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By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Age: 40 Years in IndyCar: 8 Wins: 1 Podiums: 5 Laps led: 436 2016 Team: AJ Foyt Racing 2017 Team: Andretti Autosport Takuma Sato is hitting the reset button for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Although Sato has performances of greatness in years prior, the 40-year-old from Tokyo, Japan ended last season 17th in the standings. He never reached the podium and scored two fifth place finishes at Long Beach and Toronto street circuits. Other highlights were a ninth at Mid-Ohio after starting 20th as well as good qualifying performances at theRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Firestone has signed a multi-year agreement with INDYCAR to remain as the sole tire supplier of the Verizon IndyCar Series. The Nashville, Tennessee-based corporation has been the sole supplier of the Verizon IndyCar Series since 2000 and has been a staple in motor racing since the very first Indianapolis 500 in 1911. Firestone returned to Indy car racing in 1995 after a 20-year hiatus and has scored 67 wins at the Indianapolis 500, more than any tire and rubber company combined. “For more than a century,Read More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter The Verizon IndyCar Series’ silly season is nearly complete as Ed Carpenter Racing announced that driver Spencer Pigot will return to the team for the 2017 season. The 23-year-old from Orlando, Florida will drive the No. 20 Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet on the road and street courses while team owner/driver Ed Carpenter will drive on the ovals. “I’m very excited to be staying with Ed Carpenter Racing for the 2017 season,” Pigot said. “It’s a great feeling to know that I have a secure ride forRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter IndyCar had a slew of reports at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this morning, the first being an extension with longtime chassis builder Dallara. Ahead of their 20th season in the Verizon IndyCar Series, Dallara will remain as the exclusive supplier for the series through the year 2020. “Dallara’s continued participation in our sport provides INDYCAR and our competitors a tremendous amount of confidence,” said Jay Frye, INDYCAR President, Competition and Operations. “Dallara has been an instrumental partner in the Verizon IndyCarRead More

By Adam Tate, Associate Editor Rainguard Water Sealers will be the official sponsor for the upcoming Verizon IndyCar Series event at Texas Motor Speedway, which will now be known as the Rainguard Water Sealers 600. The water sealant and coating company has signed a three year contract with TMS President Eddie Gossage to sponsor the early June night race that has been a staple of the Verizon IndyCar Series schedule since 1997, which has made it the second longest continued event in modern day IndyCar behind only the Indy 500. “We’reRead More

By Joey Barnes, Editor-in-Chief Since the departure of Josef Newgarden to Team Penske, Ed Carpenter Racing has now become the best remaining option for drivers seeking a ride for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. A smaller team in numbers to industry giants such as Penske, Chip Ganassi Racing and Andretti Autosport, team owner and part-time driver Ed Carpenter has made the most of his organizations time in North America’s top open wheel series. Newgarden showed tremendous pace throughout the Month of May and the 100th Indianapolis 500 presented byRead More

By Frank Santoroski, Staff Writer The 2016 season for the Verizon Indycar Series is now in the books. Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud motored off into the distance at the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, taking his fifth 2016 race win, and claiming his first series championship in the process. Let’s take a look at some of the headlines coming from California’s wine country. 1 ) No Lingering Questions  This day and age, oftentimes a championship leaves behind lingering questions as to whether or not the points system, or championship system,Read More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter The Performance Friction Corporation will become the exclusive supplier of brakes for the Verizon IndyCar Series as part of a multi-year agreement starting with the 2017 season. PFC will replace longtime brake supplier Brembo, which has supplied carbon brakes to the series since the introduction of the Dallara DW-12 chassis in 2012. Jay Frye, INDYCAR president of competition and operations, noted that the change comes following a number of teams and drivers having tested PFC’s brakes earlier in the season, where they were met with positiveRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Three-time Watkins Glen winner Scott Dixon led a blistering fast field in both practice sessions for Sunday’s IndyCar Grand Prix  at The Glen presented by Hitachi. Dixon unseated Will Power inside the final 10 minutes of the late afternoon session and broke he 83-second barrier with the fastest lap of the day of 1:22.8740s. The lap was  a surreal distant 5.5s under Ryan Briscoe’s record lap of 1.28.1322s. With the track continuing to rubber in and teams using the softer Firestone Reds during qualifications tomorrow, speeds areRead More

By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Andretti Autosport announced that hhgregg will serve as a co-primary sponsor  of the No. 27 Honda driven by Marco Andretti starting in 2017. The Indianapolis-based electronics retailer will also serve as a team wide sponsor of Andretti Autosport in the Verizon IndyCar Series as part of the multi-year agreement. The company previously served as an associate sponsor for the team at the Honda Grand Prix of Alabama in April of this year. “Our relationship with Andretti Autosport and Marco has been incredibly successful for bothRead More