surgery Monday, Aug. 20 at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest to stabilize a thoracic spinal fracture associated with a spinal cord injury sustained during the INDYCAR event at Pocono Raceway on Sunday, Aug. 19.

Titanium rods and screws were placed successfully in Wickens' spine during the surgery, which was performed without complication. The severity of the spinal cord injury is indeterminate at this time. Wickens is expected to undergo further surgeries to treat fractures in his lower extremities and right forearm. He remains in stable condition. 

Further updates will be provided when available.

I wish to advise I only will post official reports on the condition of Robert Wickens past on to me via IndyCar Media Services and from no other source so that what is posted is 100% official.

Updates are also on the Race Control magazine Facebook page.

Race Control is the newest on line IndyCar fan magazine and you can grab a copy via Zinio and Amazon  .com and also via the I Tunes store and the App just simply search Race Control magazine.
  

Race Control Hits I Tunes

Race Control Magazine now officially on I Tunes.

Race Control magazine the newest IndyCar fan magazine on the planet now offers you yet another way to read our publication. We now have a free app on the I Tunes store and from there you can download the magazine each and every issue. So yet another way to read Race Control backing up your choices of ZINIO and Amazon .com you now have an App so grab your copy today.

Race Control Magazine and SpeedCity Radio

The latest round up on all things IndyCar.

A cache to catch up with Speed City Host Jonathon Green and race Control Publisher David Turner as they chat on the remaining four races of this the 2018 indyCar Season. Just click on the link to listen in.

Don't forget too that Race Control magazine your IndyCar fan magazine is now on zinio.com and amazon.com so check it out today you will enjoy the read.

https://soundcloud.com/speedcaster/race-control-magazine-editor-david-turner-talks-to-speed-city

IndyLights news

Big News for the IndyLights Series.

The future of Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires has been strengthened by a five-year plan released today by INDYCAR and Andersen Promotions.

The objective of the plan shown to current and prospective entrants is to increase team and driver participation in the top level of the INDYCAR-sanctioned Mazda Road to Indy development ladder, identify cost efficiencies for competitors and establish guidelines for advancing to the Verizon IndyCar Series.

The road map resembling the one in use for the Verizon IndyCar Series has a structure of four primary areas:

• A reduction in budgets for entrants;
• An increase in prize money paid to competitors;
• Revised INDYCAR driver licensing guidelines;
• Expansion of the Verizon IndyCar Series testing program.

Highlights of the cost savings plan include a reduction in new chassis pricing, a spare parts discount to new teams, a discount on Cooper tires and a reduction in engine lease pricing.

The increase in race prize money includes $50,000 to win the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in addition to an increase in payout for the top three finishers at every event. The season champion's prize will be increased to $1.1 million built on a three-race Verizon IndyCar Series package for the following season that includes the Indianapolis 500.

Indy Lights remains the integral path to the Verizon IndyCar Series. Drivers may apply for a Verizon IndyCar Series license by meeting one of several new criteria, including a top-three finish in the Indy Lights season championship. Drivers who complete two full Indy Lights seasons can earn the license by finishing in the top five of the standings.

The introduction of an Indy Lights team incentive program will be designed to encourage Verizon IndyCar Series teams to participate. With suppliers participating, new Indy Lights entries can save more than $100,000.

New teams for the 2019 season will see significant savings on offseason testing, including free entry to a two-day test at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, new Motegi Racing wheels at no charge and six free sets of Cooper tires.  

Race Control Magazine

Its now LIVE on Amazon

Following the launch on ZINIO we are proud to say we are now on AMAZON as well and will soon be on the Apple I Tunes store and Google Play store as well.

So now you have heaps of choices on how to find the news IndyCar fan magazine and well its simply worth the read so give it a go.

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Race Control Magazines Issue 2 Promo

Issue 2 Promo 

Its out now on You Tube and the issue is on sale now at zinio.om

Race Control Issue 2

On Sale NOW

Race Control your total IndyCar fix is now on sale with its latest Bumper 148 page edition. Its a full recap of the 102nd Indy 500 , features  on the series and so much more.
Grab a copy today via ZINIO.com and simply search race control from the main page and you are on your way its really that simple

Heres the link to get you there to make it even easier.


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New Zealand Elite Driver Academy.

The 2018 Elite Driver Academy.

This video gives you the very rare chance to see inside the Motorsport New Zealand Elite Driver Academy. Run by the NZ Motorsport Scholarship Trust and the Otago Academy of Sport this program develops and aids the driving talents of the future from New Zealand. 

