Endurance racing is when cars race for a long time instead of a short dash. Teams have to manage things like tires and fuel and usually rotate drivers.
GTP is a racing class for purpose-built prototype race cars in IMSA. It’s one of the main categories that competes for overall victory at endurance events.
The IR28 is a new race car built for IndyCar competition by Dallara. Teams test it to learn how it drives and how well it performs before races. It’s discussed because the results can show what to expect from the new car.
In racing development, a car’s “first lap” refers to the initial on-track run where the prototype completes its first circuit. It’s a key milestone that confirms the car can operate safely and reliably under real track conditions.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) is the major IndyCar oval venue in Indianapolis, Indiana, best known for hosting the Indianapolis 500. In this segment, it’s referenced as the logical nearby location for early testing of the new IndyCar platform.
Sebring is a famous race track in Florida. They mention it as another possible place to test, but say IMS is a better choice for the first run.
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indy racing 28 r28
The Indy Racing 28 (R28) is the new IndyCar race car platform they’re building. They’re doing early testing to make sure it works properly—like steering, acceleration, and key systems—before they build more for future racing.
Validation testing is when engineers make sure a new race car actually works the way it’s supposed to. They’re checking that systems behave correctly, not trying to set the fastest lap.
Electronics are the car’s computer-controlled systems and sensors. During testing, they make sure everything is working right so the car behaves as intended.
Interference means parts are getting in each other’s way or touching when they shouldn’t. They check for it so nothing breaks or causes unsafe behavior during operation.
Chafing is when parts rub against each other and wear down over time. Engineers check for it early because it can damage wires or hoses and cause problems later.
The DW12 is an IndyCar race car design that’s been used for a long time. Over the years, it has had different versions and updates. It comes up because people use it as a baseline when talking about what’s changing next.
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DW 12
The “DW 12” is IndyCar’s race car platform that teams have been using for years. The host is saying it’s changed a lot over time, even though people still call it by the same name.
“Silly season” is the time in racing when drivers are changing teams and there are lots of rumors. It’s basically the contract-and-transfer news period.
They’re talking about what IndyCar’s race schedule might look like in 2027. The idea is that it could be pretty similar to this year, with some uncertainty on certain dates.
SMI is a company that owns race tracks. Here, they’re mentioned as the group that controls the track and wants to move or bring an event back to a different location.
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World Cup final
They’re pointing to the World Cup final as a reason the IndyCar weekend didn’t draw as many people as usual. Between the big event, weather, and delays, it’s hard to judge how healthy the crowd really was.
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IndyCar track owner and the promoter
The people who own the track and the people who promote the event are the ones who decide if the race should continue. They’re the ones weighing whether the turnout and conditions make it worth keeping.
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two or three year extension
This means extending the deal for hosting the event for a couple more years. They’re saying DC asked for a longer extension, but Penske opted to start with the first part and then decide later.
Roger Penske is a well-known racing team and event leader. Here, he’s the one making the call on whether to extend a deal for hosting an IndyCar event in Washington, DC.
An “international race” here means an IndyCar event held outside the series’ usual North American footprint. The host discusses how travel history, scheduling, and venue choices (including road courses and street races) could make it possible in future seasons.
An oval is a track shape used for a lot of oval racing, with long sweeping turns. “1.33 mile” tells you how long the lap is, which changes how the car is tuned and how tires are managed.
“Ovals” are oval-shaped race tracks where cars keep going fast for long stretches. Driving well on ovals is different from road courses, so teams pay attention to oval experience.
A “charter” in IndyCar is basically a team’s guaranteed spot/entry arrangement. Selling one means changing the team’s business setup so they may run fewer cars.
A “two-car team” means they run two cars in the race series. The idea is that fewer cars can change how the team spends time and money, which may or may not make them faster.
A “third car” means the team is running an extra car in the series. More cars can spread resources out, while fewer cars can let the team concentrate on the remaining entries.
