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Fox Sports
2 days ago
- Business
- Fox Sports
ABC Supply, AJ Foyt Racing Help Raise $4.7 Million for Injured Veterans
INDYCAR Indy 500 Spotlight Fuels Support for Homes For Our Troops ABC Supply Co., Inc., has announced that $4.7 million was raised for Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) as part of a significant fundraising effort in May for National Military Appreciation Month and in conjunction with the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. ABC Supply, an HFOT Platinum Partner, matched all donations up to $1 million during May. ABC Supply has a longstanding partnership with AJ Foyt Racing, which fields two cars in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Several HFOT veterans took part in Race Weekend's thrilling activities at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. They received exclusive access to a garage tour of the No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet driven by Santino Ferrucci, walked the iconic Yard of Bricks and enjoyed a premier view of the stars-and-stripes-clad HFOT car racing to an impressive fifth-place finish by Ferrucci. The largest television audience since 2008 also watched the '500' and saw the patriotic livery on FOX. "We are beyond grateful for ABC Supply's sponsorship and support during the 2025 Indy 500," HFOT President/CEO Brig. Gen. USA (Ret) Tom Landwermeyer. "Their generous $1 million match was instrumental to raising $4.7 million during the month of May, and the patriotic livery of the No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing Chevy gave incredible visibility to our mission of Building Homes and Rebuilding Lives." ABC Supply has ardently supported HFOT since 2020 and donated the design of the INDYCAR SERIES car to generate awareness of the organization's mission of building and donating specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 veterans, enabling them to rebuild their lives. HFOT has built over 410 specially adapted homes since its inception in 2004. 'Giving back to the community and honoring our veterans is at the heart of who we are,' said Mike Jost, president and chief operating officer at ABC Supply. 'The generosity we've seen throughout this campaign has been truly inspiring, and we are grateful to everyone who contributed to making a real difference for our veterans.' Said Ferrucci: 'It was an honor to drive the Homes For Our Troops car in the Indianapolis 500 and extremely rewarding to know that they not only met their goal but exceeded it – again. Raising over $4 million is incredible, and it will help a lot of our severely injured post-911 veterans. 'Those funds will go a very long way in building multiple houses for them, helping them financially and getting their lives back on track. At the end of the day, AJ Foyt Racing had a great Indianapolis 500, and Homes For Our Troops had an amazing one, as well.' Those who missed the donation matching window but would still like to support HFOT are encouraged to do so at recommended
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Santino Ferrucci's car flagged during post-race inspection after Detroit runner-up finish
The No. 14 Chevy of Santino Ferrucci and A.J. Foyt Racing was found to be under the required driver ballast weight following the team's runner-up finish at Sunday's Detroit Grand Prix, IndyCar announced Monday. Though Ferrucci and the No. 14 entry will be allowed to keep its runner-up finish, the entry has been fined $25,000 and has been docked both 25 entrant and driver points, as well as the bonus point for leading a lap. The No. 14 is also ineligible for engine points for Chevy, as well as prize money related to its runner-up finish. Advertisement In IndyCar, if a driver doesn't weigh 185 pounds, extra weight (termed ballast) is added to the car to equal that 185-pound threshold, in order to best level the playing field in terms of the car's race weight to not allow for significant advantages for drivers being lighter (unless they're around the 185-pound threshold). During post-race inspection of the No. 14 after the race, IndyCar discovered that the driver ballast required to bring the weight of Ferrucci and the ballast to 185 pounds was underweight and not within the weight tolerance of up to one pound. The car itself, though, was found to have been 10 pounds over the 1,785-pound minimum weight from road and street courses and competed over the minimum weight requirement during the race, IndyCar said in its Monday release. 