Rumor: What does this mean for IndyCar?
NBC has already committed to continuing with NASCAR after NBCSN goes dark at the end of 2021. It has not commented on its other motorsports properties. Now comes word that … Read More
Category: IndyCar
Rumor: 2021 IndyCar race start and TV times (2nd Update)
This rumor is upgraded to ‘fact’ today. The 2021 IndyCar Series TV starts times and channels announced today are the same as we rumored back on January 26th. You read … Read More
Grosjean getting more comfortable with IndyCar
Ex-F1 driver Romain Grosjean has completed his second IndyCar test with Dale Coyne Racing, clocking 106 laps at Laguna Seca on Monday in a private test. The team got the … Read More
Video: Lapping Laguna Seca with Romain Grosjean
Romain Grosjean – That was a very cool day. Laguna Seca in an IndyCar! It is something pretty special, isn’t it? After getting acquainted with his new working environment at … Read More
XPEL Named Title Sponsor of 2nd half of Texas Motor Speedway’s INDYCAR Series Doubleheader
XPEL, Inc. (NASDAQ: XPEL) – a leading provider of protective films and coatings today announced a multi-year sponsorship at Texas Motor Speedway. The second race of the 2021 NTT INDYCAR … Read More
Music City Grand Prix advisory board makes two more additions
The Music City Grand Prix keeps adding members to its already star-studded advisory board. On Tuesday, Grand Prix officials confirmed two new members: Former Dollar General Chairman and CEO Rick … Read More
IMS To Host Mass Vaccination Clinics for COVID-19 from March 5-7
The Racing Capital of the World has partnered with the Indiana Department of Health to host a mass vaccination clinic for Hoosiers eligible to receive a free COVID-19 vaccine. The … Read More
IndyCar: O’Ward remains on top at end of Monday testing at Laguna Seca
Although Romain Grosjean dethroned Pato O’Ward from the top of the speed charts for a while Monday afternoon, O’Ward was back on top by the end of the day as … Read More
O’Ward tops mid-day IndyCar test times at Laguna Seca
Pato O’Ward, driving the #5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevy has turned the fastest lap in IndyCar testing at Laguna Seca Monday at the mid-day mark with a bit over 5 … Read More
How come IndyCar cannot do what Extreme E has done?
A reader writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, It is well documented on your pages just how bad the current IndyCar TV deal is – with zero broadcasts in 95% of the world. … Read More
Rumor: Fittipaldi to fill in for Grosjean at IndyCar oval races
Pietro Fittipaldi (shown above) will reportedly be Romain Grosjean‘s replacement for the IndyCar oval races in which he will not take part during the 2021 season for the Dale Coyne/Rick … Read More
Willie T Ribbs wants IndyCar to do a diversity program the right way
Last July IndyCar announced their $1 million Race to Equality & Change program, a major effort to support diversity and inclusivity across both the Road to Indy Ladder Series as … Read More
Mario Andretti turns 81 today
Happy 81st Birthday today to American Racing Legend, and all around nice guy, Mario Andretti (shown below winning the Daytona 500 54 years ago). He’s raced & won in every … Read More
NASCAR’s Ferrucci to cherry-pick the Indy 500
Santino Ferrucci told media Wednesday there’s a “good chance” he’ll return to the Indy 500 where he finished seventh as the race Rookie of the Year in 2019, followed by … Read More
Gene Haas reneged on sponsoring Grosjean in IndyCar
Haas Formula 1 team owner Gene Haas has revealed he opted out of a deal to sponsor Romain Grosjean in IndyCar after the Frenchman’s Bahrain crash. Haas had been set … Read More
Michael Andretti drives a winning car and the crowd eats it up
A casino in Washington state owned by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe celebrated the opening of a car garage by racing two delicious-looking cars, and set two Guinness World Records for fastest edible … Read More
Romain Grosjean Completes First IndyCar Test
Less than three months following his fiery crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix last November, Romain Grosjean was back in a race car on Tuesday completing a successful first NTT … Read More
Q&A with new IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean
THE MODERATOR: Good evening, everyone. My name is Dave Furst from INDYCAR and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Glad you could join us after a busy day of testing at Barber … Read More
Veekay tops Tuesday IndyCar times at Barber
#21 Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus Veekay (shown above) turned the fastest lap in Tuesday private test at Barber Motorsports Park. Veekay’s time of 1m06.5183s in his Chevy powered IndyCar topped … Read More
Newgarden tops mid-day IndyCar test times at Barber
At the lunch break, #2 Penske Chevy driver Josef Newgarden has turned the fastest lap in IndyCar testing Tuesday at Barber Motorsports Park. Newgarden’s lap of 1m07.49s was 0.01s faster … Read More
Grosjean crashes in his first IndyCar test
Romain Grosjean crashed some minutes ago in his first IndyCar test at Barber Motorsports Park, spinning and backing into the tire barrier on the exit of T1 He is OK, … Read More
Arrow McLaren SP and Vuse announce multi-year partnership agreement
Arrow McLaren SP and Vuse will continue to charge beyond with a new, multi-year INDYCAR agreement and partnership expansion that includes enhanced activation and assets, and a new Vuse-titled livery … Read More
Grosjean eyes F1 Covid fill-in role in 2021
(GMM) Romain Grosjean thinks he would be near the top of the list should an opportunity open up in Formula 1 this season. Actually, the former Haas driver is currently … Read More
Chilling New Video Of Romain Grosjean F1 Crash
The Halo saved Romain Grosjean’s life. Period. Over the weekend, French broadcaster Canal Plus shared a new animation of Grosjean’s wreck, and it’s a chilling watch. The footage illustrates just how imperative … Read More
Before Gordon-Bowyer ‘Days of Thunder’ style rental car race there was Bobby Unser
Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer and Fox had lots of fun with the “conflict” angle this past weekend at Daytona. And what better way to do that than a bit … Read More