IndyCar News

The discussions about McLaren coming to IndyCar full-time in 2019 can come to a close. As first reported by Motorsport.com, McLaren CEO Zak Brown confirmed on Friday (Oct. 19) at Circuit of the Americas that they will not run a full-time IndyCar schedule in 2019. It has been noticed that …

Ed Jones will drive 12 of the 17 events of the 2019 IndyCar Series, including the Indianapolis 500, for Ed Carpenter Racing, the team announced Wednesday (Oct. 17). The news comes after RACER first reported Tuesday that Jordan King would not return to ECR in 2019, leaving a vacancy in the No. …

Felix Rosenqvist will pilot the No. 10 NTT DATA Honda in the 2019 INDYCAR Season for Chip Ganassi Racing. The organization announced on Friday, Sept. 28 that Rosenqvist will replace Ed Jones, who piloted the entry in 2018. NTT DATA, which was the primary sponsor in 14 of the 17 races …

The 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season came to a close Sunday with Scott Dixon hoisting the championship title. Dixon earned his fifth title, putting him in elite company alongside A.J. Foyt. The championship race came down to the season finale. The four drivers who entered Sonoma Raceway with a chance …

Andretti Autosport won the battle, but Scott Dixon won the war Sunday (Sept. 16) at Sonoma Raceway. Andretti driver Ryan Hunter-Reay won the Grand Prix of Sonoma after starting from the pole and leading 80 laps. But Dixon finished a strong second, more than enough to clinch his fifth career …

Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay will start from the pole on Sunday for the Grand Prix of Sonoma. But what really caught the teams’ attention was the performance of Patricio O’Ward, who qualified fifth for the IndyCar Series finale. O’Ward, 19, made the Fast Six in his first ever qualifying …

IndyCar Series driver Robert Wickens has successfully undergone surgeries on his legs and hands, according to Motorsport, and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports stated that they were “completed without complication.” Wickens is expected to be transferred from Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis to a rehabilitation facility sometime in the next week, …

IndyCar revealed its 2019 schedule on Tuesday (Sept. 4). The schedule features 17 events with a new venue and a new event finale featuring the return of IndyCar to Laguna Seca. The season begins in St. Petersburg Florida on March, 10th, 2019. From March to September, IndyCar will visit 11 different states …

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports will field the No. 6 entry this weekend at Portland International Raceway in the IndyCar Series, with Carlos Muñoz the driver, a week after leaving the entry vacant at last weekend’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Gateway, Motorsport reports. Muñoz’s tapping to drive the car comes after Robert Wickens, …

Scott Dixon dominated the first two-thirds of the race, but Will Power came away with the victory at Gateway Motorsports Park on Saturday night. It was Power’s third win of the season and his first since the Indianapolis 500. Alexander Rossi raced in fuel-saving mode for the final 70 laps …