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Tonight, it’s all about the testing! The ABC Supply 500 at Pocono is still a week away, but there is testing galore as IndyCars circulate both the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Pocono Raceway, we ponder the question “Whither goest thou, Rossi?”, contemplate the significance of Carlin potentially moving to IndyCar, and we remember the multi-faceted racer, Bryan Clauson.  We wrap up the show parsing some of the season's statistics and point out that the possibility of Honda securing the manufacturer's title is not an impossibility.

As usual I have with me Tom “The Motorsports Monk” Firth and John “The Race Fan” Olsakovsky, and tonight, we unpack the recent Verizon IndyCar Series and Mazda Road to Indy races at the beautiful Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. We also take a look at the recent news and tentative 2017 IndyCar schedule. There's the potential for an IndyCar race right in the FBC backyard!

Today we have with us Tom O’Gorman of TOMO Racing. Tom is an extremely accomplished autocrosser, having won 2013 SCCA National Solo Championships, the 2012 and 2013 SCCA Pro Solo Championships, and being declared the 2013 SCCA Solo Driver of the Year. He also has had success in indoor karting both here in the US and in Germany. In 2014, Tom began road racing in the SCCA Improved Touring C class in a Honda Civic and won pole for both races of his debut weekend, winning one of those races. His success earned him the Rookie of the Year honors in the Ohio Valley Region SCCA. Tom now races a Honda Fit in the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car B-Spec class. In addition to his racing program, Tom serves as a full-time performance driving instructor with the SCCA Starting Line School, which is where I first met Tom, and heads the Koni Novice program for the SCCA’s Track Night in America program.

This week, Tom, John, and I preview this weekend's Verizon IndyCar Series race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, discuss the prospect of a new aero package for 2017 that is sans rear pods, and wonder just what it means for the series that Tony George is back at the helm of Hulman & Company. We also take some time to discuss the championship standings for the entire Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires including the USF2000, Pro Mazda, and Indy Lights series.

Tonight at The Cambered Corner, we speak with someone whom you may remember from the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, vintage open-wheel racer extraordinaire, Nigel Cass of Cass Racing, supported by InventHelp. He has had the opportunity to race at many great tracks and events throughout North America, including at the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve during the weekend of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix!

Tonight, we review the latest IndyCar race, the Honda Indy Toronto held at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario. Penske was perfect but for one, and crumbling curbing gets the best of Newgarden. We also look at some of the news from IndyCar including rumors of a new street race in Omaha, NE. That’s right. Omaha!

We're trying something new! Please grab a refreshment and enjoy our first IndyCar-specific podcast hosted by Doug Patterson with co-hosts Tom "The Motorsports Monk" Firth and John "The Race Fan" Olsakovsky. We review the scant news from IndyCar, review the Iowa Corn 300, and preview the Honda Indy Toronto Grand Prix. As this is our first episode, we certainly welcome any comments and feedback as we work on smoothing out the kinks and bring some commentary, insight, and snark to that other open-wheel series, IndyCar.