David Malsher-Lopez

A third seat at Dale Coyne Racing has become the focus of attention for three Indy 500 hopefuls as the field for the 104th running edges towards the traditional 33-car figure.

A.J. Foyt, the first and one of only three four-time winners of the Indianapolis 500, says he’s sad the race is going to be held behind closed doors, but believes it was the right decision in the circumstances.

For the first time in history, the Indianapolis 500 will be held behind closed doors, as the COVID-19 pandemic trends deteriorate in Marion County and across Indiana.

Townsend Bell says it was a relief to add to the Lexus RC F’s win tally after a final lap in which he lost and then regained the lead of the GT Daytona class in the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Helio Castroneves says that he is targeting a full-time ride in the NTT IndyCar Series next season but that he expects this month’s Indianapolis 500 will be his final drive for Team Penske in open-wheel racing.

Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor were left exhilarated and relieved at finally nailing their first ever Road America wins in IMSA competition after a shunt for their primary rivals on the penultimate lap.

A heavy downpour that caused several accidents and triggered a race stoppage could not prevent Helio Castroneves from driving the Acura Team Penske car he shares with Ricky Taylor to a first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship victory in over two years at Road America.

The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship has altered its calendar in light of revised COVID-19 guidelines, with both the Six Hours of Watkins Glen and the GT-only Lime Rock event being replaced.

Ricky Taylor went three tenths faster than teammate Dane Cameron to lock out the front row for Acura Team Penske for the fourth round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road America.

Next week’s NTT IndyCar Series double-header at Mid-Ohio has been postponed due to ongoing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic which is still surging in several areas of the USA.

McLaren CEO Zak Brown says Fernando Alonso’s Indianapolis 500 chances – and those of the whole Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet team –have improved hugely in 2020, after last year’s failure to qualify.

Dane Cameron emerged 0.165sec faster than his Acura Team Penske teammate Ricky Taylor in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s second practice session at Road America, and more than half a second clear of the next fastest car.

After a difficult couple of races since the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season restarted, Ricky Taylor and Dane Cameron put the Acura Team Penske ARX-05s at the top of the field in opening practice at Road America.

Sam Schmidt says that Patricio O’Ward and Oliver Askew have performed better than expected for Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet considering their level of experience and the lack of in-season testing for IndyCar drivers.

John Force has announced that his hugely successful eponymous NHRA team will “remain parked for the 2020 season in order to come back at championship caliber.”

AIM Vasser Sullivan aces Jack Hawksworth and Aaron Telitz explain the fundamental reasons for their GT Daytona-class success since the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship restarted.

Conor Daly’s #47 U.S. Air Force ECR-Chevrolet for the Indy 500 will be run by Cole Pearn, the crew-chief who helped turn Martin Truex and Furniture Row Racing into one of the most formidable combinations in NASCAR Cup.

Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson drove a Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda for over 120 laps of Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course, leaving himself overwhelmed with enthusiasm and impressing the team’s managing director Mike Hull and five-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon.

Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor are optimistic that a C8.R can score the new car’s third consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship win at Road America this weekend, but they expect a stronger challenge from BMW following the latest Balance of Performance changes.

Team co-owner Sam Schmidt says he’s been impressed with the way Penske Entertainment has led the NTT IndyCar Series through the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, following the latest revisions to the 2020 schedule.

The unusual qualifying process introduced by IndyCar for its double-header at Iowa Speedway will again be adopted for its races at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway next month, in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500.

Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course will open its gates to spectators on a limited basis for the NTT IndyCar Series’ Honda Indy 200, but the venue’s grandstands, paddock and pits will remain closed.

The NTT IndyCar Series will not compete at either Portland International Raceway nor WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in 2020, and is going to run double-headers at Mid-Ohio, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's road course.

The NTT IndyCar Series’ next race event, to be held at Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course in two weeks, will be a double-header, with the extra round effectively replacing this year's Grand Prix of Portland.