IndyCar: Arrow McLaren drivers to drive in Velocity Invitational
CEO Zak Brown and three drivers from the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team will drive in the fourth annual Velocity Invitational motorsports event.
To help celebrate McLaren’s 60th anniversary, Brown, Pato O’Ward, Alexander Rossi and Tony Kanaan will join the festivities throughout the Velocity Invitational weekend.
The three drivers will participate in autograph sessions and interactive activities and tackle Sonoma Raceway’s challenging road course in historic McLaren race cars of both sports car and open-wheel varieties.
It will be the largest collection of heritage cars that the team has run in the event, and many of these cars are rarely seen in North America.
O’Ward is currently fourth in NTT INDYCAR SERIES point standings with eight top-five finishes so far this year.
Rossi is a Northern California native best known for winning the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 as a rookie in 2016, and Kanaan, who took on a special advisor role with the team after racing his final Indy 500 in May, is a 2004 IndyCar Series champion and 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner.
Additional McLaren drivers and what they’ll be driving will be announced at a later date.
“Velocity Invitational is a spectacle of some of the world’s most unique and special cars, and to see our McLaren drivers get behind the wheel of our heritage collection at Sonoma Raceway and bring those cars to life again is an experience you cannot get anywhere else,” said Zak Brown, CEO, McLaren Racing. “We’re excited to be part of it this year, celebrating our 60 years as a racing team.”
Velocity Invitational, which hosts an unparalleled lineup of the rarest cars in the world, has become a must-attend event for automotive enthusiasts and anyone who enjoys extraordinary cars, wine and luxury. Attendees will see modern hypercars, historic Formula 1 race cars, a Can-Am class, popular vintage racing groups, the Mustangs vs. Minis enduro and McLaren’s 60th anniversary cars in the paddock and on the track throughout the weekend.
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