Doug Boles has joined the lineup of featured speakers for the 6th Annual Race Industry Week, taking place Monday through Thursday, December 1–4, 2025. No charge to attend. Click here to register.Race Industry Week is brought to you by EPARTRADE and RACER. For more information, please click here.Doug Boles was...

J. Douglas Boles has worn many hats – or more accurately, many sharp suits – during his tenure at the helm of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. While he's perhaps most visible to fans during the Month of May, the responsibilities of overseeing the day-to-day operations of one of the world's most...

Dear Mailbaggers,I’m not Robin Miller. This is not the Mailbag.Robin’s still taking some time off, which means that Mailbag remains on pause this week. Please keep sending your questions to the usual address, and Robin will answer them when normal service resumes. Until then, the following remain impermeable Mailbag truths:•...

This feature originally appears in RACER's July 2017 issue (No.285) under the title "Close, but..." "You cannot let this place get into your head," mused Tony Kanaan on a chilly morning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last year. "If you do, it will ruin you."Kanaan knew of which he spoke: he...

Race engineer/aerodynamicist Andy Brown has signed with AJ Foyt Racing as the race engineer on rookie Zach Veach's car, the No. 40 Indy Women in Tech (IWiT) Chevrolet for this year's Indianapolis 500."I'm honored and excited to be working with A.J. Foyt, a true legend of the Indy 500," said...

JR Hildebrand isn't afraid to come right out and say he wants to be Ed Carpenter's full-time teammate in 2017. The 2009 Indy Lights champion has been on an interesting path since his full-time drive with Panther Racing came to an end in June of 2013, and after three part-time...

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,...

Carlos Huertas has signed an 11th-hour deal to become the driver of Dale Coyne Racing's second car in the Verizon IndyCar Series, alongside team leader Justin Wilson (ABOVE).The Colombian, who tested with Panther Racing during the off-season, admitted that he will be disadvantaged by having missed the recent open test...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan has vowed to "vigorously fight" the lawsuit issued last week by IndyCar rival Panther Racing over the reallocation of the National Guard sponsorship.RLL was one of four defendants named in the lawsuit, which was initiated a few weeks after Panther's protest over the awarding of the National...