September 15, 2025
Here is part 2 of the Indy Car race at the Milwaukee Mile on August 23rd and 24th 2025.
Saturday was hot and humid with Alex Palou taking the pole position and Sunday was a cool jacket weather day. Christian Rasmussen getting his first win in Indy Car was the excitement of that day.
Alex Palou finished second with Scott McLaughlin in third. Nolan Siegel spun right in front of me and was the first car out of the race on lap one.
Indy NXT had a great race with Salvador de Alba taking the win and his Andretti Global teammates Dennis Hauger second with Lochie Hughes third.
The driver to keep an eye on is Myles Rowe. He got the win in the final Indy NXT race in Nashville a week later.
The main grandstand sold out which was great to see and hear as they were very loud and into the race.
Marshall Pruett, Dario Franchitti and Will Buxton had a little meeting with the media on the 10th anniversary of Justin Wilson's passing. Marshall told us that a documentary is in the works and can't wait to see it as Justin was a great racer and friend. Miss him.
Enjoy the photos and thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Race day at the Mile saw Alex Palou on the pole but Christian Rasmussen got his first win!
Qualifying day at the Milwaukee Mile for the Snap-On Milwaukee 250 race.
September 1, 2025
On August 24th we had the Indy Cars and Indy NXT at the Milwaukee Mile for the Snap-On 250 race.
This blog is just part 1 with qualifying and practice photos. Part 2 will have the race photos.
Big crowd and of course Alex Palou got the pole position, but he did not get the win. Christian Rasmussen got his first win in a wild race with a ton of passing.
Enjoy a look at the guys and the big crowd with a sold out grandstand on Sunday.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
The Indy Cars, Indy NXT and USF Pro 2000 at Road America on June 22, 2025 for the XPEL Grand Prix.
July 14, 2025
My last blog was on the Indy Cars at Road America for the XPL Grand Prix.
To get into one of those Indy Cars you have to move up the Indy Car ladder and it's feeder series. That would be the Indy NXT, USF Pro 2000 and of course starting out in go karts that all Indy Car drivers still train in.
The June 22nd weekend I spent only a few hours at the track thanks to the heat and chemotherapy fun. Hopefully I'm done with chemotheraphy for a while and more tests to come to figure out where I stand.
Proof that the ladder series works is Myles Rowe who won Saturday in Indy NXT at Iowa Speedway! First win for him and we will see him in an Indy Car soon I believe. Couple photos here from 2021 at Road America when Myles was talking with my Vintage Indy Registry folks.
Enjoy a look at the USF Pro 2000 cars having a go at the track at Road America.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
June 30, 2025
Just a short blog on Indy Car at Road America on June 22, 2025. It was too hot for this old photographer with cancer.
I went up just for a few hours on Saturday and took a few photos. Shouldn't have as it was 130F in pit lane and it whooped me after finishing chemotherapy a week or so before.
This week I received a new neph tube for future treatments that has knocked me down a bit more. They are only good for 90 days and this is my 4th neph tube.
Alex Palou won the race of course but Scott Dixon was very close to winning it. He was running out of fuel and pitted with just a few laps to go.
Great to see Santino Ferrucci on the podium in third with Felix Rosenqvist in second.
Stay cool and enjoy a few photos of Saturday's qualifying session.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
June 2, 2025
What a couple weeks of racing in the Indy Car world!
Alex Palou won the Indy 500 and probably has the championship wrapped up for him as winner this year.
Alex has had an amazing career in racing and has been very successful in Indy Car with championships in 2021, 2023, 2024 and most likely again this year.
In 2024 he also won the Million Dollar Challenge at Thermal Park in California.
He is still very young and has a great future as one of the nicest guys on pit lane with a great attitude. Doesn't have an F1 Max Verstappen attitude when driving because he races clean.
Cancer has slowed me down a bunch and I missed Indy because of it. But we keep fighting. I have great support with my wife and we just keep on going.
Enjoy some photos of Alex from the Dale Coyne racing days in 2020 when he won at Road America and others through last year.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
May 19, 2025
One of the best auto racers to ever drive an open wheel race car was Jacques Villeneuve who was born to race.
His father Gilles Villeneuve past away when Jacques was very young in 1982 driving for Ferrari. That took the racing bug out of Jacques for just a little while.
By 1994 he was driving a CART Forsythe/Team Kool Green Indy Car. In 1995 he was driving for Team Kool Green and won the Indy Car Series Championship and the Indy 500!
1996 he moved to F1 and won the F1 Championship in 1997 for Team Williams.
Seemed like he could win in anything and tried NASCAR, Sports Cars and more.
Born in Canada but moved to Monaco when he was 7 and was raised in a Swiss boarding school until the racing bug took over at 17.
I had the pleasure to watch him drive in the Indy Lights and then the 1994 and 1995 seasons in an Indy Car.
Enjoy a few years of some great memories of a great racer and beautiful race car.
Thanks,
Rich
December 16, 2024
Since June of 2023 our lives have here been a bit messy here with surgeries and non medical fun for my wife and me. A big Monday and Tuesday here this week but I hope and pray that we are on the right path now.
December 29th last year was really a bad day as all of us lost a great race car driver at just 56 and I think about him a lot. Gil de Ferran was a special racer and a prankster. Gil passed away last year of a heart attack on the Concours Race Track in Opa-locka. Very sad day and he was having fun with his son that day at the track.
I did not know him very well but had some fun with him at the Milwaukee Mile and Road America.
So I feel the need to look and remember our friend as it's so close to a year that he has been gone.
Gil gave Team Penske it's 100th win and consecutive CART championships in 2000 and 2001.
The Milwaukee Mile put my photo of Gil in the Media Center at the Milwaukee Mile. It's also in one of the suites in the grandstand. It's a picture of Gil sitiing in his car giving a thumbs up. The photo was from 2001 and I've cherished it for a long time in my race room here.
In 2000 Team Penske almost had Gil de Ferran and future superstar Greg Moore who we lost in 1999 as teammates. Who knows what could have happened with Greg Moore and Gil together. Gil would have mentored Greg for sure but without Greg we got Helio Castroneves and Gil mentored Helio very well into the Spiderman!
Enjoy some photos of Gil through the years.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