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number 14
“Number 14” is the car number used in IndyCar. When someone says it, they’re usually pointing to the specific car/entry they’re talking about.
“Downsizing” here means the team is running fewer cars than before. With fewer cars, the team can focus more effort and people on the cars that remain.
The “engineering crew” is the team of technical people who help set up the car and improve it over the season. If that group changes, the car’s performance can change too.
They’re talking about where Stingray could race next if he doesn’t stay in IndyCar. The discussion is basically about finding the right team and series for his career.
LMP2 is a class of race cars used in endurance racing. It’s for prototype cars, and the races are usually longer and more about strategy than a typical open-wheel sprint.
GT means race cars that are based on regular production cars. They’re not prototype cars, and they often race in endurance events with their own class rules.
“Seagull” sounds like a nickname for a car or racing project someone is talking about. The episode mentions it as something that’s been rumored, but it doesn’t give enough details to say exactly what it is. The discussion is likely about what might be coming next.
A “paying driver” is a driver who helps pay for their ride—usually through sponsorship money. Teams sometimes need that funding to keep the car(s) on track.
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Japanese Super Formula
Japanese Super Formula is a major open-wheel race series in Japan. The host is using it to show the driver is competing at a high level.
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What's happening y'all we are going to dive into a bunch of things here a lot to catch
you up on since I got home from Nashville.
Gonna open though we'll quick note here about this weekend in good old road America Imsa
and the return of endurance racing and just saying if you've been a fan of sports cars
for a long time you just love retro liveries gonna be a real reason to get to Elkhart
Lake for this weekend gonna be some awesome throwbacks here in GTP from one brand waiting
for them to announce that here Monday Tuesday Wednesday whenever you might be seeing this
hopefully it'll be out by then another manufacturer I think is gonna have a movie tie in so that
will be a cool thing if you get a chance if you're in the Midwest you just love the place
you're gonna want to get there get some photos get some videos a really cool like you're
not gonna want to miss this one so heading out for that on Wednesday then rest of the
week could be really interesting as well so I wrote in Nashville is hearing from throughout
the paddock we're on the clock for testing of the brand new Dallara IR 28 and I've heard
nothing since then to tell me that that's fallen off of plan not going to happen so
at least for what I'm expecting to be happening here that I wrote about about a week ago said
that end of the month don't know if it's Friday Saturday Sunday but basically that transition
from July through August here this final weekend of the month coming up same weekend as
in said Elkhart Lake wrote America expecting for this IR 28 to turn its first lap so we'll
wait for confirmation but I have heard nothing to say it's off so and if that's going to happen
if it's going to run you would expect Indy car to unveil some something about it so just saying
I know I've been one who's doubted is this thing actually going to see the light of day
before it's meant to go racing in 2028 obviously that's going to happen just say it we could be
on the clock yell this week so just keep your eyes open be paying attention to socials if indeed
Indy car does decide to reveal this had heard they were going to reveal it leading into Nashville
and have that become a big part of the broadcast there didn't happen as we know but be ready this
thing that we didn't know if it was ever actually going to happen it does indeed sound like it's
going to turn some laps don't know exactly where yet thinking as I mentioned in the article hey
Delara is in Speedway right next to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway it would make a lot more
sense to do the maiden test there than go all the way to a seabring or some of the other venues
that have been mentioned so would say what is this test going to be well is it going to be
maximum speed no the exact opposite when this car does run for the first time the indy racing 28
r28 this is going to be just validation testing much like auto manufacturers do with their brand
new road cars we need to make sure it turns left and right it accelerates it stops the electronics
work the cooling make sure everything functions as intended that's part one separate from functioning
as intended does everything work are there is there any interference is there anything that
is moving around more than desired is there something chafing somewhere something need
to be stronger so it's not just to make sure and validate it all works it's actually validating
everything is good good being very different from just simply working and they're hoping obviously
100 by off everything's great go into manufacturing 150 or more of these in time for the 2028 season
