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With the Month of May starting a bit early with the open tests, we also get a look at the liveries that will be donned during the 2026 edition of the Indy 500. This article will provide an overview of the liveries revealed and will be updated whenever a fresh new paint scheme is announced….
Day 2 of the IndyCar Open Test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been completed as all 33 2026 Indy 500 entries took to the track. View the full results here. On Tuesday, Conor Daly was quickest ahead of Helio Castroneves as the veterans flexed their muscles inside the final hour. Running for all eligible cars…
Day 1 of the IndyCar Open Test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been completed as all 33 2026 Indy 500 entries took to the track. View the full results here. The action started with oval veterans, aka those on the 2026 grid full-time who have completed at the Indy 500 already. That lasted two hours….
In the second part of an exclusive interview with Tymek Kucharczyk, Pit Debrief spoke to the Polish driver about his difficult weekend at Macau and the lessons he took from it into the Indy NXT season. With four races completed in 2026 in Indy NXT, the 20-year-old rookie sits P3 in points behind Nikita Johnson…
The 2026 entry list for IndyCar’s most prestigious event, the Indy 500, continues to grow. View the full list here. On March 17th, Meyer Shank Racing and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced that four-time and two-time Indy 500 champions Helio Castroneves and Takuma Sato would be returning to try and make more history in 2026….
Salvador de Alba’s path to Indy NXT has not followed the most traditional route. Before joining the American open-wheel ladder, the Mexican driver built experience in other disciplines, including NASCAR Mexico. Since then, he has moved through USF Pro 2000 and Indy NXT, spent two seasons with Andretti-affiliated teams, and joined HMD Motorsports for the…
Scott Dixon, six-time IndyCar Champion, set a new record at the 2026 Long Beach Grand Prix after he finished the race in P3. Securing his 156th podium in the series means that he continues to have the most podiums of any driver in the history of IndyCar. Despite that impressive accolade, the Kiwi driver seemed…
The Independent Officiating Board (IOB) for IndyCar has confirmed that Scot Elkins will be the Managing Director of Officiating. Elkins is a very familiar name in the Motorsports world on both sides of the Atlantic. He has been involved in the racing world for over two decades now, starting in the Champ Car World Series…
Meyer Shank Racing driver Felix Rosenqvist unearthed his seventh IndyCar career pole after winning the NTT P1 Award for the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach with a lap time of 1:07.4635. In the race itself, he was perfect. However, the Swede was thrown a massive curveball in the form of a caution that…
For the eleventh time since the start of the 2025 IndyCar season, Alex Palou crossed the line as the winner — and he secured his first victory at Long Beach on Sunday. Pure joy for the Spanish IndyCar star Asked what it meant to win at the iconic Long Beach track, the Chip Ganassi Racing…
