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Category: IndyCar
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(Feature Image: Indycar) Alex Palou took home the first place prize of $500,000 at the Indycar event, but fans believe they went home empty handed. On Sunday morning in the sunny state of California, the NTT INDYCAR series put on the first non points race since 2008 in Surfer’s Paradise, Australia. This “exhibition” style race…
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The 2024 NTT INDYCAR season is officially underway. We are less than a week away from green flag racing at the season opener in the streets of St Pete. If you’re unfamiliar, INDYCAR is an open-wheel North American spec series that competes on ovals, street and road courses. INDYCAR’s schedule is composed of 17 races…
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McLaren are suing IndyCar champion and F1 hopeful Alex Palou for over $32 million after he backed out of their contract to join the Woking based team. Alex Palou has found himself embroiled in yet another contract dispute, with McLaren taking legal action after he backed out of being an IndyCar and reserve F1 driver…
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Ferrari test driver and 2019 FIA Formula 3 champion Robert Shwartzman is set to be testing an IndyCar in January according to reports from the RACER. The Israeli born Russian drove twice for Ferrari last season in two FP1 sessions after a 2021 season which saw him finish runner up in FIA Formula 2. There…
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Josef Newgarden will receive a new race engineer for 2023, his third in as many seasons he chases a third IndyCar crown. After Gavin Ward’s departure at the end of 2021, Penske hired Eric Leitchle, who Newgarden was able to win five races with in 2022 which was more than any other driver on the…
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From the start of 2023, Arrow McLaren SP will change its name to Arrow McLaren. While that may seem like a simple rebranding, it marks the end of what has been a truly immense era for Sam Schmidt who set up Sam Schmidt Motorsport just over a year after an Indy Racing League crash that…
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Despite being a semi spec- series, where teams all run the same Dallara DW12 Chassis, with either a Honda or Chevrolet engine, teams are allowed to freely develop their dampers for different tracks, or even specific drivers, depending on their setup preference. In simple terms, the role of the damper is to turn the energy…