there will be some things that don't work as intended and need to be redesigned slightly
modified and so on that they'll come back and try out a future test but this again is not about
incredible lap times speeds etc would think this would happen on the road course that's where I
would do it for sure but so validation testing but we should get some images of this this week at
some point in time this weekend hopefully be it renderings be it something live and in motion
assuming the test does happen in and around the end of this week
will this be something where the public is invited to see it I truly don't know but
last thing just to close here be prepared but indeed if this does take this really important
step forward we can say alright DW 12 that's been around across how many presidents how many versions
of iPhones music trends have come and gone fashion trends have come and gone this thing's been around
been testing since august of 2011 truly the transition point of this current car finally
starting to head towards a finish line could indeed be happening if the validation testing
with the IR 28 goes forward as I think it might be happening here end of the week or who knows
we'll see but stay tuned there also do a separate little video just talking about the DW 12 itself
motor racing's one of its great utility tools I can't think of a single open wheel car ever
but has gone through more evolutions I don't know if I'm lucky or if it's something you need to see
a therapist about but I've been there for all versions of it from the launch to the heck from
Randy Bernard and the iconic committee and the actual presentation of what it could be back in
2010 so I'll put together a little video just looking at this crazy car that's gone through
so many personality changes alright so that's the first thing to talk about here be on the clock
for the IR 28 could be running as soon as the end of this week next we'll talk calendar after
that we'll do some silly season items and then we'll close on just some of the amazing monies
that are being spoken about that folks might want to spend to play in indie car we'll kick off with
calendar here wrote a story or two this week past week on racer.com talking about 2027 schedule
I think it's going to be pretty darn similar to what we have had this year Bud Denker Roger
Penske's number two at Penske Corporation he is the chairman of the Detroit Grand Prix for Roger
the Washington DC he's really truly one of the long-standing top most people when it comes to
events for Roger spoke with Bud and said hey we're going to be 17 races next year not 18 this year
with Washington being the late ad took it up to 18 but going to be 17 that's the traditional
number we've been at been hearing in the paddock that there's been a plan a desire between Penske
Entertainment and Fox Sports with Fox really being mentioned as the driver behind this to try and
add international events to extend the calendar 2028 really being the most likely scenario where
that would start I'll come back to that in just a moment but spoke at link with Bud not expecting
any major changes to this upcoming calendar did point out that hey a lot of the first 33% or so
the season is already known a lot of those dates I mentioned in the article question marks though
Nashville going to return there don't know need to see if that is something where indie car wants
to do it Speedway Motorsports SMI the track owners want to do it Scott Bortchetta spoke with Scott
here I think on Friday I'll get a story up on racer shortly if he's interested in doing it I know
that speaking to Bud speaking to Scott huge desire to bring this Nashville race back to actual
downtown Nashville proper that's a couple years away from being possible though both Bud confirming
and Scott confirming it's all about the new Tennessee Titans stadium but actually not the
building of the new but the tearing down of the old having to wait for all of that to happen before
they could even consider moving from Nashville Speedway back to this downtown plan which was
hatched but didn't actually come to fruition 2029 is really been painted as the earliest that could
happen so it just does lead to the question of with all the unfortunate things that happened here
World Cup final the bad weather the things running late thing going on Monday and barely anybody there
on Monday to watch thank you for tuning up again those are some y'all are some real folks who showed
up for that but even on the Sunday before things got bad it did not look like the facility was
overly burdened with people so the last two were decent crowd wise at least just didn't look like
it was going to be super strong now it was a million degrees there's a lot of reasons why
folks might not have wanted to turn up but regardless is it healthy enough to keep going
with what looked like a pretty soft crowd before the bad weather before the world final delay
before all of that that's a question IndyCar track owner and the promoter have to resolve
Portland's a question is that going to be continuing just waiting to find out is it
something that they want to do a couple other items like this but also mentioned something he
