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INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 28, 2011) – One of the key ingredients to winning a motorsports championship is team continuity, and Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) will have that in 2012 when Victor. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 8, 2011) – Frenchman Simon Pagenaud will be the driver of the Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) Honda-powered Dallara in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series, team owner Sam Schmidt. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 7, 2011) – Officials from the International Motorsports Industry Show (IMIS) announced Wednesday that Sam Schmidt, owner of Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM), is the recipient of the 2011. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 1, 2011) – Englishman Oliver Webb is the next piece of the Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) puzzle that is being assembled in Indianapolis to become a championship-contending team. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 18, 2011) – Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) is laying the foundation that will allow it to pursue its sixth Firestone Indy Lights Series Championship in 2012, and the. Read more...
Dan Wheldon loved to return to his roots of racing — karting — and built it into his schedule. The RoboPong 200 Presented by Bridgestone and NOS Energy Drink had been. Read more...
LAS VEGAS — Victor Carbone completed his first Firestone Indy Lights season with a victory in the Las Vegas 100. Carbone, who earned his first Sunoco Pole Award on Oct. 14, became. Read more...
LAS VEGAS (Oct. 16, 2011) – A statement from Sam Schmidt, owner of the No. 77 IndyCar Series team, about driver Dan Wheldon, who suffered fatal injuries in a crash. Read more...
Wade Cunningham, from Auckland, New Zealand, led the two-car Sam Schmidt Motorsports team in time trials today for Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar Series Las Vegas Indy 300 at Las Vegas Motor. Read more...
Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ Victor Carbone, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, recorded the fastest lap in time trials today to win the pole for Sunday’s Firestone Indy Lights Las Vegas 100 at. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 12, 2011) – For two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon, the week leading up to the Las Vegas Indy 300, part of the IZOD INDYCAR World Championships presented. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 10, 2011) – It was written at the beginning of the 2011 racing season that team owner Sam Schmidt had stacked the deck for himself with quality drivers. Read more...
Some called it a dress rehearsal for Las Vegas, but Sunday’s Kentucky Indy 300 was a still an IZOD IndyCar Series points-paying race for Sam Schmidt Motorsports, driver Dan Wheldon. Read more...
All Josef Newgarden had to do was start the Kentucky 100 Sunday and he would have won the 2011 Firestone Indy Lights Series Championship. That simple. Instead, he showed how. Read more...
Wade Cunningham, from Auckland, New Zealand, led the two-car Sam Schmidt Motorsports team in time trials today for Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar Series Kentucky Indy 300 in Sparta, Ky. Driving the. Read more...
Esteban Guerrieri, from Buenos Aries, Argentina, led the four-car Sam Schmidt Motorsports team today in time trials for Sunday’s Firestone Indy Lights Kentucky 100 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky.. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 27, 2011) – On the 2011 Firestone Indy Lights Series schedule, the Kentucky 100 only stands out because it is the second-to-the-last race of the season. For the. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 27, 2011) – In the rolling hills of northern Kentucky sit countless farms where the world’s best thoroughbreds are born, raised and trained. Hidden in those scenic rolling. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 26, 2011) – In an all-out attempt to win the Go Daddy INDYCAR Challenge, team owner Sam Schmidt, driver Alex Tagliani and sponsor Bowers & Wilkins have agreed. Read more...
It was a common theme among IZOD IndyCar Series drivers this week that they were in Japan for more than just a race. They were there to provide entertainment, escape. Read more...
Alex Tagliani led the two-car Sam Schmidt Motorsports team in qualifying today for Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar Series Indy Japan 200 in Tochigi, Japan. By qualifying 15th in the No.. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 15, 2011) – Funeral services for Chris Griffis, team manager for Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ (SSM) Indy Lights program who passed away unexpectedly the evening of Monday, Sept. 12,. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 13, 2011) – Chris Griffis, team manager for Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ (SSM) Indy Lights program, passed away unexpectedly the evening of Monday, Sept. 12 in Indianapolis. Griffis, a. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 14, 2011) – For the ninth consecutive year, the teams of the IZOD IndyCar Series have packed and flown halfway around the world for a race at the. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 13, 2011) – A victory by Dan Wheldon in the IZOD INDYCAR World Championships presented by Honda will be prosperous for the reigning Indianapolis 500 champion and one. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 7, 2011) – IZOD IndyCar Series veteran Hideki Mutoh will drive the No. 17 Honda Formula Dream AFS/SSM Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone car in the Sept. 17 Indy Japan 300. Read more...
