IndyCar Category

By INDYCAR INDIANAPOLIS – There’s still one jewel missing from Alex Palou’s racing crown, but testing Oct. 11 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway showed he may be closer than ever to adding it next May. Reigning NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Palou has won the championship three times in the last four seasons, but he still seeks his first Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge victory. But Palou led testing on the historic 2.5-mile oval Friday with a top speed of 224.342 mph in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Palou’sRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor The NTT IndyCar Series is heading back to the Lone Star State. But this time, it won’t be a return to Texas Motor Speedway, where the series raced from 1997 to 2023, instead it will be a street course some 30 miles away in the heart of the Arlington, Texas sports and entertainment district. The 14-turn, 2.73-mile course will circle two of Texas’ biggest sports properties in the home of the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium and the home of the Texas Rangers at Globe LifeRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor LEBANON, Tenn. – Colton Herta may have won the battle, but Alex Palou won the war. In a frantic season finale on the 1.33-mile Nashville Superspeedway oval, Colton Herta put on a fearless drive the closing laps, streaking past Pato O’Ward with five laps remaining to pull away for his second win of the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series season and first career win on an oval. As the laps wound down, it became a battle of those who could make it to the end on fuelRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor LEBANON, Tenn. – The bump strikes back. In addition to the majority of the NTT IndyCar Series field having to learn the intricacies of a new track in Nashville Superspeedway for this weekend’s running of the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, the field was in for a rude awakening when they hit the track for the first time on Saturday. Through Turns 3 and 4, a section of the concrete surface near the tunnel that runs under the track had been ground, creating a bumpRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor LEBANON, Tenn. – Chalk one up for Will Power. In the battle to see who will take home the Astor Cup when the checkered flag flies on Sunday’s Big Machine Music City Grand Prix at Nashville Superspeedway, qualifying could not have gone in more opposite directions for the two drivers that are vying for the championship in the NTT IndyCar Series season finale. Power, the 2014 series champion and driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet, will roll off from the outside of the secondRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor LEBANON, Tenn. – Oval or street course, Kyle Kirkwood has Nashville figured out. The driver of the No. 27 Andretti Global Honda bested the streets of Music City a year ago, winning the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix and now that the race has transitioned out to the Nashville Superspeedway oval, he’s still got the speed. Pacing the 1.33-mile concrete oval with a two-lap average of 201.520 mph, the Jupiter, Florida native jumped to the top of the scoring pylon to give himself the bestRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor LEBANON, Tenn. – Championship weekend is officially underway in Nashville. The drivers and teams of the NTT IndyCar Series got their first look at the 1.33-mile concrete oval in the opening practice session of the weekend for the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix and it was a familiar face at the top of the scoring pylon when all was said and done. Alex Palou, who comes into the weekend looking to clinch his third title in the last four years, paced the session with aRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor LEBANON, Tenn. – Since rolling into the Music City in 2021, the NTT IndyCar Series has raced in the throes of the city, with both downtown Nashville and the Tennessee Titans stadium as a backdrop. However, the grand plans of moving the race to a new street layout that would include a stretch of Broadway fell through, forcing the season finale outside the city to Nashville Superspeedway to contest the championship race at a track that the series has not raced at since 2008. The 1.333-mileRead More

By INDYCAR WEST ALLIS, Wis. – In a wild race that featured more twists than a pretzel factory, Scott McLaughlin held off six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon to win the second race of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s doubleheader Sunday. New Zealand native McLaughlin earned his series high-tying third victory of the season in the No. 3 Gallagher Team Penske Chevrolet, finishing .4558 of a second ahead of fellow Kiwi Dixon in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Colton Herta placed third in the No. 26 Gainbridge HondaRead More

By INDYCAR WEST ALLIS, Wis. – Pato O’Ward won the first race of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s on Saturday, and Will Power tightened his NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship duel with Alex Palou with two races remaining this season. O’Ward earned his third victory of the season in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, beating the No. 12 Verizon Business Team Penske Chevrolet of Power to the finish by 1.8215 seconds. O’Ward’s seventh career victory came after three consecutive finishes of 15th or lower since late July, effectively removing himRead More