Coyne Signs Katherine Legge

The expected 34th entry in next month’s Indianapolis 500 was confirmed today. Dale Coyne Racing with RWR announced that veteran Katherine Legge will drive the No. 51 Honda with sponsorship from e.l.f. Cosmetics. Legge, who drove for Coyne in CART in 2007, will join rookie Nolan Siegel in the team’s two-car lineup. Legge has made…

PREMA Racing Joining IndyCar in 2025

IndyCar continues to grow. Today, European junior open-wheel organization PREMA Racing announced that it will field two full-time Chevrolet-powered cars beginning next season. The powerhouse team did not name any drivers in the release, but RACER has reported that they would prefer to hire one of their own young talents, and an established IndyCar veteran.…

Hybrid Testing on IMS Road Course

Three days of testing began on Thursday, with the majority of the IndyCar paddock participating. Six teams took to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, using the new hybrid system on the series’ 2.2-liter twin-turbocharged engine for the first time. Tom Blomqvist (Meyer Shank Racing), Romain Grosjean (Juncos Hollinger Racing), Jack Harvey (Dale Coyne Racing),…

Alex Palou Wins at Thermal Club

In a race of varying strategies, pure speed paid off for Alex Palou with a lucrative victory Sunday in the Sprint for the Purse at The Thermal Club $1 Million Challenge. Reigning NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Palou earned $500,000 for the victory in the non-points exhibition event at The Thermal Club, a private motorsports club…

Josef Newgarden Wins at St Petersburg

As season openers go, this couldn’t have gone much more smoothly for Josef Newgarden. Two-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Newgarden won the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding on Sunday, driving the No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet to a 7.9121-second victory over the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet of runner-up…