IndyCar Leaks and Rumors

[@psychlops924]

I hope with Dallas that they go the Nashville route: street race for a year or two, can’t go back for a third year, then we discover that there’s an oval conveniently nearby that we can go to instead.

[@RollingATon]

The last races at texas motor speedway were so good, wish they would’ve just gone back there. I guess it’s still better than not having an indycar race near me

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

We already have too many street races and circuits and we don’t need more of em

[@RollingATon]

@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT I don’t like street circuits at all, but I will say the current balance of track types is good, but we really need the return of a proper big oval before the indy 500

[@precesionnoreaster1507]

I think the track balance is way out of wack, 1 big oval, an intermediate,3 short ovals, 3 street courses,8 road courses @@RollingATon

[@PaperBanjo64]

​@@RollingATonI only like St Pete, Long Beach, and Toronto street circuits

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

@@RollingATon we still don’t have enough ovals, yet.

[@thebigguy5590]

A good way to make it up to the fans for switching Texas Motor Speedway to a street course would be to go back to Michigan International Speedway. I think all would be forgiven.

[@philipk75]

Love the channel David! Been a NASCAR fan for years and decided to give IndyCar season a watch this year and thought OMG this is great! WHAT!? I’ve been missing this the whole time!?!? 😮 Really disappointed Indy season is already over. Silly, newbie question but has Indy season always been this length? 18 races? Seems short compared to Cup and F1 ya know. Would love to see more races in a season. Keep up the great work man!

[@daranchsauce]

Idk if its always been like this, but they should at least have 20. 5 short ovals 5 super speedways 5 street 5 tracks

[@joshpruitt293]

it's always been in the high teens/low 20s range, even 30-35 years ago.

[@americanpride9733]

You need to do a video explaining the teams and the drivers and their reputations respectively. I know the news has been keeping you busy but that video hitting the pipeline soonish would be awesome

[@williamflanders5592]

A year ago I would agree with you about a Dallas street race being a bad look but with Nashville and Milwaukee back I think we’re (at least for now) fine with the oval numbers. Nashville even arguably checks the superspeedway box.

[@Mortimuss]

Rossi and Ed Carpenter are boys. I knew this would eventually happen. Just didn’t think this year.

[@MattSkipperRacing]

My theory is if they got Michael Irvin shooting promo videos for Dallas, my gut is saying they're gonna do it around Jerry World.

[@patrickracer43]

Except AT&T Stadium is in Arlington, TX which is outside of Dallas, and I'm assuming that they would want to be in Dallas proper

[@GREG-SC]

Good news update. THANK YOU

[@EricWilliams-t5y]

My hope is that a race downtown helps attract a bigger crowd. While TMS is close, it’s also over an hour away by car.

[@MAL9000.]

Plottwist: Indycar uses the same layout at Dallas in F1 in the same hot conditions Grosjean during the race: The wall turned into me mate

[@jenslindblad]

KMag was offered a seat at CGR but, it was on condition that KMag bring the money, as far as I know.

[@Boswd]

The problem is the fans stopped coming to Texas Motor .. It was embarrassing the past few years there, attendance wise...... It's a great track great race used to be favorite after the 500....but they do seem to get the fans to come out at the street courses..... I it's sad but let's see how this plays out.

[@Ericb1980]

No promotion. Fans can’t go to a race they don’t knows happening.

[@f1jones544]

@@Ericb1980 That's the excuse for nearly every oval race. One might think that given there's so much lip service by Indycar fans about needing more ovals, they wouldn't need tens of thousands of townies to show up to keep these places from being empty.

[@Ericb1980]

@@f1jones544 congrats, you show how little you know about races. You can’t have a race not promote it and people still show up.

[@ILSRWY4]

Just what the series needs... another street race..

[@Ericb1980]

@@ILSRWY4 right?

[@niclazzari2309]

As an IndyCar fan who lives in Dallas I have mixed feelings. One one hand it could be hella close and potentially walking distance from my apartment depending on where it is, but on the other hand, Texas motor speeedway was a great race that I wish would come back. Thankfully I went last year

[@ILSRWY4]

EVERY single person in the DAL-FW area should boycott that race... PERIOD!

[@93ryan5]

David, any word or rumors on Conor Daly getting a full-time ride next year?

[@scottmcneely1927]

Rossi, meet the back of the pack. Back of the pack, meet Rossi.

