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LONG BEACH, California – In a Saturday morning practice session for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach that was paced by Romain Grosjean’s fast speed in the closing laps, much of the focus was on the driver back in ...

Pagenaud, Rossi Top Friday Long Beach Practice

LONG BEACH, California – Former Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach winners Simon Pagenaud and Alexander Rossi were the two fastest drivers in Friday’s lone IndyCar practice session. The third driver on the timing list was current NTT IndyCar ...

Jimmie Johnson’s Right Wrist Under Evaluation

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Jimmie Johnson’s right wrist has been placed in a splint after his crash in Friday’s practice for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. He is undergoing further evaluation. At one point in the session ...

DeFrancesco Penalized By IndyCar For Texas Avoidable Contact

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Andretti Autosport rookie Devlin DeFrancesco was involved in three crashes in the March 20 XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway. Because of that, IndyCar officials have docked the driver from Toronto who now lives in Miami ...

Palou Reflects On IndyCar Title Ahead of Long Beach Return

LONG BEACH, Calif.– The last time Alex Palou competed in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, he had a lot at stake. It was the final race of the 2021 season, and he was closing in on his first ...

Newgarden Looking To Go Back-To-Back Heading To Long Beach

Josef Newgarden has been nothing short of electric on the streets of Long Beach since joining Team Penske in 2017. With an average finish of 3.7, the two-time NTT IndyCar Series champion has found the course along Shoreline Drive ...

Ethan Ho Gets USF Juniors Ride

BROWNSBURG, Ind. — DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports completed its driver lineup for the inaugural USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires series Wednesday, signing 16-year-old Californian Ethan Ho. Ho joins Nicholas d’Orlando and Earl Tucker as the team readies ...

Fairbairn Set For USF Juniors Drive

DALLAS — Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport announced its expansion into the new USF Juniors presented by Cooper Tires and the signing of 17-year-old rising talent Jeremy Fairbairn to drive for the team. Fairbairn will pilot the No. 87 City Moves/Ayrton ...

Camaros Are 500 Festival Event Cars

INDIANAPOLIS — A longtime tradition and another sign of the return of the Month of May took place April 4 as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Chevrolet staged 50 identical 2022 Chevrolet Camaro SS convertibles on the main straightaway ...

IndyCar: What To Watch

While last month’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg kicked off the NTT IndyCar Series campaign, the series entered the season with continuing momentum. The 100th Indianapolis 500 in 2016 began IndyCar’s growth process and it continued when Roger ...

Grosjean Adjusting To A Season Of Firsts

Since 2020, Romain Grosjean has had quite the rollercoaster ride in open wheel racing. From his brutal accident in the penultimate race of the 2020 Formula 1 season in Bahrain, to making a leap of faith over to American ...

IndyCar Completes First Test With New Engine

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – After two days of weather-interrupted track time, the private manufacturers test of IndyCar’s 2.4-liter V-6 engine was completed Wednesday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. One team from Chevrolet and one team from Honda participated in the ...

iPacket To Support Graham Rahal

BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced that iPacket has joined the team as the primary sponsor of Graham Rahal’s No. 15 entry for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 on Aug. 20 at Worldwide Technology Raceway in Illinois. ...

Halcyon Joins Steinbrenner Racing

INDIANAPOLIS — Ransomware security experts Halcyon has joined the Steinbrenner Racing team of partners for the NTT IndyCar Series. Halcyon will debut on the Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport entry of Devlin DeFrancesco at next week’s race at the Acura Grand Prix ...

New Engine Hits The Track At Indy

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A two-car test was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Monday with the new 2.4-liter, turbocharged, V-6 engine that will begin competition in the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series season. The test did not include the hybrid-assist ...

Rock Supergroup And Grammy Winner Headline Concert At Indy

INDIANAPOLIS –- Rock’s supergroup Kings of Chaos and legendary Grammy Award winner Rick Springfield will co-headline the Miller Lite Carb Day Concert on Friday, May 27 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Legendary funk and R&B band Morris Day and the ...

Newgarden Wins On Last-Lap Pass; Johnson Earns First IndyCar Top 10

FORT WORTH, Texas – Pick a storyline from Sunday’s XPEL 375. The choices are Josef Newgarden’s dramatic, last turn on the last lap race-winner pass over Team Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin. Team Penske’s 600th career victory. And the final choice ...

Jack Harvey Out, Santino Ferrucci In At Texas Motor Speedway

FORT WORTH, Texas – Jack Harvey is out and Santino Ferrucci is in the No. 45 Hy-Vee Honda for Sunday’s XPEL 375 NTT IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Harvey was involved in a crash in Saturday’s final ...

Newgarden Tops Final IndyCar Practice At Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas – A very busy day at Texas Motor Speedway included an extra IndyCar practice session to help add grip to a slippery part of the 1.5-mile, high-banked oval. In an effort to widen the groove on ...

Felix Rosenqvist Claims IndyCar Pole At Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas – When Felix Rosenqvist won his first pole in the NTT IndyCar Series back in 2019, the driver from Sweden had tremendous confidence and expectations that he was going to be a big winner in IndyCar, ...

Christian Lundgaard Is Ready For IndyCar

INDIANAPOLIS — One of the youngest drivers in the NTT IndyCar Series is so direct, frank and honest that he sounds like a 20-year veteran. It’s Christian Lundgaard of Denmark, a 20-year-old driver who rounds out the three-driver team ...

