A few things have changed since the last time IndyCars rolled out of pitlane at Phoenix Raceway.

Shane van Gisbergen has been one of the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series season, winning three times and sparking talk that he might be among the best road-course racers in the history of stock car racing.He turned a one-off start at Trackhouse Racing three years ago into a victory,...

It’s not a pipe dream, or a couple of fans fantasizing, or idle chatter on a radio talk show. It’s a bona-fide concept. And a damn good one.An IndyCar/NASCAR doubleheader is exactly what both series need right now to see if they can restore some life to oval-track racing. Think...

NASCAR's Gander Outdoors Truck Series will share the billing with the NTT Data IndyCar Series at Gateway next year.The Friday, August 21, 2020 date for the Truck event was announced earlier this week when NASCAR unveiled the full 2020 schedules for both Xfinity and Trucks, and Gateway confirmed on Thursday...

Good car counts, a talented field, a cool-looking car, an energized new series sponsor, and a full-time broadcast partner: IndyCar heads into 2019 with a spring in its step.There’s still work to be done, starting with the perennial quest for a stable calendar that hits all the sweet spots in...

Steve Torrence piloted his Top Fuel dragster to the No. 1 spot during the final round of qualifying Saturday evening in front of a sold-out crowd at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park.Robert Hight (Funny Car), Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock) and Chip Ellis (Pro Stock...

The eighth annual Chris Griffis Memorial Mazda Road to Indy Open Test began this morning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with almost three dozen drivers representing no fewer than 15 different nations vying for early bragging rights in preparation for the 2019 Road to Indy season.All three levels of the...

Courtney Force raced to the provisional qualifying lead in Funny Car on Friday night at the seventh annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park.Clay Millican (Top Fuel), Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock), and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also provisional No. 1 qualifiers in their respective...

I started going to Phoenix International Raceway in 1969, when it was dusty little oval in the middle of the desert that seated 10,000 people and book-ended the IndyCar season in March and November. It had a dogleg that couldn't be taken flat out for several years, and was a...

After a quiet start to his title defense in St. Petersburg, where he finished seventh, Josef Newgarden zoomed back to the top of the Verizon IndyCar Series points table in the same manner with which he took charge late last year. His dramatic late pass of Robert Wickens for the...