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2025 Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix
The 2025 Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix was the second round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on March 23, 2025, at the Thermal Club private race resort in Thermal, California. The race took the scheduled 65 laps to complete. Álex Palou won the race. Pato O'Ward finished 2nd, and Christian Lundgaard finished 3rd. Colton Herta and Felix Rosenqvist rounded out the top five, and Will Power, Marcus Armstrong, Kyle Kirkwood, Alexander Rossi, and Scott Dixon Scott Ronald Dixon (born 22 July 1980) is a New Zealand racing driver who races the 9 Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) Dallara DW12-Honda car in the IndyCar Series. He is a six-time drivers' champion of the IndyCar Series, having claimed the title in ... rounded out the top ten. Entry list Practice Practice 1 Practice 2 Qualifying Qualifying was held at 2:00 PM PT on March 22, 2025. Qualifying classification ; Notes * Bold text indicates fastest time. Warmup Race The race was held at 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thermal Club IndyCar Track Map
A thermal column (or thermal) is a rising mass of buoyant air, a convective current in the atmosphere, that transfers heat energy vertically. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of Earth's surface from solar radiation, and are an example of convection, specifically atmospheric convection. Thermals on Earth The Sun warms the ground, which in turn warms the air directly above. The warm air near the surface expands, becoming less density, dense than the surrounding air. The lighter air rises and cools due to its expansion in the lower pressure at higher altitudes. It stops rising when it has cooled to the same temperature, thus density, as the surrounding air. Associated with a thermal is a downward flow surrounding the thermal column. The downward-moving exterior is caused by colder air being displaced at the top of the thermal. The size and Power (physics), strength of thermals are influenced by the properties of the lower atmosphere (the ''troposphere''). When the air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Rossi
Alexander Michael Rossi (born September 25, 1991) is an American racing driver, who competes in the IndyCar Series for Ed Carpenter Racing, Ed Carpenter. Rossi competed in Formula One at five Formula One Grands Prix, Grands Prix in . In American open-wheel racing, Rossi won the Indianapolis 500 as a Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, rookie in 2016 Indianapolis 500, 2016 with Bryan Herta Autosport; in endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, he won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2021 24 Hours of Daytona, 2021 with Wayne Taylor Racing, WTR. Born and raised in Nevada City, California, Rossi began his career in the United States before moving to Europe as a teenager to pursue a career in Formula One. He won four races in the developmental GP2 Series, one for Caterham Racing (GP2 team), EQ8 Caterham Racing in 2013, and three more for Racing Engineering in 2015. After serving as a test and development driver for Caterham F1 and Marussia F1, Rossi made his Formula One debut in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinus VeeKay
Rinus van Kalmthout (; born 11 September 2000), known professionally as Rinus VeeKay, is a Dutch people, Dutch racing driver. He competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 18 Dallara-Honda for Dale Coyne Racing. Career Karting Van Kalmthout started karting in 2009. The eight-year-old won races in the Four-stroke engine, 4-stroke cadet championship with a DR chassis. He finished second in the championship. During the 2009–2010 winter season, van Kalmthout won the 4-stroke cadet series. The following season the young driver graduated into the Briggs & Stratton World Formula 4-stroke class winning the Dutch and Benelux championships. He also focused on the Rotax Max Minimax class winning the Dutch championship in 2012 and Junior championship in 2013. Throughout 2014 and 2015 van Kalmthout raced in various Rotax Max racing series. He finished second in the Rotax Max Euro Challenge Senior class, behind Australian driver Pierce Lehane. Junior open-wheel formulae Introduced as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) is an auto racing team that has participated in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IndyCar Series. Headquartered in Zionsville, Indiana and Hilliard, Ohio, it is co-owned by 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal, former television List of talk show hosts, talk show host David Letterman, and businessman Mike Lanigan. The team won the Indianapolis 500 twice, first in 2004 Indianapolis 500, 2004 with Buddy Rice driving and then in 2020 Indianapolis 500, 2020 with Takuma Sato. The team was established in 1991 as Rahal/Hogan Racing, became Team Rahal in 1996, and was known as Rahal Letterman Racing from May 2004 until December 2010. Throughout the team's history in International Motor Sports Association, IMSA with factory partner BMW, the team has run under the name BMW Team RLL. In 2024, the team was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for unspecified reasons. The investigation is still ongoing. CART IndyCar Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Rahal
Graham Robert Rahal ( ; born January 4, 1989) is an American race car driver and small business owner. He currently races in the IndyCar Series with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, a team partially owned by his father Bobby Rahal, the winner of the 1986 Indianapolis 500. Racing career Early racing In 2005, he won the Formula Atlantic class at the SCCA Runoffs and finished fourth in Pro Mazda Championship, Star Mazda Series standings. After the season concluded, Rahal raced with A1 Team Lebanon for the final three rounds of 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season. He moved to a full-time ride in the Atlantic Championship, Champ Car Atlantic Series in 2006, where he won five races and finished second in the season standings. He also drove in the Indy Lights, Indy Pro Series event on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in conjunction with the 2006 United States Grand Prix and finished second. Rahal would once again jump in A1GP's Team Lebanon car for one race in the second round of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santino Ferrucci
