Doc Austin
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Good to see RHR in a top drive again.
2026 IndyCar News / Misc.
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FLRacingFan
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RLL are taking some big swings at leadership and engineering personnel as well. Could be a big bounce back year for the team.
Mick, at the very least, should draw a lot of international eyeballs to the series. Has the potential to grow the brand quite a bit if he pans out.
Mick, at the very least, should draw a lot of international eyeballs to the series. Has the potential to grow the brand quite a bit if he pans out.
Doc Austin
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I don't think Mick got a fair chance at Haas. Hopefully he can make something out of this.
donthaveanickname
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donthaveanickname
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He's the first German driver in IRL/ICS history if I'm not mistaken. The last one to make a start was Lucas Luhr in 2013.
FLRacingFan
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More and more I’m seeing “veteran” to describe someone with two or more years of experience in something.
Germans have been exceedingly rare in AOWR history. Timo Glock did the full 2005 Champ Car season but obviously didn’t get to run the 500.
Doc Austin
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Mic will be ok. The Hass was such a pig he couldn't do anything with it.
Mic is a F2 and F3 champion, so it's not like he's slow or anything. He just never got a fair shake.
Mic is a F2 and F3 champion, so it's not like he's slow or anything. He just never got a fair shake.
FLRacingFan
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Sting Ray Robb was formally confirmed for another year with JHR. It still remains to be seen whether PREMA are a going concern, as rumors have been swirling around them since May and latest rumblings are they have an offer on the table to sell. Until then, both Ilott and Shwartzman are under contract for 2026. The final open seat at DCR has a few different players involved, including but not limited to Grosjean, Daly, and Lundqvist.
FLRacingFan
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Ray Evernham and Raj Nair have been voted in by the team owners, and Ronan Morgan appointed by the FIA, to fill out the three-person board.
FLRacingFan
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There appear to be minimal conflicts with NASCAR in this season’s TV schedule. Portland will conflict with the Cup race at Iowa, the Indy GP against O’Reilly at Watkins Glen, and Nashville against Cup at North Wilkesboro - but Nashville will have the huge benefit of a lead-in from the World Cup Final.
St. Pete will lead in to Cup at COTA once again, and Kansas Cup will lead in to Long Beach. Spain-Saudi Arabia WC match also leads into Road America.
Should all set up pretty well for viewership.
St. Pete will lead in to Cup at COTA once again, and Kansas Cup will lead in to Long Beach. Spain-Saudi Arabia WC match also leads into Road America.
Should all set up pretty well for viewership.
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I hope he settles in nicely in Indycar.
When he crashed and broke 2 Haas cars in two in 2022 (his 2nd year),
I knew his time was nearing an end with the team. He did, however, go
on to have a couple top ten finishes that year.
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Sorry, that crap with the eagle flying beside the helicopter sent me to the 'Stop/Pause' button.
FLRacingFan
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When this first got mentioned late last season as something FOX wanted to do it seemed very unlikely, and it seems even more so now with only six or seven months away from when it would theoretically happen. Sure, USDOT may be pushing for it, but the logistical hurdles with such a short lead time and the schedule published seem almost impossible to overcome and it would need Congressional approval for all of the sponsors to be able to appear.
Am I the only one who doesn't like the idea of using the White House, DC roads, etc. as venues for profit-making media companies?
Shh our posts will get moved to the podium if we talk about that
Doc Austin
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I can't see it as any different from the streets of St. Pete, Detroit, Long beach, etc. It's just another dumb street race.
Valid point, but I haven't heard of the city of Washington actively interested in supporting a race like those others do.
Doc Austin
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Like has been said, it's probably too late for this year.