Dale Coyne Racing has announced its ninth driver so far this season, in what can best be described as a game of musical chairs at 200 miles per hour. Indy NXT alumnus Hunter McElrea will take the wheel of Dale Coyne’s #18 entry for this weekend’s Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto. McElrea finished runner-up in…
Conor Daly replaced Jack Harvey at Dale Coyne Racing for the second race as the Brit’s neck and back injuries were too much for him. McLaughlin got away well, maintaining the lead over Palou. Kyle Kirkwood move up three spots to find himself in 9th, with Newgarden up to P10 from 14th. Juncos Hollinger’s Romain…
New Zealander Scott McLaughlin took his first IndyCar oval win in the Hy-Vee Homefront 250 at the Iowa Speedway. It didn’t take long for the yellow flag to fly on the .875 mile tri-oval when David Malukas put the left front wheel of his #66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda below the white line and spun….
Qualifying for the second AND third oval race is a bit different compared to regular IndyCar qualifying and, for that matter, compared to the Indianapolis 500. Every driver gets one attempt of two laps, where the first lap determines the starting position for the first race of this double header, and logically the second lap…
Scott McLaughlin topped the sole practice session at Iowa for Team Penske despite a late spin. The Kiwi set 121 laps as Alex Palou and Pato O’Ward set the second and third quickest times. The IndyCar weekend in Iowa began with a high line practice session to rubber in the higher lane of the circuit….
David Malukas stalled as the drivers set off on the formation lap, but he was able to reclaim his P3 spot. There was a disaster for Scott Dixon as he stopped on the formation laps. The 6-time champion came to a halt at turn 5. The race eventually got going on lap 3, with the…
Group A saw out on track Rahal, Malukas, Rossi, McLaughlin, Palou, Ericsson, Siegel, Ferrucci, Rosenqvist, Fittipaldi, Rasmussen, Sowery and Kirkwood. Palou gets on top after the first set of attempts in 1:09.27, followed by Siegel and Rossi, with the McLaren driver and Fittipaldi all cycling at the lead. Rossi is the first to sign a…
The second practise session of the weekend sees immediately all drivers out on track in order to get a bit more experience with the debuting hybrid engine cars ahead of Qualifying later in the 45 minutes long session. After the first set of attempts Herta holds the provisional benchmark in 1:19.325s ahead of Rossi and…
Following delays, the hybrid era of IndyCar started on Friday at Mid-Ohio as the drivers and teams took to the track with it for the first time under competitive conditions. Ahead of practice, it was confirmed that Marcus Armstrong, Pietro Fittipaldi and Felix Rosenqvist would be hit with 6-place penalties for Sunday’s race following unapproved…
Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard will take over the number #7 Arrow McLaren as he has agreed a deal with the team. Alexander Rossi will depart at the end of this campaign as he failed to agree fresh terms with them. Lundgaard has been hugely impressive since joining IndyCar following his move over from F2. He took…
