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Author:	racer612008 [ Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:45 pm ]
Post subject:	2018 IndyCar Silly Season Thread
Official schedule still yet to be released, but seems possible within next couple of weeks. Recent News & Rumors: Takuma Sato will race for Rahal Letterman Langian Racing in 2018 (Press Release - 9/20) Ganassi shuts down #8 & #83 teams for 2018 (RACER.com - 9/20) Zach Veach to Andretti in 2018? (Indianapolis Star, Motorsport.com - 9/11) Tristan Gommendy to race in the Indianapolis 500 for Schmidt in #77 car (RACER.com, Endurance-Info - 9/11) Dickinson Fleet Services extends partnership with Andretti Autosport (Press Release - 9/11) Schmidt has about 28 drivers on his short list for 2018 (RACER.com - 9/10) Schmidt Peterson Motorsports extends partnership with Honda (IndyCar.com - 9/8 Tony Kanaan to AJ Foyt Racing? (RACER.com - 9/8) Iowa's 2018 IndyCar race will be held on July 8 (Indianapolis Star - 9/6) Zachary Claman De Melo to race for Rahal Letterman Langian in 2017 season finale at Sonoma (NBC Sports - 9/6) Matheus Leist considering moving up to IndyCar in 2018 (RACER.com - 9/5) IndyCar giving time for potential promoters for Mexico City race to commit for 2018 (Indianapolis Star - 9/4) 2018 Schedules (IndyCar & Mazda Road to Indy): Spoiler: Verizon IndyCar Series DATE - TRACK - RACE/EVENT NAME: 03/11/2018 - Streets of St. Petersburg (SC) - Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 04/07/2018 - Phoenix International Raceway (ST) - Phoenix Grand Prix - # 04/15/2018 - Streets of Long Beach (SC) - Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 04/22/2018 - Barber Motorsports Park (RC) - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama 05/12/2018 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (RC) - IndyCar Grand Prix 05/27/2018 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (SW) - 102nd Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race 06/02/2018 - The Raceway at Belle Isle (SC) - Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix \| Race #1 06/03/2018 - The Raceway at Belle Isle (SC) - Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix \| Race #2 06/09/2018 - Texas Motor Speedway (SW) - Texas Indy 600 - # 06/24/2018 - Road America (RC) - KOHLER Grand Prix 07/08/2018 - Iowa Speedway (ST) - Iowa Corn 300 07/15/2018 - Streets of Toronto (SC) - Honda Indy Toronto 07/29/2018 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (RC) - Honda Indy 200 08/19/2018 - Pocono Raceway (SW) - ABC Supply 500 08/25/2018 - Gateway Motorsports Park (SW) - Bommarito Automotive Group 500 - # 09/02/2018 - Portland International Raceway (RC) - Portland Grand Prix 09/16/2018 - Sonoma Raceway (RC) - GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma Indy Lights DATE - TRACK - RACE/EVENT NAME: 03/10/2018 - Streets of St. Petersburg (SC) 03/11/2018 - Streets of St. Petersburg (SC) 04/21/2018 - Barber Motorsports Park (RC) 04/22/2018 - Barber Motorsports Park (RC) 05/11/2018 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (RC) 05/12/2018 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (RC) 05/25/2018 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (SW) - Freedom 100 06/23/2018 - Road America (RC) 06/24/2018 - Road America (RC) 07/08/2018 - Iowa Speedway (ST) - Iowa Indy Lights 100 07/14/2018 - Streets of Toronto (SC) 07/15/2018 - Streets of Toronto (SC) 07/28/2018 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (RC) 07/29/2018 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (RC) 08/25/2018 - Gateway Motorsports Park (SW) 09/01/2018 - Portland International Raceway (RC) 09/02/2018 - Portland International Raceway (RC) Pro Mazda Championship DATE - TRACK - RACE/EVENT NAME: 03/10/2018 - Streets of St. Petersburg (SC) 03/11/2018 - Streets of St. Petersburg (SC) 04/21/2018 - Barber Motorsports Park (RC) 04/22/2018 - Barber Motorsports Park (RC) 05/11/2018 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (RC) 05/12/2018 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (RC) 05/25/2018 - Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis (ST) - Carb Night Classic 06/23/2018 - Road America (RC) 06/24/2018 - Road America (RC) 07/14/2018 - Streets of Toronto (SC) 07/15/2018 - Streets of Toronto (SC) 07/28/2018 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (RC) 07/29/2018 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (RC) 08/25/2018 - Gateway Motorsports Park (SW) 09/01/2018 - Portland International Raceway (RC) 09/02/2018 - Portland International Raceway (RC) Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship DATE - TRACK - RACE/EVENT NAME: 03/10/2018 - Streets of St. Petersburg (SC) 03/11/2018 - Streets of St. Petersburg (SC) 05/11/2018 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (RC) 05/12/2018 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (RC) 05/25/2018 - Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis (ST) - Carb Night Classic 06/23/2018 - Road America (RC) 06/24/2018 - Road America (RC) 07/14/2018 - Streets of Toronto (SC) 07/15/2018 - Streets of Toronto (SC) 07/27/2018 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (RC) 07/28/2018 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (RC) 07/29/2018 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (RC) 09/01/2018 - Portland International Raceway (RC) 09/02/2018 - Portland International Raceway (RC) - Legend: # - NIGHT RACE (RC) - ROAD COURSE (SC) = STREET COURSE (ST) = SHORT OVAL (SW) = SPEEDWAY OVAL CONFIRMED BY SERIES & TRACK YET TO BE CONFIRMED BY SERIES OR TRACK / BUT DATE KNOWN YET TO BE CONFIRMED BY SERIES OR TRACK / DATE UNKNOWN Driver & Team Chart: Spoiler: FULL-TIME: CONFIRMED PAIRINGS #1 - Josef Newgarden - Chevrolet - Team Penske #4 - Matheus Leist (R) - Chevrolet - AJ Foyt Enterprises - ABC Supply Co. #5 - James Hinchcliffe - Honda - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports - ARROW #7 - Robert Wickens (R) - Honda - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports #9 - Scott Dixon - Honda - Chip Ganassi Racing #10 - Ed Jones - Honda - Chip Ganassi Racing - NTT Data #12 - Will Power - Chevrolet - Team Penske #14 - Tony Kanaan - Chevrolet - AJ Foyt Enterprises - ABC Supply Co. #15 - Graham Rahal - Honda - Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing #16 - Takuma Sato - Honda - Rahal Latterman Lanigan Racing #18 - Sebastian Bourdais - Honda - Dale Coyne Racing #20 - Ed Carpenter (ovals) - Chevrolet - Ed Carpenter Racing - Fuzzy's Vodka #21 - Spencer Pigot - Chevrolet - Ed Carpenter Racing - Fuzzy's Vodka #22 - Simon Pagenaud - Chevrolet - Team Penske #26 - Zach Veach (R) - Honda - Andretti Autosport - Group One Thousand One #28 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - Honda - Andretti Autosport - DHL #88 - Gabby Chaves - Chevrolet - Harding Racing #98 - Alexander Rossi - Honda - Andretti Autosport - NAPA Auto Parts TBA - Marco Andretti - Honda - Andretti Autosport KNOWN-OPEN SEATS (CONFIRMED) #19 - TBA - Honda - Dale Coyne Racing #20 - TBA (road courses) - Chevrolet - Ed Carpenter Racing - Fuzzy's Vodka TEAMS RUMORED Carlin Racing (2 cars, rumored with Max Chilton and Charlie Kimball with Chevrolet engines) Juncos Racing (at least 1 car, already running 3 races with Kyle Kaiser but looks to expand schedule if funding is found) PART TIME / INDIANAPOLIS ONLY: CONFIRMED: #3 - Helio Castroneves - Chevrolet - Team Penske - Shell/Pennzoil - Indy 500 / GP only TBA - Stefan Wilson - Honda - Andretti Autosport - Driven2SaveLifes (?) - Indy 500 only TBA - Kyle Kaiser - TBA - Juncos Racing - Indy 500 only TBA - Danica Patrick - TBA - TBA - Indy 500 only Drivers rumored / unknown for ride in 2018: Max Chilton - (to form IndyCar team with Carlin?) Conor Daly James Davison Zachary Claman DeMelo Esteban Gutierrez Jack Harvey JR Hildebrand Sage Karam - (Indianapolis 500 only ride seems likely) Charlie Kimball Carlos Munoz Sebastian Savverda Dean Stoneman Tristan Vautier Drivers rumored / unknown for Indianapolis 500 (or other) part-time ride: Kurt Busch - (NASCAR future unknown to this point, has made 1 previous Indianapolis 500 start for Andretti) Kyle Busch - (500 seems unlikely, almost had ride for 2017 running of the 500 but couldn't get approval from NASCAR team) Buddy Lazier - (likely to return for the 500 with his own team) Kasey Kahne - (500 seems unlikely now with full-time NASCAR ride in place) Juan Pablo Montoya

