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...

Avoiding the Sophomore Jinx: IndyCar’s Second Year Drivers

Mar 4, 2020

by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 The 2019 NTT IndyCar Series featured one of the more stellar rookie classes in quite some time, and the crop of rookies coming up this season also promises to impress. While the new kids get their feet wet, the...

Who is Scott McLaughlin?

Feb 26, 2020

by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 The NTT IndyCar Series has a rookie class stacked full of talent for 2020. The young drivers running the full schedule are likely to have a close points battle to decide Rookie of the Year. There is, however, a...

ESPN to Premiere Janet Guthrie Documentary

May 22, 2019

by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 While there is still a long way to go, the search for gender equality has made large gains over the past several decades. It is commonplace this day and age to see women successfully filling important, high-profile roles in...

Revisiting 1981: How ABC-TV Manufactured a Storm

May 10, 2019

by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 To the best of my recollection, this is how the events of the 65th running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race, contested on May 24, 1981 unfolded. I was 13 years old, and my family decided upon a camping trip for Memorial Day...

The Traditions and Superstitions that Make Indianapolis Unique

May 8, 2019

by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 With more than a century of racing in the history books, the Indianapolis 500 holds more tradition than any other motorsport event on the planet. The 500 also has its share of good luck/bad luck omens as race drivers are...

Approaching a Half-Century of Racing: The Long Beach Grand Prix

Apr 9, 2019

by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 The NTT IndyCar Series’ 2019 season is solidly underway with three different winners from three different teams. This weekend, the crews will begin unloading for the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Situated on Southern California’s...

IndyCars Invade the South This Weekend

Apr 5, 2019

by Frank Santoroski @seveng1967 This coming weekend the Verizon IndyCar Series will invade the deep South for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The race is slated for April 5-7, 2019. About the Race The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama is round...

IndyCar’s COTA Debut Highlights Stout Rookie Class

Mar 27, 2019

by David Morgan @damorgan86 AUSTIN, Texas – If Sunday’s IndyCar Classic at Circuit of The Americas is any indication, it’s going to be a fun season ahead with the stout crop of rookies that are in the NTT IndyCar Series field. Two of the five rookies finished in...