David Malukas Tag

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. – 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 INDYCAR PORTLAND, Ore. – Scott McLaughlin continued his strong recent form by leading practice Friday for the BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway, but there still was one problem. So did Alex Palou. SEE: Practice Results McLaughlin led with a top lap of 58.3669 seconds in the No. 3 Freightliner Team Penske Chevrolet in the 75-minute practice that featured an open session and then two groups. Palou was second at 58.4337 in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda on the 12-turn, 1.964-mile circuit that hosts the last roadRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor MADISON, Ill. – They all knew David Malukas was here. Coming into Saturday’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, expectations were high for Malukas and his No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing team to have a strong run to kick off the final stretch run of the season. After all, Gateway has statistically been Malukas’ best track on the NTT IndyCar Series circuit and he had been in prime form all weekend, showing speed in both practice and qualifying – enough soRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor MADISON, Ill. – David Malukas is a man on a mission. Since a preseason wrist injury sidelined him and eventually saw him booted from his ride at Arrow McLaren before even turning a lap for them, the 22-year old from Chicago has been working to prove himself in his current home at Meyer Shank Racing after taking over driving duties for the No. 66 Honda. In the five races since his return to the cockpit, Malukas has been progressively getting better, leading into this weekend’s raceRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor MADISON, Ill. – A busy Friday at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway is complete, with one final practice session in the books for Saturday’s running of the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. Pato O’Ward, looking to build on previous success at Gateway, where he has finished second in three of his last four starts at the track and never lower that fourth, topped the charts in the final one-hour session of the day in his No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet with a lap of 25.7572 seconds,Read More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor MADISON, Ill. – When it comes to qualifying on ovals in 2024, Scott McLaughlin has been on it. The driver of the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet has not started off the front row in any of the oval races thus far through the NTT IndyCar Series season, adding another oval pole with his qualifying run on Friday afternoon at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. McLaughlin rocketed to the pole with a two-lap average of 179.972 mph to bank the top spot over Meyer ShankRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor MADISON, Ill. – David Malukas has got Gateway figured out. With a pair of podium finishes over the past two years on his resume at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, the driver of the No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda picked up right where he left off, powering his machine to the top of the board with a lap of 25.1635 seconds, 178.830 mph. Since returning from a wrist injury that saw him booted from his ride at Arrow McLaren and picked up by MeyerRead More

By INDYCAR TORONTO – Michael Andretti’s raised right arm said it all following the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place, and the team owner could have raised two. One for Colton Herta, another for Kyle Kirkwood. The two drivers gave Andretti Global a win for the first time since last year’s rebranding and its first 1-2 finish in a race since Kirkwood and Romain Grosjean delivered in 2023 at Long Beach. SEE: Results Herta ended a 40-race winless drought by scoring his first NTT INDYCAR SERIES race in 799 days,Read More

By INDYCAR TORONTO – All Colton Herta needs to do now is complete the weekend sweep of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto. Herta has been the fastest NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver in each of this weekend’s sessions so far at Exhibition Place, capping Saturday with a pole-winning run in the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda of Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian. Herta bested Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood by just over a tenth of a second to take the 14th NTT P1 Award of his career. Herta’s lap of 59.5431 seconds earnedRead More