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Practice 1 for the 2026 Indy NXT Arlington round is in the books, view the full results below. Heading to a new track for every single driver on the grid, Nikita Johnson was the championship leader. The Cape Motorsports powered by ECR driver brilliantly won in St. Pete, passing Andretti’s Max Taylor on the first…
Speaking to Pit Debrief and other media outlets ahead of the inaugural IndyCar race on the streets of Arlington, Juncos Hollinger driver Rinus VeeKay revealed that Alex Palou apologised to him for their incident at Phoenix last weekend. All good between Rinus VeeKay and Alex Palou ahead of Arlington IndyCar round following crash last Saturday…
Ahead of the inaugural IndyCar Arlington Grand Prix, Pato O’Ward spoke to media at the Arrow McLaren Fan Fest, and the Mexican driver made no secret of what this weekend means to him, both personally and professionally. O’Ward moved to Texas at the age of 11, and it was in this state, at Texas Motor…
Nolan Siegel is heading into the IndyCar Arlington GP with a new special livery and hopes for “a strong weekend” after an underwhelming start to the season. Nolan Siegel revealed a special livery for the Arlington GP with SmartStop at the Arrow McLaren Fan Fest, attended by Pit Debrief. With a special livery, Siegel hopes…
Chrsitian Lundgaard heads into the inaugural IndyCar race at Arlington 7th in points, 24 adrift of current 2026 championship leader Josef Newgraden. The big talking point of last Saturday’s race at Phoenix was the contact between Christian Rasmussen and Will Power as they battled for the lead on lap 207. The Dane had worked his…
IndyCar cult hero Conor Daly returns for the 2026 Indy 500 with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing backed by Kingspan. The 34-year-old will race with the No. 23 DRR Kingspan Chevrolet car. He will be alongside DRR teammate and fellow IndyCar commentator/pundit Jack Harvey. Daly on racing back at IMS Daly returns to IndyCar to compete…
Andretti’s No. 27 driver Kyle Kirkwood starts the 2026 IndyCar season off strong with a second-place finish in Phoenix. After a career-best finish in 4th last year, he is looking to push up and onwards. Better than Gateway Kirkwood speaks on the similarities between the 2026 IndyCar Phoenix race and his race win at Gateway…
Team Penke driver, David Malukas, remained “very happy” with a P3 finish after starting at pole at IndyCar’s Phoenix Race. After the first pole position in his IndyCar career, David Malukas remains happy with a podium finish. With a variety of strategies and two lanes in play during the combined NASCAR race evolution, the 24-year-old…
Qualifying will take a new shape in the upcoming 2026 IndyCar race in Arlington, set to take place in the weekend. In fact, a new format will decide how the top six drivers will begin their Sunday outing. The first two sections of Qualifying will remain unchanged: the drivers will split into two groups, divided…
Josef Newgarden leads the IndyCar Championship after winning his first race of the season in Phoenix. The Nashville native took the championship lead after Palou led it for 29 consecutive races. In addition to leading the championship, Newgarden holds two consecutive oval-race wins, taking victory lane at Nashville in 2025. The Penske driver claimed the…
