No 2023 full-time racing for Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson is scaling back his competition involvement.
Jimmie Johnson is scaling back his competition involvement.
The soap opera surrounding two teams in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES has reached its end. Maybe. Early on September 14th, Arrow McLaren SP (AMSP) released statements showing its three-car team in the series will be comprised of Patricio O’Ward, Felix Rosenqvist and Alexander Rossi.
Tony Kanaan will race the four INDYCAR oval circuits on tap for 2021 in the #48 Ganassi Honda, while Jimmie Johnson handles the street and road courses.
It’s been six months since the NTT IndyCar Series has had on-track competition but that changes this weekend, when 24 Dallara Indy cars take to the 1.8-mile, 14-corner street/airport racetrack for practice, qualifying and Sunday afternoon’s 110 laps of racing.
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.
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.
As he crossed the start-finish line at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, Scott Dixon equaled a record held by the great A.J. Foyt.
Scott Dixon renews his IndyCar contract with Chip Ganassi Racing for another three years.
Morris Nunn, the team owner, master engineer and prodigious golfer, has died at home in Tucson, Ariz.; he was 79 years old.
NASCAR gives the okay for Larson to race at Knoxville for the championship.