FOX Sports postpones first IndyCar commercial to Jan 17 weekend
FOX has pushed the debut of its first new IndyCar Series driver promotional commercial from this weekend’s National Football League Wild Card games to next weekend’s Divisional Rounds across January 17-18.
Plans confirmed earlier in the week by IndyCar and FOX Sports had the first of four driver commercials filmed with Josef Newgarden, Pato O’Ward, and Alex Palou – the three promo returnees from 2025 – and newcomer Will Power set to launch on Saturday. But as a FOX Sports representative explained in an outreach on Friday, the decision was made to spend more time on the final edit for the first commercial which has altered the publishing timeline.
With the revised schedule, FOX will have two NFL weekends left with heavy viewership to deploy the commercials before NBC steps in and takes the Super Bowl on February 8.
Marshall Pruett
The 2026 season marks Marshall Pruett's 40th year working in the sport. In his role today for RACER, Pruett covers open-wheel and sports car racing as a writer, reporter, photographer, and filmmaker. In his previous career, he served as a mechanic, engineer, and team manager in a variety of series, including IndyCar, IMSA, and World Challenge.
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