[@maxm3757]

At least he doesn’t need to deal with bump day at RLL

[@karendarrenmclaren]

"I'm here to heal and lead you..." probably Rossi 😂

[@rkendsley7561]

ECR has HAD good cars in the past, with Indy Poles and good starting positions, with a few race wins here and there. However, the performance in the last few years just hasn't been there, missing a little something. Maybe with the influx of some new cash they can get back to the front. Ed REALLY wants to win at Indy and with a former winner on board (Rossi, if he goes there) and the new cash maybe this is what the team needs so he can get there as an owner or maybe even driver.

[@scottmcneely1927]

@@maxm3757 Only if they'd put him in the ONE slowest car.

[@jamesriley9800]

I would rather see them go to Cota or back to Texas motor speedway then a street course at Dallas. They need a race on the east coast oval or street race hell bring back the Baltimore street race

[@HAGMAN3926]

David Land you are doing a great job on the podcast. I enjoy it whenever you post

[@Corew1n]

I don't understand why you talk about Texas Motor Speedway not being on the calendar as if IndyCar's management is the problem. Every bit of IndyCar not being at TMS is driven by NASCAR / SMI's hostile stance towards competing series. Seriously, stop dragging the series through the mud over something clearly outside their control, and yes, not spending a shit load of money or accepting terrible schedule dates are viable reasons to not go to TMS... ffs

[@danielhenderson8316]

Because IndyCar is not in the business of paying tracks to race. Successful race organizations have track owners that want to pay THEM to race at their facility. Ovals in IndyCar outside of the Indy 500 exist only because of sponsors like Big Machine, HyVee, and Bommarito paying tracks to host a race.

[@chrisguardiano6143]

I am very surprised that Indycar is actually pursuing a street race in the Dallas-Fort Worth area considering the fact that F1 tried a street race there 40 years ago that was absolutely terrible both in terms of the racing & the fan experience so much so that F1 scrapped it after one year. That race is also infamous for Nigel Mansell collapsing from heat exhaustion as he was trying to push his car across the finish line.

[@markvincent5992]

I guess it’s now just follow the money to the top. And to Hell with the rest of us. This totally SUCKS Roger. Your name comes first now so the buck stops with you.

[@Sp4mMe]

... F1 sucked in the US until recently, why would a parking lot race from 40 years ago matter? That's like saying "I'm surprised the Indy 500 is still happening, F1 totally messed up in 2005 there". Wat. Just completely unconnected. Also, the race did manage to more or less survive with Trans-AM until 1996. So not even THAT unsuccessful; there's worse examples.

[@patrickmoore2894]

I remember that those cars were tearing up layers of blacktop!

[@danielhenderson8316]

It also depends a lot on what time of year they go. If it's spring, there's a chance, but after May I think the heat will kill the event since IndyCar won't pay for Singapore levels of lighting.

[@daverdfw]

so because F1 tried it 40 years ago, indycar shouldn't ? I don't get this logic at all.

[@Phil00484]

Would be nice if Daly could get at least an Oval only solid ride next year. His latest results with a better team-JHR show his oval talent.

[@srb2834]

I’d argue that a Dallas street race (if actually in the downtown area of Dallas) will feel like its worlds away from Texas Motor speedway. And w/ IndyCar actually able to promote it (vs the limited promos oval tracks do to not outshine their nascar overlords) it could shine a big light on the actual problem w/ attendance at TMS and who is to blame… *And downtown Dallas isn’t completely flat too, with some nice visuals that could make for an aesthetically pleasing track

[@nestr2007]

As some one mentioned if it was mentioned by Michael Irvin it’s probably gonna be around Jerry world like Miami F1 track is

[@jessepinkman9118]

God I hope VeeKay finds a seat somewhere. If he doesn't something is seriously wrong with this series

[@ronswann1445]

Dallas street race? through Dealey Plaza?

[@markvincent5992]

Probably

[@joelbrooks3198]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rkendsley7561]

If so, those would be some nice seats in the book depository building. Just make sure they check the guns at the door.

[@FOH3663]

​@@rkendsley7561 It'd be worth a shot.

[@michaeleverson3801]

Not gonna lie, Dealy Plaza has a nice little curve to it.

[@XxmetalHeadxX88]

I wonder if the Dallas Street Course track is going to be the old 1980s F1 track around the Cotton Bowl. That would be a sight to see for sure.

[@diegolarrache]

Sargeant will race in Indy? my gosh, Dallara will be rich!

[@richardtribett]

[@mesoed]

Ed announced that Rinus wasn't coming back last week, so HIS announcement on the 23rd was nothing new.

[@joribremer5260]

Hope Rinus gets a seat..

