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Craig Woollard

Motorsport historian and journalist Craig Woollard has had an unusual path to a career in motorsport. After graduating from the University of Essex with a degree in mathematics in 2013, he changed his career path immediately after discovering a talent for writing. After occasional freelance work in 2015 and 2016, he joined the Autosport Academy for 2017. In the same year, he became an archive digitiser at Motorsport Images - which is his full-time job to this date.

2015 IndyCar Season Winners and Losers

Just two races remain on the 2015 IndyCar calendar – one classic oval and one classic road course. Whilst expected dominance from one team has failed to materialise, an unlikely title candidate emerged as the season progressed. With no driver taking more than two wins, three of the nine race winners this year have the most realistic shots at the …

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Does IndyCar Need a Virtual Safety Car?

Yellows breed yellows. It is commonplace in IndyCar to see multiple cautions (or full-course cautions, full-course yellows (not to be confused with the WEC version), safety cars, whatever you want to call them) in an IndyCar race, and not uncommon to see the pace car out within seconds of it coming back in after an incident. In fact, it’s one …

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2015 Honda Indy 200 Preview

The Penske drought continued at Iowa, as Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay headed home Josef Newgarden and the fast-charging Sage Karam for his first win of the season, and his first top three. There was trouble for championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya hit trouble early on as he suffered a suspension failure. However Graham Rahal was able to take advantage with …

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2015 Iowa Corn 300 Preview

At just seven eighths of a mile, Iowa is the shortest circuit on the calendar. A test of physical strength in addition to mental strength makes the 2015 Iowa Corn 300 one of the tougher races on the calendar to get a strong result at. Another trilling race last time out at Wisconsin produced another surprise winner, but not a new one this season. Sebastien Bourdais is beginning to cement his name into the IndyCar greats with a brilliant win where he was one lap ahead of the entire field at one point. However, Penske seemed to struggle, and this is starting to allow a few underdogs to get their nose into the ring as we head into the business end of the season.

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2015 Wisconsin 250 Preview

IndyCar was back to its very finest at the Auto Club Speedway, but it was not without controversy. The sometimes five-wide pack racing split opinion amongst drivers, whilst the likes of Sage Karam and Takuma Sato came under severe fire for some of their antics on the circuit. Meanwhile, Will Power managed to upset social media for the umpteenth time …

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2015 MAVTV 500 Preview

IndyCar heads to its second of three 500-mile races of the year, which makes up the IndyCar Triple Crown. The Auto Club Speedway, situated at Fontana in California has seen the championship decided on the last three occasions. However, it sits towards the middle of the season this time around, but winning the event remains just as difficult as ever. …

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How is the 2015 IndyCar Season Shaping up?

The 2015 IndyCar season has been a bit of a slow burner to date. We had some woefully dull races early on in the year, despite delivering different winners for each of the first five rounds. However, the last few rounds have been phenomenal, and certainly IndyCar and motor racing at its very best – as Toronto showed. Six races …

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2015 Firestone 600 Preview

The Firestone 600 marks the halfway point in this year’s IndyCar season. Amazingly, we are already eight races down, with just eight to go. With seven different winners already, the championship remains relatively wide open. However, more than half of the remaining races will take places on ovals, as opposed to just one in the first half. The first of …

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2015 Indy Dual in Detroit Preview

After an absolutely awesome Indianapolis 500 which was won by fan favourite Juan Pablo Montoya, IndyCar is back racing again this weekend thanks to the very tight schedule. This round is the 2915 Indy Dual in Detroit, named that due to the fact that two races are run during the weekend: one on the Saturday and another on the Sunday. …

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2015 Indianapolis 500 Preview

The main event has arrived; the Indianapolis 500 is upon us. Whilst practice and qualifying for the famous race which will be run for the 99th time has been nothing short of controversial and a touch on the dangerous side, the show appears to be continuing pretty much as planned – unlike the 2005 United States Grand Prix held at …

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