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Hailie Deegan has left NASCAR behind for open-wheel racing this season and it could be for good. Deegan doesn't want to race in the Truck Series anymore and because any opportunities to advance required cash she doesn't have, she's taken another route: Deegan will drive this year for HMD Motorsports in Indy NXT, which is IndyCar's top development series. No, she does not have any Indy experience.

The whispers that McLaren Racing was eyeing sports car racing have circulated for months and it made sense: The brand is, after all, a supercar to sell to consumers and the truest platform to showcase high-performance vehicles would be a prototype class of sports car racing. It was none other than John Doonan, president of IMSA, who said the quiet part out loud when, unprompted, in his prerace remarks about the strength of the series said: “It looks like the papaya army plans to join us.” “Our automotive business, which we work very closely with, is clearly synergistic with sports cars,” Brown told The Associated Press.

Alex Palou, IndyCar's back-to-back champion, has landed a new nickname as part of Fox Sports' driver ad campaign: the "conquistador of concrete."

To help draw attention to its newest sports property, Fox Sports has launched an ad campaign highlighting IndyCar's most successful and prominent drivers -- the latest featuring Alex Palou.

The former late-night TV legend has been involved in auto racing for about 30 years as part of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

Three-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou must fly to London following the Rolex 24 at Daytona for mediation with McLaren, the race team suing him for at least $30 million over a breach of contract dispute. Palou in 2022 signed a contract to drive for McLaren's IndyCar team, but that put the Spaniard in breach with Chip Ganassi Racing, which held an option on the driver for the 2023 season.

Jan. 24—Penske Entertainment Corp. and Big Machine's Scott Borchetta jointly announced an updated event structure for the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix on Thursday. Penske Entertainment will assume responsibility for the promotion of the Aug. 31 race weekend at Nashville Superspeedway, with PE executive Anne Fischgrund named president of the event. Big Machine will remain the event's ...

The race that's the 'watering hole for worldwide motorsports' again will be packed with global stars and compelling storylines.

Big Machine will remain the title sponsor for the Music City Grand Prix at Nashville Superspeedway

Meyer Shank Racing opened the 2022 season with a win at the Rolex 24 of Daytona and closed it by winning the IMSA Series championship. The next year marked back-to-back Rolex wins, but by the end of the season, the team had split with Acura and MSR was out of sports cars for 2024. It was a bitter disappointment to team co-owner Michael Shank, who has clawed his way back into IMSA this year with a two-car effort — reunited with Acura — in the top prototype class.

The first three GPs ran through downtown. The race was moved to the 1.33-mile oval in the suburbs last season because of construction.

After landing ridicule a year ago for offering $2,000 general admission tickets, which eventually would be dropped to $500, The Thermal Club will offer multiple price points for its three-day IndyCar race weekend in 2025.

Some of the famous names racing in the sports car classic, which attracts stars from around the world.

Michael Cannon, the IndyCar engineering mastermind, has parted from Prema Racing, a source confirmed. He’d recently been named head of engineering

Mario Andretti has insinuated Colton Herta would be an obvious choice for Andretti Global's 2026 F1 debut. IndyCar driver says 2025 title is focus.

As he enters a contract year with Team Penske, Will Power believes he can race competitively in IndyCar five more years.

Entering his contract negotiations with Team Penske, Will Power has signed Fernando Alonso's management agency to represent him in the process.

If Will Power had his way, he'd keep racing for Team Penske — maybe five more years. The 2018 Indianapolis 500 champion and two-time series champ announced Wednesday he's hired an agent for the first time in his career as he enters the final season of his current contract amid speculation he may not return in 2026 with the powerhouse team.

Alex Palou has a chance to do something on three other drivers have done: win three straight titles. But would he rather that than an Indy 500 win?

After two decades covering Formula 1, British racing personality Will Buxton has been tapped to be the new voice of IndyCar in Fox's broadcast booth.

Despite Michael Andretti stepping down from his CEO role of the racing team he founded two decades ago, his presence is still felt at Andretti Global.

