Indycar

Sato Moving on From RLL in 2022

by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Takuma Sato won’t return to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in 2022. The team confirmed Sato’s departure Tuesday afternoon with a lengthy appreciation post for his contributions to the squad. The...

A New Twist for Long Beach

by Frank Santoroski @Seveng1967 LONG BEACH, CA. September 21,2021: This coming weekend the Grand Prix of Long Beach returns for the NTT IndyCar Series after being scrubbed from the 2020 schedule in the wake of the Coronavirus. For fans and...

17-Race Schedule Announced for IndyCar in 2022

Courtesy: INDYCAR INDYCAR has announced a 17-race schedule for the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, which will feature its bold and daring athletes competing against the thrilling backdrop of unprecedented coverage on network television, an earlier start date, a...

Grosjean Thrills the Crowd at Laguna Seca

by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles Starting 13th was no problem for Romain Grosjean. He was going to push it to the absolute limit if it meant scoring a podium at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Such feat was accomplished in Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey,...

Oliver Askew to Run Last Three Races for Rahal Letterman Lanigan

by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles Former Indy Lights champion Oliver Askew will end the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series campaign with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. He'll be piloting the No. 45 Hy-Vee Honda for the final three rounds of the tour, beginning at Portland...

A New Era of Crossover

by Frank Santoroski @Seveng1967 Years ago the practice of a race car driver dabbling in different disciplines within the same season was a common occurrence. The sight of A.J. Foyt or Johnny Rutherford in a NASCAR race was as common as seeing Cale...

Robin Miller 1949-2021

by Patti Nolan ikissedthebricks.wordpress.com I was a girl that did not follow sports except for the Indianapolis 500. I lived in the Chicago suburbs and neither the nightly news or the newspaper carried much information, if any, about any form of racing. Somewhere...

Antonio Serravalle set for Oval Debut at Gateway

Courtesy Pserra Racing After a single day test at the World Wide Technology Raceway last week, Canadian Antonio Serravalle is set for his first Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires oval race this weekend. Racing out of the single car Pserra Racing program, Serravalle...

Facebook Fan Group becomes IndyCar Sponsor

by Frank Santoroski @Seveng1967 Professional racing is big business these days, and it has been that way for decades. Many of the folks you will find hob-knobbing in the pits, garages, and hospitality areas at the race track are there because they are associated...

The Launch and Win: Who Saw that Coming?

by Patti Nolen https://ikissedthebricks.wordpress.com/ Ed note: Please welcome our newest contributor, Patti Nolen, to Drafting the Circuits. Patti is an avid IndyCar Racing fan with an incredible passion for the sport. She makes no apologies for any grammatical...

2021 NTT IndyCar Series Season Preview, Pt. 2

Apr 4, 2021

by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles Specialists are common ground in the NTT IndyCar Series. Some are simply running a partial schedule because teams are focused with their main drivers or developing their operation. More recently, others are filling in drivers who aren’t...

2021 NTT IndyCar Series Season Preview, Pt. 1

Mar 31, 2021

by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles This upcoming season for the NTT IndyCar Series will have a plethora of stories to be unraveled. Some are looking to make a name for themselves in their new destinations while others are simply determined of making progress. Over the...

Indy 500 to Run With 50 Percent Capacity Crowd

Jun 30, 2020

by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles The Indianapolis Motor Speedway confirmed Friday that the 104th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge will be limited to 50% attendance. Track president J. Douglas Boles stated that with COVID-19 postponing the race from May 24 to...

Indy Lights Teams Stuck in Limbo for 2020

Jun 12, 2020

by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles From an outsider’s perspective who’s looking to add the Road to Indy on my stacked media plate. The racing ladder is quite arguably the best racing has to offer with Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires being the final step before...

Foyt Team Tackling Challenges Ahead of IndyCar Opener

Jun 3, 2020

by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles Back in the full-time saddle in the NTT IndyCar Series will be Charlie Kimball, who’ll be running a whole campaign in A.J. Foyt Racing’s No. 4 Novo Nordisk Chevrolet after only competing in just seven races for Carlin in 2019. Kimball’s...

Jack Harvey Ready to Get the Season Started

Jun 3, 2020

by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles The long awaited full-season effort by Meyer Shank Racing and British driver Jack Harvey will finally come into fruition this Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway as he’ll hit the 1.5-mile oval for the first time in his NTT IndyCar Series...

VeeKay Looking Forward to Getting Season Underway

Apr 28, 2020

by Luis Torres @TheLTFiles When the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series campaign finally gets going, the battle for Rookie of the Year honors will be among the biggest angles fans will follow. Among the rookie contenders this year is last season’s Indy Lights runner-up Rinus...

The Racing World Turns to eSports During Pandemic Crisis

Mar 31, 2020

By Seth Eggert @MotorsportRev With the motorsports world sidelined due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world of eSports has risen to the occasion. NASCAR already had two active eSports divisions, the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series and the...