A NASCAR/IndyCar twin-bill at places like Texas Motor Speedway would be a winner, says former driver Tony Stewart.
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
FORT WORTH, Texas – If shared doubleheader weekends between NASCAR and INDYCAR are to become must-see TV at venues like Texas Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart says one of the sanctioning bodies will need […]
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Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden leads IndyCar into Laguna Seca this weekend. (Photos courtesy of INDYCAR)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Same as it’s ever been, the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series driver’s championship could be finished at the start of Sunday’s season-ending Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey.
Open-wheel has returned to historic WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca’s 2.258-mile/11-turn permanent […]
Non-contender Jimmie Johnson will spend the 2019 Cup Series Playoffs just trying to win a race. (RacinToday/HHP file photo by Alan Marler)
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
We may have seen the last of Jimmie Johnson in Victory Lane for at least the remainder of the 2019 season.
Currently riding an 86-race losing streak, Johnson and […]
John Force has been driving like a teen-ager in recent weeks. Can he keep doing it in the Countdown, which begins this weekend? (RacinToday/HHP file photo by Harold Hinson)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Only Funny Car icon John Force could upstage perfection.
Buoyed by a pair of milestone, late-season NHRA national event victories, Force has re-introduced […]
Track workers work to repair the catch fence at Pocono as a medical evacuation helicopter transports injured driver Robert Wickens to a hospital in 2018. (File photo courtesy of INDYCAR)
By Jonathan Ingram | Senior Writer RacinToday.com
Last week there was an outpouring of grief when two drivers died in high-profile racing crashes. This week, there’s been […]
The IndyCar Series is driving away from Pocono next year. In its place is a short oval.
By John Sturbin/Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Open-wheel racing’s return to Richmond Raceway next summer after a 10-year hiatus comes wrapped with the promise of delivering a demographic that is not necessarily so NASCAR-centric.
The 2020 NTT IndyCar Series schedule includes a return to […]
IndyCar Series points-leader Josef Newgarden warmed up for Sunday’s race in Portland by meeting with fans. (Photos courtesy of INDYCAR)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Team Penske’s Will Power continues to play spoiler in the NTT IndyCar Series championship chase, and teammate Josef Newgarden is loving it.
Power notched his second victory in three starts _ and […]
Erik Jones got a really big victory Sunday/Monday at the Southern 500 in Darlington, S.C. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Alan Marler)
By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
DARLINGTON, S.C. – Speculation has persisted throughout the year that Erik Jones’ ride at Joe Gibbs Racing might be in jeopardy for the 2020 season, but early Monday he silenced his […]
Jimmie Johnson’s hopes to earn a berth in this year’s Cup Playoffs are in big trouble. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Alan Marler)
By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
DARLINGTON, S.C. – Two races, two positions, four drivers. That is the situation facing Ryan Newman, Daniel Suarez, Clint Bowyer and seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson as they battle for […]
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is climbing back into a race car this weekend at Darlington. (RacinToday/HHP photo by Harold Hinson)
By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
DARLINGTON, S.C. – Dale Earnhardt Jr. believes the more than two decades he spent driving race cars has played a key role in the way he has processed the plane crash he […]
The podium after Saturday night’s IndyCar Series race featured the unlikely trio of Ed Carpenter, Takuma Sato and Tony Kanaan. (Photos courtesy of INDYCAR)
By John Sturbin | Senior WriterRacinToday.com
Call it “Taku’s Revenge.”
Six days after drawing relentless scrutiny for his part in an opening-lap wreck at Pocono Raceway, Takuma Sato answered and silenced his critics with […]
