“We had a little hiccup on pit lane,” said Kirkwood, who will start seventh. “I just forgot which lap we needed to do our lap on."

Will Power was left kicking himself after squandering a likely pole position for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.The Penske driver was fairly confident he had a pole-winning car having led the last two practice sessions and easily making it to the final part of qualifing. But he caused...

The No. 99 Gainsco Auto Insurance/Bob Stallings Racing McLaren 650S piloted by Jon Fogarty will not be able to race Sunday after hitting the wall in practice on Friday. "The Red Dragon is headed back to Texas for repair," the team said in a statement. "The GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing team...

Drivers inspect the track. (LAT photo) The overnight track grinding effort commissioned by the Shell & Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston promoters made significant headway into reducing the ramp-like jump on the 1.7-mile street course's front straight, but the issue has not been completely solved.The IndyCar Series assembled an impromptu...