Above: Oriol Servia in Panther's National Guard car in 2013.The ongoing legal dispute between the former Panther Racing IndyCar team, the IndyCar Series, and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing over sponsorship from the National Guard came to a quiet end last week.The long-in-the-tooth lawsuit from Panther Racing offshoot Panther Brands claimed...

Panther Racing owner John Barnes’ lawsuit against a former National Guard employee, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Document and Packaging Brokers and the Indy Racing League LLC has taken an unexpected turn.Barnes now finds himself suing the United States of America.After filing suit last February in Indiana’s Marion County Superior Court,...