{"id":86745,"date":"2022-07-29T15:08:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T22:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=86745"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:08:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T22:08:17","slug":"indycar-notes-for-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/indycar-notes-for-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"INDYCAR Notes for This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ricardo Juncos, Callum Ilott, Brad Hollinger.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This weekend the NTT INDYCAR SERIES is sharing its ancestral home\u2019s road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with NASCAR\u2019s Cup Series and Xfinity Series. it\u2019s a two-day adventure for the open-wheel set, with practice and qualifying on Friday and racing on Saturday.<\/p>\n

On Thursday afternoon, INDYCAR announced that Josef Newgarden has been provisionally cleared to return to the racetrack this weekend after his hard hit in the second Iowa race on Sunday – he won Saturday\u2019s race – and the post-accident fall and likely concussion that sent him to hospital. Dr. Geoffrey Billows will again evaluate Newgarden after Friday morning\u2019s practice and make certain he\u2019s well enough to both qualify on Friday afternoon and race on Saturday in the 85-lap Gallagher Grand Prix on Indy\u2019s 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe examination determined that Newgarden is cleared to participate in tomorrow\u2019s NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice session on the Indianapolis motor Speedway road course,\u201d Dr Billows\u2019 statement read. \u201cNewgarden will be re-evaluated after the session to determine if he\u2019s cleared to resume all racing activities for the remainder of the Gallagher Grand Prix event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newgarden, driver of Team Penske\u2019s No. 2 Dallara\/Chevrolet, was in command of the second Iowa Speedway contest when a shock absorber failure tossed him into the wall. Had he remained in the race, he most likely would have swept the weekend and thus led the points standings, but he remains in third place with 369 points, behind Ganassi Racing\u2019s Marcus Ericsson, winner of the 106th Indianapolis 500 who has 403 points and teammate Will Power, in second place with 395 points. Newgarden is actually in a tie with Scott Dixon for third, while Patricio O\u2019Ward, who won race No. 2 at Iowa, is fifth with 367 points. That makes this weekend\u2019s contest a vital one for all, as Alex Palou is sixth with 359 points.<\/p>\n

The soap opera surrounding the career of Alex Palou, currently driving the No. 10 NTT DATA Dallara\/Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing has taken another twist. Ganassi is suing Palou for not continuing with the team after its owner exercised his option for next year, shortly before both Arrow McLaren SP and Palou announced he\u2019d be joining that team in 2023. On Thursday, Palou reiterated that he\u2019ll be wearing the papaya orange colors of McLaren in 2023, but the series he\u2019ll be running is anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n

Juncos Hollinger Racing, whose shops are less than half a mile from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, stated it has exercised its option on Callum Ilott for 2023 and beyond, securing that driver\u2019s services before another team swept in and claimed him. The 23-year-old Briton has qualified inside the top-12 at all road courses so far this season; he started seventh in May on the IMS road course and finished eighth.<\/p>\n

Team co-owner Ricardo Juncos said Ilott signed a long-term contract for \u201cthe foreseeable future\u201d after an initial three-race tryout in 2021 and this year\u2019s full season. Juncos said he made the choice of Ilott from a list of five available and competent pilots. \u201cEven when Callum was not on the radar for most of the teams here in the states, I knew he was the perfect fit for our team. Together with our new members of JHR, we have proven so much in a short time, which is incredible with the caliber of drivers and teams currently in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. This is just the beginning of a new era at JHR and I\u2019m looking forward to continuing our work with Callum and to the results we know we can achieve together as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s NTT INDYCAR SERIES\u2019 Gallagher Grand Prix will be shown live on NBC beginning at noon on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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