told me about back in June that he'd been asked by the president mayor of DC as well
hey would you do a two or three year an extension here but basically we bake in return here to
Washington DC but and Roger Penske said let's just do the first one and then we will we'll
see if we want to continue I don't know if that's the case if they will want to there was some energy
to do that when Bud and I spoke about it in June I don't know if I heard the same energy right now
keep in mind getting closer to the events of the burnout is certainly getting more and more real but
got those things to consider been hearing that if Washington DC does not return next year Richmond
the oval there could be a replacement to stay in the general region spoke with bud and said no
we're would love to go back to Richmond it's just not part of the 2027 calendar so don't expect much
different than what we have now a couple of events to resolve before things will get truly locked down
but also said probably going to be releasing things in phases in terms of the calendar so
compared to the normal here's everything all at once we'll see what any card decides to do
I know it gets frustrating for some of y'all uh needing wanting to know wanting to book things
trying to schedule paid time off in advance so I feel your frustration here
to borrow a phrase from our our good pal Juan Montoya unfortunately it is what it is so it
doesn't look like we're going to get the full thing spelled out all at once and I don't have
an exact timing for when this is going to start rolling out from IndyCar so we've got that to
get through coming back to the international expansion had heard some things it feels like
they've been in development and some things have maybe been proposed and then fallen off
what I'd heard in and around Nashville was hey we want to extend the season could we do one or two
international races before the start of the championship season so is that February somewhere
have to be in a warm climate and then maybe extend into September October with one or two
international events and speaking with Mark Miles who's really been the person in charge of the
international component said yeah probably not so much the things that we're looking at
is can we do something that is full championship not the previous model that we've heard the
non championship go somewhere and just basically put on a race and say that we're doing more races
but actually if we do go to the places have heard floated uh that's being Australia that being
Brazil Columbia Spain is in there as well haven't heard anything about Mexico I think that ship
has sailed to the most part but a number of interesting potential places for IndyCar to go
Mark said if we were to do this probably be one to start and then we do indeed want this to be
within the championship calendar so full points paying so like IndyCar used to do like we used to
your annual season was not all in North America ish could go to Mexico obviously
Canada but like not just regional but indeed you are accustomed to getting on a plane to go to
Australia to go to Japan wherever this is a thing that hasn't been done for a while
so I get that 12 years 13 years last time went anywhere outside real distance wise went to Brazil
but that's the plan that uh he confirmed there they're looking at right now
another thing that I'm aware of from those conversations if a lot of things were to come
together in a short amount of time and in a positive manner the possibility of an international
race in 2027 on a road course that could be possible anything international that would
be a street race not a chance by 27 it would have to be 28 29 and so on so these are things that I
was made aware of the element about Spain I thought was really interesting in Catalonia the Barcelona
track reigning champion Alex Polo from Barcelona that is his home the concept of an IndyCar race
there formula ones race there for a really long time they're now doing a bit of an alternating
thing with a new track a street race in Madrid so timing wise be very interesting to see if IndyCar
the circuit there Catalonia if they wanted to do some sort of call it the Alex Polo Grand Prix
that would be a really interesting thing interesting reason to travel abroad knowing
how much that Alex is doing here in the States to go back home and have a race held there really
centered around him so a lot of interesting things in the works potentially happening
we will see what is real or not real on the international side can't wait to see what those
17 races happen to be for 2027 let's close on silly season the freaking season of silliness that
will never end cover off a couple things that have touched on before but it's it's worth doing a little
bit of a catch up here know that in a number of the silly season items that I've written of late
again all on racer.com looking kind of sort of from the top AJ Foyt Racing had mentioned that Santino
Ferrucci really under the gun to deliver some big things here to close the season do not underestimate
how serious that is same thing I wrote a couple weeks ago I've only heard it it's staying the same
so Santino in a place where the team is expecting to see some feature results here we're heading
