Pat Patrick, one of the longest-standing and most influential car owners in the IndyCar paddock, died on January 5, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 91 years old. Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
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IndyCar Postpones Grand Prix of St. Petersburg To April
In what will likely come as a surprise to no one, the IndyCar Series has been forced to postpone its season opener, Florida’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, as a result of rising COVID-19 cases in April. Instead of taking place on March 7, it will now be moved to April 25, taking the place […]
IndyCar’s 2021 Long Beach Grand Prix Is Actually Going To Be Its Season Finale
The 2021 IndyCar schedule is already facing its first big change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Long Beach Grand Prix, one of IndyCar’s crowning events, will no longer take place in April as normal. Instead, it’s moving to September 26, 2021, and it will become IndyCar’s season finale. Read more… Continue Reading […]
What Makes A Racing Series Interesting?
The husband and I got into a very heated discussion about the nuance of what makes a motorsport series interesting that somehow devolved into the two of us comparing different disciplines to potatoes—which is beside the point—and I have not stopped thinking about it.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
F1 World Champion And Indy 500 Winner Emerson Fittipaldi Turns 74 Today
74 years ago today, a baby named Emerson Fittipaldi was born in São Paulo, Brazil. His family couldn’t have known it at the time, but Fittipaldi would grow up to become one of the most iconic racing drivers of his era, with wins and championships to his name across countless disciplines.Read more… Continue Reading at […]
Romain Grosjean Isn’t So Keen On IndyCar After His Horror Bahrain F1 Crash
Romain Grosjean has had one hell of a month. From being forced to explore options outside of Formula One for the 2021 season to his horrifying crash on the first lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix to now wondering what the future holds, the Frenchman has pretty much had his life turned upside down. But […]
Romain Grosjean Isn’t So Keen On IndyCar After His Horror Bahrain F1 Crash
Romain Grosjean has had one hell of a month. From being forced to explore options outside of Formula One for the 2021 season to his horrifying crash on the first lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix to now wondering what the future holds, the Frenchman has pretty much had his life turned upside down. But […]
IndyCar Makes Good On Its Diversity Promise With All-Black Feeder Series Team Force Indy
Back in July, IndyCar announced that it was making diversity a primary goal of the series with its Race For Equality & Change program. Like a lot of motorsport programs announced at the time, it was pretty vague in its details and concrete goals—but some of the first benefits are popping up. Earlier this week, […]
IndyCar Makes Good On Its Diversity Promise With All-Black Feeder Series Team Force Indy
Back in July, IndyCar announced that it was making diversity a primary goal of the series with its Race For Equality & Change program. Like a lot of motorsport programs announced at the time, it was pretty vague in its details and concrete goals—but some of the first benefits are popping up. Earlier this week, […]
Tony Kanaan’s IndyCar Farewell Tour To Continue In 2021
When Tony Kanaan announced his retirement from IndyCar racing in the 2020 season, it was with the hope that he’d be able to go out on a high: racing hard, celebrating with fans, and enjoying a little fanfare after over two decades in the sport. COVID-19 put a damper on those plans, turning what should […]
I’m Imagining The Alternate Universe 6 Underground Suggests By Showing Indy Cars In Abu Dhabi
Listen. I might be behind the curve on this, but I don’t watch enough TV to have commercials make an impression on me, but with my husband mainlining election news, I’ve noticed something that needs to come to the larger crowd. Are those Indy cars in the 6 Underground Abu Dhabi commercial?Read more… Continue Reading […]
2020 Rookie Alex Palou Steps Up To Chip Ganassi Racing For 2021 IndyCar Season
It’s always a good sign when your rookie season sees you promoted to the championship-winning team the following year. And that’s exactly what happened to Alex Palou, one of IndyCar’s shining rookies of the 2020 season. He may not have secured Rookie of the Year, but he got something even better: a move to Chip…Read […]
Scott Dixon Takes Sixth IndyCar Series Championship At Season Finale
The 2020 IndyCar Series finale, the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, marked the 15th year in a row that the championship battle came down to the final race, but Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon walked away champion.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Scott McLaughlin’s Expectations For His IndyCar Debut
Three-time Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin will finally have his shot at an IndyCar Series debut. Originally scheduled to compete in the Indianapolis Grand Prix in May, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the New Zealander to put his open-wheel plans on hold. But today at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, he’ll be…Read more… Continue Reading at […]
Scott McLaughlin’s Expectations For His IndyCar Debut
Three-time Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin will finally have his shot at an IndyCar Series debut. Originally scheduled to compete in the Indianapolis Grand Prix in May, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the New Zealander to put his open-wheel plans on hold. But today at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, he’ll be…Read more… Continue Reading at […]
Will Power Takes IndyCar St. Pete Pole, Championship Contenders To Start Farther Back
Tomorrow’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg marks the IndyCar Series’ final event and the one that will decide the championship contender. But at the end of a messy qualifying session came a little bit of the familiar: Will Power took pole position for the last race of the year.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Will Power Takes IndyCar St. Pete Pole, Championship Contenders To Start Farther Back
Tomorrow’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg marks the IndyCar Series’ final event and the one that will decide the championship contender. But at the end of a messy qualifying session came a little bit of the familiar: Will Power took pole position for the last race of the year.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Indy Lights Removes Freedom 100, Its Crown Jewel Event, For 2021
The Indy Lights series is the top run of the Road to Indy feeder series ladder that brings talent into the IndyCar series. And while the series took a break in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 and economic uncertainties, its return in 2021 will be marred by one big omission: the annual Freedom 100 […]
Out Of 19,872 Championship Possibilities, Josef Newgarden Only Has A One Percent Chance Of Defending His IndyCar Title
The NTT IndyCar Series championship is coming to a close on Sunday, and the battle for the Astor Cup has come down to the very last race. Right now, there are 19,872 different outcomes for championship contenders Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon to score points—and only one percent of those outcomes will secure…Read more… Continue […]
Formula E Champion Antonio Felix da Costa Tests IndyCar Seat
Reigning FIA Formula E champion Antonio Felix da Costa has been fitted for an IndyCar seat with the Rahal Letterman Lanigan team ahead of a single-day test on November 2, 2020 at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. While it doesn’t mean da Costa is actually moving to the IndyCar series next year, it does bode […]