'We should beat him': Kyle Kirkwood's win gives Andretti Global confidence it can beat Alex Palou The series found the No. 14 in violation of the following: Advertisement Rule 14.4.2. Driver Equivalency Weight Rule 14.4.2.2. Driver Equivalency Weight must bring the combined weight of the Driver and Driver ballast to 185 pounds. Rule 14.4.2.5. The Driver ballast weight tolerance is 0.00 to + 1.00 pounds. The Driver Equivalency Weight must be installed and secured in the designed location forward of the seatback. This location may only be used for Driver ballast. The penalty drops Ferrucci from 10th (144 points) in the championship to 15th (118 points) seven races into the 2025 season with World Wide Technology Raceway next June 15. Get IndyStar's motor sports coverage sent directly to your inbox with our Motor Sports newsletter. This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Santino Ferrucci penalized after Detroit inspection failure, second place
Indianapolis Star
3 days ago
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Santino Ferrucci's car flagged during post-race inspection after Detroit runner-up finish
The No. 14 Chevy of Santino Ferrucci and A.J. Foyt Racing was found to be under the required driver ballast weight following the team's runner-up finish at Sunday's Detroit Grand Prix, IndyCar announced Monday. Though Ferrucci and the No. 14 entry will be allowed to keep its runner-up finish, the entry has been fined $25,000 and has been docked both 25 entrant and driver points, as well as the bonus point for leading a lap. The No. 14 is also ineligible for engine points for Chevy, as well as prize money related to its runner-up finish. In IndyCar, if a driver doesn't weigh 185 pounds, extra weight (termed ballast) is added to the car to equal that 185-pound threshold, in order to best level the playing field in terms of the car's race weight to not allow for significant advantages for drivers being lighter (unless they're around the 185-pound threshold). During post-race inspection of the No. 14 after the race, IndyCar discovered that the driver ballast required to bring the weight of Ferrucci and the ballast to 185 pounds was underweight and not within the weight tolerance of up to one pound. The car itself, though, was found to have been 10 pounds over the 1,785-pound minimum weight from road and street courses and competed over the minimum weight requirement during the race, IndyCar said in its Monday release. 'We should beat him': Kyle Kirkwood's win gives Andretti Global confidence it can beat Alex Palou The series found the No. 14 in violation of the following: Rule 14.4.2. Driver Equivalency Weight The penalty drops Ferrucci from 10th (144 points) in the championship to 15th (118 points) seven races into the 2025 season with World Wide Technology Raceway next June 15.
Fox Sports
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
Paddock Buzz: Santino Ferrucci Continues Foyt's Recent Resurgence
INDYCAR Santino Ferrucci made his NTT INDYCAR SERIES debut in 2018 at Belle Isle Park in Detroit with Dale Coyne Racing. Fast-forward to Sunday's Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear, and Ferrucci delivered the best result of his INDYCAR SERIES career, finishing second in the No. 14 Sexton Properties/AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet. 'Huge shoutout to this whole team,' Ferrucci said. This is the second consecutive week an A.J. Foyt Enterprises entry has finished runner-up. David Malukas secured second place in the No. 4 Clarience Technologies Chevrolet in the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on May 25. Ferrucci's podium finish on the nine-turn, 1.645-mile Detroit street circuit also represents the team's best road or street course result since Takuma Sato finished second in 2015 at Belle Isle. But Ferrucci admitted frustration that his task to reach the front was made more difficult because he qualified 21st Saturday. 'I struggled in qualifying,' Ferrucci said. 'I made a lot of mistakes. I was really hard on myself yesterday. I thought it was all on me.' Ferrucci steadily worked his way through the field during Sunday's race, but a pivotal moment came on Lap 67 when Callum Ilott crashed in Turn 1, bringing out a caution. Ferrucci had just made his final pit stop on Lap 65, and with many of the leaders still needing to stop, the caution allowed him to cycle to the front when they pitted under yellow on Lap 69. He held the lead until Lap 78 when Kyle Kirkwood made the race-defining move to take over the top spot. Kirkwood went on to secure his fourth career victory and second of the 2025 season, both coming on street circuits after also winning the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 13. 