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It's Part 1 of the Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show as we dive into a bunch of questions submitted via social media.A sampling of the items posed this week:"The new schedule to me is very lackluster. I feel like IndyCar should be expanding into new markets, similar to what...

Hours after Chicagoland Speedway announced that it will not be on NASCAR's 2021 schedule, Kentucky Speedway confirmed that it, too, has lost its NASCAR race weekend.“Of course, we're disappointed the Bluegrass State is not on NASCAR's schedule for 2021, as the past two decades have been filled with memorable moments...

Pictured above: Randy LewisIt's another packed episode of The Week In IndyCar Listener Q&A show, all driven by questions submitted via social media.A sampling of the items posed this week (Q&A begins at the 22m00s mark in the episode):"Of the drivers you've seen throughout the years, (which one) made the...

For the first time in three years, Wood Brothers Racing is chasing championship contention with Matt DiBenedetto.Nine races remain in the regular season, and DiBenedetto holds down a spot on the playoff grid. He is 12th in the overall standings and has already surpassed the top-five and top-10 finishes put...

Ryan Blaney had “no clue” there was a drainage ditch - or whatever it was - that he ran over while on the apron challenging for the lead on the last lap at Kentucky Speedway.“I had a small idea it was there, I didn’t know it was going to be...

Even though Martin Truex Jr. came up one spot short at Kentucky Speedway, he feels his Joe Gibbs Racing team is “back in the game now.”Truex had to start the Quaker State 400 at the rear of the field after his car failed pre-race inspection twice. But he quickly made...

Brad Keselowski felt it was “unavoidable contact” between him and Jimmie Johnson with 19 laps to go at Kentucky Speedway.Johnson sat third and lined up on the inside lane behind Ryan Blaney. Keselowski was fifth and in the row behind Johnson. On the restart, Johnson initially got a good run,...

Cole Custer knew what he needed to do on the final restart at Kentucky Speedway, and it worked to perfection.“I just knew I had to get to the top, and I knew I didn’t want to get put three-wide,” said Custer. “My spotter Andy Houston did a great job of...

A four-wide battle coming to the white flag in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway was the opening Cole Custer needed.The 22-year-old rookie put his Stewart-Haas Racing Ford to the outside of Martin Truex Jr., teammate Kevin Harvick, and Ryan Blaney down the frontstretch and had the preferred lane....