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IndyCar issues 6-position grid penalties to 3 drivers for teams’ use of unapproved engines

IndyCar has issued six-position starting grid penalties to drivers Felix Rosenqvist, Marcus Armstrong and Pietro Fittipaldi ahead of Sunday’s Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for their teams’ unapproved engine changes during last month’s test at Iowa Speedway.

Rossi cycles to the top of IndyCar free agent list. The former Indy 500 winner seeks strong landing

After years-long effort, IndyCar is ready to unveil its hybrid engine system this weekend in Ohio

Arrow McLaren to replace Rossi with Lundgaard in yet another driver lineup change for IndyCar team

Alex Palou continues mastery of Laguna Seca with pole-winning run at California road course

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O’Ward seizes lead on Palou’s pit stop woes, wins Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in debut of hybrid engine

Pato O’Ward seized the lead with 24 laps remaining as Alex Palou stalled in the pits and held on to win the Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday in the IndyCar series’ official debut of its hybrid engine.

Alex Palou embraces IndyCar hybrid engine, edges Pato O’Ward to win second straight Mid-Ohio pole

Alex Palou demonstrated his quick command of IndyCar’s new hybrid engine to nudge Pato O’Ward by 0.0024 seconds for his second consecutive pole at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Palou, Rossi manage fast laps in rain-affected practice for IndyCar’s hybrid engine at Mid-Ohio

LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Pato O’Ward and Alex Palou each felt something slightly different from their cars with the IndyCar Series new hybrid engines on Friday before weather delayed additional research for another day.

Alex Palou reclaims IndyCar championship lead with win at Laguna Seca

Two-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou reclaimed the lead in the championship standings by winning from the pole Sunday at Laguna Seca Raceway.

IndyCar heads to Laguna Seca with new faces in new cars as drivers jockey for jobs

IndyCar is back in action this weekend on the Laguna Seca road course in California and spectators may need a spotter’s guide to figure out who is even in the field following a wild sequence of driver movement that has upended the free agent market with more than half the season remaining.

Arrow McLaren makes another IndyCar driver change, signs 19-year-old Nolan Siegel to multiyear deal

Arrow McLaren has made yet another driver change by hiring 19-year-old Nolan Siegel to drive the remainder of the IndyCar season.

IndyCar moves to Fox Sports in 2025 after 16 seasons with NBC. Fox now has Daytona 500 and Indy 500

Fox Sports has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025. The move gives the network two of the biggest races in the world, the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Daytona 500.

EXPLAINER: What caused Agustín Canapino’s leave of absence from IndyCar, and how long might it last?

Argentine driver Agustín Canapino’s future in IndyCar is unclear after his team pulled him from Road America shortly before the first practice of the weekend.

Will Power wins for first time in 2 years to give Team Penske sweep of top 3 spots at Road America

Will Power ended a two-year victory drought by leading Team Penske’s domination at Road America on Sunday.

IndyCar signs multiyear extension to keep coming to Road America

Road America will remain on the IndyCar schedule for years to come. IndyCar and Road America have agreed to a multiyear extension that will keep IndyCar coming to the sprawling 14-turn, 4.014-mile course that sit on 640 acres and bills itself as “America’s National Park of Speed.”

Rookie Linus Lundqvist is the surprise pole sitter for IndyCar event at Road America

Linus Lundqvist called it one of the craziest rounds of qualifying he’d ever encountered in his racing career.

Canapino takes IndyCar leave of absence after dispute over online abuse aimed at another driver

Agustín Canapino is taking a leave of absence from IndyCar racing after he disputed Theo Pourchaire’s claim that Argentine fans had issued death threats to the rival driver this week.

David Malukas joins Meyer Shank Racing after getting dropped by Arrow McLaren following bike crash

David Malukas has joined Meyer Shank Racing just over a month after his hand injury from an offseason mountain biking crash caused him to get dropped by Arrow McLaren.

Parnelli Jones, previous oldest living Indianapolis 500 winner, dies at 90

Parnelli Jones, the 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner, died Tuesday at Torrance Memorial Medical Center after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, his son said. Jones was 90.

