INDYCAR 2024

TheChrisD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122356825#Comment_122356825

Full replay at 12:45pm. A bit ahead of the second race since they're squeezing some Goodwood in between.

Burkie1203

Some indycar teams sounding out Bottas apparently.

TheChrisD

JAMES ROE GRABS NXT POLE

Charlie-Bravo

Wild end to the second race with Stingray rear ending Alex Rossi. Good win by Power, with Palou second. Good championship battle for the next few races.

TheChrisD

ONTARIO HONDA DEALERS INDY TORONTO

Time for the stop north of the border, eh!

Friday 19th

• 8:00pm — Practice 1 [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]

Saturday 20th

• 3:30pm — Practice 2 [Sky Sports Mix or INDYCAR LIVE]
• 7:45pm — Qualifying [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]

Sunday 21st

• 3:00pm — Warmup [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 6:00pm — Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto [Sky Sports F1]
  • 6:30pm — Green flag

TheChrisD

Rossi out for the weekend after a crash in FP1. Replacement TBD.

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1814420832342388761

Infoanon

Theo Pouchaire to replace Rossi for the rest of race weekend.

Hopefully that puts an end to the click bait stories of the last week.

Charlie-Bravo

Good for Theo I suppose. Business talks, and at least he has another chance to show his skill.

I wonder if Rossi could be out for longer with a broken digit.

TheChrisD

That's been a night.

Burkie1203

HUge crash lap 73

Charlie-Bravo

Horrible incident. Lots involved. Hope they're all ok.

Burkie1203

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122408925#Comment_122408925

9 cars out??

Ghost Train

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122408925#Comment_122408925

yes, not good seeing multiple hits to the nose of a car, hopefully no injury

PsychoPete

That was a nasty bit of carnage, glad to see everyone is okay

Charlie-Bravo

The amount of air Ferrucci got from being launched!! 😲 And he just jumps out without a breeze! Some smashes that Pato got while sitting vulnerable.

Ohmeha

Between Pourchaire rising from the Arrow McLaren grave hopping into qualifying without any practice after a transatlantic flight, that scary sequence of cars flying over Pato's front end and Power taking out Penske teammate McLaughlin followed by sarcastic hand clapping from McLaughlin that was definitely one of the memorable weekends of this season

CrowdedHouse

Canapino released from JHR

https://twitter.com/juncoshollinger/status/1821228786500681805

TheChrisD

BOMMARITO AUTOMOTIVE GROUP 500

Gateway's back to a night race 😀

Wait, that means no sleep that night 😞

Friday 16th

• 5:45pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Practice 1 [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
• 8:15pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Practice [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 9:20pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Qualifying [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
• 11:45pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Qualifying [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 12:45am — 🟦 INDYCAR - Final Practice [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]

Saturday 17th

• 8:55pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - OUTFRONT Showdown [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
  • 9:05pm — Green flag
• 11:00pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Bommarito Automotive Group 500 [Sky Sports F1]
  • 11:25pm — Green flag

Charlie-Bravo

Thanks @TheChrisD. At least the Indy NXT race is at a sociable time!

Infoanon

Just confirmed that Dave Malakus has signed for......Foyt !!

Didn't see that one coming, RLL has been favourites until yesterday....

Ohmeha

These driver announcements in silly season that you or nobody else ever saw coming are great fun altogether

Big domino is now is Ferrucci is he off elsewhere to RLL or Meyer Shank? Or at Foyt is it Malukas/Sting Ray or Malukas/Ferrucci/Sting Ray or Malukas/Ferrucci in the Foyt-Penskes? Sting Ray is rumoured to bring in near $10 million I can't see Foyt affording to lose that bag of cash

TheChrisD

Collet completely wipes Jamie out with a bone-headed move 🤬

https://twitter.com/INDYNXT/status/1824903069810717061

Charlie-Bravo

James Roe managed to get a tenth place. About 12 finished that one of 18 runners.

TheChrisD

Well that was certainly a… conclusion.

If you prioritised your sleep, full broadcast replay starts at 2:30pm on SSF1.

