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Qualifying for rounds 3 and 4 of the 2026 Indy NXT season has been completed at Barber, view the full results here. In the only practice session on Friday, Myles Rowe was fastest, 0.001s quicker than Juan Manuel Correa. Championship leader Max Taylor was down in P6. Group 1 On an out lap, Niels Koolen…
It’s time to go on track for the first time this weekend as IndyCar 2026 gets ready for the Barber racing weekend with Practice 1! Latest race winner Kyle Kirkwood leads the championship winner following a commanding performance in Arlington, with Palou and Newgarden close behind. IndyCar drivers go green in Barber for Practice 1!…
Practice 1 at Barber for round 4 of the 2026 IndyCar season has been completed, view the full results here. At the turn 5 hairpin, Alex Rossi stopped in the run-off as ECR diagnosed a fuel pressure problem with his #20 car. A red flag was required. Before that, Mick Schumacher had a pretty big…
The only 2026 Indy NXT practice session of the weekend at Barber has been completed, view the full results here. Andretti driver Max Taylor went into the weekend as championship leader following a brilliant win at Arlington. He holds a 10-point lead for Nikita Johnson who won at St. Pete. Tymek Kucharczyk completes the top…
Ed Carpenter Racing (ECR) have announced that Hunter McElrea will become the team’s reserve driver for the remainder of the 2026 IndyCar season. The New Zealander has a strong pedigree. After finishing P4 in the 2022 Indy Lights championship, he went even better in 2023 as he finished 2nd in points to Christian Rasmussen when…
Most drivers remember their first win more vividly than anything else. For Linus Lundqvist, it came in a go-kart in 2010, and it set the tone for everything that followed. Speaking exclusively to Pit Debrief, the Swedish driver is direct about what has driven him ever since. “Don’t get me wrong, I love what I…
It’s been an IndyCar season of ups and downs so far for Andretti Global’s Will Power. However, hope is on the horizon for the Aussie as the grid heads to Barber Motorsports Park, a favorite track for the No. 26 pilot. Ahead of the race weekend, Will Power spoke to Pit Debrief and other media…
The first two races of the 2026 IndyCar season for Will Power were anything but easy. The Australian entered the year with Andretti Global — a new team, a new environment, and a new challenge. The transition proved difficult early on, with incidents at both St. Pete and Phoenix disrupting his start to the season….
Following intense on track action with Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood and Will Power, Alex Palou stood second on the podium at the end of the inaugural IndyCar race in Arlington on Sunday. The Spaniard is also now 2nd in the overall standings, sitting 26 points behind the Florida native. Speaking to Pit Debrief and other…
On Sunday at the 2026 Grand Prix of Arlington, Kyle Kirkwood produced a masterclass to take his sixth victory in IndyCar. Five of them have now come on street tracks. It also meant he was the inaugural winner of this race. The winning move by Kyle Kirkwood in the 2026 Arlington IndyCar race Starting P7…