[@mwdrum]

Pato (the Mexican driver) is scheduled for Mclaren in Mexico.

[@joelbrooks3198]

Practice

[@mwdrum]

@@joelbrooks3198 yes, test drive….

[@joelbrooks3198]

@@mwdrum I hope he does really well.

[@danielhenderson8316]

@@joelbrooks3198 I know when McLaren had Palou in FP1 at COTA several years ago, he was 2 tenths off Lando Norris until they put the soft tires on Norris and left Palou on Mediums. Should be interesting how close Pato can get.

[@mwdrum]

@@joelbrooks3198 it may be older car, with Lando and Piastri, certainly zero seats available. Zac Brown is really on a run. Mclaren is very imaginative, Larson again at Indy.

[@michaellowrey1845]

So would the Dallas street race bean addition to the schedule for 2026 (an 18th race) or would it replace won of the existing races?

[@johnthefalcon2903]

Probably replacing a race. Mark Miles said they don't want to go past 17 races (I disagree but that's what he said). So maybe Thermal is just a placeholder in 2025 and won't be on the 2026 schedule, or maybe Iowa is losing one of their races.

[@danielhenderson8316]

@@johnthefalcon2903 On the other hand, there is wiggle room in the schedule for spring, and isn't there only one race in April next year? Could be wrong on that last bit.

[@matthewlawrenson3628]

Edit? I'm more intrigued by Michael Irvin's 4:3 monitor he has in the background. Who still has one of those?

[@PaperBanjo64]

Apparently Michael Irvin does

[@matthewlawrenson3628]

@@PaperBanjo64 I'm an electrical tester at a charity shop. I have one on the shelf awaiting attention. It's certainly not a common thing to see these days.

[@PaperBanjo64]

@@matthewlawrenson3628 I still got a 4:3 CRT for really old consoles but that's not really the same thing

[@markvincent5992]

Broke NFL players

[@billphelps5611]

I do

[@seankennedy7429]

Maybe I’m in the minority, but we cancelled our trip to Nashville as soon as the oval was announced and still stand by this decision. The amount of on track activity that a street course / road course provides increases the value by quite a bit. Not to mention, a city street race is an easier sell to my casual fan friends. Nashville actually has great spectator views with the bridge leading up to a great passing zone. (NBC missing most of those passes) With that said, I’ve never been inclined to go to TMS, although, a street circuit interests me, also, we’ve tried that for over two decades and the crowd only went down. It’s time to try something new. This is coming from someone who also attends Milwaukee and Indy (ovals) now on an annual basis. Yes the racing at TMS was great, but it was an event that was never going to grow.

[@ttturner68]

Agreed Franklin is not Downtown Nashville, the TV watchers complained while those attending had a great time. But I have feeling its the same 2000 oval fans that also complained about Peacock. I going to miss peacock for whatever half baked streaming foxsports has.

[@jamesbowman7963]

Nashville was a great event with a poorly thought out track... I attended the inaugural event and my son and I had a really great time. That being said there were obvious flaws to the track that appeared easy enough to remedy during the weekend... Yet they were there the following year. The turn at the bottom of the bridge coming back to the stadium side was abysmal and crash after crash, yellow after yellow. Nobody in all of Indycar thought that needed fixed... Peacock turned into 50% commercials. Fox remains to be seen.

[@JonDoe-ln6nl]

@@jamesbowman7963 I loved the Nashville bridge - THAT WAS ICONIC! The remainder of the track was awful.

[@Hugo-u8i]

As a fan of Veekay I’m scared that this it when we’re talking about his Indycar career. Hope he lands at Juncos, love rooting for small teams like them.

[@davidfstanford]

It really sucks that he stayed loyal to ECR the last time his contract was renewed, and they seem to have shafted him in the anus.

[@jamesstetz9884]

…or in the Rinus

[@FOH3663]

It could work out ... if Ed's cars are as bad as CD alludes to on a regular basis. iirc, CD was absolutely gaga over jumping in the Shank ride. Of course, Rinus has to land into that opportunity.

[@lawsonmurphree2416]

Maybe the ECR news is Rassusmen going full time to pair with Vee Kay?

[@dominicbarden4436]

Veekay's left the team. Maybe they've got Rossi.

[@BSNFabricating]

Of course there IS a perfectly good race track in the area of Dallas... Jussayin...

