Season Opening Race in Brazil Cancelled

According to an AP report from Brazil, the season-opening race on March 8 has been cancelled. Terracap, the government agency that owns the Autodromo International Nelson Piquet circuit, has also stated that the event has been canceled. The series acknowledged the news as well. IndyCar issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of the Brasilia Indy 300…

Brian Barnhart Returns as IndyCar Race Director

The Verizon IndyCar Series announced today that Brian Barnhart is returning to the position of Race Director this season. Barnhart was Chief Steward from 1997 – 2011, who was then replaced by Beaux Barfield. Now that Barfield has moved on to the Tudor United SportsCar Championship, Barnhart will be in charge of event operations and…

Ganassi Tests at NOLA

The 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season is getting closer. Chip Ganassi’s team was the first to test at the new circuit outside of New Orleans, NOLA Motorsports Park. The three confirmed drivers, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, and Charlie Kimball as well as development driver (and likely the fourth full-time Ganassi driver) were all on the new 2.67…

Sarah Fisher to Race in Chili Bowl

[CFH Racing Press Release] (SPEEDWAY, Ind.) January 6, 2015 – Sarah Fisher will return to the driver’s seat next weekend to compete in the 29th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire in Tulsa, Okla. The woman voted most popular driver four times in two different series will campaign the No. 67RW for RW…

Rob Edwards Joins Andretti Autosport

The first significant IndyCar news of 2015 was announced today, with Andretti Autosport landing a pretty big fish to their program. After losing Kyle Moyer to Team Penske, the team has hired Rob Edwards to be Director of Race Operations and Engineering. Edwards spent the last five plus years with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Edwards won…