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...

Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports has promoted Billy Vincent from chief mechanic to competition director.Vincent joined the Sam Schmidt- and Ric Peterson-owned outfit after helping to guide Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud to the 2016 IndyCar Series championship. Hired as James Hinchcliffe’s chief mechanic on the No. 5 Honda, the team elevated...

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports technical director Todd Malloy will step in to engineer James Hinchcliffe’s No. 5 Honda this weekend in Mid-Ohio. The temporary change comes as a result of SPM’s Will Anderson returning to engineer Jack Harvey in the No.60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda.With former SPM engineer Leena Gade overseeing...

Blow it up and rebuild.That was bold directive given to Schmidt Peterson Motorsports general manager Piers Phillips.As the 2017 championship drew to a close, Sam Schmidt and Ric Peterson grew tired of midfield finishes by their Verizon IndyCar team. Outside of the occasional win or pole position, SPM had settled...

James Hinchcliffe will have plenty of adjustments to make this season with all the changes taking place at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.The first for the charismatic Canadian could come with his new race engineer Leena Gade, who brings a sizable international fanbase to the program after her multiple wins at the...

Sweeping additions to Schmidt Peterson Motorsports' 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series program have been made to bolster its two-car Honda effort.Related StoriesAs RACER reported in October, former Chip Ganassi Racing engineer Todd Malloy will anchor SPM's engineering group after James Hinchcliffe's engineer Allen McDonald departed and joined Ed Carpenter Racing. Malloy,...

The first engineering change of the season has taken place at Chip Ganassi Racing. Team veterans Tony Kanaan and Charlie Kimball have swapped engineers, with Todd Malloy (above, pictured with Kanaan) moving from Kanaan's No. 10 Honda to Charlie Kimball's No. 83 entry. Kimball's engineer Eric Cowdin (below) will return...

Chip Ganassi Racing has been busy retooling its staff during the long Verizon IndyCar Series offseason, and coming off a year where the rival Team Penske organization dominated the championship, the changes have been made to recapture their position atop the field.The most surprising change has taken place with Scott...