For over 15 years it has served the sport and added drivers and co drivers from New Zealand to assist them in the off track preparation within the sport and the science of the sport. Some 133 drivers have now attended this camp and names on the global stage such as Hartley ( LeMans winner and currently in F1), Paddon (WRC) , Evans (Formula E) and Bamber (2 x LeMans winner) are just a very small sample of the talents that have past though the doors of this year long academy.

For the very first time publicly this is your chance to see some of what takes place. Its a very rare glimpse behind what is normally very closed doors.

Look out also in Issue 2 (July) of Race Control magazine - The IndyCar fan magazine which is due out this week for an extended eight page feature that reveals even more of what takes place at Camp week and the history of this outstanding academy.

Iowa IndyCar Qualifying

Iowa Corn 300 qualifying results

NEWTON, Iowa - Qualifying Saturday for the Iowa Corn 300 Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 0.894-mile Iowa Speedway, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, and speed in mph:  
  
1. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 182.391 mph
2. (1) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 181.160  
3. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 180.681  
4. (22) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 180.313  
5. (27) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 179.801  
6. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 179.526  
7. (6) Robert Wickens, Honda, 178.883  
8. (10) Ed Jones, Honda, 178.720  
9. (20) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 178.717  
10. (30) Takuma Sato, Honda, 178.708  
11. (5) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 178.478  
12. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 178.410    
13. (14) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 178.008  
14. (26) Zach Veach, Honda, 177.809  
15. (18) Sebastien Bourdais, Honda, 177.681  
16. (88) Gabby Chaves, Chevrolet, 176.466  
17. (23) Charlie Kimball, Chevrolet, 176.245  
18. (21) Spencer Pigot, Chevrolet, 175.210  
19. (98) Marco Andretti, Honda, 174.548  
20. (19) Zachary Claman De Melo, Honda, 174.339  
21. (59) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 173.449  
22. (4) Matheus Leist, Chevrolet, 168.724    

Issue 2 of Race Control the IndyCar fans magazine is due out this week at zinio.com

Issue 1 still on sale

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Iowa Thoughts

This weekends Iowa event.

Some thoughts to ponder on as  we head towards this weekends event at Iowa.

• There have been six different winners in the 10 previous Verizon IndyCar Series races in 2018: Sebastien Bourdais (Streets of St. Petersburg), Josef Newgarden (ISM Raceway, Barber Motorsports Park and Road America), Alexander Rossi (Streets of Long Beach), Will Power (INDYCAR Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500), Scott Dixon (Raceway at Belle Isle-1 and Texas Motor Speedway) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (Raceway at Belle Isle-2). Dixon's win at Texas on June 9 gave him sole possession of third on the all-time Indy car victory list with 43 wins.

• The Iowa Corn 300 will be the fourth oval race on the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule. The previous three races were won by Josef Newgarden (ISM Raceway), Will Power (Indianapolis 500) and Scott Dixon (Texas Motor Speedway). The remaining two oval races will take place at Pocono Raceway (Aug. 19) and Gateway Motorsports Park (Aug. 25).

• The Iowa Corn 300 will be the 12th Verizon IndyCar Series event at Iowa Speedway. Ryan Hunter-Reay is the only active driver to win at Iowa Speedway more than once. Hunter-Reay has three wins (2012, 2014 and 2015). Past winners Josef Newgarden (2016), James Hinchcliffe (2013), Marco Andretti (2011) and Tony Kanaan (2010) are also entered in the event.

• Andretti Autosport has won seven of the 11 previous races at Iowa Speedway, including six of the last eight races (Dario Franchitti 2007, Tony Kanaan 2010, Marco Andretti 2011, Ryan Hunter-Reay 2012, 2014 and 2015 and James Hinchcliffe 2013). Chip Ganassi Racing has two wins (Dan Wheldon 2008 and Franchitti 2009). Ed Carpenter Racing, which won the event in 2016 with Josef Newgarden, and Team Penske, which won last year's race with Helio Castroneves, have each won at Iowa once.

• Ryan Hunter-Reay and Dario Franchitti are the only drivers to win at Iowa Speedway and win the Verizon IndyCar Series championship in the same season. Hunter-Reay accomplished the feat in 2012 and Franchitti in 2007 and 2009.

• No driver has won the Verizon IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway from the pole.

• Four drivers have competed in every Verizon IndyCar Series race at Iowa: Marco Andretti, Helio Castroneves, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan. All but Castroneves are entered this year. Fifteen drivers entered have led laps at the track (Kanaan 523, Josef Newgarden 394, James Hinchcliffe 245, Dixon 126, Andretti 94, Will Power 57, Ryan Hunter-Reay 54, Graham Rahal 19, Ed Carpenter 18, Charlie Kimball 17, Simon Pagenaud 13, Takuma Sato 7, Sebastien Bourdais 6, Alexander Rossi 4 and Max Chilton 4).

