Things are looking good for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing as the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season prepares to get underway later this week. Chalk it up to an ambitious offseason.
Rene Binder spent a whirlwind two days in Florida this week in his first official capacities as a Juncos Racing driver in the Verizon IndyCar Series. As a result, the 26-year-old Austrian has a much better feel on the car he’ll drive in the season opener eight days from now and has at least seen the track where he’ll make his series debut.
Indianapolis, Ind. –Team Pelfrey announced today Andres Gutierrez will compete in the iconic No. 81 Team Pelfrey Pro Mazda to begin the 2018 Pro Mazda Championship Presented By Cooper Tires series.
The entries for the Grand Finale of the 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge, the California 8 Hours, are now open. The longest endurance race on the magnificent Laguna Circuit had its inaugural edition last season and will now be the deciding round for the only global GT3 championship. To facilitate the life of teams wishing to compete in both events, the California 8 Hours will now be organised on a new date, bringing the gap with the Petit Le Mans race to two weeks. The California 8 Hours will now be held from 25th to 28th October 2018.
Victor Franzoni burst onto the Mazda Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires scene in 2014, winning his first-ever race in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda on the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla. With his irrepressible grin and unfailingly positive attitude, Franzoni made fans on and off the racetrack.
Callum Hedge is the New Zealand Formula 1600 Championship title winner after the final round at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon over the weekend, in support of the New Zealand Grand Prix.
The racing climate constantly shifts, with new cars, teams, concepts and formulae being launched each year – and the Pirelli World Challenge is a shining example of a series evolving with the times.
After a nine-month hiatus in the Verizon IndyCar Series, Juncos Racing recorded its first laps for the 2018 season at the ISM Raceway test with rookie Kyle Kaiser.
AVONDALE, Arizona – Kyle Novak learned from a master long ago that the success of a team is determined only by the strength of every team member. It’s a primary reason why he didn’t hesitate in taking on the position of INDYCAR race director a month ago.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing continued setting the pace in the Phoenix open test at ISM Raceway this afternoon, but familiar faces are nipping at the heels.
The British-based racing team has taken a methodical step-by-step approach in every series entered around the world, building reasonable expectations each year on its way to eventual victories and championships.
The sleek and racy 2018 Indy car had its first en masse showing in the first day of the preseason open test at ISM Raceway, and it couldn’t have come quickly enough.
AVONDALE, Arizona – All the new-look Indy cars ran on track today for the first time, in this afternoon’s opening session of the Verizon IndyCar Series preseason open test at ISM Raceway.
Ruoff Home Mortgage, which adorned the sidepod of the Andretti Autosport car that won the 2017 Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil, is returning to the team this season as primary sponsor for driver Marco Andretti in two Verizon IndyCar Series races.
It wasn’t that long ago, 10 months to be precise, that Brazilian buddies Tony Kanaan and Helio Castroneves were honored in Phoenix for two decades of Indy car racing excellence.
Scott Dixon gave the windscreen prototype a thumbs-up after putting it through its paces on an Indy car on track for the first time Thursday evening at ISM Raceway.