Who's else is excited for this to get going? I'm going to my first Indy 500 this year with my dad, brother and brother in law. Can't wait!

I'm very excited for this season. Having the majority of races on NBC is gonna be really good for the sport. I think Grosjean is going to contend for the championship, I'm interested to see how Jimmie Johnson does on ovals.

Full-Time Entries
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Penske - 3 (#2 - Newgarden, #12 - Power, #3 - McLaughlin)
Foyt - 3 (#14 - Kirkwood, #4 - Kellett, #11 - Hildebrand/Calderon)
McLaren - 2 (#5 - O'Ward, #7 - Rosenqvist)
Carpenter - 2 (#20 - Daly, #21 - VeeKay)
Juncos Hollinger - 1 (#77 - Ilott/Ferrucci [injury replacement for Detroit])
Andretti - 4 (#28 - Grosjean, #26 - Herta, #27 - Rossi, #29 - DeFrancesco)
Ganassi - 4 (#9 - Dixon, #10 - Palou, #48 - Johnson, #8 - Ericsson)
Rahal - 3 (#15 - Rahal, #45 - Harvey/Ferrucci [injury replacement for Texas], #30 - Lundgaard)
Coyne - 2 (#51 - Sato, #18 - Malukas)
Meyer-Shank - 2 (#06 - Castroneves, #60 - Pagenaud)

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Part-Time Entries
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McLaren - 1 (#6 - Montoya) - Montoya - Indy GP and 500
Top Gun -1 (#75? - Enerson?) - looking to run all IMS races and some nearby
Paretta - 1 (#16 - de Silvestro) - Road America, Mid-Ohio, Nashville confirmed, Possible 4th race
Carpenter - 1 (#33 - Carpenter) - other ovals likely

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Indy 500 Only Entries
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Dreyer & Reinbold - 2 (#24 - Karam, #23 - Ferrucci)
Ganassi - 1 (#1 - Kanaan)
Andretti - 1 (#98 - Andretti)
Foyt/Cusick/Dragonspeed - 1 (#25 - Wilson)

I do not know how Foyt Racing can stay on the grid. They are not competitive, I wish they were but they are not.
ABC Supply money and pay to play drivers I guess.

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I do not know how Foyt Racing can stay on the grid. They are not competitive, I wish they were but they are not.
ABC Supply money and pay to play drivers I guess.

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ABC is not with them anymore. Calderon brings Rokit sponsorship, Kellett brings his family's company K Line Designs money, and I believe Kirkwood was the IndyLights champ so he has the scholarship money for that. Foyt is struggling, there is no doubt.

All I want is a Rossi race win...

Fluro Papaya has entered the chat. 🧡 pic.twitter.com/5dmvLUpXb8

— Arrow McLaren SP (@ArrowMcLarenSP) February 11, 2022

St. Petersburg is this Sunday. Glad the season is finally here.

Roger Penske confirms to The AP's @JennaFryer that @Toyota is the car maker that is closest to joining IndyCar as a third OEM: "They have not said no or go away. I think what they are trying to do is see how it fits in their own total motorsports package." https://t.co/96yYbvkNWy

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) February 23, 2022

This view never gets old.

Take a tour of the @GPSTPETE with @FRosenqvist.

WATCH LIVE:
🦚: @PeacockTV - https://t.co/Py4Niuv2PQ
📲: INDYCAR APP - https://t.co/vyuISIgHnX#INDYCAR // #FirestoneGP // @ArrowMcLarenSP pic.twitter.com/xDYohIp1Ro

— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) February 25, 2022

Cars were on track today. I'm excited for Sunday.

Grosjean with Andretti is going to be a tough combo to beat

And right after I say that….

Early morning traffic jam at the @GPSTPETE.

The red flag is back out for an incident involving @RGrosjean and @TakumaSatoRacer.#INDYCAR // #FirestoneGP pic.twitter.com/TAHrDY8Mbs

— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) February 26, 2022

Carvana must be paying Chip a metric crap ton of cash for that seat. They are not even remotely competitive and you know it's not the equipment.
Very un-Ganassi like I think.

Finally. Here we go!

No Catastrophe in turn 1 and a full lap complete. That's a positive.

Clean start

Made it 25 laps before a caution which is wayyyy more than I was expecting

Will definitely help the 2 stoppers. I'm just not sure that strategy will work without more of the same.

Fun finish. I'll be at Texas Motor Speedway in a couple weeks!

Really nice drive by McLaughlin. Those last few laps were really good.
The top 7 finished on 2 stops. I would be a terrible race strategist.

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Really nice drive by McLaughlin. Those last few laps were really good.
The top 7 finished on 2 stops. I would be a terrible race strategist.

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Then you'd be perfect for Rossi's team!

Race Highlights

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I like this email: NBC’s COVERAGE OF OF ST. PETE DELIVERS MOST-WATCHED INDYCAR SEASON-OPENER IN 11 YEARS

St. Pete Averages Total Audience Delivery of 1.429 Million Viewers on NBC and Peacock

Most-Watched Non-Indy 500 INDYCAR Race Since 2011; Up 53% vs. Last Year’s Opener

— Marshall Pruett (@marshallpruett) March 1, 2022

That's awesome, I figured having things on NBC would help but clearly the series has drummed up some excitement. Hopefully some first time viewers enjoyed what they saw.

[NEWS] @EdCarpenter20’s 20th season will see him race the No. 33 in all oval events.

A birthday of 3/3.
3 #IndyCar Wins.
3 #Indy500 Poles.
The goal to be first in the field of 33 after 500 miles.

(And that was all connected 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 the number was chosen.
33 just fits.) pic.twitter.com/JWuM7mmWl0

— Ed Carpenter Racing (@ECRIndy) March 3, 2022

Some details on the Iowa Speedway races came out today and some in mid-February:

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Hy-Vee, Inc. and IndyCar have announced that Google and DoorDash will be the presenting sponsors for the doubleheader Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend, July 22-24, at Iowa Speedway. PepsiCo will be a key event sponsor, as well as the sponsor of Hy-Vee's No. 45 car throughout the race season.

The event marks the return of the IndyCar Series to the 7/8-mile oval in Newton, Iowa, for the first time since 2020, and is the only doubleheader race event on the 2022 schedule. Saturday's race will be the Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash, and Sunday's action will be highlighted by the Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google.

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BREAKING: The Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend will feature performances from Tim Mcgraw and Florida Georgia Line on Saturday July 23, and Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton on July 24.

— The Times-Delphic (@timesdelphic) March 6, 2022

Anyone headed to tms on 3/20 for the race? Does anyone know if they will do any promotions thru downtown ftw or the stockyards like in years past?

I've been to quite a few Nascar races, but may hit Indy car at Texas.

What's the scanner set up? I understand that REI doesn't do Indy. So no way to listen to race comms or broadcast ?

🚨DRIVER NEWS 🚨

Welcome back, @JRHildebrand! J.R. will race the No. 11 @rokit @teamchevy on all of the ovals for the 2022 @indycar season, starting next week @TXMotorSpeedway! #WeAreROKiT | #INDYCAR https://t.co/W3Z3PQuAXX

— AJ Foyt Racing (@AJFoytRacing) March 11, 2022

I'll be at the track tomorrow and was looking forward to seeing what Hildebrand could do for Foyt but he's over half a second off and that's an eternity on that track.
And RLL has 3 of the bottom 4 starting positions. Graham won this race some years ago.

As a Rossi fan it's just a joke at this point

Rather decent last lap.

Super impressed by Johnson today.

What a finish!

Jimmie J still got it