'The pit stops were phenomenal,' Ferrucci said. 'The stand was amazing. Perfect strategy. I just got lucky with that yellow.' The result capped off a historic two-week stretch for A.J. Foyt Enterprises, marking the first time since 2013 the team has finished on the podium in back-to-back races. That year, Takuma Sato won at Long Beach and followed with a runner-up finish in Brazil. Frustrated O'Ward Still Gains Points Pato O'Ward turned a challenging weekend into a solid result by climbing 11 positions from 18th to finish seventh Sunday in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. 'We survived it,' O'Ward said. 'It's been the worst performance weekend I've probably ever had in INDYCAR, really. We legit qualified 18th on just pure pace. We've had other times where we've been back there, but it's always been because of an issue, or I made a mistake here and there. This one was truly where we deserved to be.' Despite his frustrations, O'Ward made the most of the race through smart strategy and tire management. He and Josef Newgarden were the only two drivers in the 27-car field to start the race on Firestone Firehawk primary tires, then follow with another stint on the same compound, opting for durability over early pace. O'Ward pitted on Lap 53 to switch to the softer alternate tires, but when the caution came on Lap 67 due to Ilott's crash, it allowed him to pit again with the leaders and return to the more durable primary tire. That strategic move kept him in the top 10 mix during the closing laps. The seventh-place finish gave O'Ward a much-needed 22-point gain on championship leader Alex Palou, who crashed in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda on Lap 72. O'Ward heads into the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline on June 15 at World Wide Technology Raceway second in the standings, trailing Palou by 90 points. 'That's a positive considering where we were starting,' O'Ward said. 'There's plenty of racing to go. There's more championship left than what we've done. I think that there's a lot of points on the table, and you can't expect (Alex) Palou to be making a lot of mistakes.' Late Caution Costs Power Potential Podium Will Power was on track for a runner-up finish in Sunday's race, but late-race cautions and a challenging restart dropped him to fourth in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet. Power was running second on the primary pit strategy before the Lap 67 caution triggered by Ilott's crash. That yellow shuffled the field, as Ferrucci, Kyffin Simpson and Marcus Armstrong had already pit and cycled ahead. Power exited pit lane behind Kirkwood but rejoined the race in fifth. By Lap 77, the running order was Ferrucci, Kirkwood, Simpson, Power and Colton Herta. Power made swift moves to get around Simpson and Ferrucci just before another major incident on Lap 83 when Louis Foster suffered a mechanical failure entering Turn 3, colliding with Felix Rosenqvist in a frightening crash. Foster walked away uninjured, and Rosenqvist was seen and released from the infield care center following evaluation. The race was red-flagged with Power sitting in second, but that moment turned out to be his undoing. On the restart with 11 laps to go, his car struggled on cold tires, and he lost positions, first to Ferrucci, then to Herta – ultimately settling for fourth. 'My car was very tough on the restart,' Power said. 'We were as good as them once our tires were warmed up but struggled before. It was almost like I'm driving on snow.' While Power acknowledged he likely didn't have the pace to challenge Kirkwood for the win, he believes he could have held second without the late cautions. Still, the result marked a significant personal milestone, earning his 140th career top-five finish, moving him past Michael Andretti (139) and tying him with Al Unser for sixth on the all-time INDYCAR SERIES list. 'A little disappointed I didn't get a podium, but obviously results really matter for me at the moment,' Power said. Simpson Earns Career-Best Fifth Simpson is establishing himself on street courses in his second season in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. After earning a then career-best 10th-place finish at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 13, the young driver took another leap forward by finishing fifth in Sunday's race, his best result in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. The turning point came during Sunday morning's final practice session, where Simpson and his Chip Ganassi Racing team discovered Firestone alternate tires dramatically improved the performance of his No. 8 Ridgeline Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. 