Just when you think you know the driver lineup at Arrow McLaren, you find out that you still don’t. I don’t know how many were surprised by yesterday’s news that Christian Lundgaard will be replacing Alexander Rossi in the No. 7 cat next season – but I was shocked!
The Revolving Door is Getting Crowded
Posted in IndyCar on July 3, 2024 by OilpressureWhere the Points Race Goes From Here
Posted in IndyCar on July 1, 2024 by Oilpressure
We are pretty much at the halfway point in the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series season. With Thermal being a non-points race for this season, I don’t really count it – but some do. If you are like me and don’t count it, we have completed eight races of a seventeen-race season. If you do count it, we are nine races into an eighteen-race season. Either way, we are about halfway through the season.
Having to Pick Their Poison
Posted in IndyCar on June 28, 2024 by Oilpressure
Many fans and drivers were upset when IndyCar withheld from throwing the yellow flag when Marcus Armstrong spun late in the race. Josef Newgarden had not pitted yet, or was in the Danger Zone – as Townsend Bell likes to put it. Had the yellow come out the instant that Armstrong spun, Newgarden would’ve pitted and rejoined the field probably around fifteenth-place. Since the caution was withheld until everyone had hit pit lane – Newgarden was able to blend in in second-place.
It All Started With a Bike Ride
Posted in IndyCar on June 26, 2024 by Oilpressure
As I promised a week ago, I am going to catch up on all of the news I missed when we went on vacation the week after Road America. Last Wednesday, I gave my opinion (for whatever that’s worth) on the new TV deal with FOX, as well as my thoughts on the 2025 schedule.
Random Thoughts on Laguna Seca
Posted in IndyCar on June 24, 2024 by Oilpressure
Do you remember when the NTT IndyCar Series race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca was a bit of a snoozer? It appears those days are gone. I wouldn’t say that yesterday’s race was a racing clinic, but it was a lot more entertaining than some of the races I’ve seen there over the years.
Laguna Seca Preview
Posted in IndyCar on June 21, 2024 by Oilpressure
The NTT IndyCar Series makes its way to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend. Since Laguna Seca made its way back on the IndyCar schedule in 2019 for the first time since 2004, it has served as the season finale. That was also the case throughout the 80s and early 90s, before Fontana replaced it as the season finale in 1997, when Laguna Seca became the penultimate race of the season. After that, Laguna started bouncing around the schedule, until it was moved to June for the 2002 season. After 2004, it was gone.
What a Week to Take Off!
Posted in IndyCar on June 19, 2024 by Oilpressure
After posting about the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America last Monday, I took off for a week so that we could enjoy our vacation in Northern Michigan. I really enjoyed the time away, but I’m not sure I could’ve picked a busier time in the IndyCar world to take off. So much has happened since last Monday (including yesterday’s unexpected termination of Theo Pourchaire from Arrow McLaren), that I will have to limit this to only two topics that are fairly old news now. Others will have to wait until next week for me to comment on.
Oilpressure 