Santino Michael Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998) is an American racing driver. He competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No 14 Chevrolet for A. J. Foyt Enterprises. He has also previously raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Career Lower formulae He competed in five races in German Formula Three for EuroInternational, scoring 2nd in his fourth. He also completed three races in British Formula 3 for Fortec Motorsport, scoring a pole and two wins as well as the end of European Formula 3 season, again for EuroInternational. Reuniting with Fortec, Ferrucci participated in the Macau Grand Prix. Ferrucci finished the main race in 8th. FIA Formula 3 European Championship At the start of 2015, Ferrucci competed in the Toyota Racing Series for Giles Motorsport. Ferrucci finished the season 3rd overall, scoring his only win at Manfeild and scoring 5 other podiums. Ferrucci returned to European Formula 3, this time with Mücke Motorsport, fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda Racing Corporation USA
Honda Racing Corporation USA (HRC US), formerly Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD), is a subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co. which was established in 1993 and is based in Santa Clarita, California. It is the technical operations center for Honda's American motorsports programs and is involved in the design and development of race engines and chassis for auto racing series such as the IndyCar Series, American Le Mans Series (ALMS), European Le Mans Series (ELMS), FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and IMSA SportsCar Championship. The company's rename was announced in September 2023, as Honda Racing Corporation and then HPD looked to strengthen their capabilities in motorsport through joined collaboration. IndyCar racing HPD debuted in the CART IndyCar World Series as a works engine manufacturer in 1994. During their first season in 1994, they scored a podium at Toronto, while in 1995 they scored their first victory at New Hampshire. In 1996, HPD won its first ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyffin Simpson
Kyffin Simpson ( ; born 9 October 2004) is a Caymanian racing driver competing in the IndyCar Series with Chip Ganassi Racing. He won the 2023 European Le Mans Series championship with Algarve Pro Racing. Personal life Simpson was born in Bridgetown, Barbados; the son of Caymanian businessman David Simpson. Simpson competes as Caymanian, saying, "I really feel connected with the people of Cayman. It’s cool to fly the flag on the side of my car." Junior career Formula 4 United States Championship Simpson made his car racing debut in 2020 for Velocity Racing Development in the 2020 Formula 4 United States Championship after 9 years of karting across the Caribbean and United States. Formula Regional Americas Championship Simpson would dovetail a season in the Formula 4 United States Championship with a season in the Formula Regional Americas Championship in 2020, and dominated the championship in his second season with podiums in all but five races. Winning the FR Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nolan Siegel
Nolan Reid Siegel (born November 8, 2004) is an American racing driver. He competes in the IndyCar Series driving the No. 6 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren. In 2024, Siegel won the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class on his first attempt, with United Autosports. Early career Formula 4 United States Championship Siegel would join the final round of the 2019 Formula 4 United States Championship held at Circuit of the Americas driving for Jay Howard Driver Development. He finished in the top-10 in both races. Siegel would return to the championship for the first two rounds of the 2020 Formula 4 United States Championship, 2020 season once again driving for Jay Howard Driver Development. He would have a best finish of sixth in his final race. USF2000 Championship On February 13, 2019, it was announced Siegel would compete full-time in the 2019 U.S. F2000 National Championship for Newman Wachs Racing. He would finish 15th in the championship. Siegel re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Malukas
David Malukas (born September 27, 2001) is an American racing driver who competes in the IndyCar Series driving the No. 4 Chevrolet for A. J. Foyt Racing. He previously drove for Meyer Shank Racing in 2024. Early career Lower formula In 2016 and the early part of 2017, Malukas competed in the Formula 4 UAE Championship for Rasgaira Motorsports. He did not contest the full season but still finished sixth in the championship. Malukas would move to ADAC Formula 4 to compete for Motopark in 2017. There he would end up finishing nineteenth in the championship. U.S. F2000 National Championship Along with his efforts in ADAC Formula 4, Malukas would compete in the U.S. F2000 National Championship in 2017 for BN Racing. At the first race at Road America, he took pole position and finished on the podium in second. Pro Mazda Championship After competing part-time in the U.S. F2000 National Championship the previous year, Malukas would move up to the Pro Mazda Championship in 2018 ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott McLaughlin
Scott Thomas McLaughlin (; born 10 June 1993) is a New Zealand racing driver. He competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 3 Dallara-Chevrolet for Team Penske. He previously raced in the Supercars Championship, in which he won the drivers' title in 2018, 2019 and 2020. McLaughlin won the 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series and made his Supercars Championship debut at the 2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500 as a co-driver to Jonathon Webb at Tekno Autosports. Having made a substitute appearance for Garry Rogers Motorsport at the final event of 2012, McLaughlin was signed by the team to compete full-time in the 2013 season. He took his first race victory in the sixth race of the year, becoming the youngest driver to win a Supercars Championship race, and went on to finish his rookie season in tenth place. McLaughlin remained with the team for the next three seasons and enjoyed continued success, recording 17 pole positions and eight race victories for the team, with a best championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevrolet Indy V6
The ILMOR-Chevrolet Indy V6 engine is a 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged, V-6 racing engine, developed and produced by Ilmor Engineering for the IndyCar Series. Chevrolet has been a highly successful IndyCar Series engine supplier since 2012, scoring 100 IndyCar wins, 35 pole positions, 7 IndyCar Series driver's titles and 7 IndyCar Series manufacturer's titles. On November 12, 2010, Chevrolet confirmed their return to the IndyCar Series 2012 season after 6-year absence. They design, develop, and assemble the twin-turbo V6 Chevrolet IndyCar engine in partnership with Ilmor Engineering, and supply engines to A. J. Foyt Enterprises, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Ed Carpenter Racing, Juncos Hollinger Racing, Arrow McLaren and Team Penske teams. Specifications *Engine type: Chevrolet V-6 - twin-turbocharged *Capacity: *HP rating (speedway / 1.5-mile oval / road-street course): / / *Max. RPM/Rev limiter: 12,000 rpm; 12,200 rpm overtake *Weight: 248 lbs. (112.5 kg) *Oil system: Dry-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