• Ryan Hunter-Reay finished on the podium in five of the last six Iowa Speedway races (2012-2015 and 2017)... Josef Newgarden has finished on the podium in three of the last four races at Iowa (2014-2016)...Tony Kanaan has finished on the podium in five of his last eight races at Iowa... Marco Andretti has finished on the podium in four of his 11 starts at Iowa Speedway...Scott Dixon has started on pole three times (two earned) and has nine top-10 finishes at Iowa in 11 starts, but he has never finished better than third.

• Five drivers - Spencer Pigot and rookies Zachary Claman De Melo, Matheus Leist, Zach Veach and Robert Wickens - will be competing at Iowa Speedway for the first time in the Verizon IndyCar Series. All but Wickens raced at Iowa in Indy Lights. Leist won at Iowa in 2017.

Race Control - Issue 2

Race Control Issue 2 out soon.

Here is a sneak peak of our cover for Issue 2 of Race Control - The Indy Car Fan magazine. Its due out now in just a few days time and its a massive bumper 2018 Indy 500 Edition and so much more as well. 

We will let you in on it over the next few days.

You will once again be able to get it via ZINIO and it is still not too late to grab a copy of Issue 1.

Here is the direct link for you all.

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Race Control and Speed City

Listen in on Speed City meeting up with Race Control in Detroit.

Following the announcement this week that Speed City Broadcast and Race Control magazine will be teaming up in a new venture with each other we present to you via the Speed City sound cloud the interview that Jonathon Green from Speed City did with publisher David Turner at the recent Detroit IndyCar event about the arrival of this new IndyCar fan magazine.

Which you can obtain via this link

https://www.zinio.com/race-control-m34249 

Enjoy.

https://soundcloud.com/speedcaster/introducing-race-control-the-indy-car-digital-magazine

Race Control's June Promo Spot

Race Controls Magazines June Promo.

As we head into the arrival of Issue 2 of Race Control the IndyCar fans magazine check out the very latest promo spot from the team behind the magazine.

Remember its simple to read Race Control
Go to ZINIO.com and then search in the search field Race Control or follow the link below

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Enjoy the video

New Partnership

Race Control and Speed City your joint Motorsport team.

Race Control magazine is proud to announce today a newly formed partnership with Speed City Broadcast in Austin Texas.

Speed City - gives you Motorsports talk from the United States home of the world championships.

You can find Speed City on the web http://speedcitypodcast.com 

Plus if you live in the U.S. then they are on Sirius FM as well. It really is the home of Motorsports and covers everything you can possibly think of so check it out and check out the site for all the recent shows as well.

Race Control will feature in upcoming shows on Speed City to talk all things Indy Car so keep your ears open for that and look out for an up coming feature in Race Control with Speed City host Jonathon Green.

Race Control's Cover Man takes win at Road America.

Road America - Round 10 of 17 2018 IndyCar Championship

Newgarden takes the win while Dixon increases his championship lead to 48 points over his rivals.

ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin - The offical results of the KOHLER Grand Prix Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 4.048-mile Road America, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

1. (1) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 55, Running
2. (3) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 55, Running 
3. (8) Scott Dixon, Honda, 55, Running
4. (7) Takuma Sato, Honda, 55, Running
5. (5) Robert Wickens, Honda, 55, Running
6. (9) Graham Rahal, Honda, 55, Running
7. (14) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 55, Running
8. (10) Spencer Pigot, Chevrolet, 55, Running
9. (12) Ed Jones, Honda, 55, Running
10. (16) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 55, Running
11. (15) Marco Andretti, Honda, 55, Running
12. (13) Jordan King, Chevrolet, 55, Running
13. (6) Sebastien Bourdais, Honda, 55, Running
14. (18) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 55, Running
15. (20) Matheus Leist, Chevrolet, 55, Running
16. (4) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 55, Running
17. (22) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 55, Running 
18. (19) Charlie Kimball, Chevrolet, 55, Running
19. (23) Gabby Chaves, Chevrolet, 54, Running
20. (21) Alfonso Celis Jr, Chevrolet, 54, Running
21. (17) Zachary Claman De Melo, Honda, 54, Running
22. (11) Zach Veach, Honda, 54, Running
23. (2) Will Power, Chevrolet, 2, Mechanical                           

Race Statistics:
Winner's average speed: 132.101 mph
Time of Race: 1:40:16.4165
Margin of victory: 3.3759 seconds
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lead changes: 2 among 2 drivers

Lap Leaders:
Newgarden, Josef 1 - 13
Dixon, Scott 14 - 15
Newgarden, Josef 16 - 55

Verizon IndyCar Series point standings:
Dixon 393, Hunter-Reay 348, Rossi 348, Newgarden 343, Power 328, Rahal 278, Wickens 274, Pagenaud 255, Bourdais 235, Andretti 232.

