Álex Palou looked like a sitting duck. The IndyCar Series world had been shocked when Chip Ganassi Racing hired Palou after the little-known Spaniard’s nondescript rookie season in 2020. Yet…
As a new generation of stars come through the ranks, IndyCar enjoyed a brilliant season that was won by 24 year-old Álex Palou
Jim Michaelian has been involved with the Long Beach Grand Prix since its debut in 1975, and his unwavering focus on spectators has made it the most influential street race in the world, writes Preston Lerner
In motor sport terms, most top drivers are monogamous creatures – same car, same team, race after race, ’til death – or, more likely, a new contract – do them…
Initially, Romain Grosjean was set to skip this weekend's IndyCar round at the Gateway oval. After emerging from the fiery wreckage of his Haas at last year's Bahrain Grand Prix,…
You may have heard of Senna vs Brundle in F3, but before that there was Unser Jr v Halsmer in Super Vee; Preston Lerner tells the all-American tale
Nine cautions, several battered Dallaras and one confused winner – Nashville certainly provided drama, if not exactly hitting the entertainment sweetspot, on its IndyCar return
Iconic Indy 500 commentator Bob Jenkins has died at the age of 79 after a battle with cancer
Regular readers of the Racer website probably noticed that “Miller’s Mailbag” – the weekly column wherein longtime IndyCar scribe Robin Miller answers readers’ burning questions – has been missing for…
The year was 1986. Porsche was powering McLaren to the Formula 1 World Championship; the mighty 962 would win that year’s Le Mans 24 Hours for the sixth time in…
Similar to a star pitcher being made to bat, Jimmie Johnson has so far looked like a fish out of water in IndyCar – despite recent progress, could this mountain be just too tough to tame?
The Lola T-90 chassis 90/2 in which Jackie Stewart almost won the 1966 Indy 500 – and did claim that year's Fuiji 200 – is going up for auction
On May 15, 1977, Clay Regazzoni crashed heavily after spinning to the inside of the track out of Turn 3 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and his hopes of qualifying for…
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Roger Penske is, quite simply, a giant of the sport, a restless and extreme achiever in a fiercely competitive business. He started out as a driver before moving from the…
Kevin Magnussen knew when he saw his father Jan competing in Indy cars back in the late 1990s that he had to do the same when he was older. “I…
Kevin Magnussen will make his IndyCar debut this weekend, replacing Felix Rosenqvist who his still recovering from his huge shunt in Detroit
