
Ferrucci signs multi-year extension with resurgent Foyt IndyCar team
The deal with Santino Ferrucci was described as a multi-year extension and announced ahead of Sunday’s season-ending IndyCar race in Nashville.
The deal with Santino Ferrucci was described as a multi-year extension and announced ahead of Sunday’s season-ending IndyCar race in Nashville.
The deal between Penske Entertainment, which owns the racing series, and Firestone’s parent company, Nashville-based Bridgestone Americas, extends a partnership that has been in place for 25 years.
Larson in May became the fifth driver in history to attempt to complete both the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600, but weather issues thwarted the effort.
Pato O’Ward was not happy at all when NASCAR last week announced it would race in Mexico City at Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, the really popular Formula 1 venue and best circuit in his home country.
Daly is taking over for Agustin Canapino, who parted ways with the team last week after a series of social media firestorms.
IndyCar expressed encouragement and excitement about the hybrid engine in a statement after the race that cited the collaboration between Chevy and Honda.
As Rossi heads to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this weekend ranked seventh in the championship standings but arguably the most consistent McLaren driver through the first eight races, he needs to find a new ride in an increasingly shrinking free agent market.
IndyCar will unveil its hybrid engine system this weekend. It has been a joint effort involving IndyCar and engineers from Chevrolet and Honda, the two engine suppliers for the series.
Alexander Rossi, who won the Indy 500 in 2016 as a rookie with Andretti Global, joined Arrow McLaren last year. In late June, he scored only his second podium since joining the team.
Fox promised all the races would be broadcast nationally, as well as qualifying for the Indy 500.
Meyer Shank Racing said Malukas will drive the No. 66 Honda starting June 23 at Laguna Seca, California and replace Tom Blomqvist for the remainder of the season.
Arrow McLaren said it ended the partnership after one of McLaren’s drivers said he had received death threats.
At the time of his death, Jones was the oldest living winner of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske called the versatile Jones “one of the most accomplished racers in history.”
Roger Penske is well aware his integrity has been questioned because of a cheating scandal that cost Josef Newgarden his season-opening IndyCar victory.
It was an incredible bounceback for Newgarden, who last month had his March season-opening victory disqualified because Team Penske had illegal push-to-pass software on its cars.
IMS President Doug Boles said Sunday that despite the weather, IndyCar officials believed they would have a window of time to dry the track and start the race.
A delay at Indianapolis Motor Speedway puts the NASCAR star’s hopes of completing it and the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte later Sunday in doubt.
The forecast at Indianapolis Motor Speedway called for a band of storms to push through around 12 p.m. EDT, just before the time the Indy 500 was scheduled to begin.
The agreement, announced Thursday, will see Purdue occupy up to 20,000 square feet at Dallara’s U.S. headquarters in Speedway.
No other month has captured a greater share of the city’s best memories.