'We found that the alternate tire really made the car come alive,' Simpson said. Capitalizing on that knowledge, the team opted for two mid-race stints on the alternates, giving Simpson the grip and speed to move up the order. He made his final pit stop two laps before the Lap 67 caution brought out by Ilott's crash, which handed him crucial track position as others pitted under yellow. The strategy paid off, and Simpson stayed in the mix with the frontrunners for the remainder of the race, ultimately delivering a strong top-five result and building momentum as the series heads toward the summer stretch. Odds and Ends The last time prior to Sunday that three American-born drivers swept the podium in Detroit came in 1995 with Robby Gordon, Jimmy Vasser and Scott Pruett. The last time three Americans stood on the podium in any INDYCAR SERIES race was the second race in 2020 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, when Andretti teammates drivers Herta, Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay were in the respective podium spots. Graham Rahal finished fourth that day, too, giving Americans a lockout of the top four spots. Scott Dixon finished 11th, extending his winless streak to 19 races with his last victory coming here in 2024. This is the fourth-longest winless drought of his career, trailing 39 races between 2003 and 2005, 36 races between 2001 and 2002 and 22 races between 2021 and 2022. Kirkwood delivered Andretti Global its 76th career INDYCAR SERIES victory. Chip Ganassi Racing and Andretti Global have three podium finishes each since the series returned downtown in Detroit in 2023. Team Penske, A.J. Foyt Enterprises and Arrow McLaren each have one. Kirkwood has a 2.33 average finish on street courses this season. The race featured 261 on-track passes, a record for this downtown circuit and the second-highest total in the history of the event, including races on Belle Isle. The race also featured an event record 181 on-track passes for position. recommended
France 24
4 days ago
- Automotive
- France 24
Kirkwood holds off Ferrucci to grab second IndyCar win of 2025
Kirkwood captured his fourth career IndyCar race and second of the year after an April victory at Long Beach and moved into second in the season points chase, 78 back of leader Alex Palou, the Indianapolis 500 winner. Kirkwood, who started third, won after 100 laps over a 1.645-mile, nine-turn temporary street course in downtown Detroit. All of his IndyCar wins have come on temporary street circuits. The 26-year-old from Florida charged to the finish line despite a damaged left front wing. "It was damaged but it wasn't causing that much of an issue," said Kirkwood. "This (car) was unreal all weekend long. "There were some challenges out there for sure. We had to pass our way back through a handful of times. It was definitely not a walk in the park especially with that front wing damage. We did lose a little performance but at the end it felt fine." Runner-up Ferrucci enjoyed his career-best finish with Herta next followed by Australian Will Power and Cayman Islander Kyffin Simpson. Spain's Palou could not take his sixth win in seven races this season after crashing out, settling for 25th, but led with 311 season points. A crash by Britain's Callum Ilott sent leader Kirkwood and those just behind him Herta, Power, Palou and David Malukas -- heading for the pit lane with 30 laps remaining. Ferrucci, Simpson and New Zealand's Marcus Armstrong -- none of whom has won an IndyCar race -- stayed out to hold the top spots with Kirkwood just behind after refueling. Malukas nudged Palou into a tire barrier for a crash that ended his race moments after a lap-28 restart to force another restart with 24 laps remaining. "Somebody hit me from behind. It's unfortunate," Palou said. "We were looking good to get to the podium." Not since 2000 has the Indy 500 winner captured the next IndyCar race as well. Despite left front wing damage, Kirkwood surged past the lead trio, going inside Ferrucci to grab the lead with 22 laps to go. "On restarts the car just came alive," Kirkwood said. Power grabbed second from Ferrucci with 17 laps remaining just before Sweden's Felix Rosenqvist and British rookie Louis Foster crashed into tire barriers, red-flagging the race while the barriers were repaired. Kirkwood surged ahead of Power on a restart with 11 laps to go and Ferrucci overtook the Aussie on the next lap but couldn't catch Kirkwood.
