IndyCar Testing at Barber, Day One

Spring Training has officially begun for the Verizon IndyCar Series. All teams made the trip down to Barber Motorsports Park, where the “Promoter Test” is taking place. Nearly every driver saw the track during Monday’s sessions. There will likely be 24 cars on the grid during the first race of the season at St Petersburg, but…

Carlos Huertas Returns to Dale Coyne Racing

Dale Coyne Racing announced today that Carlos Huertas will be returning to the team for the 2015 season. Huertas piloted the No. 18 Coyne car to a race win last year in Houston. He is thankful for the track time ahead of the season opener. “Last year was tough because some events I had never been…

IndyCar Testing On-Board LED Scoring System

[IndyCar Press Release] This week at Barber Motorsports Park, INDYCAR is testing new technology that will track each car’s position on the racetrack and display it in real time via a LED display panel on each side of the chassis. The series is targeting the implementation of the track positioning system, which will also display…

IndyCar Testing Begins at NOLA

While the official preseason testing for IndyCar begins on Monday and Tuesday at Barber Motorsports Park, there were plenty of teams and cars on track at NOLA today. In all, 18 cars turned laps on Saturday, with Scott Dixon recording the fastest time (1.18.140). Second was defending Series Champion Will Power (1.18.195), teammate Juan Montoya…

Simona de Silvestro Joins Andretti Autosport

[Andretti Autosport Press Release] Simona de Silvestro was announced today as the fourth driver to the Andretti Autosport Verizon IndyCar Series lineup for the 2015 season. The Thun, Switzerland native is currently confirmed for the season opener with the four-time IndyCar Championship winning team later this month. “I am very excited to be joining Andretti…