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Hooray, another street track that nobody asked for, nobody cares for, and won’t last long. There’s reasons why street races like St. Petersburg, Long Beach, and Toronto have been successful street tracks and other random copycat street tracks have failed or don’t last long. Granted, people stopped showing up for IndyCar races at Texas, but that’s because IndyCar doesn’t know how to advertise races outside the 500 (and Nashville Oval, I’ll give credit where it’s due). Also why would IndyCar race at a dumb street race at Dallas since they’ve been to Houston in late 90s and early 2000s and 2013-2014, and that’s been non-existent? Heck even IndyCar raced at Texas and Houston before! Granted, the current-Texas layout is garbage, but somehow, IndyCar figured it out! But it was too late after 2023 Typical Mark Miles and his street course fetish. When you have bosses like Mark in the sport, it’s garbage. They try to be 2003-2008 Champ Car and even Formula 1, but fail.

[@danielhenderson8316]

It would be nice if Penske fired Mark Miles and put Randy Bernard back in just to run marketing instead of the whole show by himself.

[@IndyCar_Ken]

Didn't RACER release the Sargeant Thermal story first?

[@forcedfeedback5167]

WTF is Michael Irvin shooting a promo for IndyCar? Was Vanilla Ice not available?

[@jamesstetz9884]

Evidently, Gary Del’Abate said no

[@paulo9504]

Rossi in the 21. Sting-Ray to share 20 with Ed with a third car at Indy.

[@jamiehageman6191]

I believe you are spot on. As a Rossi fan I’m not real happy about it. Wish he would’ve stayed where he was at or went to cgr. Sting ray rob brings money is the only reason he is in a car.

[@paulo9504]

@@jamiehageman6191 I was off. Rasmussen retains his seat for '25. I had been hearing a possible Rossi/Robb package deal since both are managed by Rossi's father, Pieter.

[@jonjones3691]

I hear Daniel Riccardo is available.

[@bjs7442]

Potentially but not yet official . He is used to $15million a year , any takers?

[@francomachiavello2070]

he can probably buy an entire team if he really wants a seat

[@steveravely6708]

It was my understanding that Indycar gave up on Texas Motor Speedway because of the speed which is possibly why they added The Milwaukee Mile and other short tracks.

[@danielhenderson8316]

The IndyCar contract ran out and Eddie Gossage retired. After that, NASCAR asked for a spring slot and since they pull in a bigger crowd to what NASCAR fans call Texass Motor Speedway, they went that route.

[@Michael-gu5kl]

My thing is this is 2 years in a row that Ed Carpenter Racing as they did this last year with Conor Daly! Anyway, I wish that Conor could get hooked up with a good team and if that is the case he will win races! I hope that Rinus will find a job soon!

[@RobertDetert]

Of course he can do it. Most of the races are street and road course races.

[@NathanT87]

Thanks, David. Dallas Street course is going to be lame.

[@ILSRWY4]

yup just what the series needs another street course

[@shawn1651]

Minor note: Nico Hulkenberg actually was within a second of Malukas for his session with McLaren, but was more keen on staying in F1 because he didnt like the DW12 and wasn't comfortable on Ovals, not because his test went bad. Worked out for him considering an Audi works drive is in his future.

[@adri9428]

He was also the slowest of the five guys that tested thay day, and had worse times than DeFrancesco and Kirkwood, both of them straight from Lights. Malukas was also in his first IndyCar test. In any case, Hulkenberg was not very pleased with how he felt in the car and his times were unimpressive, so that was that.

[@shawn1651]

You make a fair point, but I'd also respectfully disagree and comment that based on the fact Hulkenberg is so adaptable (Williams, Sauber, Force India, Renault, Racing Point, Haas and was consistent in the midfield for all of them throughout different periods and all had different engines and feels) and that the DW12 is so different compared to F1 cars, I would believe its not a massive leap of faith to believe he could've found success and just needed time to adapt coming to a new series.

[@joeb7975]

@@shawn1651the Hulkenberg being underrated narrative is such a joke….he’s a steady/average driver at best - routinely outperformed by Perez and they were teammates for years

[@Sp4mMe]

Test times are always very difficult to compare. We know how crazy lap time differences get solely due to doing them at different times, in different programs, etc. McLaren at the time was fairly positive, but obviously, they are going to be nice in public, so who knows. It did seem at the time like Hülkenberg's decision though. [It was reported that McLaren was prepared to offer Hulkenberg some one-off outings in a third car next year in IndyCar, before adding a full-time third entry to its team for 2023. Hulkenberg, however, is pulling out of the opportunity. "It was exciting to test an Indy car two weeks ago, and I am grateful to Arrow McLaren SP," he announced on social media. "However for personal reasons I decided not to go ahead with it. (I'll) keep you posted on my future plans.]

