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Firestone remains Indycar's tire supplier under Bridgestone and Penske deal

Sep. 12, 2024 19:48 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Firestone will continue as the only tire supplier for all IndyCar racing under a long-term extension between Bridgestone America and Penske Entertainment. The length of the deal announced Thursday was not detailed. But the agreement will keep Firestone as...

Ferrucci signs multi-year extension with resurgent Foyt IndyCar team

Sep. 12, 2024 17:06 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Santino Ferrucci signed a contract extension with AJ Foyt Racing on Thursday that will pair him with David Malukas next season on the resurgent team. The Foyt team has shown considerable progress this year under an alliance with Team Penske and Ferrucci won...

Kyle Larson will again run the Indy 500 but NASCAR and the Coca-Cola 600 will be his commitment

Sep. 10, 2024 16:16 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — With NASCAR and the Coca-Cola 600 the promised priority, Kyle Larson will again attempt the Indianapolis 500 next season with the caveat he must leave if rain again ruins his bid to complete “The Double.” Larson in May became the fifth driver in history to...

Larson and Hendrick Motorsports in discussion on a 2025 return to Indianapolis 500

Sep. 04, 2024 16:23 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Make no mistake: Kyle Larson wants to run the Indianapolis 500 again next year. The deal he and Hendrick Motorsports signed with Arrow McLaren Racing was always a two-year deal, but 2025 was an option year that Larson said Wednesday is still being ironed out....

Conor Daly to take over No. 78 car for Juncos Hollinger Racing for rest of IndyCar season

Aug. 14, 2024 14:34 PM EDT

IndyCar veteran Conor Daly will drive the No. 78 car for Juncos Hollinger Racing for the remainder of the season, beginning with this weekend's race at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis, the team announced Wednesday. Daly is taking over for Agustin Canapino, who parted...

Theo Pourchaire replaces the injured Alexander Rossi for Arrow McLaren's IndyCar team in Toronto

Jul. 20, 2024 17:55 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — A broken right thumb forced Arrow McLaren driver Alexander Rossi out of the IndyCar street race at Exhibition Place, giving Frenchman Theo Pourchaire his sixth start of the season. Rossi was injured in practice Friday when his car hit a tire barrier and then skidded...

Image of Caitlin Clark displayed on hood of Josh Berry's car for Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis

Jul. 19, 2024 17:16 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark made her first appearance at Indianapolis Motor Speedway — on Josh Berry’s No. 4 Ford. The rookie driver took his Stewart-Haas Racing entry the traditional 2.5-mile oval with an image of the WNBA’s rookie star plastered across the hood of his...

Kyle Larson makes another trip to Indianapolis as Brickyard 400 returns to speedway's oval

Jul. 18, 2024 16:34 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kyle Larson spent May trying to become the second driver to complete 1,100 miles of racing in a single day. Rain in Indianapolis and Charlotte washed away his big dream. Now the 2021 NASCAR champion is back in town for the first time since...

Conor Daly replaces Jack Harvey for the IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway

Jul. 14, 2024 10:48 AM EDT

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Conor Daly is replacing Jack Harvey in the No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing car for Sunday's IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway. Harvey left Saturday's 250-lap race at the 0.875-mile oval after 28 laps because of severe neck pain he has had since before last Sunday's...

O'Ward seizes lead on Palou's pit stop woes, wins Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in debut of hybrid engine

Jul. 07, 2024 20:45 PM EDT

LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Pato O’Ward bounced back on multiple levels with an IndyCar victory Sunday he was confident of achieving with a new hybrid engine he found to his liking. The combination helped him reduce a big deficit to Alex Palou and ultimately pounce on the slimmest...