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By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Mikhail Aleshin will return for a third year at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the Verizon IndyCar Series. The 29-year-old from Moscow, Russia will return to the No. 7 SMP Racing Honda alongside James Hinchcliffe for the 2017 season. “Thanks to both the SMP Racing program and our American team, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, I am to keep fighting for even better results this season in IndyCar,” Aleshin said. “With the Russian flag on my car, and with James and the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports crew, I willRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Age: 25 Years in IndyCar: 1 Podiums: 0 Laps led: 2 2016-17 Team: Chip Ganassi Racing A driver that will undoubtedly be looking for an improvement in the upcoming Verizon IndyCar Series season is Max Chilton. A veteran of 35 Formula 1 starts, Chilton ended his maiden season in IndyCar a disappointing 19th in the standings, the lowest of both the Chip Ganassi Racing squad and of the full-time competitors in the series. He also finished last in the rookie of the year standings, while Alexander Rossi took SunocoRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer Josef Newgarden had about as good of a 2016 season as a driver can have that wasn’t driving for Team Penske. In fact, his season was good enough that Roger Penske signed him to drive the fourth car in the team and that turned Newgarden’s world upside down. Moving from one team to another can be a very arduous ordeal for a driver.  Moving from a two car team to a four car team that has many more resources can exponentially multiply theRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer “It’s hard to live, guys, it’s hard. Life is expensive. Adulting is weird.” Those were the words spoken by Conor Daly as he brought the house down at INDYCAR Media Day in a session with his new AJ Foyt Racing teammate Carlos Munoz. Daly, the recent transplant after spending his 2016 rookie season with Dale Coyne Racing, had been living with fellow competitor James Hinchcliffe. “I have not [gotten] my own place but I have decided to move on with my life and try andRead More

By Christopher DeHarde, IndyCar & Road to Indy Writer A massive wind of change has swept across Dale Coyne Racing in preparation for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Two new drivers were signed and their paths to the seat couldn’t have been more different. Sebastien Bourdais left KVSH Racing to join the Illinois-based team while Ed Jones parlayed his Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires championship check with other sponsorship into the second seat and so far is the only confirmed rookie for the 2017 season. Adding to that theRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter The Bommarito Auto Group, the largest auto dealer in St. Louis, will sponsor the Verizon IndyCar Series’ return to Gateway Motorsports Park. The company has signed a two-year deal, $1,000,000 deal to serve as the entitlement sponsor of the race. The now titled Bommarito Automotive Group 500 is set for a Saturday night running on August 26 and will be the first IndyCar race held at the 1.25-mile oval in nearby Madison, Illinois since 2003. “This is a tremendous event for the St. Louis region and noRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter NAPA Auto Parts will return as the primary sponsor of Alexander Rossi for seven Verizon IndyCar Series races this season. Rossi carried NAPA to a successful first outing with a win in the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 after the auto parts giant signed on just days before qualifying. The win brought them back to sponsor the No. 98 Andretti Herta Autosport Honda at the following round at Detroit. This year, they will return again for seven races in the upcoming season – St.Read More

Like good friend Colton Herta, Chandler Horton grew up at Verizon IndyCar Series races. His father Jeff is the longtime INDYCAR Director of Engineering, and young Chandler played with many a race car in paddocks across the country. Starting out on dirt bikes then progressing from karts to formula cars, the 19-year-old now moves into the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires, driving for RJB Motorsports in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. Here, Horton details his other racing passion (cycling), how he became the familyRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter AJ Foyt Racing officially confirmed their switch to Chevrolet engines and aero kits ahead of the upcoming 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. This ends a 10-year relationship with Honda, who has powered the team since 2006. Chevrolet supplied engines to the team in 2005 before pulling out of the sport. “I am looking forward to what will be a new chapter for us that involves returning to an old friend in Chevrolet,” said Team President Larry Foyt in a release. “There are a lot of changesRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Verizon IndyCar Series team owner Bobby Rahal seems to like the potential of the series expanding internationally. The 1986 Indianapolis 500 and three-time Indy car champion turned team owner feels that going international would elevate IndyCar’s bottom line if the event well supported. He alluded to CART/Champ Car’s successful stint in Surfer’s Paradise Australia from 1991-2008 as an example of how a race was done right.  “We had tremendously successful races in Australia, Surfer’s Paradise became a huge event,” Rahal told Motorsports Tribune. “There’s aRead More