[@danielhenderson8316]

@@joeb7975and in order to be comfortable in a DW12, he would need to spend more time lifting weights like Jamie Chadwick. IndyCars are intentionally hard to drive.

[@jake-q7x2m]

Adding for next year? Why else would he already be doing promo material?

[@andrewdotmp4]

i assume it's for 2026. the promo material might be for the announcement of the race itself which may come in the winter

[@markvincent5992]

Cause it’s gonna be a disaster. Cuz the offseason is too long? Cuz they don’t want the work? That’s just three off the top of my head. Indycar is on its way to a part time series cat this rate. I noticed that the street race in Nashville is on a proper track now after one season…. Makes ya think don’t it? Btw, NTT if you’re trying to piss off your fellow citizens, nothing will do it like screwing up the traffic for a week or more than that. I wish you all luck, as people down there pack heat. Lol

[@nolancanada7775]

Does the new partner at ECR mean Bitnile is gone? Wasn’t sure if we should still expect Bitnile and companies under that same umbrella (RiskOn, GuyCare) to be on those cars anymore.

[@danielhenderson8316]

There's nothing to say they've left. It's possible that Heartland brands will be on one car and Bitnile on the other.

[@deanlaurens2969]

Would like to see indycar come back to Australia

[@shiver123ify]

Canapino out, Sargeant in 😂😂😂.

[@MrHappyMickey]

Maybe Marty Roth is coming back!

[@ItsMaryWork]

If IndyCar is heading to Dallas on a street course hopefully they do it better than F1 did it in the 80s... and by doing it better, I mean at the very least not doing it during the daytime in f***ing JULY... I've never been to Texas but even I know that Texas in July, AKA the summer in the south of the United States of America, is hot as hell...

[@jacobaxton6353]

Why aren't we back at Texas? Because nascar said no. It ain't that difficult to understand.

[@danielhenderson8316]

NASCAR doesn't own Texas. SMI owns Texas.

[@jacobaxton6353]

@danielhenderson8316 correct, but then Nascar said, "we want their date and we'll pay you way more."

[@danielhenderson8316]

@@jacobaxton6353 That's selling to the highest bidder, not NASCAR said no.

[@bjs7442]

As an F1 fan as well as Indycar I cant see Logan being successful in Indycar . Happy to be proven wrong. In F1 he wasnt fast enough as a driver, never beat his team mate who is a good driver but not A grade. In trying to drive faster Logan was simply over driving and crashing a lot. It was a shame as nice to have an American driver and he was given two years to come good but he never improved. Hope he gets his chance.

[@toyotaecw]

Logan Sargent about to bring a whole 2000 lbs of freedom to the Indycar field. What the eff is a kilometer?

[@DJDouglasWarden]

Where is Romain going?

[@markvincent5992]

Away

[@Sp4mMe]

Not sure yet, he seems to have crashed somewhere along the way.

[@joelbrooks3198]

Replace him with Daniel Ricciardo.

[@johnthefalcon2903]

Maybe Lamborghini in WEC

[@danielhenderson8316]

Don't know yet. Before Nashville, Juncos said they want to resign him, but Grosjean also had other offers elsewhere to look at first.

[@FOH3663]

I say Zak Brown to oversee marketing of Indycar. It'd be so simple, as McClaren arleady has world class markerting ... executed in a cutting edge manner with an eye on all modern avenues/platforms. Akin to Penske being a government entity; adept at stewardship, but not amply hip and agile as private business and market forces are. Turn Zak and company loose and yield a win-win for all parties.

[@mikulitsi1819]

Losing TMS forever for a street race? Fucking hell man...

[@ILSRWY4]

I agree... another street race... i'm about to say fuck this series..

[@hansjensen-r9i]

Isnt it extremly difficult to drive in a circle like an inbread?

[@luckystrike33t]

I was sad when TMS went away. I went to every one. I just want the series back in Texas. Otherwise I can't go to an IndyCar race live. The others are just too far away. Next year my race docket looks like Nascar at COTA and that's pretty much it. If they run this Dallas race at the right time of year (please dont screw this up, Penske Entertainment) it could be really great! And for those that say they should go back to TMS, I agree they should; but maybe TMS doesnt want Indycar. Cant got to a track where ytou arent wanted. And NTT wants a race in their backyard. Not Ideal for sure and TMS would be a better venue and track, but it seems to me like if they want to race in the Dallas Ft. Worth area, this is their only option.

