It has been six months since Alex Palou closed the IndyCar season with his second championship in three years and the time off has not been the smoothest for America’s open-wheel racing series.
IBJ spoke this week with IMS President Doug Boles about how ticket sales are going for the Indy 500, whether a return of Formula One is on the horizon and Roger Penkse’s continued investment in the track.
The 24-year-old Mexican driver is entering his fifth full season in IndyCar, all with Arrow McLaren, and late last year was named McLaren’s reserve driver for its Formula 1 team.
This year’s Indy 500 would be Sato’s 15th appearance in the race and sixth with Zionsville-based RLL.
The race is being moved due to construction surrounding the Tennessee Titans’ new stadium, organizers announced Wednesday.
Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner and holder of the closed-course land speed record, died Friday while racing with his son at The Concourse Club in Florida.
Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing have agreed to a multi-year partnership with logistics company DHL to sponsor the No. 10 Honda car.
Romain Grosjean was hired to replace Callum Ilott, who was abruptly sacked last week. Grosjean will begin his fourth season in IndyCar with a third team.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway reverted to its original purpose Thursday—serving as a test track for new automobile technology. The lessons learned about IndyCar’s new hybrid cars could reverberate throughout next season.
Former Formula One driver Romain Grosjean said Wednesday he is pursuing arbitration against Andretti Global because the team is not bringing him back for a third season in the IndyCar Series.
The lawsuit is the latest twist in an ugly spat involving the talented young driver and two teams: McLaren and Chip Ganassi Racing.
The 2024 season begins March 10 on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, and ends Sept. 15 on Nashville’s downtown streets.
The expansion for Simpson will give Ganassi three rookies in next year’s Indianapolis 500.
Marcus Armstrong, 23, leads this year’s standings for rookie of the year despite three other rookie drivers running full schedules.
McLaren must now find a replacement for Felix Rosenqvist, who finished a season-best second Sunday at Portland International Raceway.
Alex Palou locked up the title Sunday with one weekend remaining in the 17-race schedule, marking the first time in IndyCar the championship has been settled before the finale since the late Dan Wheldon won in 2005.
Jack Harvey joined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing last season but has never finished better than 10th in any race. He said he would seek a new home in IndyCar.
Saturday’s 85-lap race will be the series’ second on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course this year and comes on the same weekend Xfinity and NASCAR drivers also compete on the track’s road course.
Following a near miss between an errant wheel and grandstand fans at the Indy 500 in May, chassis manufacturer Dallara has designed a retaining nut that is more than 60% stronger than the previous design.
Reigning IndyCar champion Will Power unloaded on fellow drivers and the track Saturday following a brutal collision during practice and then a poor qualifying result.