here soon to Portland where the kid was on pole not so long ago know that he's obviously an oval
specialist but road and streets are also places where he is expected to perform so rooting for
him to do well and to hold on to that seat just saying as well a lot of folks know that's a prime
seat to try and get into we'll have to see how that plays out for him Kyle Collette nothing
really new to offer there other than did hear from a team owner or two or in the in the old
business of shopping for drivers and who've expressed serious interest in Kyle came away from
Nashville with kind of a oh man timing of that poop in the bed really early in the race Dennis
Hauger also having issues there as well have heard really for those two rookies doing well big
promise drawing interest both as free agents heard from two team owners saying oh boy doesn't mean
we aren't still interested but this was going to be an important one team owners tend to know the
kids coming out of f2 or indian xt really good on road and streets that's an expectation where are
you on ovals though that's a bit of the unicorn thing if we can find someone who rocks on ovals
well that's going to push you really closer to the top of our shopping list we've seen for sure
from Kyle being an indie be it a gateway etc this kid rocks on ovals but the finish that
demonstrates that who cares if you can go like heck and then crash or have some other adversity
get to the finish line knowing that Kyle crashed and early and it wasn't good dampen some enthusiasm
for him same for Hauger going to be watching and to see how they do at Milwaukee but that's
something to note for sure so of the two Kyle certainly drawing interest Dennis still drawing
interest but we'll we'll see if the mutual setbacks at Nashville actually drop them down at all on
some of those short lists Christian Lungard remains the number one free agent some interesting
possibilities there we've spoken about but i will add one new item here which uh interesting you just
you listen and learn so obviously chip ganassi racing would be the prime spot for him to go
the next best would be Meyer shank racing right that's obviously with the ganassi affiliate there
Felix Rosenkvist who's leaving would just say that within the Meyer shank racing team i've learned
that Christians not someone that they are pursuing not saying they haven't spoken to him i don't know
or wouldn't want to have a conversation but he and Marcus Armstrong Marcus who's been appointed
their new lead driver we're teammates in formula two and i don't know if they're friendly today
in any car i just know that as a tandem i'm told it really didn't work and so a reunion there i
understand it's just something that is not really of interest so unless there were to be some sort of
drastic change of heart don't see Meyer shank racing as a potential destination for Christians so that
does leave chip ganassi racing is the clear p1 would a aj foyte assuming this pensky technical
alliance not just continues next year but has a longer runway could that be a place for him
potentially let's come back to the thing we know about aj foyte racing though if you're
going to be their lead driver you have to be a monster on ovals that's the new aesthetic the
new real need that they have i know that not every driver they've had as a lead has fit that but for
the most part as tight as budgets are we know that big oval performances are something they're
having to sell against in particular the indy 500 so would christian fit that right away i don't
know if that's the case but if by chance they wanted to get the kid in the team and know that they
could become extraordinarily competitive everywhere else that would make some sense but the oval parts
where i go i don't know if this is the right place for him and them in this moment after that
it's all shades of stepping down from where he's currently at with aro mclaren hunkos haulinger
racing if all the things they're trying to do ownership change new investment and so on if
they're in the place to hire for sure christian would be someone they would want to look at but
just saying anywhere else if it's not a chip ganassi racing not believing that myers shank is
really looking at christian after that if it ain't ganassi i'm not loving where the kid falls to
because he is certainly capable of delivering at the highest level at most of the tracks on the
calendar so watching to see where he lands mix shoe mockers the one who really is coming out of
nashville with a new big burst of energy finishing eighth there led the ray hall team
effectively throughout the event and here we go lifelong road racer someone whose expertise is
road racing and street racing and what's their best result an indy car of course it's on a freaking
1.33 mile oval in lebanon tech tennessee uh just wild but that only helped his case coming back
to that hey you're a rookie we know you can do roads and streets but what about ovals
this really got some folks to perk up and go aha all right this is something to work with so
heard that mic has had one or more meetings with some interested teams couldn't tell you
whether that was mid ohio nashville etc but i do know i looked now with his result here