[@joelbrooks3198]

Get Daniel Ricciardo into an IndyCar.

[@markvincent5992]

Hey there David sorry you’ll be out of work for 6 months with the new Indycar schedule. What a bunch of layabouts. I thought that Penske would be a good custodian for Indycar but I am afraid I was mistaken. This “charter” system is an abomination both here and in NASCAR. The rich get richer and the teams get taxed. The teams get a guaranteed staring spot for the first 22 and not all of the chartered teams is a head scratcher. Mostly because I can’t believe that the little guys any reason to show up anymore. The same goes for NASCAR. I think it basically SUCKS. Other than the guaranteed starting spot, I can see no benefits for the team. I’m holding off judgement until I see how screwed up things are next year. Btw, went to the 500 a couple of years ago and I will never go in person again. The traffic was terrible and made worse by the idiotic police department closing the exit we were told to take and being shunted thru some sketchy neighborhoods and then it took five people and an hour of walking before we found our seats, very un Roger organization. The time I came for the double header on Saturday was great however

[@gregoryb6305]

what about this new team Pharma or Pherma? that's coming next year. I thought Seargent was tied into them

[@paulf9357]

Not every fan is an oval first fan. When done right like Porsche showed in Nashville, a Street festival surrounding the race can make for a great event. For many years, the Molson Indy’s in Canada were massive events with lots of activities in the city themed around the race you couldn’t move in Toronto and Vancouver, without knowing the Molson Indy was on. I won’t blame IndyCar for NASCAR getting them booted from Texas motor Speedway. While the last few years had some great racing. The seats were pretty bare and that was not a good look for IndyCar.

[@ILSRWY4]

about the dumbest comment yet

[@paulf9357]

😢

[@PaperBanjo64]

When did K Mag race in IndyCar?

[@jenslindblad]

Road America in 2021 where he subbed for Rosenquist who, then at Arrows McLaren, had been injured and thus had to sit out this race.

[@PaperBanjo64]

@@jenslindblad I barely watched IndyCar in 2020 and 2021 due to not having cable and not knowing when network races were on...been watching regularly again since Indy 500 2022

[@PaperBanjo64]

From 2015-2018 IndyCar was my main racing series until NBC put most races behind a paywall

[@FTHurley]

The crowd was dwindling at TMS. What fan base is going to swallow the tough pill? The 17 people who showed up? TMS can barely keep NASCAR happy. I'm not sure that place isn't in huge trouble 5 years from now.

[@PaperBanjo64]

Oh with Eddie Gossage gone I agree

[@FTHurley]

@@PaperBanjo64 Even with him. Those 1.5 mile tracks with 65k+ seats are going to look like those 70s combined baseball football stadiums with astroturf that all look the same if you remove the team logos. Just give it a few more years. Chicagoland is already gone. So is Kentucky.

[@danielhenderson8316]

@@FTHurley Chicagoland is still around holding events. They're just not holding a NASCAR race.

[@FTHurley]

@@danielhenderson8316 Is it? Nothing about their 2024 schedule online. Their website only mentions their secondary track, nearby.

[@Khaslett]

Let me win the Powerball real quick and I'll start a team with Seb Montoya and the good ole American boy Conor Daly haha

[@Jeffhoneck]

Conor Daly definitely should be on the grid full time next year!

[@marcellocusma9946]

What about Ricciardo ?!

[@danielhenderson8316]

He did a recent interview that IndyCar still scares him. Considering he's got about $50 million banked going from the Honey Badger to the Money Badger, it's not like he'll either race or be homeless.

[@arthurvillegas5586]

Dallas Indycar race in the town I call it. Try it and have a race. But, Indyvar should race at the Texas oval raced at the track for 26 seasons. Because it is a Good track for Indycars and provide Good, Great racing and Track owners, promoters, promote a Good promotion with a company NTT or other and get the fans out there. I went last year and was a Good, Great race and races for the 26 seasons, years. It is very important after the Indy 500 to race there. Please, Indycar, promoters dont listern to NASCAR about the track. They mean.

[@arthurvillegas5586]

I seen the Indycar race at the Phoenix oval later on TV, the same it was Great.

[@watsonroadster3707]

Leave it up to Indy car to replace and oval with a silly street parade and thinks it's a "coup" by picking up an F1 reject...

[@jamesbowman7963]

Texas Oval put on a great race...after a bunch of horrible ones. I'm not mad although it can come back. That being said listen to David make it a Long Beach not a Detroit...

