All posts by Josh Farmer

By Josh Farmer, Journalist Conor Daly will join Dale Coyne Racing for a full season effort in the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Daly will drive the #18 Honda/Dallara with sponsorship from Jonathan Bryd’s Restaurant and Hospitality group except for the Indianapolis 500, when Byrd will sponsor USAC standout Bryan Clauson in a 3rd entry for DCR. The Noblesville, Indiana native has spent the last season searching for an IndyCar ride after racing in GP3 and GP2 from 2011-2014. He raced for Coyne last year at the Toyota Grand Prix ofRead More

By Josh Farmer, Journalist IndyCar announced changes to the series’ rulebook for the upcoming 2016 season. Aerodynamic changes are on hand for all ovals on the schedule. Phoenix will have the same aerodynamic configuration that was put in place in 2015. The two longest ovals on the schedule, Indianapolis and Pocono, will have the same aero configuration as 2015 with the addition of a domed skid plate and rear wing beam flaps which are designed to prevent cars from becoming airborne in the event of spinning. Texas will see aRead More

By Josh Farmer, Journalist Matthew Brabham is set to make his Verizon IndyCar Series debut at the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis and will attempt to qualify for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. The 2012 USF2000 and 2013 Pro Mazda Champion will race for Australia based Team Murray, owned by Brett “Crusher” Murray, an prominent figure in Australian motorsport. The team has also secured sponsorship with PIRTEK, an Australian fluid transfer solutions specialist. The team will also partner with KV Racing Technology for assistance. Murray is excited about theRead More

By Josh Farmer, Journalist Sage Karam’s run at Chip Ganassi Racing is reportedly over as Karam’s management has not renewed his contract with the team. According to Racer, there have been issues finding money to keep Karam in a seat and a deal for 2016 was not struck. Karam’s manager, Micky Ryan, did not rule out a return to Ganassi in the future and said that plans for 2016 could include racing in Global Rallycross as well as the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship with the team as well as an Indy 500Read More

By Josh Farmer, Journalist Marco Andretti finished sixth at this year’s Indianapolis 500 and when talking the media during the NASCAR weekend at Phoenix International Raceway last weekend, the third-generation IndyCar star was still clearly frustrated by the result. Chevrolet swept nine of the top 11 spots with Graham Rahal leading the Honda charge in fifth and Andretti followed close behind. Over the course of the season Honda only managed to celebrate six wins on the 16 race schedule. However, Andretti knows the performance Japanese manufacturer’s was more of a struggle thanRead More

By Josh Farmer, Journalist When the upcoming IndyCar season’s schedule was released recently, the reaction was rather muddled. The schedule features 16 races, 13 of which are returning events. The scheduling of the races is a little different from years past, including a few races being spread out and the season extending past Labor Day ending on September 18. The break between some of the races was much needed, given the toll it was taking on teams last year. There are no big surprises that came from the announcement, but thatRead More

By Josh Farmer, Journalist Carlos Munoz will return to the cockpit of the #26 Andretti Autosport Honda for the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series Season. The Columbian ended the 2015 season 13th in the championship standings and his season was highlighted by his first series win in the rain shortened race 1 at Detroit as well as seven top ten finishes. “Really happy to join the team again for 2016 – it will be my fifth year with Andretti,” said Munoz. “I’m really thankful to Michael (Andretti), JF (Thormann, COO) and theRead More

By Josh Farmer, Journalist Green Savoree promotions announced today that the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will continue through the year 2020 as the city council has agreed to extend the license for the event. The race has been moved up two weeks from its traditional date of the last weekend in March to the weekend of March 11-13. The race will remain the season opener. It will retain the same weekend for the 2017-2018 runnings but it is unknown if the race will serve as the season opener.Read More

By Josh Farmer, Journalist IndyCar has granted Honda permission to improve its aero kit in order to close the gap to rival Chevrolet. Following aerodynamic tests at Windshear in Charlotte, North Carolina, it was determined that Honda’s aero package used on road/street courses and short ovals was found to be at a competitive disadvantage to Chevrolet and that the performance gap was big enough to implement IndyCar Rule 9.3, which states that a manufacturer  can make improvements to their package if there is a clear disadvantage and it is detrimental to theRead More

By Josh Farmer, Journalist Tony Kanaan will return to Chip Ganassi Racing for a third season with NTT Data once again sponsoring the #10 Chevrolet/Dallara. Kanaan, who leads all active drivers with number of consecutive starts (249), joined CGR in 2014 and has scored one win (Auto Club Speedway, 2014) and nine podiums and finished as high as seventh in the standings in 2014. He was also part of the winning team in the 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona driving with IndyCar teammate Scott Dixon and NASCAR drivers Kyle Larson andRead More