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Brown "would love" Indy 500 reunion with Alonso

Fernando Alonso hasn't raced in the Indianapolis 500 since 2020, but an open invitation remains from McLaren

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Zak Brown “would love” Indy 500 reunion with Fernando Alonso

The two-time Formula 1 world champion hasn't raced in the Indianapolis 500 since 2020

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Ryan Hunter-Reay joins Arrow McLaren for 2026 Indianapolis 500

The 2014 Indy 500 winner will follow Larson as the next driver to race in Arrow McLaren's fourth entry for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

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Josef Newgarden leads Indy 500 final practice, RHR's car erupts in flames

Josef Newgarden led the way in final practice as he prepared to go for three consecutive Indy 500 wins, running a fast lap of 225.687mph. Takuma Sato was second at 225.415mph, Scott Dixon third at 225.200mph, Devlin DeFrancesco fourth at 224.778mph, and Will Power fifth at 224.419mph. Four of the five…

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End of an era: Reynard’s last US open wheel win

A podium sweep, a first-time rookie winner and a team that had not existed until weeks before the first round breaking through against the category’s giants. There was no shortage of feel-good stories following American Spirit Team Johansson driver Ryan Hunter-Reay’s victory in what turned out to be the final…

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Friday favourite: The new era IndyCar that offered an ideal reset

As the machine in which he achieved his greatest career successes, Ryan Hunter-Reay’s pick for his favourite car comes as no surprise. The more pertinent question is establishing the 2012 IndyCar champion and 2014 Indianapolis 500 winner’s preferred specification of the stalwart Dallara DW12.

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Marco Andretti credits Hampson, Wickens for stronger 2024 Indy 500 bid

While Andretti has always been regarded as a threat during the Month of May, it has been a decade since he was in a proper battle for victory for the Indy 500.

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Indy 500 starting grid: McLaughlin on pole, 33-car field in full

The 30-year-old Kiwi will lead the 33-car field to the green flag for a three-wide rolling start across 11 rows for the 200-lap, 500-mile race.

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Chip Ganassi Racing unveils Palou’s DHL livery for 2024 season

The iconic yellow and red colors have been given a refreshed new look for its maiden campaign with CGR on the machine driven by reigning and two-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou.

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Dreyer & Reinbold “still looking” at full-time return to IndyCar

The last full season for DRR came with Oriol Servia behind the wheel in a campaign that featured four top five finishes after switching from the Lotus power to Chevrolet.

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Dreyer & Reinbold, Cusick confirm Daly, Hunter-Reay for Indianapolis 500

Hunter-Reay returns behind the wheel of the #23 Chevrolet, which he drove to an 11th-place finish last year. Meanwhile, Daly will pilot the team’s #24 entry.

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Rinus VeeKay embracing leadership role at ECR entering 2024

Although only 23 years old, VeeKay is already going into his fifth season in North America’s premier open-wheel championship.

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IndyCar 2023 season review: Ed Carpenter Racing

#21 – Rinus VeeKay, 14th in the championship standings (277 points) – 17 races

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IndyCar Laguna Seca: Dixon wins chaotic season finale

The six-time champion kept his head when many around him lost theirs, beating Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) and his champion team-mate Alex Palou after a race punctuated by eight caution periods caused by a series of wildly over-optimistic lunges and collisions that had a definite end-of-term feel.

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IndyCar Laguna Seca: Rosenqvist takes pole by 0.01s in final McLaren race

The speedy Swede, who is joining Meyer Shank Racing in 2024, drove “a gorilla lap” flyer of 1m06.6416s lap on the 11-turn, 2.238-mile natural terrain road course.

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IndyCar Portland: Graham Rahal takes pole, Newgarden crashes

Rahal put down a flying lap of 58.3195s to best the 27-car field at the 1.964-mile, 12-turn natural terrain road course.

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IndyCar Portland: Lundgaard sets searing pace in first practice

The Dane’s rise to the top spot came on a set of alternate, red sidewall tires with his Honda-powered Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing entry, putting down a flying lap of 58.1776s around the 1.964-mile, 12-turn natural terrain road course.

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IndyCar Indy RC: Graham Rahal takes first pole in six years

Rahal lapped in 1m10.1132s and will start ahead of team-mate Christian Lundgaard and Alexander Rossi of Arrow McLaren.

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IndyCar Iowa: Newgarden wins Race 2 for fifth straight oval victory

Newgarden charged to the front in the early stages of the 250-lap race on the 7/8-mile oval, passing his team-mates Will Power and Scott McLaughlin in one fell swoop on lap 32 as they got balked in traffic.

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IndyCar Iowa: Start times, how to watch & full entry list

This weekend’s events at Iowa will be twin 250-lap races (223.5 miles) on Saturday and Sunday around the 7/8-mile (0.894-mile) oval in Newton, Iowa.

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IndyCar Mid-Ohio: Herta snatches last-gasp pole for Andretti

Herta lapped the 13-turn, 2.258-mile road course with a best time of 1m06.3096s, and will start ahead of Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) and Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti).

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IndyCar Road America: Herta takes last-gasp pole for Andretti

On the recently-repaved 4.048-mile road course, Dario Franchitti’s qualifying track record of 1m39.866s remained out of reach despite the new high-grip surface. The Fast Six shootout was an intriguing battle, with most cars running the harder primary tyres but Arrow McLaren’s practice pacesetter Alexander Rossi gambled on the softer alternates.

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IndyCar Road America: Rossi quickest in first practice for McLaren

Rossi topped the 75-minute session around the fabled 4.048-mile road course with a best lap of 1m41.779s, with times massively faster than last year’s pace thanks to the track’s first full resurface which took place last October and November, since 1995.

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How IndyCar opportunity knocked again for Hunter-Reay

Ryan Hunter-Reay “was not pursuing” an IndyCar Series return until Ed Carpenter called him last week, but the man they call ‘Captain America’ is ready to grasp this fresh opportunity. It’s the latest twist of a rollercoaster career that’s seen Hunter-Reay reach the peaks of a championship title in 2012…

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Hunter-Reay to replace Daly in ECR IndyCar seat from Road America

Hunter-Reay was a full-time driver in the IndyCar Series until he lost his DHL-backed Andretti Autosport drive to Romain Grosjean last year.

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