Pagenaud Fastest In First IndyCar Practice At Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas – Simon Pagenaud of Meyer-Shank Racing was the fastest driver in Saturday morning’s opening practice session for Sunday’s XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway. Pagenaud’s No. 60 Honda had a best speed of 223.087 miles per ...

Pato O’Ward’s IndyCar Future Clouded By F-1 Interest

FORT WORTH, Texas – It was supposed to be a media availability for the most recent IndyCar winner at Texas Motor Speedway – Pato O’Ward. Instead, the Arrow McLaren SP driver was grilled about his future, including his growing ...

IndyCar Adds Texas Practice Session To Improve Grip

FORT WORTH, Texas – In an effort to add an additional lane of grip at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway, IndyCar officials announced Friday an extra practice session on Saturday. This is in preparation for Sunday’s XPEL 375, the first ...

Juncos Hollinger Racing Partners With NFT Company

INDIANAPOLIS – The Juncos Hollinger Racing team will partner with GPNFTS powered by Velas this season: a newly-launched NFT ecosystem for the motorsports world that operates across all the premier series on the planet, including Formula 1, GT racing, ...

Alzamend Neuro, Inc. Backing Ed Carpenter At Texas

INDIANAPOLIS – Ed Carpenter Racing announced today that the team is joining the fight to “Making Alzheimer’s Just a Memory,” with ECR owner and oval driver Ed Carpenter showcasing Alzamend Neuro, Inc. on his No. 33 car in this ...

RRDC To Honor Mears In Long Beach

LEWIS CENTER, Ohio — Rick Mears, four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and three-time IndyCar Series champion, will be honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club at the RRDC Evening with Rick Mears Presented by Firestone in Long Beach, ...

Female Force Brewer To Race Indy Pro 2000

INDIANAPOLIS -– Lindsay Brewer, a 24-year-old racecar driver and content creator backed by an immense fan base on social media, will advance to the Indy Pro 2000 Championship this year. The championship is an official feeder series for the ...

American Legion Reports For Duty With IndyCar

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — The American Legion is “reporting for duty” with IndyCar as the 103-year-old military veterans’ organization has attained official partnership status with the auto racing series. The multi-year agreement that makes The American Legion an official charity ...

Hildebrand Joins Foyt For Indy, Ovals

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A.J. Foyt became a racing legend by his engineering mind and his “seat of the pants” feel in a race car. Driver J.R. Hildebrand is an Indy car driver who is also an engineer. The two ...

Pribyl, IGY6 Motorsports Team Up For USF Juniors Series

INDIANAPOLIS — Jason Pribyl will take his next step on the racing ladder, joining the new USF Juniors series for 2022 with Veteran-owned and operated IGY6 Motorsports out of Indianapolis. An accomplished karter, Pribyl, 16, is coming off his 2021 ...

Texas Test Trip Proves Frustrating For IndyCar Teams

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — One of the reasons why it’s so expensive to operate an NTT IndyCar Series team was on display Monday at Texas Motor Speedway. Nine drivers and cars were set to spend a full day of testing ...

Tucker Secures USF Juniors Seat

BROWNSBURG, Ind. — DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports announced the second of its three team drivers, signing Connecticut racer Earl Tucker IV to contest the inaugural USF Juniors Presented by Cooper Tires season. “Earl has really hit the ground ...

Tim Cindric, Jerry Breon Inducted To Team Penske HOF

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – With over 60 years of team experience between them, Penske Performance President Tim Cindric and longtime crew member and facilities manager Jerry Breon represent the 2021 class of the Team Penske Hall of Fame. As two ...

PNC Bank & CGR Launch Women In Motorsports Initiative

PITTSBURGH — PNC Bank and Chip Ganassi Racing have announced the launch of Women In Motorsports Powered by PNC Bank with Chip Ganassi Racing, a new campaign to drive awareness and support for gender equality and economic inclusion for ...

Iowa Speedway Reveals Entertainment For IndyCar Doubleheader

MOORESVILLE, North Carolina – Fans that return to Iowa Speedway for the first time since 2020 will be treated to big names in musical entertainment in addition to the only doubleheader of racing on the 2022 NTT IndyCar Series ...

Motorsports Journalist Dusty Brandel, 87

FONTANA, Calif. — Pioneering motorsports journalist Norma Lee “Dusty” Brandel has died at the age of 87. Brandel’s career as a motorsports journalist began in 1955 as a writer for the Hollywood Citizen-News and she covered sports car races throughout Southern California. ...

Not Just Another Face In The Crowd

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis 500 winner usually gets his face on the Borg-Warner Trophy unveiled at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. But for Helio Castroneves, who became the fourth four-time Indianapolis 500 winner with his victory in last May’s 105th Indianapolis ...

Supply Chain Delays Hybrid IndyCar Engine

INDIANAPOLIS — Delays in the global supply chain have impacted businesses around the world and IndyCar is no exception. Because of the supply-chain challenges that has affected development and delivery of hybrid system components, IndyCar will delay the implementation ...

Sullivan & Dallenbach Sr. Selected For IMS Hall Of Fame

INDIANAPOLIS – Racing legends Wally Dallenbach Sr. and Danny Sullivan comprise the 2022 inductee class of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame. The two drivers will be honored at the 2022 Induction Ceremony and Indianapolis 500 Oldtimers Dinner ...

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