[@John-kx3ng]

PREMA?

[@michaeleverson3801]

Marshall Pruett has been saying for a while that Logan's manager has been seeking a *paid* drive, not a ride-buy. Not sure how that works out in terms of him allegedly having a bit of backing behind him.

[@jamesstetz9884]

I imagine he can only get ride-buy deals

[@speedtracker9556]

I do NOT wanna hear about the Indycar leaks and rumors! Why are you recommending me this video?! If it's about the drama, I do NOT wanna hear about it! If it's about the controversy, I don't wanna hear about it! If it's about the bad news, I DO NOT WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT!

[@randygravel2057]

Did I miss some Romain Grosjean news?

[@danielhenderson8316]

Nothing yet. The last I saw was Juncos wanted to resign him, but Grosjean was also looking at other offers, but didn't say where.

[@jamesstetz9884]

I’m amazed if he has other offers. He’s done nothing in IndyCar.

[@danielhenderson8316]

@@jamesstetz9884 He was apart of the team the developed the Lamborghini Hypercar for IMSA and WEC.

[@hannahbarley97]

@@jamesstetz9884yeah those poles and podiums are nothing 🙄😒

[@seigelno7]

How can Dallas be so secret if it needs city buy in?

[@StalinsPurge]

I mean I’ll buy some ecr merch but im WONT be happy about it. Also imagine a waste of a driver sergeant would be. He was the equivalent of ed jones at best

[@davewhittles]

Sargeant might be more suited to Indy

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

Rossi in a Splenda car lmao

[@michaelheimple8579]

How is it that all of these young drivers don't work out with Eddie Cheevers? It's not as though Eddie himself is tearing it up on the race track.

[@d.d.7287]

Im happy for Ed, and really hoping this all translates to results at the track for him. With that said, does anyone else feel like Rossi without CGR has been pretty mid? I know he's got great name recognition, and thats important for sponsors, but in my mind its a bit of a gamble.

[@charliepalmer3244]

Not saying there's any reality to this comment, but it seems at this rate, that if the series wants to get back on one of the 1.5 mile cookie cutters, it may have to buy Kentucky....

[@danielhenderson8316]

ISC is happy to rent their tracks, but IndyCar didn't want to pay tracks to race there unless a sponsor is picking up the check.

[@johnthefalcon2903]

​@@danielhenderson8316exactly. Big Machine and Hy-Vee want Indycar at Nashville and Iowa, and Indycar has had zero issues with SMI (Nashville) or NASCAR (Iowa) being able to rent the tracks.

[@johnthefalcon2903]

I'm going to at least see the layout of this street course before I crap on it.

[@jamesstetz9884]

The homeless in Dallas have likely beaten you to it.

[@johnthefalcon2903]

Someone needs to back up the money train and sign Conor Zilisch. Maybe Zak Brown can fire another driver. Maybe Penske can let him run Indycar and NASCAR. Someone just needs to sign him. IF I win the powerball I'm going to Ginassi, and telling him I'll give $20 million dollars just get him over to Indycar.

[@dmurphy1578]

Racing was at its best when it was sponsors of products people could buy.

[@PaperBanjo64]

I agree, or stores we could walk into, not B2B financial companies

[@rexthewolf3149]

Well they realized that it didn’t actually matter.

[@danielhenderson8316]

I can buy Heartland bacon and meat products at my local grocery store.

[@mattg9971]

No way rossi is going to ecr...just no. Hes going to jhr

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

Alex will be in the Java House car.

[@nfitz11]

30+ A to B tier drivers available for Indycar and they limit the field to 27. Of course.

[@danielhenderson8316]

Doesn't matter if they don't have an engine for their car. Chevy announced again that they're maxed out with 14 full time rides next year.

[@nfitz11]

@@danielhenderson8316 "If he [Ilmor] wanted to, he would."

[@aetfggdgdfgret]

Indycar is more and more looking like ChampCar. And what happened to ChampCar? They bankrupted.

[@johnthefalcon2903]

Yeah, no Indycar isn't like champ car. The schedule is a bit like champ car but that's where the similarities end.

[@danielhenderson8316]

@@johnthefalcon2903 And they have the Indy 500 unlike Champ Car.

[@freedom6919741]

Why do they keep getting drivers no one has heard of? How about Bacon, Courtney, Grant, Seavey, Pursley? Usac was the feeder system into Indy Car. That’s why it was so popular. Now not so much.

[@antoniovieira6751]

I'm from Brazil, indycar fan since 1989 and never heard nothing from this guys wich your quote...

