Penske Entertainment set aside $31.9 million in 2025 for structured payouts to IndyCar Series team owners in possession of Leaders Circle contracts, and has added $11 million to the total for 2026.

Penske Entertainment is preparing to deliver a significant increase to its Leaders Circle program.Developed in the 2000s by the former owners of IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Hulman George family devised the Leaders Circle payout program to spread most of the series’ annual outlay of prize money among...

Juncos Hollinger Racing driver Sting Ray Robb had a weekend to forget in Iowa after a quiet run to 22nd on Saturday, and a 23rd to close the doubleheader when a hard crash left the No. 77 Chevy in a poor state on Sunday.Matters worsened for the Indiana-based team after...

With the first practice session of the new IndyCar Season due to begin at St. Petersburg on Friday, Feb. 28, it’s time to start ramping up for the launch with a look inside each of the 11 teams.What’s new, what’s different, and what has stayed the same? We’ll find out...

Penske Entertainment has added $2.2 million to its overall expenditure on Leaders Circle (LC) contracts for the 2025 season.According to multiple sources, the parent company of the IndyCar Series issued 22 new LC agreements to the teams who placed inside the top 22 of last season’s entrants’ championship with an...

With the first practice session of the new IndyCar Season due to begin at St. Petersburg on Friday, February 28, it’s time to start ramping up for the launch with a look inside each of the 11 teams.What’s new, what’s different, and what has stayed the same? We’ll find out...

By the math, with 108 points available to any driver if they win the last two NTT IndyCar Series races, earn pole, lead a lap, and lead the most laps, there are five drivers who remain in contention heading into Sunday’s second race of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee doubleheader.But in reality,...

Penske Entertainment has issued its first formal charter document for NTT IndyCar Series entrants who qualified for participation in the program.Having asked for a printed version of the charter topics that were discussed for most of the year, RACER has learned Penske Entertainment delivered an in-depth charter plan — said...

Six races to go. Millions of dollars on the line. The NTT IndyCar Series’ race-within-a-race, the stampede to earn the final Leaders Circle contracts for 2025, is towards the bottom of the entrants’ championship, happening as it always does at this stage of the season.With Penske Entertainment’s guaranteed prize money...

Penske Entertainment is getting closer to presenting its team owners with what it hopes will be the final version of its first charter program.The company, which owns the NTT IndyCar Series, is aiming to share the initial framework of the charter with its entrants leading into its marquee event at...