2019 IndyCar Season Awards

The book is closed on the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season. The storylines this year centered on some familiar faces for Team Penske as Josef Newgarden won his second championship, and Simon Pagenaud added his face to the Borg-Warner Trophy. Other storylines included the exceptional class of Rookie drivers in the field, the continued youth…

Josef Newgarden Wins Championship

Josef Newgarden became a two-time series champion today at Laguna Seca. The young American driver captured his second title in three years while holding off teammate Simon Pagenaud and Alexander Rossi. Neither of those two drivers finished on the podium on Sunday, so Newgarden’s cautious approach to the 90-lap race worked out well as he…

Colton Herta on Pole at Laguna Seca

Today was supposed to be all about the four title contenders. Which one of the championship hopefuls would steal the bonus point for pole position on Saturday? Which driver would have to work his way to the front of the field? These were all questions that were to be answered during today’s qualifying session at…

Laguna Seca Friday Practice

Following yesterday’s open test at Laguna Seca, Andretti Autosport may have found something on the 2.238-mile course. Ryan Hunter-Reay was fastest overall on Friday, which was the first official practice day for the season-finale this weekend. The American narrowly edged out Felix Rosenqvist for the top spot on the chart. Colton Herta was third-fastest on…

Laguna Seca Thursday Test

After two weekends off, the NTT IndyCar Series returned to the track today for an open test at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. This is the first time the series has been here since 2004 and is the beginning of four straight days of action that concludes with crowning the 2019 season champion. It may be…