[@rexthewolf3149]

Yeah I’ve never heard of any of those guys and I watch Indy car regularly.

[@joelbrooks3198]

They need to go into the IndyCar feeder series. Indy Next.

[@danielhenderson8316]

The USAC feeder series died with the mid engine car, and unless there's a mid engine dirt series that's more popular than Sprint or late models, then it isn't coming back.

[@jamesstetz9884]

Who…?

[@erikranger241]

Bad look for fan at Texas Motor Speedway? All three thousand of them? ****

[@deepinthewoods8078]

Logan's Sargeant's reputation has suffered quite a bit with the sensational performance of his replacement Franco Colapinto. He deserves a chance in Indycar though...

[@jstoli996c4s]

Piastri spoke highly of Sargeant during their time in F3, but it clearly didn’t translate into success in F1. Hopefully he gets a drive in IndyCar or sportscars.

[@danielhenderson8316]

@@jstoli996c4s He's also friends with Kyle Kirkwood as well, but if Seargant wants to be paid, he better lap Thermal faster than Alex Palou.

[@RogueInfern0]

Sargeant was a darn good driver in the junior formulae. Both Piastri and Albon have said that he was quick. That’s why they were confused seeing him struggle so much in F1. He lost his footing early on and could never find it again. Colapinto’s incredibly talented and I’ve been impressed with his performances so far. But I don’t think it’s completely fair to compare him to Sargeant. Sargeant was driving for his job every race weekend, with the media and fans hounding him about getting replaced. It’s no secret his confidence was gone by Australia. Colapinto doesn’t have to deal with that pressure. He might be driving for a future F1 seat, but there’s no real fear of failure. It’s like when De Vries stepped in for Albon in 2022 or when Lawson stepped in for Ricciardo in 2023. Or even Russell for Hamilton in 2020. Don’t get me wrong, I do think Colapinto’s a future F1 star. But he also isn’t feeling the full pressure of F1 right now.

[@jstoli996c4s]

@@danielhenderson8316 not sure I see that happening. He’s better off dishing out some 💰 to get an Indycar drive and show his worth. It’s not like money is an issue in his family.

[@danielhenderson8316]

@@jstoli996c4s I can't find it now, but I read something that stated he'd rather be a paid driver in IndyCar, so unless he curb stomps his test then he'll be a pay driver or unemployed.

[@nfitz11]

Oh look, perfect timing Indycar! You just limited the field to 27 when there are 30+ drivers who are capable of being full time in the series. How's that feel? Is deliberately limiting your growth paying off yet?

[@dionv7391]

most tracks cant fit that many cars in their pitlane

[@antoniovieira6751]

Just there is no engine availables for 30+ drivers full season...

[@nfitz11]

@@dionv7391 1. NASCAR races on most of these tracks. If Nascar can fit 40 stalls, Indycar can fit 30. 2. Limit each race to the limit of the track, have bumping if enough cars show up, not just a situation where you have a 50% chance of missing the race.

[@nfitz11]

@@antoniovieira6751 Then get more engines. Idk why that's such a big deal.

[@rexthewolf3149]

@@nfitz11because if the manufacturers aren’t willing to make more it doesn’t matter.

[@ttturner68]

If they run it around the Convention Center there is plenty of room and straights rises and curves. TMS was too demanding, and attendance continued to fall to nearly nothing. Ovals fans complain more than they attend.

[@markvincent5992]

Yeah driving in a circle is HARD. Just ask NASCAR

[@nfitz11]

Rossi and Ed, Meet Kyle and Childress

[@Maverick33]

ANOTHER street circuit 🤢🤮. INDYCAR is becoming Champ Car 2 0 with all these road courses and street circuits. Pretty soon the Indianapolis 500 will be the only oval race on the schedule. IF they don't turn it into a 500 kilometer race on the IMS roval

[@facundomartinez188]

Hey david i have a surprise for you..Here in Argentina there some outfits saying that Jose Maria Lopez..aka pechito...is about to test an indycar. I hope you know the guy..3 times wtcc world champion..2 times hypercar world champion..2 times le mans hypercar winner......by the way,theres some people of indycar taking a look at an Argentinian oval in Rafaela state. There was an indycar race in the 70's i think Al sr. Won the race there......watch out boy!

[@tonydindy]

6 months

[@shredhead4604]

💪🏁🤙

[@billasgija390]

Sargeant might dog walk the entire field

[@bartsullivan4866]

If there going back to Texas why not go back to COTA.