If you're keeping track of the full-time seats that are open in the IndyCar Series, we're down to single entries from Barracuda Racing and Panther Racing, and second cars from Dale Coyne Racing, KV Racing, and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Across those five rides, there's a decent chance James Jakes...

Barracuda Racing expects to have its plans for next season in place by the time January arrives, according to team co-owner Bryan Herta, which would add another program to the growing list of confirmed entries for the 2014 IndyCar Series championship.?We're working to put the final touches on our sponsorship...

26-year-old Sam Bird has a few weeks to pass as he and the other GP2 drivers wait for the season finale in Abu Dhabi. The Englishman sits second in Formula 1's top training category, eight points out of the lead, and with a win at the most recent round in...

With the fight for the Drivers' and Manufacturers' titles taking center stage in Houston this weekend, two IndyCar teams are waging a private battle to make the cut to receive $1 million bonus for entrants finishing inside the top-22 in points.The Bryan Herta- and Steve Newey-owned Barracuda Racing team, with...

Barracuda Racing owners Bryan Herta and Steve Newey find themselves in the enviable position of having an IndyCar Series ride to offer and plenty of time to decide on which driver to nominate for the seat.After parting ways with Alex Tagliani prior to the Mid-Ohio round in August, Herta and...

The prospects for a possible international IndyCar winter series in 2015 have been met with a mixed response from the teams across both ends of the paddock.The plans are for a series of non-championship races in Asia and the Middle East in an effort to lessen the dormant period created...

Marshall Pruett photo JR Hildebrand returned to the cockpit of an IndyCar for the first time since splitting with Panther Racing when he tested with Barracuda Racing at Sonoma on Wednesday. The 25-year-old, who will also race for the team at Sonoma this weekend, said that the day represented a...

Barracuda Racing, aka Bryan Herta Autosport, found itself in a precarious position going into this weekend's IndyCar doubleheader at Toronto.Coming off a string of forgettable performances and costly crashes, the Bryan Herta- and Steve Newey-owned team would normally be in high spirits as its driver, French-Canadian open-wheel veteran Alex Tagliani,...

Coming off of a 2012 season that felt like a motorized soap opera without an end, the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series has been nearly free of drama and scandal. The focus so far has been on the unpredictable racing that has dominated the headlines, with the bigger fish being challenged...

One of Indy car racing's most popular drivers is facing a major turning point in his career.RACER has confirmed 2011 Indy 500 polesitter Alex Tagliani has been asked to relinquish his full-time seat with the Barracuda Racing team to allow the Bryan Herta- and Steve Newey-owned team to evaluate at...