Colton Herta feels like he begins and ends every IndyCar season the same way — answering questions about his interest in Formula 1. While the popular 24-year-old Californian may still dream of competing on racing's top international stage, he spent the first of two IndyCar media days Tuesday explaining that he's focusing solely on a successful 2025 season, not whether he could move to Europe. It's unlikely Herta can quash the talk that quickly or easily, especially now that the FIA has announced it will add an 11th team, Cadillac F1, to the F1 grid starting in 2026.

Following his runner-up finish in 2024 Indy NXT campaign, Jacob Abel has landed one of Dale Coyne Racing's open full-season IndyCar rides for 2025.

After losing longtime primary partner AutoNation this offseason, Andretti Global has landed Chili's for Kyle Kirkwood's No. 27 Honda at St. Pete

Following his runner-up finish in 2024 Indy NXT campaign, Jacob Abel has landed one of Dale Coyne Racing's open full-season IndyCar rides for 2025.

Fox Sports has finalized a deal with James Hinchcliffe for the fan-favorite ex-IndyCar driver to remain in the series' broadcast booth with Fox.

Dale Coyne Racing has hired Jacob Abel as a full-time driver for the 2025 season, team officials announced Monday. The 23-year-old Abel has spent the past three seasons running on the Indy NXT circuit — IndyCar's highest developmental series. “I’ve had a great relationship with Dale for the last couple of years, and I’m very thankful for the confidence he has in me,” Abel said in a statement.

A rare collection of cars that competed in the Indianapolis 500 are up for bid this weekend by Mecum Auctions.

Meyer Shank Racing got its third Rolex 24 win in 2023, but scandal soon followed. Michael Shank floated away from it all last year, but now he's back.

Though they've yet to turn a wheel, Prema made a splash debut at the team's IndyCar launch program on Friday in Charlotte.

Starting in 2025, star drivers who haven't competed in NASCAR are eligible to automatically qualify for a Cup Series race.

In its move to Fox, IndyCar continues to lack a domestic direct-to-consumer streaming option for fans who have cut the cord.

Townsend Bell is known for analyzing IndyCar Series races on NBC. He also drove in 10 Indianapolis 500s.

Despite the highly-publicized exit of his father atop the team, Marco Andretti will return for a 20th Indy 500 with Andretti Global in May.

Four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castronves will make his NASCAR debut at age 49 when he attempts to race the 2025 Daytona 500.

Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves will attempt to make his NASCAR debut in next month's Daytona 500 with Trackhouse Racing. Castroneves, one of the most popular drivers in IndyCar history, has been trying for two years to get a Daytona 500 seat and finally landed one Monday as part of Trackhouse's “Project 91” designed to give renowned racers from outside of NASCAR a shot in a stock car.

Helio Castroneves won the Indianapolis 500 in his maiden attempt. A similar performance in next month's Daytona 500 would further etch him into history

Helio Castroneves will attempt to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in the 2025 Daytona 500, driving the No. 91 Chevrolet for Trackhouse Racing‘s Project 91, the team announced Monday. Castroneves, a four-time champion of the Indianapolis 500 and three-time winner of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, has enjoyed a long career in open-wheel and […]

Following its purchase of a 75% majority stake of Sam Schmidt and Ric Peterson's IndyCar team in 2021, McLaren Racing has bought the final 25%

The 2025 IndyCar Series schedule includes 17 races, highlighted by the Indianapolis 500 on May 25 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Dec. 31—The two biggest races in Indiana in the month of May top the list as the best of 2024. The 76th running of the Little 500 saw a battle of cousins battling for their first victory in the May classic. New Castle's Caleb Armstrong led only one lap, but it was the one that brought him victory. Caleb Armstrong passed his cousin Dakoda Armstrong on the final lap with an inside pass entering ...

When will the IndyCar races at Iowa Speedway start next year? The series released the answer Wednesday.

IndyCar's 2025 season will kickoff March 2 at noon on Fox and will include a six-hour network TV window for the Indianapolis 500.

Alexander Rossi and Arrow McLaren are well down the road on negotiations for an extension and could be the next IndyCar Silly Season slipper to drop.

IndyCar took one of its first major risks under the in the Penske Entertainment tenure with the $1 Million Challenge. It fell well short of expectations.

Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin weren't just IndyCar teammates. They were a quirky set of on-camera best friends. That changed this offseason.

Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden, a Tennessee native, talks about how he won the prestigious race and etched his name into history books.