Scott Dixon wins record 4th Detroit Grand Prix, becoming 1st IndyCar driver to win 2 this season

Scott Dixon won a record fourth Detroit Grand Prix, outlasting the competition in a caution-filled race on Sunday to become the first IndyCar driver with two victories this season.

Josef Newgarden signs multi-year extension with Team Penske

Josef Newgarden continued a busy week Saturday with a third-place qualifying run in Detroit and a contract extension with Penske Racing.

Colton Herta wins the pole at Detroit Grand Prix ahead of Alex Palou and Josef Newgarden

Colton Herta won the 12th pole of his IndyCar career on Saturday at the Detroit Grand Prix, finishing ahead of defending champion Alex Palou and Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden.

Pato O’Ward looks to bounce back from Indy 500 heartbreaker with a winning run at Detroit Grand Prix

Pato O’Ward had tears triggered following the Indianapolis 500 after pushing the No. 5 Honda to the limits only to come up just short, getting passed two corners from the finish by Josef Newgarden.

Roger Penske tells AP cheating scandal overblown by critics because there’s ‘blood in the water’

Roger Penske is well aware his integrity has been questioned because of a cheating scandal that cost Josef Newgarden his season-opening IndyCar victory.

Tom Blomqvist benched for next 2 races following opening lap crash at Indianapolis 500

Helio Castroneves will run the next two IndyCar races in place of Tom Blomqvist, who was part of an opening lap crash that eliminated three cars at the start of the Indianapolis 500.

Ericsson’s early Indianapolis 500 exit typifies wild day full of crashes and other problems

Marcus Ericsson, the 2022 Indianapolis 500 champion and 2023 runner-up, was knocked out of Sunday’s race before completing a lap as part of a three-car crash.

Kyle Larson qualifies 10th for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte after another busy travel day

Kyle Larson qualified 10th on Saturday for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway following yet another busy day of travel between Indiana and North Carolina.

Pato O’Ward of the Arrow McLaren team goes out of his way to win over Indianapolis 500 fans

Pato O’Ward has become one of IndyCar’s biggest stars not just for the way he drives on the track but the way he carries himself away from it.

Josef Newgarden was on top of the world after winning the Indy 500. This year feels much different

Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden is the defending winner of the Indianapolis 500 and he is a favorite for Sunday’s race. A year ago, he seemed on top of the world.

Team Penske locks out Indy 500 front row qualifying as Larson makes ‘Greatest Spectacle in Racing’

Scott McLaughlin in the famed “Yellow Submarine” entry led a Team Penske sweep of the front row of Indianapolis 500 qualifying with a new track record Sunday around Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Late crash knocks Nolan Siegel out of Indianapolis 500, keeps Ericsson and Rahal in starting field

Nolan Siegel’s crash on the final qualifying attempt for the last row knocked the 19-year-old rookie out of next Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 — and kept Marcus Ericsson and Graham Rahal safely on the 33-car starting grid.

Team Penske dominates first day of Indy 500 qualifying as Ganassi and Ericsson shut out of pole

Team Penske swept three of the top four spots in Saturday qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 to give the team under so much scrutiny a solid shot at winning the pole for “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

Rinus VeeKay overcomes early crash with final flourish to make Indianapolis 500 pole shootout

Rinus VeeKay and his Ed Carpenter Racing team scrambled to repair the No. 21 Chevrolet after an early crash in Indianapolis 500 qualifying Saturday and finished with a flourish to make Sunday’s pole shootout.

After slow start to IndyCar season, Arrow McLaren tries to get back on track at Indianapolis 500

Pato O’Ward picked up his first trophy in nearly two years when he arrived at Arrow McLaren’s team lounge in Indianapolis last weekend.

Jimmie Johnson to attempt his own version of Indy 500 & NASCAR doubleheader

Jimmie Johnson will attempt his own version of “The Double” when he becomes the first driver to be part of the Indianapolis 500 broadcast team hours before he competes in NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600.