It wasn’t a dumpster fire. It wasn’t much to behold. But it did serve its intended purpose.IndyCar and The Thermal Club deserve a round of applause for trying something new and different. The series is often faulted, and rightly so, for having a failure of imagination and sticking with the...

Will Callum Ilott get an offer to drive for Arrow McLaren in 2025? We should have the answer to that question by the end of the weekend in Thermal, California.The Briton’s race debut for the team at St. Petersburg — with a bare minimum of pre-season testing to ready himself...

All times Eastern; live broadcasts unless noted.Thursday, March 21Melbourne race 32:55-4:00amAustralian GPpractice 19:25-10:30pmAustralian GPpractice 19:25-10:30pmMelbourne race 411:55pm-1:00amFriday, March 22Australian GPpractice 212:55-2:00amAustralian GPpractice 212:55-2:00amThermal Clubopen test session 112:00-2:00pmCOTA qualifying3:30-5:00pmThermal Clubopen test session 25:00-8:00pmCOTAqualifying5:30-7:00pmAustralian GPpractice 39:25-10:30pmAustralian GPpractice 39:25-10:30pmSaturday, March 23Australian GPqualifying12:55-2:00amAustralian GPqualifying12:55-2:00amMelbourne race 52:40-3:20amCOTA practice10:00-10:30amCOTAqualifying10:30am-12:30pmRoad AtlantaTA 212:30pmThermalClubopen testsession 312:00-2:00pmCOTA12:30-1:30pmpre-race1:30-4:00pmraceSebring1:00-3:00pm(D)COTA4:00-5:00pmpre-race5:00-7:30pmraceThermal Clubopen test session...

Will IndyCar’s race control team, led by race director Kyle Novak, let the 12 drivers who transfer into Sunday’s $1 Million Challenge smash their way towards The Thermal Club’s victory lane, or will Novak and his stewards Max Papis and Arie Luyendyk be ready to enforce strict guidelines to prevent...

Sunday’s $1 Million Challenge all-star race at The Thermal Club is expected to go one of two ways: Pure boredom or pure mayhem.Constructed in a heat-based format that’s not too dissimilar from IndyCar’s knockout qualifying system, two 10-lap heats will be held Sunday morning, with 13 cars in one and...

The NTT IndyCar Series’ first non-points event in 16 years will be settled with a 20-lap race for a share of $1.756 million at The Thermal Club.Due to the track length and the lap count, the field of 12 drivers would not be able to complete the showdown on a...

The Thermal Club has issued significant refunds to those who’ve purchased the limited number of $2000 tickets for the March 22-24 NTT IndyCar Series event it will host.Happy and surprised fans have reported receiving emails from the Coachella Valley-based road course detailing 75-percent refunds, with the three-day ticket reduced to...