Although the series doesn’t start its 17-race calendar until the second weekend of March, the NTT IndyCar Series has been busy with announcements and will soon conduct its initial open tests in preparation for the season-starter at St Petersburg, Fla.
NHRA has decided it doesn’t need a chief starter any longer and will, instead, enlist regional and divisional starters at all of its 24 National events on the 2019 Mello Yello schedule.
Jamie McMurray may not be a full-time driver with Chip Ganassi Racing this year, but the team is forming a partnership with Spire Motorsports that will allow the winner of the 2010 Daytona 500 to make his 17th start in NASCAR’s season-starting Daytona 500 next month.
USAC, the United States Auto Club, has announced the richest two-day NOS Energy Drink USAC National Midget race in its history.
Bob Vandergriff Racing (BVR) has announced its two new drivers for the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season and the Lucas Oil Sportsman campaign.
The IndyCar Series has a new sponsor for 2019 and, hopefully, many years to come. NTT, a global information technology and communications firm, has signed a multi-year agreement to become the series’ title partner.
Cruz Pedregon likes to race his own way.
Mike Salinas’ Scrappers Racing Team has big plans for the 2019 season as he begins a second full year of NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel racing.
The first major race of the 2019 season begins next week at Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) isn’t admitting it might have cheated on emissions tests, but it has agreed to pay an aggregate $800 million to consumers for errors in its software, which reduced the amount of nitrogen oxide emitted during emissions tests.
