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Verizon IndyCar from Houston Texas this weekend

Here’s the full entry list for this weekend’s double header from Houston.

James Hinchcliffe is in the #27 Andretti Autosport Honda

 

2  Juan Pablo Montoya Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet Penske Motorsports

3  Helio Castroneves Pennzoil Ultra Platinum Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske

7  Mikhail Aleshin SMP Racing Honda Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

8  Ryan Briscoe NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing

9  Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Target Chip Ganassi Racing

10  Tony Kanaan Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Target Chip Ganassi Racing

11  Sebastien Bourdais Mistic KVSH Racing Chevrolet KVSH Racing

12  Will Power Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske

14  Takuma Sato ABC Supply A.J. Foyt Racing Honda A.J. Foyt Enterprises

15  Graham Rahal National Guard Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

16  Luca Filippi (R) Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

17  Sebastian Saavedra Automatic Fire Sprinklers KV AFS Chevrolet KV AFS Racing

18  Carlos Huertas (R) Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dale Coyne Racing

19  Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dale Coyne Racing

20  Mike Conway Fuzzy’s Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet Ed Carpenter Racing

25  Marco Andretti Snapple Honda Andretti Autosport

27  James Hinchcliffe United Fiber & Data Honda Andretti Autosport

28  Ryan Hunter-Reay DHL Honda Andretti Autosport

34  Carlos Munoz (R) AndrettiTV.com HVM Honda Andretti – HVM

67  Josef Newgarden Strike/Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing

77  Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports Honda Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports

83  Charlie Kimball Levemir FlexTouch Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing Teams

98  Jack Hawksworth (R) Integrity Energee Drink Honda BHA/BBM with Curb-Agajanian

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Canadian Touring Car

Calabogie (Ontario), June 23, 2014.- CTCC presented by Continental Tire held its third outing of the 2014 season this past weekend, at Calabogie Motorsports Park, west of Ottawa. Two new races were highlighted by the first series podium by a female driver, Nathalie Hénault, while victories were shared by Rémy Audette and Roger Ledoux in Super Class, as well as Michel Sallenbach and Jocelyn Hébert in Touring Class. 

It was under perfect weather conditions and a summer sun that the two races took place on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of June. During the first round, Rémy Audette, who has already claimed victory in the season opener with his Honda Civic Si, led from start to finish but was unable to shake the threat of Roger Ledoux, who has been more motivated that ever since his first victory two weeks ago at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. 

In the end, Audette walked away as Super Class winner with just over six seconds ahead of Ledoux while Nathalie Hénault (Subaru WRX STI) benefited from Nick Wittmer’s mechanical issues with his Honda Accord V6 to advance to third place on the podium. It was the first career podium for Roger Ledoux’s wife as well as a first for a female driver in CTCC. 

In Touring Class, Michel Sallenbach was in control of the entire race in his Mini Cooper S. The domination was aided by mechanical problems that forced Jocelyn Hébert to end his race four laps shy of the finish. Novice driver Samuel Laquerre, Hébert’s teammate, and Karl Wittmer completed the podium. 2013 champion Damon Sharpe of Ontario was unable to start the race due to major electrical problems with his Honda. 

The second race on the programme provided an excellent duel for victory between Rémy Audette and Roger Ledoux. The two favourites in Super Class were neck to neck for three quarters of the race with Audette leading at the beginning before Ledoux took over top spot to eventually cross the finish line for his second win of the season. This victory gives Ledoux the lead in the championship in Super Class. Rémy Audette crossed the finish line in second place, three seconds back. 

Things went well again for Nathalie Hénault, as she was once again poised to benefit from Nick Wittmer’s mechanical problems, who held on to last spot of the podium while finishing the race with a small fire that even melted the soles of his racing shoes. 

In Touring, Jocelyn Hébert took his revenge and won the race with less than two seconds over second place finisher Michel Sallenbach. In second place for much of the contest, mechanical issues forced Karl Wittmer to let Sallenbach pass him towards the end. He nonetheless finished in third spot, ahead of Lacouture and Laquerre. 

The next event for the CTCC Presented by Continental Tire will take place on July 5th & 6th at Circuit ICAR, in Mirabel, Quebec. This will make the middle of the 2014 season. 

(www.touringcar.ca)