and say huh of the potential vacant seeds knowing that he has or is said to have a very
significant sponsor is this something where if he can do a little bit more on another oval at
milwaukee hopefully you have a good clear rotor street to show yeah i'm still all good there
does that open a door to a foite does a myershank racing which is definitely always on the lookout
for drivers with a little bit of a higher profile they have a lot of sponsors they definitely
are looking for folks who are going to get more notoriety could mick be a really good fit at a
myershank racing i would suggest that is something to just keep your eye on here after that again
there are a couple of options that would be interesting i don't think chip ganassi racing
would be looking in that direction right away but would say for sure nashville mick he seemed to come
out as the big winner there love to see where the kid's going to end up i'm feeling far more
confident in him staying in indycar after nashville knowing that for what we spoke about here not too
long ago about rll downsizing to two cars selling their charter all that's been confirmed we've already
covered off all that a week or more ago but looking to the rll side let's stay there for a moment
so they're downsizing to two cars because they feeling they're rightfully correct in this this
third car has not been additive financially or competitively it's actually been a little bit of
a drain an anchor pulling us back so does trimming that third car magically make the team better
it does not it's a bit like releasing the brakes but it doesn't necessarily accelerate
the team it's not a mashing of the throttle to great and vast improvement this is why i'm not
totally sure they're done making changes know that that car is going away going to be a two car team
great graham ray hall i believe has another year in his contract he'll be there for as long as he
wants louis fosters the one that i've got my eye on i know that he signed a multi-year deal last year
so there's that part knowing the state of drivers staying with teams that don't want them or drivers
leaving teams they no longer want to be at even if they have a contract we just say that we're
watching santino and to see how he performs to hopefully get another extension from foight to
stay in that number 14 chevy got my eye on this rll team they know just simply cutting that third
car is not going to propel them ahead of a couple of other teams and vying for championships there's
a lot more that needs to be improved is there still some adjustments changes that could be happening
on the driver side engineering side the positive is with the downsizing that effectively gives a
three car team now a two car team in 2027 three crews worth of talent to pick from second car
i would even say graham's car the lead car should certainly be the beneficiary of those on that third
car that will be going away assuming they want to stay i think you're going to see some folks
shuffled around on the two remaining cars pulling over the highest talent members mechanics engineers
and so on so it'll help the team in that regard but there's still so much more to do so keeping an
eye some big additional changes engineering crew wise at rll here heading into 2027 could there be
a case with the second car their second year driver louis foster if the rest of the season is as
anonymous as the first half of the season's been i'm going to be watchful for what's happening there
will said many times and this is also very true he's not necessarily paired with the greatest
engineering group that i've seen on that entry cannot by any means put all this the lack of
great standout drives on repeated basis strictly at louis feet but i would say for sure kids under
the microscope so keep your eye there still plenty of movement here to happen so far in the silly
season will say farewell on this i realize some of these drivers i'm about to mention get mocked
or aren't looked at as serious look at a stingray rob he's known to be shopping 15 million dollars
to remain in the indycar series never heard of a budget that big before offered by any driver to
compete in the series by a seat i don't know if he's going to be successful i don't think he will
if there is a team that does agree to take that money then that tells you obviously
where they're at and what they need from a finance standpoint but i'm finding a harder time
picking out exactly where stingray would be able to continue his journey but just think about that
y'all 15 million dollars for a single season of indycar what does that say about the folks around
stingray those who support him who believe in him they know his record they know that he is not
going to be burdening folks with running towards the front they know more often than not he's probably
going to be back half the field if not the back half of but he loves this enough
they believe in him enough to assemble fifth rumored 15 million dollar offer unlike anything
i've seen but i would also say how amazing that's the big takeaway for me imagine having enough
folks believe in you knowing that you're not destined for future championships maybe even
winning a race but they believe in you enough be it your talent to belong or just your journey or
