INDYCAR Fast Six: What's trending in @INDYCAR
JUL 19, 2018
INDYCAR's #FastSix is a report that borrows from all things found online about Verizon IndyCar Series racing, its drivers and people. We find pics, quips and the occasional GIF as INDYCAR drivers live their extraordinary lives and put the evidence on Twitter, Instagram and more. Check back regularly for the latest.
It is all about France for Pagenaud
Simon Pagenaud showed his support for his native country’s World Cup victory on Sunday with the only way that makes sense when you are at a racetrack: kicking invisible goals along the pit wall. The Team Penske driver from France also displayed his cycling spirit with a shout-out to the Tour de France’s first mountain stage as he rode along on his Peloton bike.
⚽️ 🥅 Busy driving an #indycar and doing what French people do... scoring goals!! #FiersdetreBleus #FRACRO #WorkdCupFinal #indyTO #France pic.twitter.com/Uv9gbEbJPp
— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) July 15, 2018
First mountain stage through the French Alps during @LeTour today! Good luck to all the riders... I’m riding along with you in spirit at home 😂 🚵🏼♂️ #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/Xm936eAxVW
— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) July 17, 2018
Turn Four or Turn FORE!
Andretti Autosport rookie Zach Veach took the term “driving” around Indianapolis Motor Speedway to a new level. In honor of the ticket unveil for the 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship, LPGA golfer and reigning winner of the tournament Lexi Thompson showed Veach how to drive a golf ball down the pit lane of IMS.
Fore! ⛳@Lexi teaches @ZachVeach how to tee off on the frontstretch! #IWitChamp | #INDYCAR | #IMS pic.twitter.com/xmMEwk7wMs
— Indianapolis Motor Speedway (@IMS) July 16, 2018
“Go, Scotty, Go!”
Emma Davies Dixon, wife of Scott Dixon, could not contain her excitement and nerves during the Honda Indy Toronto as her husband was leading the race. She clearly is Scott’s good-luck charm, as he went on to win the race on Sunday.
Ahhhhhhhhh I can’t watch!!! 🙈🙈🙈@scottdixon9 @indycar @hondaindy pic.twitter.com/CEImOeJ3XW
— Emma Davies Dixon (@EmmaDaviesDixon) July 15, 2018
Enjoy the little things
We all have those things that remind us of being home. For Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie and Ontario, Canada, native Robert Wickens, it is the mini bottle of Heinz ketchup that he got from his trip back for the Honda Indy Toronto race.
Hello old friend... #miniketchup pic.twitter.com/fSBl0Ygdfv
— Robert Wickens (@robertwickens) July 12, 2018
Attention, #BachelorNation
When the Honda Fastest Seat in Sports driver is a “Bachelor” alum, it is only fitting that he gets to drive other “Bachelor” alums around. In Toronto, Arie Luyendyk Jr. (“The Bachelor,” Season 22) drove around Season 21 Vanessa Grimaldi in the two-seat Indy car..
So fun to meet @VanessaGrimaldi and take her for a lap around Toronto to start the @IndyCar race! #HondaIndyToronto pic.twitter.com/eAvJ2oLLXT
— Arie Luyendyk Jr. (@ariejr) July 15, 2018
Sooooo much fun at @Honda fastest seat in sports!!! ❤️🚘🏁 p.s. I did not get motion sickness. 💁🏻♀️P.p.s I wanna become an Indy car driver now #hondapartner
— Vanessa Grimaldi (@VanessaGrimaldi) July 15, 2018
Look who Josef found!
INDYCAR meets “Dancing with the Stars”… again! While at the Heroes at the ESPYS party in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Josef Newgarden ran into Sharna Burgess, former partner to James Hinchcliffe on Season 23 of “Dancing with the Stars.” Could we see another INDYCAR driver on the show?
Hahahaha 🤭 great seeing you @josefnewgarden https://t.co/gbMMePNOzT
— Sharna Burgess (@SharnaBurgess) July 18, 2018