Indycar News & Rumors.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by joeb

Pagenaud making his Indycar return......sort of..... in Gil de Ferrans 2003 winning car:

https://racer.com/2024/05/23/pagenau...3-indy-winner/

Surprised they didn't make them blank out the livery cause won't someone think of the children? I prefer to think about the poor tobacco conglomerates that may have to fly commercial instead of private now, they need our support

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by joeb

Pagenaud making his Indycar return......sort of..... in Gil de Ferrans 2003 winning car:

https://racer.com/2024/05/23/pagenau...3-indy-winner/

Penske ran two different chassis that year. The Panoz G-Force for Gil de Ferran and the Dallara IR-03 for Hélio Castroneves.

[codename_47]

Originally Posted by joeb

Pagenaud making his Indycar return......sort of..... in Gil de Ferrans 2003 winning car:

https://racer.com/2024/05/23/pagenau...3-indy-winner/

If it was his 2001 title winning car I'd be more interested tbh

I have no downforce for those ugly, overdownforced, underpowered crapwagons

[Adam43]

Now that’s a take!

[Adam43]

In other news: https://x.com/jeff_gluck/status/1793...974124649?s=61

[codename_47]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Now that’s a take!

Everything about the IRL was bad, and it should feel bad lol

I have long standing PTSD from the split, it might show up from time to time

[NaBUru38]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Surprised they didn't make them blank out the livery cause won't someone think of the children? I prefer to think about the poor tobacco conglomerates that may have to fly commercial instead of private now, they need our support

Yes, I think they should put some Team Penske stickers instead.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Championship standings after the Indy 500

[broadrun96]

Ouch, guess when you wreck your 500 car they aren't big fans

https://racer.com/2024/05/29/msr-par...d-road-america


And Vautier back in DCR seat after almost 7 years. In the 51 for Detroit instead of Braun. Not sure if Braun was full season in the seat or race by race

https://racer.com/2024/05/29/vautier...e-for-detroit/

[joeb]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Ouch, guess when you wreck your 500 car they aren't big fans

https://racer.com/2024/05/29/msr-par...d-road-america


And Vautier back in DCR seat after almost 7 years. In the 51 for Detroit instead of Braun. Not sure if Braun was full season in the seat or race by race

https://racer.com/2024/05/29/vautier...e-for-detroit/

Tom has struggled in Indycar, but this is a big surprise.

I didn't know Braun was even still in the picture.

[broadrun96]

He was the last guy I could remember in it, it made such an impression at the 500 I didn't even look to see who was in the car

[JoeW04]

Had to say no to a seat in a Cadillac at Le Mans to do an Indycar test and then loses that ride as well, rough few weeks for Tom.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by JoeW04

Had to say no to a seat in a Cadillac at Le Mans to do an Indycar test and then loses that ride as well, rough few weeks for Tom.

He's a quality driver no doubt about it. The results haven't been there but I am sure he can get it together.
It seems daft to be stood down for street and road courses though?!

[JoeW04]

Originally Posted by chunterer

He's a quality driver no doubt about it. The results haven't been there but I am sure he can get it together.
It seems daft to be stood down for street and road courses though?!

I’d of given him Road America at least, if that track didn’t suit him then no where would and a move back to sportscars would be best for everyone. So the decision for him to miss that doesn’t really make sense to me.

[broadrun96]

I think they've settled in to him getting paid to wait it out until a coming IMSA announcement. He's under contract with the team for at least through 2025

[NaBUru38]

Hélio isn't exactly a super-sub for a street race.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Hélio isn't exactly a super-sub for a street race.

But he is already on the team, so that helps!

[joeb]

Interesting read on the issues around driver death threats

https://www.indystar.com/story/sport...r/73977588007/

[broadrun96]

Yeah, his statement was a joke at best and insulting to anyone with a brain at worst. How a PR team is involved with what they released I will never understand, but that's pretty much killed off real major sponsor appeal any time soon