Author:	Shane [ Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:32 pm ]
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Kanaan is a done deal at Foyt. CD possibly retaining the other seat. It is being said that Kanaan brings some sponsorship along with him so possibly ABC Supply won't 'have to be' the primary at a few races.

Author:	racer612008 [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:08 pm ]
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Schmidt has confirmed their partnership with Calmels Sport & Tristan Gommendy to run the #77 in the 2018 Indianapolis 500. http://spmindycar.com/2017/09/12/schmid ... polis-500/

Author:	Gabriel [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:49 pm ]
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Veach is confirmed at Andretti, until 2020. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Author:	micha [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:56 pm ]
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racer612008 wrote: Schmidt has confirmed their partnership with Calmels Sport & Tristan Gommendy to run the #77 in the 2018 Indianapolis 500. http://spmindycar.com/2017/09/12/schmid ... polis-500/ Had to do a search but thats the same guy as the Larrousse & Calmels team and he doesn't have a perfect reputation http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ft00336.html

Author:	racer612008 [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 6:29 pm ]
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Hartley to Ganassi #10 car rumor picking up some more steam http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/14404 ... in-ganassi Gateway's 2018 race will be held on August 25. Start time moved up 1 hour. http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/14404 ... rt-earlier

Author:	racer612008 [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:33 pm ]
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micha wrote: racer612008 wrote: Schmidt has confirmed their partnership with Calmels Sport & Tristan Gommendy to run the #77 in the 2018 Indianapolis 500. http://spmindycar.com/2017/09/12/schmid ... polis-500/ Had to do a search but thats the same guy as the Larrousse & Calmels team and he doesn't have a perfect reputation http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ft00336.html speaking of this. Indy Star has a article about this now. http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/mo ... 658545001/

Author:	pending [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:47 pm ]
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racer612008 wrote: :ohmy: speaking of this. Indy Star has a article about this now. http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/mo ... 658545001/ That's quite disturbing. But found this funny from @ micha's article: Quote: Ecclestone says that for this reason F1 will not go to Russia because the country has the image of being run by gangsters.

Author:	Gaara [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:13 pm ]
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Pigot will be fulltime for ECR, Hildebrand is out. No word on who steps in for the non-oval races http://www.indycar.com/News/2017/09/09- ... e-ECR-2018

Author:	Cheeveer [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 5:36 pm ]
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Even though it was pretty clear beforehand that Hildebrand wouldn't be able to fill Newgarden's shoes, he must be severely bummed at the moment.

Author:	racer612008 [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:10 pm ]
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Zach Veach confirmed that he is racing for Andretti next year.

Author:	racer612008 [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 9:21 pm ]
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Not surprised by this at all. Kahne been wanting to try IndyCar for a while now. He raced in Toyota Atlantics when he was a factory driver for Ford. - RACER.com now has a article on Kahne considering a part-time IndyCar deal in 2018 http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/14407 ... am-in-2018

Author:	Juihi [ Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:04 pm ]
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That would be cool!!, need more Cup guys heading over

Author:	racer612008 [ Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:06 pm ]
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Takuma Sato to return to Rahal Letterman Langian Racing in 2018. Press Release wrote: BROWNSBURG, Ind. (September 20, 2017) – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced today that reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Takuma Sato will return to their Verizon IndyCar Series team in 2018. Sato drove for the team in 2012 where he famously dueled eventual winner Dario Franchitti on the final lap. “I’m excited about having Taku back with us,” said Bobby Rahal, co-owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with former CBS Late Show host David Letterman and Mi-Jack co-owner Mike Lanigan. “I have such admiration for his spirit and how he approaches everything and was so happy for him when he won the Indy 500 this year. The chance to bring him back to the team was too good to pass up. He and Graham get along very well and we will have two strong cars that can win any race in 2018. I think that will give our team a great chance at being contenders in every race but it’s also going to give each of our drivers a chance to have their best years ever. I’m excited about it and even though the 2017 season just concluded, I can’t wait for the 2018 season to start.” “I am extremely happy to be back with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing,” added Takuma Sato. “Bobby, Dave and Mike have always been very supportive of me. The team has been ultra-competitive the past few seasons. I can’t wait to be a part of it in 2018. I think we can achieve some great things together!” Sato, a native of Tokyo, Japan, has made 135 starts in the IndyCar Series since his rookie season in 2010. His Indy car highlights include wins in the 2017 Indianapolis 500 and the 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and a total of six podium finishes. In addition, he has earned seven Indy car poles and led a total of 471 laps. Prior to joining the IndyCar Series, he competed in 90 Formula One races between 2002-2008 with his highest finish of third at the 2003 United States Grand Prix. While with RLL, his best finishes were third in Sao Paulo and second in Edmonton, which was his best series finish at the time.

Author:	racer612008 [ Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:47 pm ]
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Ganassi announces closure of #8 & #83 IndyCar teams.

Author:	iks [ Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:12 pm ]
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Good news about ganassi. I wonder who will replace Kanaan. Also good for Sato, he should do well next year. But I'm not quite understanding why the hell Zach veach has a 3 yr contract with andretti. What did he do to get that? He has two IndyCar starts with nothing noteworthy. And his indylights results are, while not terrible, not really spectacular.

Author:	RtN [ Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:37 pm ]
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TK's replacement will almost certainly be Brendan Hartley - Rosenqvist is locked in at Mahindra for another season. Veach's greatest asset is $18 million in funding - $6 million for 3 years. I suspect it's also why Andretti is talking about the possibility of running a fifth car if someone comes along with something of a budget - Veach's deal pays entirely for itself.

Author:	kals [ Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:52 pm ]
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RtN wrote: TK's replacement will almost certainly be Brendan Hartley. I thought Hartley was likely to go to SPM?

Author:	RtN [ Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:17 pm ]
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RACER seems convinced he's driving for Floyd. This is the latest (8 days ago, but no real movement since). http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/14404 ... in-ganassi

Author:	racer612008 [ Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:06 am ]
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Michigan Department of Natural Resources held a public forum last night on the future of the IndyCar race at Belle Isle after 2018. http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/m ... 686777001/

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