The 2023 INDYCAR season continues weekend with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES 2023 Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Canada. OpenWheel.com will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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NTT INDYCAR SERIES Preview: Honda Indy Toronto – Sunday, July 16, 2023 1:30PM (ET) Peacock – INDYCAR makes its annual trek north this weekend for what should be an exciting weekend in Toronto. This week’s race television broadcast will be on Peacock in the United States so make sure your subscription is active. Previous driver performance at the circuit shows four former winners entered in Scott Dixon (4), Will Power (3), Josef Newgarden (2), and Ryan Hunter-Reay (1). Dixon and the injured Simon Pagenaud are the two most recent winners at the circuit. Pagenaud will be replaced by Meyer Shank Racing’s IMSA star Tom Blomqvist this weekend. Looking at the box scores from those races in 2022 and 2019 races at Toronto, only Felix Rosenqvist and Dixon finished in the Top 5 in both races. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, those two are joined by Colton Herta, Graham Rahal, and Newgarden.

My pick to win: Alex Palou – This preview routinely has copy/paste elements so I’ll just update what I wrote entering Mid-Ohio weekend…”How can you pick against Palou right now? Outside of being torpedoed by Rinus VeeKay in pitlane in Indianapolis he’s been unstoppable with authoritative victories in three (four) of the last four (five) races and a massive 74 (110) point lead in the championship.”

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Alex Palou $33, Felix Rosenqvist $25, Marcus Armstrong $24, & Tom Blomqvist $18 – You know my thoughts on Palou and likely feel the same. Rosenqvist still carries a strong street course pedigree and is due for a great race result. The same could be said for Armstrong on deserving a race result to go his way and he’ll have a great car. Blomqvist is an elite driver with a lot to learn this weekend but will likely have a great mindset to safely bring home the best result possible.

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The 2022 INDYCAR season continues with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES 2022 Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Canada. OpenWheel.com will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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NTT INDYCAR SERIES Preview: Honda Indy Toronto – Sunday, July 17, 2022 3:00PM (ET) Peacock – The NTT INDYCAR SERIES returns to Toronto for the first time since 2019 due to COVID-19 this weekend for what should be exciting weekend. Drama is in the air all around the paddock after the Andretti teammates all made contact at Mid-Ohio and the Alex Palou/CGR/AMSP situation mid-week.

Previous driver experience at Toronto shows four former winners in the field in Scott Dixon (3), Will Power (3), Josef Newgarden (2), and Simon Pagenaud (1). Pagenaud and Dixon are the last two winners at the circuit. Looking at the box scores from the last two races in 2019 and 2018, Dixon and Pagenaud each finished in the Top 5 in both races. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, that duo is joined by Alexander Rossi and Newgarden, . The active Top 5 in laps led at the circuit are Dixon (200), Power (162), Newgarden (120), Pagenaud (114), and Helio Castroneves (101).

My pick to win: Will Power – Team Penske has won all three street course events so far this season so look out for them again this weekend. Power has been extremely fast and this is obviously one of his better tracks.

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Will Power $30, Josef Newgarden $30, Conor Daly $21, & David Malukas $19 – You know my thoughts on Power and Newgarden is an equal threat. I had to build a team around having two Team Penske drivers this week. Daly enjoys the Toronto circuit and should provide good value at $21 with any good luck at all. Malukas has been quick and coming off an outstanding qualifying performance at Detroit during the last street course weekend.

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The INDYCAR season continues this weekend with the NTT IndyCar Series Honda Indy Toronto and the Indy Lights Cooper Tires Grand Prix Presented by Allied Building Products on the Streets of Toronto, Canada. The Open Wheel will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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Indy Lights Preview: Cooper Tires Grand Prix Presented by Allied Building Products (Entry List), Race 1 – Saturday, July 13, 2019 12:45PM (ET) & Race 2 – Sunday, July 14, 2019 11:00AM (ET) – It seems like a lifetime ago that the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires machines were last on a street course back at St. Pete. The winners then were Rinus VeeKay and the now departed Zachary Claman DeMelo. Toby Sowery managed podium finishes in both races so watch out for him this weekend. Results from Indy Lights Race 1 and Race 2 from 2018 show Andretti Autosport and Belardi Auto Racing had Toronto figured out as Patricio O’Ward and Santiago Urrutia each earned wins. This will be the Toronto Lights debut for BN Racing but based on the success of Sowery and David Malukas to start the year I’d say watch them close this weekend. My picks to win: Rinus VeeKay & Toby Sowery

NTT IndyCar Series Preview: Honda Indy Toronto – Sunday, July 14, 2019 3:00PM (ET) NBCSN – Previous driver experience at Toronto shows five former winners in the field in Scott Dixon (3), Will Power (3), Sebastien Bourdais (2), Josef Newgarden (2), and Ryan Hunter-Reay (1). The Top 5 in laps led are Dixon (200), Bourdais (189), Power (162), Newgarden (120), and Hunter-Reay (36). Dixon and Newgarden have won over the last two years. Looking at the box scores from 2018 and 2017, only Simon Pagenaud and James Hinchcliffe have finished in the Top 5 in each of the last two years. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, those two are joined by Dixon, Alexander Rossi, Newgarden, and Marco Andretti. My pick to win: Scott Dixon – Dixon took the latest of his three Toronto victories just last year and needs to start winning to keep his championship hopes. Doesn’t he always seem to do just enough to keep himself in the conversation? For that reason alone I he’s my pick this weekend.

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Scott Dixon, Will Power, James Hinchcliffe, & Sage Karam – You know my thoughts on Dixon. Toronto isn’t Power’s best track by any means, even with three wins, but when he stays out of trouble he’s at the front. He’s due for that after a couple rough years in Canada so I expect to see him put together a good result. Hinchcliffe will be carrying the hopes of Canada once again and has really fared well in Toronto in recent years. I wouldn’t be surprised and actually expect him to be on the podium once again. I’m excited to see what Karam does in his first time on an NTT IndyCar Series road & street circuit since 2015. My expectations aren’t high, but listening to Sage’s thoughts on the opportunity I expect him to manage his weekend as best he can and do his best to just turn laps. With the strength of the rest of this lineup and a little luck, that may be all I need at his value price of just $15.

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