New episode: New Track Record Podcast Fantasy
#IndyCar
winner
@NKHarden
joins to discuss attending the Indy 500, his strategy for winning the league, his IndyCar changes, where the sport will be in 5 years, and the new charter system
Nolan Siegel is 19 yrs old and has not finished above 3rd in any series he has been in.
He has a lot of learning to do.
What makes anyone think notoriously impatient McLaren is gonna ride out the Siegel struggles?
Just a weird signing.
Pruett claims this is "a sad day for
#IndyCar
."
We disagree. This is great. Scandal. Media attention. Off-track drama.
Finally, a potential villain in the series, and who better than one of the top teams and two of the series' top drivers?
Dear
#IndyCar
fans,
The most popular/attended events on your calendar aren't always the most exciting or have the best on-track racing.
Sincerely,
The Monaco Grand Prix
#F1
“We’re not going back to places like Richmond. You’ve got to get your head out of the ‘old’ us.”
A lot of insight here about
@IndyCar
’s scheduling future, including a new race for 2026 to be announced in months, if not weeks (no, it’s not Denver).
No matter your thoughts on the debut of 100 Days to Indy, just remember the show isn't for you as an
#IndyCar
fan. It's for people who aren't fans of the sport already!
If you're an
#IndyCar
fan and you're not jealous that
#NASCAR
pulled off a Chicago street race, even if it's for just one year, you're lying to yourself.
Follow us here...
@marshallpruett
mentioned a mystery road course out west as a potential
#IndyCar
destination.
Utah Motorsports Campus (formerly Miller Motorsports Park) is now owned by Chinese automaker Geely.
Geely owns Volvo &...Lotus.
Conclusion: Lotus back as 3rd OEM!
And if there were enough diehard IndyCar oval racing fans willing to pay decent money for somewhat empty days at the track, the series wouldn't have seen nearly a dozen ovals come & go over the last 10ish years.
Local blackouts are antiquated.
For a long time Bill Wirtz refused to allow Blackhawks home games on local TV. It seriously hurt interest in the franchise.
Come on
#IndyCar
it's 2024.
Remove the blackout. Ratings are important and lots of viewership given up yearly in our market. There’s nothing like the
#Indy500
live. So, come. If you can’t, let the folks watch.
We understand it'd take a lot of time and investment from a TV partner that wants to do the bare minimum, but how great would it be if these
#Indy500
practice delays were full of features, roundtables and old race highlights instead of just dead air?
#IndyCar
needs an infusion of young, dynamic and diverse personalities into its brain trust and less old dudes unwilling to recognize and embrace change.
No doubt that
@HyVee
did a phenomenal job
@iowaspeedway
this weekend.
Question going forward is, will HyVee get the return - whatever that is - it expects from the investment?
Hoping the answer is yes and this isn't a one year thing.
#IndyCar
For two guys with backgrounds in journalism/news media, the most astounding thing out of yesterday came from
@marshallpruett
mentioning in an article that motor racing teams sometimes make up fake quotes for press releases.
Like WTF.
.
@IndyCar
remains in talks with state and local leaders in Wisconsin and Milwaukee about possibly bringing a race back to Milwaukee Mile, per people familiar.
This is a reach.
He is running an entire series and track. He is not involved as much anymore in the day to day with Team Penske.
Point fingers at Cindric, not Roger.
"One rival car owner told The AP that Penske knows 'exactly how many cars he sells daily and what the tire pressure is on every one of of his global leasing trucks,' offering an analogy to how Penske couldn’t possibly have been unaware of the shenanigans."
.
@NBCSportsPR
says Sunday's
@GPLongBeach
was the 2nd-most streamed
@IndyCar
race on record (excluding the 500 & last year's Peacock-only Toronto race).
Averaged 50,000 fans watching digitally across the race.
Re:
#IndyCar
The hybrids were a priority for existing and prospective OEMs.
The charter system was a priority for the team owners.
When's the priority gonna be on the fans? (New car, epic new events, etc)
Noteworthy in this story...
By and large, Cup gets 3x the TV audience that
#IndyCar
gets.
Yet Cup receives 41x more TV money than IndyCar - 820m to 20m
Wild.
