US Car News

McLaren has committed to its IndyCar return and taken a controlling stake in the team

February 18, 1979. Notionally the focus should have been on Richard Petty as he extended his Daytona 500 victory tally to six in the first full NASCAR race broadcast live…

A phone call from Frank Williams cracked the F1 door open but the test wasn't what Al Unser Jr had hoped it would be

It might have taken him 13 years, but Jacques Villeneuve is a race-winner again, after taking two victories in two days at the weekend

Tempers flared at Martinsville after the final cut-off race for the 2021 season was won by Alex Bowman

Nico Hülkenberg is contemplating life across the pond after undergoing a McLaren IndyCar test, but the authentic driving experience of Barber was a stark reminder of US open-wheel racing's contrast with F1

With F1 race seats a rarity, Callum Ilott has turned to IndyCar and the minnow Juncos team to keep chasing his racing dream – the unlikely pairing is not to be underestimated

Ten years after his tragic passing, Dario Franchitti and Bryan Herta remember what made Dan Wheldon such a formidable force on the ovals

Memo Gidley’s racing life has played out in three acts. In Act I, he was the young IndyCar supersub, filling seats vacated by injured or fired drivers and nearly scoring…

The careers of most open-wheel superstars follow two distinct arcs. First the upswing – go-kart championships, domination in the lower formulas and wins on the biggest stages of Formula 1…

Álex Palou looked like a sitting duck. The IndyCar Series world had been shocked when Chip Ganassi Racing hired Palou after the little-known Spaniard’s nondescript rookie season in 2020. Yet…

As a new generation of stars come through the ranks, IndyCar enjoyed a brilliant season that was won by 24 year-old Álex Palou

Jim Michaelian has been involved with the Long Beach Grand Prix since its debut in 1975, and his unwavering focus on spectators has made it the most influential street race in the world, writes Preston Lerner

In motor sport terms, most top drivers are monogamous creatures – same car, same team, race after race, ’til death – or, more likely, a new contract – do them…

Initially, Romain Grosjean was set to skip this weekend's IndyCar round at the Gateway oval. After emerging from the fiery wreckage of his Haas at last year's Bahrain Grand Prix,…

You may have heard of Senna vs Brundle in F3, but before that there was Unser Jr v Halsmer in Super Vee; Preston Lerner tells the all-American tale

Nine cautions, several battered Dallaras and one confused winner – Nashville certainly provided drama, if not exactly hitting the entertainment sweetspot, on its IndyCar return