just like you enough love you enough as a human being to say we're going to put a vast sum of
money behind you to be able to continue trying to live your dream i know the other way to look at
that obviously is well gosh that's a huge waste of money understood we're always money on things so
in this case it is a bunch of folks who really do believe in stingray and are willing to put up
the biggest number i've ever heard in indycar before don't know if it's going to pan out for him
do i think we're going to be seeing stingray and imsa next year lmp2 gt datona something like that
more likely not for sure but more likely that's where he's going to be able to find a home but
wild y'all 15 million dollars for this kid to continue an indycar who will take that or who
will pass and where will we see him next other kid who falls into this category start of his career
though josh pierce and been offering i'm told a two year 25 million dollar deal 12 and a half
million a year been in india nxt for a number of years now still young does well not someone
who's routinely bothering the podium but 12 and a half million dollars a year that's an insane
amount of money as well y'all that would top effectively what anyone's currently offering
he's looking for a home i don't know where that home is found in indycar unless they allow some
teams to just run extra cars strictly for paying drivers so stingray currently at the top at 15
million josh at 12 and a half i don't know what no one seagull is able to offer just know that he's
been rumored to have brought 22 million to this air mclaren opportunity that started again roughly
halfway sorry i'm getting reclaimed halfway 2024 but call it 11 ish 10 11 million a year
it's a pretty significant number if they're able to bring anything similar to that of the
three drivers i think he ends up getting more interest i just don't know if the teams that would
be open to taking that money are ones that he would necessarily want to go to dale coin racing
he's already been there wasn't a great experience kudahunkos haulinger possibly but that's if they
end up not getting all the deals done they want and do indeed need to take a paying driver again
they want to pay two drivers of their choosing if that doesn't happen i could see something potentially
happening there aj foight racing they need someone to pay for that second car if kyle were able to
leave could that be a destination for nolan i think so he's obviously shown to be very talented
on oval so could be a bit of a fit there so plenty of other drivers we could talk about
lina's lundqvist for sure a driver that i keep forgetting to mention it's just me because i'm
dumb uh kakunoshin ota right honda factory driver competing in the japanese super formula
leading there like doing amazing came over for the month of may spent some time with takuma
at the speedway came the year before we see him in imsa with mayr shank in that gtp that
accurate gtp entry that kid wants to be here don't know if we're going to see anything like that
happened for 20 27 but i got him in the back my mind is a possibility for 28 depending on what
accurate slash honda in mayr shank racing choose to do with that third that manufacturer delara ir
28 on the chevy side continue to hear that they're looking at all kinds of options main thing that
i've heard attached to the chevy side is could the team that gets that contract be asked to apply
some funding to bring some sort of budget there hoping to learn a little bit more about that
be interested to see what happens here just for us to say farewell right now if things do go
forward this coming weekend ish timing for the ir 28 getting out heard that a couple of crew members
from each team have been asked to help support this so uh we'll see if that does pan out right
couple mechanics from each team helping to run the car would also expect just from what i've been
told in and around may that no one expected the new 20 28 higher power longer sustaining hybrid
to be in the car so would that just be a big chunk of ballast to replicate that weight very
possibly so so much here to find out about the ir 28 if that's going to get revealed this week
if that's going to test this week but soon as we find something out i'll definitely
writing about that on racer.com hitting my socials with that and if we do get images if we do get a
car to look at in some capacity i'll uh chuck that up here do some talk about that try and bring
some whatever insights that i can about the next new indy car that will indeed hopefully happen
in our lifetime all right y'all really appreciate you we'll speak to y'all here very soon
About this episode
Road America and IndyCar’s next-gen IR 28 are the early focus, with the hosts framing the IR 28’s first outing as systems validation rather than lap-time chasing. They also look ahead to IndyCar’s 2027 calendar uncertainty—Richmond’s status, phased releases, and possible international additions—plus Nashville-related scheduling and event-health questions. The back half turns to “silly season” driver-market talk: oval skill as a premium, RLL’s two-car downsizing, and the high cost of IndyCar seats as Stingray Rob’s options expand toward IMSA.
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