Four years into his ownership, there’s widespread agreement in racing that Roger Penske has stabilized
@IndyCar
, but a debate remains in some circles about whether the pace of growth is quick enough with rising competition and a challenging landscape.
📰:
Long Beach GP co-owner Gerald Forsythe says he has agreed to buy the remaining 50% stake owned by the late Kevin Kalkhoven's estate, and that "this is an IndyCar event, and it will be into the future."
The MVP for
#IndyCar
at Texas is
@12WillPower
.
When other ideas failed, he went to the series and suggested a run strictly to build a second lane.
It partially worked last yr with a few cars picked to run. It absolutely worked this season with the entire field.
Fans: Roger &
#IndyCar
need to find ways to grow the series and find new fans!
(Series gets every race on network and every Lights/practice/qual session on TV, exposing series like nothing in recent memory)
Also fans: This is dumb I can't just pay $5 a month to watch anymore!
"I probably shouldn't say too much about what we've done because everyone else will probably want it!"
Jamie Chadwick on what changes they've made with her car in her journey to becoming the first woman to win a race on a road or street circuit in Indy NXT 🏎️
How great is it to see
@IndyCar
back at historic Milwaukee Mile!
Don't forget to put the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250's on your calendar for Labor Day weekend!
Andretti Autosport is restructuring its IndyCar program for 2024, moving away from the model of making at least one of its entries available for hire, using funding from drivers and their sponsors
Sunset Saturday night in St. Louis set for 7:51.
Green flag at 5:25 local time.
Last 3
@WWTRaceway
#IndyCar
races
2 hours & 10 minutes
2 hours & 10 minutes
2 hours & 24 minutes
“Looking ahead to the 2024 Indy 500, the line will be updated to a solid line and will be officiated. The appropriate penalty is still being finalized.”
-30-
Some great info here from
@MotorsportBB
re: interview with 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗦:
▫️Emphasizes that 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗬𝗖𝗔𝗥 is a North American series
▫️Chance to add 1-2 races in March-April of 2026
▫️Close to adding a new street race in 2026
Link ➡️
#INDYCAR
.
@F1
: "The most significant way in which a new entrant would bring value is by being competitive. We do not believe that the Applicant, [Andretti Formula Racing, LLC], would be a competitive participant."
PREMA Racing
#IndyCar
CEO Piers Phillips to Racer:
"We are not coming here, without naming any other teams, to make up numbers, scrape in the race in the back of the grid."
We already love this guy.
"The latest [
@IndyCar
] calendar rumors have the August Indianapolis road course round being traded for the long-awaited return to the Milwaukee Mile." -
@RACERmag
Lot of NBC lovers. Interesting considering almost half the races this yr are on USA and Peacock, a pair of ratings killers.
But yeah, NBC totally values
#IndyCar
🙄
The amount of
#Indy500
promotion compared to
#IndyCar
series promotion is absurd.
All the 'X days til the 500' stuff is just noise. We don't need a reminder every 5 or 10 days...
NBC didn't even promote Barber on Sunday til towards end of broadcast.
And don't even get me started on all of the money/marketing going in on the
#Indy500
and you don't see much at all for the rest of the season. I'll always love the
#Indy500
but all of the other races need help to boost viewers.
#IndyCar
🚨NEWS🚨
@IndyCar
&
@MusicCityGP
organizers have opted to shift the 2024 season-finale from the downtown streets of Nashville to
@NashvilleSuperS
, over construction concerns surrounding the new
@Titans
stadium.
More ⬇️
.
@juncoshollinger
team principal David O’Neill said he & Brad Hollinger ultimately made the call Friday to pull Canapino from the car.
It’s unclear if he’ll remain with the team this weekend.
“This was getting worse and worse & we had to do something.”
RACER understands the Detroit GP was Conor Daly’s final race in the No. 20 Chevy and a new driver will join Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay at Road America later this month
THIS is why
#IndyCar
fans should ve jealous of the Chicago street race.
NASCAR pulled together a marquee event in the heart of the Midwest, arguably the epicenter of IndyCar, that brought in the casual viewer.
IndyCar only has one of those...the 500.