FOX delivered another big audience for the IndyCar Series last weekend with an average of 1,247,000 viewers for Saturday’s Good Ranchers 250 at Phoenix Raceway, won by Josef Newgarden.The Phoenix audience follows the previous week’s 1,396,000 who tuned in for the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg won by...

The Thermal Club founder Tim Rogers says the IndyCar Series will not return to the California circuit next year.

The idle portion of The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix went dark on Sunday as the live FOX broadcast disappeared for the better part of 15 minutes.A surprising development killed all television and radio broadcasting within the property and for domestic and international viewers, and with an instant loss of...

Senior executives from Penske Entertainment and The Thermal Club met on Saturday to determine how they’ll approach the possibility of having IndyCar return in 2026, and both parties agreed the best path forward was to reconvene after Sunday's 65-lap The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix.“Getting through the first race is...

The inaugural Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix saw Pato O’Ward lead the field of 27 drivers for more than 50 of the 65 laps, but his pole position and dominance wasn’t rewarded with victory.It was Alex Palou in the No. 10 car and superb pit strategy from his Chip Ganassi...

The fickle and highly competitive state of IndyCar racing was on display during qualifying for The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix. Team Penske earned pole position at the start of the month at St. Petersburg with Scott McLaughlin, but Saturday at Thermal wasn’t nearly as kind.Josef Newgarden was the best...

On Monday, Pato O’Ward was deep in his feelings about the poor state of his qualifying performances, coming off a shocking run to 23rd in St. Petersburg. Saturday at The Thermal Club, the Arrow McLaren driver put a pole position dry spell dating back to 2022 to bed after rocketing...

Pato O’Ward doesn’t like where he finds himself when it’s time to qualify the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevy.The young Mexican has five IndyCar Series pole positions to his credit, but the last came nearly three years ago on the Mid-Ohio road course, and after a dismal start to the...

Christian Lundgaard ended Saturday morning’s practice for The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix with the fastest lap in his No. 7 Chevy.The Arrow McLaren driver turned a 1m40.6421s lap despite being forced to sit out the last 10 minutes of the session due to missing the mandatory visit to the...

A disjointed Friday practice session made it hard for IndyCar Series teams to do long runs on Firestone’s black-banded primary tires and the softer red-banded alternate compound, but some of the fastest drivers at The Thermal Club were able to offer some interesting insights from the short bursts they completed.“Oh,...