Race Control Issue 2  the IndyCar fan magazine is due out next week and  Issue 1 still on sale at zinio.com simply search race control or follow this link below

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The Grid at Road America

Confirmed grid for this weekends IndyCar event.

ELKHART LAKE, Wisconsin.
Qualifying Saturday for the KOHLER Grand Prix Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 4.048-mile Road America circuit.

Qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, engine, time and speed in parentheses:

1. (1) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 1:43.2026 (140.020 mph)
2. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 1:43.2508 (139.954)
3. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 1:43.3811 (139.778)
4. (27) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 1:43.4361 (139.704)
5. (6) Robert Wickens, Honda, 1:43.7121 (139.332) 
6. (18) Sebastien Bourdais, Honda, 1:43.7332 (139.304)
7. (30) Takuma Sato, Honda, 1:43.1108 (140.144)
8. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 1:43.1769 (140.055)
9. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 1:43.1874 (140.040)
10. (21) Spencer Pigot, Chevrolet, 1:43.1995 (140.024)
11. (26) Zach Veach, Honda, 1:43.2265 (139.987)
12. (10) Ed Jones, Honda, 1:43.3544 (139.814)
13. (20) Jordan King, Chevrolet, 1:43.7356 (139.300)
14. (22) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 1:43.4153 (139.732)
15. (98) Marco Andretti, Honda, 1:43.9843 (138.967)
16. (5) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 1:43.8591 (139.135)
17. (19) Zachary Claman De Melo, Honda, 1:44.0189 (138.921) 
18. (14) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 1:44.1165 (138.791)
19. (23) Charlie Kimball, Chevrolet, 1:45.1161 (137.471)
20. (4) Matheus Leist, Chevrolet, 1:44.3438 (138.488)
21. (32) Alfonso Celis Jr, Chevrolet, 1:45.5584 (136.895)
22. (59) Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 1:44.3442 (138.488)
23. (88) Gabby Chaves, Chevrolet, 1:44.6258 (138.115)

Don't forget that special offer on this weekend for Race Control magazine a massive 40% discount via zinio.com (search Race Control).

Newgarden takes pole at Road America and Special offer

Newgarden Pole.

Breaking News: Race Controls cover man from Issue 1 Josef Newgarden takes pole for this weekends IndyCar Race at Road America.

The full grid coming soon but in celebration of this pole position we proudly announce a special offer on Race Control magazine as well. With the cover man on pole now is the time to check out zinio.com and take out a subscription on Race Control and check on the whopping 40% off offer for this weekend only (details are within the zinio site and the offer is maintained via zinio) yes thats correct 40% this weekend only on zinio.com for Race Control your total IndyCar fix.

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Race Control magazine is GLOBAL

News of Global Reach for Race Control.

Race Control magazine your IndyCar fan fix is now truely global with ZINIO.

The worlds largest on line magazine store today confirmed that Race Control magazine can now be found in these following countries.

USA

Australia

New Zealand

Canada

UK

Spain

France

Russia

Germany

South Africa

Japan

Argentina

You will find it under the Sports and also Car and Motorcycle  listings or simply enter into the search fields at the top of the screen 'Race Control' and the search will take you directly to the magazine page. Need to find ZINIO thats simple too just search zinio from your browser and you will find it. Magazines purchased via zinio can be read on any device (os or android) or tablet and PC. Its so simple and you can read it anywhere and save to read hundreds of times again.

Issue 1 is currently on sale and Issue 2 will hit the store in just over two weeks from now in a massive bumper Indy 500 Edition and so much more.

Race Control. Your magazine.

Its here and its here now.

Race Control Magazine -- The IndyCar fan magazine.
No matter where in the world you live it can be found for you on line and NOW.

All via zinio.com  the worlds largest on line magazine store

Simply search Race Control in the search field and bingo you will find it.

Issue 1 is currently on sale now and Issue 2 our Bumper 2018 Indy 500 Edition due out in just a few weeks time.

Its a magazine created for you the fan so enjoy.

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Big Feature in NZ

June Feature in AutoFile

Many thanks to Mark Baker for the feature in this months NZ AutoFile the trade paper for the New Zealand automobile industry.