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For the first test of 2018, three teams participated in the Sebring Team Test at Sebring Raceway in Florida. Andretti Autosport, Dale Coyne Racing, and Chip Ganassi Racing debuted the 2018 universal aero kits in limited running over two days, Jan 9-10. Andretti and DCR ran both days, while CGR ran on Wednesday only. Per […]
Zachary Claman DeMelo will test at Sebring Raceway, Wednesday for Dale Coyne Racing alongside team regular Sebastien Bourdais. The 19-year-old will hope the test means he is one step closer to a 2018 drive in the #19 DCR-Honda. So does that mean, ZCD to DCR? DeMelo told RACER, “I’m doing the test with Coyne and […]
Then there was one. With news that Jordan King will be Ed Carpenter Racing’s road/street course driver in the #20 ECR-Chevrolet; only the #19 Dale Coyne Racing seat remains unfilled for IndyCar 2018. That’s good news for Conor Daly, who is without a drive in 2018 after being let go by A.J Foyt Enterprises. It’s […]
New year, new boss. When former race director Brian Barnhart left the IndyCar executive board to be the president of Harding Racing, IndyCar was left without a race director. Not anymore. RACER is reporting that Kyle Novak is IndyCar’s new race director. The move was somewhat of a hard sell to those in the paddock, […]
With the recent news that The Walt Disney Company bought most of 20th Century Fox’s media assets, it seems that everything is owned by Mickey Mouse. But did you know, Mickey had a white-gloved hand in IndyCar too? Few remember but, for a short time Disney was partly responsible for keeping the new Indy Racing […]
After months of speculation and telling reporters that he’s interviewing ‘a multitude of drivers’, Sam Schmidt, owner of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports has confirmed James Hinchcliffe and Robert Wickens for 2018. The move was expected within SPM. Wickens, 28, coming from Mercedes DTM, was part of a drive-swap promotion with Hinchcliffe and had created a friendly […]
The 2018 IndyCar calendar was revealed just before lunchtime Pacific time, and it has produced a variety of opinions from IndyCar fans and experts in that time. Some praising the addition of Portland International Raceway, a road course from the Champ Car (CART) days; others disheartened by the exclusion of Watkins Glen and provisional status […]
In this week’s edition of the IndyCar Notebook, it is all about the where the cars drive not the cars themselves or the drivers or the teams. In this entry of an all-track Notebook, we’ll look at the tracks that are making headlines this offseason (for better or worse) and a preview of the 2018 […]
IndyCar got back to business this week, the teams anyway, confirming who will drive where and when. There were a few notable names involved in just the last 48 hours. International names. A Briton and two Brazilians. Can you guess who? If not, that’s why I’m here, onto the Notebook! Stefan Wilson gets Indianapolis 500 […]
The upcoming 2018 IndyCar season promises: better looking cars, a number of drivers at new teams, and at least two, possibly three, new full-time teams. IndyCar is unique with regards to teams. To field a team in IndyCar, the price tag is drastically less than Formula 1; and it’s even possible to individually choose races […]
While IndyCar drivers revel in the long offseason to do non-IndyCar related wedding things: Marco Andretti getting married with IndyCar drivers in attendance (Congratulations Marco) and IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden officiating a friend’s wedding; teams, specifically Chip Ganassi Racing, were busy getting things ready for 2018. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZcIb0bh6eQ/ Twitter: Happy Day After, @katdonn + @NJordonLove […]
Helio Castroneves’ future in IndyCar is up in the air following an average 2017 season. The three-time Indianapolis 500 winner is rumoured to be on the verge of a series switch (to sports cars) as a favor to Team Penske owner Roger Penske. However Castroneves is Penske’s longest-tenured driver, going back to the team’s CART […]