TheChrisD

BITNILE.COM GRAND PRIX OF PORTLAND

Last twisty of the season. And another weekend of affected sleep thanks to West Coast shenanigans…

Friday 23rd

• 9:45pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Practice 1 [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 10:55pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Practice 1 [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]

Saturday 24th

• 5:00pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Practice 2 [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
• 7:20pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Practice 2 [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 8:30pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Qualifying [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
• 12:20am — 🟥 INDY NXT - Qualifying [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 1:15am — 🟦 INDYCAR - Final Practice [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]

Sunday 25th

• 6:10pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Grand Prix of Portland [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
  • 6:20pm — Green flag
• 8:00pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland [Sky Sports F1]
  • 8:30pm — Green flag

TheChrisD

Well then. The Internet is going to be very civil about this.

Infoanon

What a time to get your first ever pole ! And a road course not an oval for Ferucci !

Hopefully that's enough to keep him at the Penske aligned Foyt team .

Rumour that Malukas is being hired out by Penske to Foyt for the year haven't gone away.

Strong performances from Rahal and Lungaard today bode well for a close race at Portland .

TheChrisD

HY-VEE MILWAUKEE MILE 250s

Doubleheader shenanigans!

Friday 30th August

• 7:30pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Practice [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 8:35pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Practice [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]

Saturday 31st August

• 6:00pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Qualifying [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 7:15pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Qualifying [Sky Sports Mix or INDYCAR LIVE]
• 8:50pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Milwaukee 100 [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
  • 9:00pm — Green flag
• 11:00pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s Race 1 [Sky Sports F1]
  • 11:05pm — Green flag

Sunday 1st September

• 7:30pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s Race 2 [Sky Sports F1]
  • 8:00pm — Green flag

TheChrisD

Foster wins the NXT race and is the 2024 champion.

https://twitter.com/INDYNXT/status/1829983232563007923

TheChrisD

SEASON FINALE — BIG MACHINE MUSIC CITY GRAND PRIX

Who will win the title? One double-birding Australian, or that sneaky Spaniard?

Saturday 14th September

• 3:00pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Practice 1 [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 4:00pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Practice [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
• 6:00pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Practice 2 [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 7:15pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Qualifying [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
• 8:45pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Qualifying [INDYCAR LIVE]
• 10:15pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Final Practice [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
  • This won't air until 11pm because the internationals don't get the high-line practice segment.

Sunday 15th September

• 4:50pm — 🟥 INDY NXT - Music City Grand Prix [Sky Sports F1 or INDYCAR LIVE]
  • 5:00pm — Green flag
• 8:00pm — 🟦 INDYCAR - Big Machine Music City Grand Prix [Sky Sports F1]
  • 8:30pm — Green flag

Ohmeha

Santino signs back with Foyt for next season on a new multi-year deal, him and Malukas are going to be a seriously exciting pairing in those Foyt cars with Team Penske's fingerprints now showing all over their engineering

CrowdedHouse

I'm going to cancel my NOW TV after the weekend. Anyone hazard a guess as to where we'll see Indycar nest season (if at all)?

Ohmeha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122612007#Comment_122612007

I would lean towards rights staying on Sky but with the new US rights deal Fox Corporation are independent of all the UK pay TV players so Indycar have free reign to choose whom they award the UK rights unlike in 2019 when NBC Universal/Comcast took over full US Indycar rights which then saw the UK rights immediately move to Sky Sports/Comcast. Indycar ratings reportedly have been decent on Sky especially with the Indy 500 following on from the Monaco GP though probably not large enough to warrant turning down an attractive bid if came from TNT Sports. if Premier Sports still have NASCAR rights next season then there isn't a chance Indycar would move there

Indycar's deal with Sky Sports in other European markets like Germany and Italy also expire this season so it may be easier for Indycar to continue with one player across the largest European markets

CrowdedHouse

Ooh interesting…Palou (and McLaughlin and Rossi) hit with a nine place grid penalty

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1834948194741936262

Charlie-Bravo

IndyNXT race had James Roe start 9th and finished 4th. Great season finisher for him.

Johnathan Browne started in 14th and finished 12th.

So who will take the championship in Indycar do you think?

