Chevrolet Tag

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor With Chevrolet ceasing production of their current car model, the Chevrolet SS, at the end of the year, the manufacturer set about choosing a new car model for their Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series entry for 2018 and beyond. After months of speculation, Chevrolet officially unveiled the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 as their new car model that will debut on track next season. The new ZL1 model will look to build on the success that its predecessor has had in its run in the Cup Series,Read More

By INDYCAR LEXINGTON, Ohio – One thing is certain following another successful test of the new Verizon IndyCar Series universal aero kit: Any misconception of drivers not earning their keep in the cockpit will be put to rest in 2018. The new aero kit – developed by chassis supplier Dallara and set to be used by all competitors next season following three years of manufacturer aero kit competition between Chevrolet and Honda – was put through the paces in the road course/street course/short oval configuration for the first time todayRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief The wait is over. After months of teasing fans with renderings of the universal aero kit that is set to run for the 2018 season, INDYCAR has released images of the actual car. Dallara takes over as the sole builder, taking the reins from the recent manufacturer-purposed kit by Chevrolet and Honda which was started in 2015. INDYCAR will conduct its first test with the superspeedway package on Tuesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with Juan Pablo Montoya and Oriol Servia. Other test dates are listed asRead More

By Adam Tate, Associate Editor IndyCar has released new renderings of the series’ much anticipated 2018 aerokit designs. The new universal kit will replace the controversial manufacturer based kits from Honda HPD and Chevrolet from the last several years in an effort to cut costs and improve racing. The latter has led Jay Frye, IndyCar President of Competition to put an emphasis on the looks of the car and just where it generates its’ downforce. Shifting much of the downforce to the underbody has allowed a far sleeker design than anyRead More

By Brian Eberly, Contributing Writer The start to the NASCAR XFINITY Series season had been a brutal one for Justin Allgaier. The Riverton, Ill. native was caught up in one of the many wrecks in the season-opener at Daytona, completing only 28 laps and finishing 30th. The tough luck continued last weekend at Atlanta with a second straight 30th-place result. “When you’re up, you’re up, but when you’re down, you feel like you’re getting kicked in the teeth,” Allgaier said on the JRM Up Front podcast after Atlanta’s results. “We’reRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — INDYCAR has announced that all four major auto manufacturers involved in this year’s Verizon IndyCar Series have announced multi-year extensions with IndyCar racing. Representatives from Honda, Chevrolet, Firestone and Dallara confirmed that each supplier has signed a multi-year extension to remain with the IndyCar Series for an unspecified amount of years. Each partner has a storied history with IndyCar racing. For Honda, the extension continues a presence in American open wheel racing that began in 1993 with the formationRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Age: 32 Years in IndyCar: 6 Wins: 9 Podiums: 20 Career Laps led: 718 2016-17 Team: Team Penske Simon Pagenaud has emerged as one of the sport’s greats after winning  2017 Verizon IndyCar Series championship. Coming off a less than stellar finish of 11th in the 2015 points in his debut season for Team Penske, the Frenchman was unstoppable right from the green flag at St. Petersburg. Three straight wins at Long Beach, Barber and the IndyCar Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway RoadRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Age: 41 Years in IndyCar: 19 Wins: 29 Podiums: 90 Career Laps led: 5595 2016-17 Team: Team Penske Consistency and level-headedness defined Helio Castroneves in the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series. Although the Brazilian went winless for the second straight season, he still was one of the competitive forces to be reckoned with. He finished inside the top 10 nine times and qualified in the top 10 14 out of 16 races. Only his teammate and eventual champion Simon Pagenaud had a better qualifying average. OtherRead More

By Brian Eberly, Contributing Writer A new entitlement sponsor for the Cup Series, competition enhancements and the return of Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the track are just a few of the major story lines heading into the Daytona 500. Motorsports Tribune spoke with Chicagoland Speedway President Scott Paddock to discuss his thoughts heading into Sunday’s Great American Race. New Entitlement Sponsor In January, Monster Energy became just the third company to serve as the entitlement sponsor in NASCAR premier series history, replacing Sprint. “I think it’s exciting for the industryRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer Age: 35 Years in IndyCar: 14 Wins: 3 Podiums: 7 Laps led: 305 2017 Team: Ed Carpenter Racing Ed Carpenter is looking for an improved 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series oval campaign. With a background in oval track driving, Carpenter scaled his full-time IndyCar commitments back to just ovals in 2014 and allowed a road racing driver to take over on the road and street courses. Since making that decision, the driver of the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet has had feast orRead More