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Rosenqvist and Palou lead qualifying for races that will set field for IndyCar $1 million challenge

Mar. 23, 2024 21:13 PM EDT

THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — Felix Rosenqvist and Alex Palou will lead the field to green in Sunday morning's pair of heat races that determine which 12 IndyCar drivers will advance into the exhibition Thermal $1 million Challenge. The made-for-TV all-star race of sorts will consist of...

Column: Team Penske steps up for Captain when Roger Penske's leadership of IndyCar is questioned

Mar. 11, 2024 14:54 PM EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — There’s no better message to send to critics than an absolute domination, which was the exact Team Penske response after rival team owners took aim at Roger Penske’s series leadership. Penske silently fumed at the criticism — which included a bold...

Newgarden and Team Penske dominate IndyCar season opener amid criticism of series leadership

Mar. 10, 2024 15:40 PM EDT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Team Penske silenced recent criticism aimed at series leadership by dominating the IndyCar season-opening race with a Josef Newgarden win from the pole Sunday on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg. Pato O'Ward of Arrow McLaren Racing broke up the...

Newgarden gives Roger Penske a break with a pole-winning run as IndyCar leadership is questioned

Mar. 09, 2024 16:05 PM EST

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Josef Newgarden won the pole for IndyCar's season-opening race on Saturday, giving Team Penske something to celebrate as its leadership faced criticism throughout the paddock for its management of the series. It made for a weird day on what is supposed...

IndyCar resumes this weekend in downtown St. Petersburg following long and rocky offseason

Mar. 07, 2024 15:31 PM EST

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It has been six months since Alex Palou closed the IndyCar season with his second championship in three years and the time off has not been the smoothest for America’s open-wheel racing series. Honda publicly aired grievances with IndyCar, team owners...

Motorsports madness: A week of utterly bizarre and shocking developments in global auto racing

Feb. 05, 2024 16:54 PM EST

NASCAR successfully waved the checkered flag on its opening event of the year just before the heavy rains began to drench Los Angeles. That NASCAR crammed the two-day Clash at the Coliseum into a compelling one-day show capped a frenzied week in global motorsports. So many crazy...

Roger Penske wins first Rolex 24 at Daytona since 1969 with Indy 500 winner Newgarden in lineup

Jan. 28, 2024 17:42 PM EST

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Roger Penske snapped a 54-year losing streak at the Rolex 24 at Daytona on Sunday when Felipe Nasr held off two-time defending race winner Tom Blomqvist in the final 45 minutes of the most prestigious endurance race in the United States. The win for Team...

Penske, Newgarden pick up Indy 500 trophies. Latest Borg-Warner is record-extending 19th for Penske

Jan. 23, 2024 19:25 PM EST

Roger Penske received his record-extending 19th Indianapolis 500 trophy at a Tuesday reception in Michigan alongside winner Josef Newgarden, who needed 12 tries to earn his first Borg-Warner. The Borg-Warner is one of the most iconic trophies in sports and features the likeness of...