Sam Schmidt Motorsports driver Alex Tagliani, driving the No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins Honda/Dallara/Firestone car, bounced back from a mid-race accident to finish seventh in the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix. Read more...
Firestone Indy Lights Series points leader Josef Newgarden, driver of the No. 11 Copart/Score Big/Robo-Pong/SSM car, led the four-car Sam Schmidt Motorsports team Sunday with his second place finish in. Read more...
For the first time this year, Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) driver Conor Daly won the Sunoco Pole Award for a Firestone Indy Lights Series race when he recorded the fastest. Read more...
Rookie Martin Plowman led the two-car Sam Schmidt Motorsports team in qualifying today for Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar Series Baltimore Grand Prix. By qualifying 20th in the No. 17 Snowball Express/AFS/SSM. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 31, 2011) – Baltimore is a large Maryland city rich in history. When the Second Continental Congress convened in December 1776, the city essentially served as our country’s. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 31, 2011) – When talking about Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM), the conversation can quickly turn into a discussion of numbers. And, with four cars entered in every Firestone. Read more...
In his last outing on a permanent road course, Alex Tagliani scored a solid sixth-place finish at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington three weekends ago. So, Tagliani and the. Read more...
Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) driver Alex Tagliani will start on the outside of the sixth row for Sunday’s Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma after he qualified 12th in IZOD. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 24, 2011) – Ho-Pin Tung will become the first driver from the People’s Republic of China to race in the IZOD IndyCar Series when he takes the green. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 23, 2011) – Everything was hot at the last IZOD IndyCar Series race two weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. Not only was the racing. Read more...
The British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) has celebrated Martin Plowman’s excellence in the field of motorsport by pronouncing him a Full Member of the esteemed organization. The BRDC, founded in. Read more...
Josef Newgarden led all 100 laps en route to a dominating victory in Sunday’s New Hampshire 100 Firestone Indy Lights race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. Newgarden started. Read more...
An exhaust fire during a pit stop ended Alex Tagliani’s day prematurely, and the driver of the No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins Dallara/Honda/Firestone car for Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) finished. Read more...
Alex Tagliani, driver of the No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins Dallara/Honda/Firestone car for Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) qualified 16th during time trials for Sunday’s MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 IZOD IndyCar Series. Read more...
Josef Newgarden, driver of the No. 11 Copart/Score Big/Robo-Pong car, led a sweep of the top three starting spots by Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) drivers during qualifying for Sunday’s New. Read more...
Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ Esteban Guerrieri led flag-to-flag to win Sunday’s Firestone Indy Lights’ Grand Prix of Trois-Rivieres in Montreal, Canada. Driving the No. 7 Lucas Oil car, Guerrieri held off. Read more...
After frustrating finishes in the last two IZOD IndyCar Series races, Sam Schmidt Motorsports driver Alex Tagliani nearly notched a top five finish in Sunday’s The Honda Indy 200 at. Read more...
Sam Schmidt Motorsports driver Alex Tagliani will start on the outside of the fourth row in Sunday’s The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio after he qualified eighth in IZOD IndyCar. Read more...
TORRANCE, Calif. (August 5, 2011) – American Honda and its Honda Performance Development (HPD) subsidiary will power Sam Schmidt Motorsports in the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series, HPD and the team. Read more...
We are pleased to announce that Martin Plowman, driver of the #17 Sam Schmidt/AFS IndyCar, will be teaming up with Snowball Express for his scheduled three races in the 2011. Read more...
Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ Josef Newgarden helped his team make a clean sweep of the Edmonton Indy weekend by winning Sunday’s Firestone Indy Lights Edmonton 100 Race 2 at the Edmonton. Read more...
After a day of highs and lows, Sam Schmidt Motorsports driver Alex Tagliani finished 17th in Sunday’s Edmonton Indy at the Edmonton City Centre Airport in Alberta, Canada. The Canadian. Read more...
Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ Esteban Guerrieri grabbed the lead from teammate and pole-sitter Josef Newgarden in turn five on the first lap and led all the way to the finish. Read more...
Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ Alex Tagliani will start Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar Series’ Edmonton Indy on the inside of the ninth row after qualifying 17th today at Edmonton City Centre Airport in. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (July 19, 2011) – After ending his last IZOD IndyCar Series race up on two wheels, Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) driver Alex Tagliani is ready to land and resume. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (July 19, 2011) – When the teams of the Firestone Indy Lights Series unload their cars and equipment in Edmonton, Alberta, this Thursday, they will set up camp for. Read more...
Of the 26 IZOD IndyCar Series drivers that started Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place in Edmonton, Toronto, 24 had some kind of altercation with another driver during the. Read more...
Notching his fourth top-five finish of the season, Argentinian Esteban Guerrieri’s fourth-place finish in Sunday’s Toronto 100 was also the best for the four-car Sam Schmidt Motorsports Firestone Indy Lights. Read more...
For the fifth time this year, Argentinian driver Esteban Guerrieri won the Sunoco Pole Award in qualifying for a Firestone Indy Lights Series race when he recorded the fastest time. Read more...
Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ Alex Tagliani will start Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar Series’ Honda Indy Toronto on the inside of the fifth row after qualifying 9th today at Exhibition Place in Toronto,. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (June 6, 2011) – Canadian racecar driver Alex Tagliani, from Lachenaie, Quebec, loves to do projects around his homes. In the offseason, he is a regular at his favorite. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (July 6, 2011) – Daniel Herrington of Raleigh, N.C., will be behind the wheel of the No. 77 Mazda Road To Indy Firestone Indy Lights car for Sam Schmidt. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (July 6, 2011) – IZOD IndyCar Series team owner Sam Schmidt announced today that his team will partner with AFS Racing to field the No. 17 Automatic Fire Sprinklers,. Read more...
You can add Iowa Speedway to the list of venues where Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) rookie Josef Newgarden has won a Firestone Indy Lights Championship race in his rookie year,. Read more...
Though the final IZOD IndyCar Series box score for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 will show Alex Tagliani finishing in 16th place and one lap behind the leaders, there were. Read more...
Despite being in an accident in the final practice session with pole sitter Takuma Sato, Sam Schmidt Motorsports’ Alex Tagliani will start Saturday’s IZOD IndyCar Series’ Iowa Corn Indy 250. Read more...
For the fourth time this year, Argentinian driver Esteban Guerrieri won the Sunoco Pole Award in qualifying for a Firestone Indy Lights Series race when he recorded the fastest time. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (June 21, 2011) – In reference to no specific IZOD IndyCar Series driver, Alex Tagliani is looking to change the crowd he hangs with during the Iowa Corn Indy. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (June 22, 2011) – Iowa Speedway in Newton has been good to Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) through the years, and that can’t be good news for its competitors in. Read more...
After finishing in second place to teammates in the last two Firestone Indy Lights Championship races, Argentinian Esteban Guerrieri dominated the David Hobbs 100 on The Milwaukee Mile today to. Read more...
Though The Milwaukee Mile is one of the shortest tracks on the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule, the Milwaukee 225 turned into a long day at the office for Sam. Read more...
For the third time this year, Argentinian driver Esteban Guerrieri won the Sunoco Pole Award in qualifying for a Firestone Indy Lights Series race when he recorded the fastest time. Read more...
Alex Tagliani will start Sunday’s IZOD IndyCar Series Milwaukee 225 on the inside of the 10th row after qualifying 19th today on racing’s historic The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis,. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (June 15, 2011) – Just like with its big brother, the IZOD IndyCar Series, the Firestone Indy Lights Series and its teams have the month of May circled on. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (June 15, 2011) – It’s an American tradition to say “cheese” when smiling at a camera. With his recent string of racing poles, IZOD IndyCar Series driver Alex Tagliani. Read more...
It was a night of firsts at Texas Motor Speedway during the IZOD IndyCar Series’ Firestone Twin 275s. The only thing missing for Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) was a first-place. Read more...
