In a surprise appearance, seven-time Trans Am champion and four-time TA class champion Ernie Francis Jr. returned for the first time in two years to fill in for an under-the-weather Brent Crews and shot to the top of the speed charts, claiming the pole award for the Trans Am Series...

The formation of Penske Entertainment’s Race For Equality & Change program is approaching its third anniversary.Created in the wake of George Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020, Roger Penske and his leadership team created the RFE&C with a mission to address the lack of diversity within North American open-wheel racing...

Rod Reid got exactly what he was hoping for with the return of Ernie Francis Jr for a second season of Indy Lights and the elevation of Myles Rowe to the USF Pro 2000 presented by Cooper Tires series through the Force Indy program he leads.Francis Jr made steady progress...

Force Indy will continue with Ernie Francis Jr. in Indy Lights next season and shift the oversight of the program from a standalone team to running under the HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing team, using mechanics from the existing Force Indy program.The Rod Reid-led organization will also continue with...

Ernie Francis Jr has been confirmed as Force Indy’s driver for the upcoming Indy Lights season in the No. 99 Dallara IL15-AER turbo.The native of Florida comes to Force Indy as part of Penske Entertainment’s Race for Equality & Change program, and follows after an impressive career in the Trans...

Matt Brabham made his Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli debut a race to remember, passing Ernie Francis Jr. in the final 50 feet on the last lap to win by 0.393 seconds on Sunday at Circuit of the Americas during the Heacock Classic season finale.A late caution set up...

Ernie Francis Jr. put an exclamation point on the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli season by winning the Motul Pole Award for the season-ending Heacock Classic at Circuit of The Americas on Saturday.Francis shared the spotlight with Rafa Matos, with the newly crowned champion winning the TA2 pole in...

The Force Indy team will evaluate Ernie Francis Jr in an Indy Lights car on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course at the upcoming Chris Griffis Memorial Test.If the five-time Trans Am series champion and relative newcomer to open-wheel racing performs as expected, the 23-year-old from Florida is primed to...

Ernie Francis Jr. outqualified a field of 42 Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli drivers to capture the Motul Pole Award for Saturday’s race at Watkins Glen International, the opening event for a doubleheader headlining the Watkins Glen SpeedTour.Mike Skeen (TA2), Erich Joiner (XGT) and Justin Oakes (SGT) captured class...

There was plenty of passing in Sunday’s Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli combined feature race at Brainerd International Raceway.Future Star Ernie Francis Jr. drove from the back of the grid to take the overall victory in the Ryan Companies US presents the Jed Copham Tribute Weekend, while Rafa Matos...