Edited August 30Aug 30 by elfenix

McLaren's suit against Palou went to judgement. F1 claims were dismissed entirely, Indycar related claims (mostly missed out sponsorship deals) awarded in amount of $12 million, and attorney's fees awarded against Palou (which look like they'll be determined at a later hearing)

https://racer.com/2026/01/23/mclaren-awarded-more-than-12m-in-damages-in-palou-legal-dispute

Washington DC street race added to the calendar

Tim Cindric is shockingly returning to Team Penske. Team Penske announced that Cindric will serve as Scott McLaughlin's strategist on the No. 3 team throughout the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season, the . The organization let Cindric go after a cheating scandal in the Indianapolis 500.

This is a shocking move, as Team Penske looked into the future, hoping to get rid of the issues in the past. Team Penske has been involved with several cheating scandals in the IndyCar Series, which isn't a good look, as Roger Penske owns the series. Now, Cindric is back to work with Scott McLaughlin.

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• Team Penske @Team_Penske

The 2026 Team Penske INDYCAR strategist lineup is set.

• 9:00 PM · Jan 29, 2026

https://motorsportswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/nascar/2026/01/31/tim-cindric-returns-team-penske-2026-indycar-season/88433346007/

On 1/30/2026 at 11:51 AM, Bill Brasky said:

Washington DC street race added to the calendar

that's going to be a very busy august.

St. Petersburg starting in a few minutes on FOX.

If you're watching on DVR, you're probably not checking this thread, but on the off chance that it can help someone, go ahead and fast forward through the first ten minutes of the broadcast so you don't have to endure Jameis Winston giving some shitass motivational speech to drivers.

Just bumped into Hinch at ORD.

is 20 wins in 99 races good? seems good.

Edited March 3Mar 3 by elfenix

or if you don't have a couple hours:

On to JerryWorld. I 'member my last IndyCar race in Texas in a football stadium parking lot. Here's hoping this weekend goes much better than that one did. Surely the safety measures will be much better, but that Houston race set a low bar. What a shitshow.

Holy shit. I just watched Rossi's full FP1 lap. The long straight is super bumpy and looks scary AF. No thanks. Got damn.

I'll be at the race this weekend. I will not be surprised at all if this parking lot race is a shitshow. Hopefully it will be an entertaining shitshow.

My kid will be there shooting pics. If you see a 6' 6", 20-something photographer with curly, dark hair, it's probably him. I ain't paying for reserved, and I don't think I'm up to all that standing on asphalt & concrete in GA. Should be a good time though. Have fun!

Edited March 14Mar 14 by wood

16 hours ago, wood said:

Holy shit. I just watched Rossi's full FP1 lap. The long straight is super bumpy and looks scary AF. No thanks. Got damn.

getting the drivers ready for sebring next week

North Texas is going to have 30 mph winds today gusting to 50 mph. Could cause chaos on this street circuit.

literally their online schedule says this was at 12:30 eastern.

They announced it moved up an hour like a day ago

LMAO. Just saw the aggy car for the first time a few minutes ago. I had no idea they were sponsoring a car - because why on earth would a University sponsor a race car?

Gotta spend that Qatar money somehow I guess.

glad they're showing this graphic for their app instead of racing.

ads every five laps seems like a lot

Why the fuck does aggy feel the need to advertise?

and more dead air. good job fox

9 minutes ago, wood said:

Why the fuck does aggy feel the need to advertise?

It is odd and seems like a big waste of money

I predict it will run out of gas on the last lap

Just now, Updawg said:

It is odd and seems like a big waste of money

I predict it will run out of gas on the last lap

Yeah, Jimmyjazz in the tell me about aggy thread said "We didn't lose. We just ran out of gas". If only that would actually happen. aggyest thing ever.

"Head down, cowboy up".

What a fucking goober.

Palou's tires must be gone.

Grosjean. That’s a surprise.

aggy car trying to cheat, of course.

2 minutes ago, Shoxthemonkey said:

Grosjean. That’s a surprise.

Yeah that's what I was thinking too. Haven't seen whose fault it was, but I'd put money on him.

good day for andretti despite the constant pit fuckups.

Just now, wood said:

aggy car trying to cheat, of course.

Yeah that's what I was thinking too. Haven't seen whose fault it was, but I'd put money on him.

camera was watching cheatin' texum aggy car so not sure we'll see it

10 hours ago, elfenix said:

camera was watching cheatin' texum aggy car so not sure we'll see it

Lol Rosenqvist's 's last lap pass was deemed illegal and he got booted down to 20th in the final result.

aggy cheats. water is wet.

Seems like the event was a tremendous success

Kinda wonder if there were some shenanigans like Jerry tying dallas cowboys suites to Indycar suites. Still, biggest merch sales outside the 500 isn't a bad place to start.

Now if only we could get fox to focus on on some of the 155 passes for position that weren't for the lead and maybe figure out how to cut down the commercials (they're actually good at broadcasting soccer so they don't need to fuck up racing so badly) we'd have a series people might enjoy watching more. Race fans have been spoiled by F1 being ad free from about the third race after ESPN acquired the rights for a player to be named later.

Wow. If Siegel really threw a block there that's some seriously bush-league bullshit. That could have been very, very bad.

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Yesterday, I had pointed out that Graham Rahal had the front right red tire all scuffed up, likely meaning contact of some kind (wall or with a driver)

I went back and found it during the second stint. Very lucky that Rahal and Siegel did not have a major accident here

#INDYCAR

• 4:49 PM · Mar 16, 2026

Thanks for keeping this thread up to date, @elfenix. I'll be at Long Beach and Portland this year.

Not everybody's thing, but nice to see a caution-free race. I was half expecting a caution the last five laps.

Shame Palou never got a serious chance at a McLaren F1 seat. Dude is just a machine. Sure, an advantageous pit box doesn't hurt but at worst he was going to be second and he's so much better on the black tires he'd have had a great shot at passing Rosenqvist.

Edited April 21Apr 21 by elfenix

On 4/19/2026 at 4:59 PM, Prepuce of Doom said:

On that note ... Oh my. Oof. no cr

IndyCar Launches, Deletes Offensive “One Race” T-Shirt From Its Online Store https://www.motortrend.com/news/indycar-offensive-shirt-controversy

Wow. What fucking morons.

1 hour ago, wood said:

On that note ... Oh my. Oof. no cr

IndyCar Launches, Deletes Offensive “One Race” T-Shirt From Its Online Store https://www.motortrend.com/news/indycar-offensive-shirt-controversy

What an unlucky "coincidence" that the race suit was entirely white.

On 5/7/2026 at 9:37 PM, wood said:

On that note ... Oh my. Oof. no cr

IndyCar Launches, Deletes Offensive “One Race” T-Shirt From Its Online Store https://www.motortrend.com/news/indycar-offensive-shirt-controversy

front row palou and o'ward, rosenqvist, lundgaard, malukas, and foster behind.

zak brown has had 3 of the top 5 under contract at one point or another.

lol race control