Alex Tagliani backed up his Indianapolis 500 pole from two weeks ago by capturing the PEAK Performance Pole today in IZOD IndyCar Series qualifying for Saturday night’s Firestone Twin 275s. Read more...
Canadian Finishes Disappointing 28th After Starting on the Pole. Alex Tagliani started on the pole for the historic 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500-Mile race, but a brush with the Indianapolis Motor. Read more...
Sam Schmidt Motorsports Driver Finishes Disappointing 26th in Indianapolis 500. Townsend Bell started fourth and was in the top-five for much of the first three-quarters of the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (May 27, 2011) – Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) driver Josef Newgarden won Friday’s Firestone Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to give SSM its sixth victory in nine. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (May 27, 2011) – Sam Schmidt Motorsports drivers Alex Tagliani and Townsend Bell ended up second and 12th, respectively on the speed chart following Friday’s final one-hour practice session. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (May 25, 2011) – On four previous occasions, Townsend Bell has competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. But his fifth start, which will come this Sunday in the 100th. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (May 21, 2011) – Alex Tagliani won the pole for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 and his Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) teammate, Townsend Bell, qualified an impressive fourth during. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (May 19, 2011) – Sam Schmidt Motorsports drivers Alex Tagliani and Townsend Bell each were in the top-five on the speed chart when Thursday’s practice session for the 100th. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (May 18, 2011) – Persistent mist and overcast skies canceled Wednesday’s practice session for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. That left all IZOD. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS (May 17, 2011) – Sam Schmidt Motorsports (SSM) drivers Townsend Bell and Alex Tagliani did not participate in Tuesday’s practice session for the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. Overcast. Read more...
In the week leading up to the 2011 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, team owner Sam Schmidt talked about how special a win there would be for him. The Southern California native not only attended the event with his parents 10 consecutive years as a child, Schmidt also lived in Long Beach as a newlywed. read more
Alabama Not a Red State for Tagliani Canadian Finishes 15th After Recovering From a Spin Date: April 10, 2011 Event: Honda Grand Prix of Alabama (Round 2 of 17) Series: IZOD. Read more...
Rough Day at Barber for Sam Schmidt Motorsports Newgarden’s Sixth-Place Finish Leads the Way for Four-Car Indy Lights Effort Date: April 10, 2011 Event: Honda Grand Prix of Alabama. Read more...
Honda Grand Prix of Alabama- Firestone Indy Lights Qualifying Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011 Event: Honda Grand Prix of Alabama (Round 2 of 13) Series: Firestone Indy Lights Series Location: . Read more...
Honda Grand Prix of Alabama IZOD IndyCar Series Qualifying Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011 Event: Honda Grand Prix of Alabama (Round 2 of 17) Series: IZOD IndyCar Series Location: Barber. Read more...
ALEX TAGLIANI PLEASED WITH FIRST RUN FOR SAM SCHMIDT MOTORSPORTS LEEDS, Ala. (March 15, 2011) – It’s been just two weeks since his own IZOD IndyCar Series team merged assets. Read more...
CUNNINGHAM TO DRIVE FOUR INDYCAR RACES FOR SCHMIDT IN ’11 INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 17, 2011) – Wade Cunningham, one of the most successful drivers in Firestone Indy Lights (FIL) history, will make. Read more...
Indianapolis, Indiana (January 21, 2011) - In the weeks leading up to the start of the IZOD IndyCar series 2011 season, the FAZZT Race Team’s Alex Tagliani will be participating. Read more...
SAM SCHMIDT MOTORSPORTS AND VICTOR CARBONE JOIN FORCES FOR 2011 FIRESTONE INDY LIGHTS INDIANAPOLIS — Sam Schmidt Motorsports announced today that Brazilian Victor Carbone will be one of the team’s. Read more...
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (January 11, 2011)- The FAZZT Race Team is pleased with the announcement that an agreement was reached in order to return the Edmonton Indy race to the IZOD. Read more...
A year ago to the day, a sense of satisfaction was evident as FAZZT Race Team members watched Alex Tagliani guide the stark white car down the Homestead-Miami Speedway pit. Read more...