Infoanon

Will Power has to pit due to his lap belt coming undone.... what a disaster

Charlie-Bravo

So it looks like Alex Palou for the championship provided he finishes ahead of Will Power who has a tough task of getting back on the lead lap.

Charlie-Bravo

Just looking at the points scoring system. A few drivers in contention. Will see how this shakes out.

TheChrisD

ALEX PALOU IS THE 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES CHAMPION

Countdown to next season starts today, 168 days to go until the 2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg…

Infoanon

168 days......will the much talked about winter series ever launch?

Deserved champion in Alex Palou , and an unexpected runner up , Colton Herta - also gaining 30 Super licence points....

So much for the Penske oval advantage- Mclaughlin and Newgarden providing particularly close racing today.

Off season driver movements aside ,indycar goes silent now for 24 weeks, (Pato will be in Practice 1 in Mexico for Mclaren), it's going to be a long winter......

Brian CivilEng

Still buzzing after that, how will I sleep? Colton’s pass on Robb and Pato was amazing, so close to it all going pear shaped. He deserves more than 30 superlicense points for that!

TheChrisD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122619928#Comment_122619928

It still miffs a lot of us that Indy gets less SL points than F2, or at least that our championship top end rewards fall off so quickly compared to F2/F3.

Heck even FE and WEC Hypercar are better than Indy in some places…

Series	Championship position
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
FIA Formula 2 Championship	40	40	40	30	20	10	8	6	4	3
IndyCar Series	40	30	20	10	8	6	4	3	2	1
FIA Formula 3 Championship	30	25	20	15	12	9	7	5	3	2
FIA Formula E World Championship	30	25	20	10	8	6	4	3	2	1
FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar	30	24	20	16	12	10	8	6	4	2

Brian CivilEng

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122621619#Comment_122621619

On the plus side, had he received his super license for coming third in 2020, he probably would have been in Baku yesterday and we wouldn’t have seen that move.

Ohmeha

I think the ship is sailing out for Colton's F1 ambitions his chances now realistically are reliant on Andretti's protracted efforts to enter F1 eventually becoming successful and the clock is ticking out on that ever happening

I would love to see Palou get a F1 shot, aside from not winning an Indy 500 he has nothing else to prove now winning 3 Indycar championships in 4 seasons in the most competitive fields seen since the 90s but I also would fear for F1 career longevity if he ended up driving an awful Sauber car next season

TheChrisD

PREMA have (finally) confirmed Callum Ilott for next year.

https://twitter.com/PREMA_Team/status/1836031071592366217

Infoanon

Not the expected off season news you might expect;

The FBI 'visited Rahal Letterman Lanigan (RLL) yesterday Sept 18th to search their IT equipment for Intellectual Properties that may have been transferred from Andretti.

Allegedly Andretti had a similar visit a few weeks ago.

In racing news ,Ganassi have commenced reducing staff numbers as they reduce from 5 to 3 entries in preparation for the charter system. Foyt could be the destination for a number of the racing staff.

Simpson in the #8 is due to be announced ASAP, Armstrong to #66 (Mayer Shank) is strongly rumoured leaving Linus Lindquist looking for a drive despite a strong end to his rookie season.

Logan Sergeant and Valterri Bottas are not being mentioned as potential drivers in '25.

Ohmeha

FBI raids on RLL just 3 days after the season ending was certainly not one of my offseason predictions

TheChrisD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122632433#Comment_122632433

Another place that some of the Ganassi staff will go is to the team's planned pair of NXT entries next year.

Ohmeha

Veekay is gone from ECR they informed him they are not renewing him, no confirmation on Rasmussen who I think will be re-signed

I can only envisage ECR have signed someone who might be considered an upgrade on Veekay like Rossi or they have resorted to the desperation of Sting Ray's sponsorship dollars? I'm sure Veekay will land somewhere still 7 other mid-field to rear-field seats available RLL the pick of the availability though their horrendous oval performances would scare some drivers off

Charlie-Bravo

Logan Sargent is to test in Indycar for Meyer Shank racing in November. I hope he does well. F1 can chew you up and spit you out.