Today we are going to give you a special semi-Live Blog of today’s announcement. Follow along all day for updates, photos, videos and more as indycar.com invades New England.
1:23pm: That’s a wrap. IZOD IndyCar is packing up and heading to the plane. See you next week at Watkins Glen
1:15pm: Dario Franchitti takes over the track before the start of the Lenox 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
12:15pm: Chip Ganassi answers questions about IZOD IndyCar’s return to New Hampshire. His driver Juan Montoya sits on the pole for today’s event.
10:39am: Flash from the past. Check out the last time IZOD IndyCar raced at New Hampshire
10:21am: Randy Bernard-”Our Fans like Short Ovals”
10:15am: IZOD IndyCar Series announces a return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway. IRL CEO Randy Bernard is joined by 2-time Indy 500 and IZOD IndyCar Series Champion Dario Franchitti, SMI CEO Bruton Smith, New Hampshire GM Jerry Gappens and New Hampshire Gov. Lynch.
9:56am: Target Chip Ganassi team members unload Dario Franchitti’s #10 Honda/Dallara IndyCar from the IZOD IndyCar Series transporter
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9:30am: IZOD IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard chats with “the morning buzz” in the media center at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
9am: Flying in. Name that track? I had not removed the film off the back of my iPhone, so the image is a little hazy.
6am: Wheels up from Indianapolis Airport and heading to New England.
Worst live blog… EVAH!!!
Why on earth would you say you wanted to add a short track after yanking a race from a short track. You disappointed so many fans in the Richmond market and beyond. Dario issued an apology for a boring race at Richmond last time. So what are you doing? You take a race out of an American Market and put one in Brazil. You take a race away from one short track and put it at another. I don’t understand your tactics at all. For every fan you gain…you turn away thousands of others and you just don’t seem to see this. It’s frustrating and infuriating.