The intentional reduction of aerodynamic downforce and drag with IndyCar's new 2018 road course/short oval bodywork has produced an added benefit many fans will welcome.As found at the most recent tests at Mid-Ohio and Iowa, top speeds have increased by a healthy margin, and it's due to the Verizon IndyCar...

Following successful tests with its 2018 bodywork at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Mid-Ohio and Iowa, IndyCar has given Dallara the green light to start manufacturing the superspeedway and road course/short oval kits every Verizon IndyCar Series team will use next season."Almost everything went into production after Mid-Ohio, and [today], we'll sign...

Just when you thought that the Verizon IndyCar Series had run out of ways to surprise, 2016 came along. The championship was won by a guy who looked all at sea 12 months earlier, his closest rival didn't even participate in the first race, and the winner of the 100th...

Just when you thought that the Verizon IndyCar Series had run out of ways to surprise, 2016 came along. The championship was won by a guy who looked all at sea 12 months earlier, his closest rival didn't even participate in the first race, and the winner of the 100th...

Spencer Pigot's crash in practice Wednesday afternoon provided the Verizon IndyCar Series with its first look at how its new-for-2016 safety devices worked, and so far, everyone is pleased.Through its preliminary investigation of the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda driver's spin and collision with the Turn 1 wall, the rookie rotated,...

Ed Carpenter Racing's Josef Newgarden takes RACER for a tour of the aero kit updates on his Chevy Indy car and engages fans at St. Pete to determine the best looking brand in the Verizon IndyCar Series.Honda 2016 Aero Kit 101 with James Hinchcliffe

Central Indiana-based Jonathan Byrd's and longtime Verizon IndyCar Series team Dale Coyne Racing have joined forces to field a pair of young American drivers in the 2016 Verizon IndyCar schedule.As predicted by RACER, Conor Daly will drive for the team for the full season, aboard the team's No. 18 entry....

The spectator who was struck by debris at the IndyCar season-opener at St Petersburg has opened a lawsuit against the event, the series and a fence company.The Tampa Bay Times reports that the 16-page suit filed by attorneys Justin C Johnson and Christopher M Rotunda on behalf of the fan,...

By Bruce MartinPublished: May 11, 2015INDIANAPOLIS – The man at the top of the Rahal Letterman Lanigan pit stand, team manager Ricardo “Rico” Nault, has aided Graham Rahal’s resurgence in the Verizon IndyCar Series season. During the offseason, Nault replaced team owner and Rahal’s father Bobby Rahal as the man...

By Bruce MartinPublished: Apr 28, 2015LEEDS, Alabama – It was shortly after Graham Rahal had one of the best races of his career but the 26-year-old son of the legendary Bobby Rahal couldn’t help but be disappointed. He had the fastest car at the end of last Sunday’s Honda Indy...