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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:22 pm 
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With the off season now in full swing, I'd figured it was time for the 2019 silly season thread. Full schedule for the IndyCar Series was released a couple weeks back, however only a couple races on the Road to Indy & other supporting events are known at this point. CoTA & Laguna Seca added to the IC schedule, while Phoenix & Sonoma is off. Silly season so far has been a wild one as who knows were Alonso is going (just 500? full season? NASCAR?), a possible new team / partnershi[ that's within the ownership group of the New York Yankees, other new teams looking at expanded schedules & 500 oneoffs along with more.

Recent News & Rumors:
IndyCar has scheduled a teleconference for later today / possible announcement of Steinbrenner / Harding link-up (Adam Stern of Sports Business Journal - 09/19)
Chevrolet ready to help Alonso with engine after Honda refuses (International Business Times - 09/19)
Robin Miller's Mailbag presented by Honda Racing / HPD (RACER.com - 09/19)
McLaren's Brown "still working hard on a possible full-time entry for 2019" (Adam Stern of Sports Business Journal - 09/18)
Another burned bridge could drive Alonso to NASCAR (Dieter Rencken article on Racefans.net - 09/18)
Some chatter in series paddocks that Jay Frye has been offered a high-level job with NASCAR (Adam Stern of Sports Business Journal - 09/18)
Rosenqvist could balance dual programs in IndyCar & Formula E (Sam Smith article on eracing365.com - 09/17)
Alonso apparently only "moderately enthusiastic about test", could be just part-time given possible issues with McLaren team startup (Auto Motor und Sport - 09/17)
Takuma Sato to stay at RLLR (RACER.com report - 09/16)
Sebastian Bourdais to return to Coyne in 2019 (RACER.com report - 09/15)
Scuderia Corsa still weighing IndyCar options (Marshall Pruett report on RACER.com - 09/15)
IMSA driver Simon Trummer checking out IndyCar at Sonoma (RACER.com report - 09/15)
Carpenter looking to retain Jordan King for 2019 (RACER.com report - 09/14)
Spencer Pigot to return to Ed Carpenter Racing (Motorsport.com - 09/13)
IndyCar plans to use Grand Prix layout at CoTA in 2019 (Marshall Pruett report on RACER.com - 09/13)
CoTA to host spring training test at Circuit of the Americas (Marshall Pruett report on RACER.com - 09/13)[/url]
Nichols Latifi linked to possible McLaren IndyCar effort (MARCA.com - 09/12)
Robin Miller's Mailbag presented by Honda Racing / HPD (RACER.com - 09/12)
Tony Stewart rules out 2019 one-off campaign for the Indy 500 (RACER.com report - 09/12)
"Third manufacturer needs to commit to the series by next May" (Jay Frye quote in Motorsport.com article - 09/07)
IndyCar could revive road course morning warmups (Motorsport.com - 09/06)
Alonso says IndyCar is "something special" after road course test (Motorsport.com - 09/05)
"There are rumors of a possible 3rd OEM looking to make a announcement soon" (Bobby Rahal interview with Racecar Engineering - 09/05)
Robin Miller's Mailbag presented by Honda Racing / HPD (RACER.com - 09/05)
CoTA evaluating track modifications for IndyCar (Chris Medland report on RACER.com - 09/04)
Pato O'Ward & Colton Herta in contention for 2 car team at Harding (Motorsport.com - 09/04)
DragonSpeed continues IndyCar exploration (Marshall Pruett report on RACER.com - 08/27)


2019 Schedules (IndyCar & Road to Indy):
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Verizon IndyCar Series
DATE - TRACK - TYPE - RACE/EVENT NAME:
03/10/2019 - Streets of St. Petersburg (FL) - STREET - Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
03/24/2019 - Circuit of the Americas (TX) - ROAD -
04/07/2019 - Barber Motorsports Park (AL) - ROAD - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
04/14/2019 - Streets of Long Beach (CA) - STREET - Grand Prix of Long Beach
05/11/2019 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Road Course (IN) - ROAD - IndyCar Grand Prix
05/26/2019 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IN) - SPEEDWAY - THE 103RD RUNNING OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 MILE RACE
06/01/2019 - The Raceway at Belle Isle (MI) - STREET - Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix | Race #1
06/02/2019 - The Raceway at Belle Isle (MI) - STREET - Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix | Race #2
06/08/2019 - Texas Motor Speedway (TX) - SPEEDWAY / # - DXC Technology 600
06/23/2019 - Road America (WI) - ROAD - Kohler Grand Prix
07/14/2019 - Streets of Toronto (ONT) - STREET - Honda Indy Toronto
07/20/2019 - Iowa Speedway (IA) - SHORT OVAL / # -
07/28/2019 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (OH) - ROAD - Honda Indy 200
08/18/2019 - Pocono Raceway (PA) - SPEEDWAY - ABC SUPPLY 500
08/24/2019 - Gateway Motorsports Park (IL) - SHORT OVAL / # - Bommarito Auto Group 500
09/01/2019 - Portland International Raceway (OR) - ROAD - Grand Prix of Portland
09/22/2019 - WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (CA) - ROAD -

rundown:
7 road circuits (CoTA, Barber, Indy RC, Elkhart Lake, Mid-Ohio, Portland, Laguna Seca)
5 oval tracks (Indy, Texas, Iowa, Pocono, Gateway)
4 street circuits (St. Petersburg, Long Beach, Detroit (2 races), Toronto)
3 night races (Texas, Iowa, Gateway)
2 500-mile races (Indy, Pocono)

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Indy Lights
DATE - TRACK - RACE/EVENT NAME:
Schedule yet to be released, confirmed events below:
03/23/2019 - Circuit of the Americas (TX) - ROAD
03/24/2019 - Circuit of the Americas (TX) - ROAD
06/22/2019 - Road America (WI) - ROAD
06/23/2019 - Road America (WI) - ROAD

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Pro Mazda Championship
DATE - TRACK - RACE/EVENT NAME:
Schedule yet to be released, confirmed events below:
03/23/2019 - Circuit of the Americas (TX) - ROAD
03/24/2019 - Circuit of the Americas (TX) - ROAD
06/22/2019 - Road America (WI) - ROAD
06/23/2019 - Road America (WI) - ROAD

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Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship
DATE - TRACK - RACE/EVENT NAME:
Schedule yet to be released, confirmed events below:
03/23/2019 - Circuit of the Americas (TX) - ROAD
03/24/2019 - Circuit of the Americas (TX) - ROAD
06/22/2019 - Road America (WI) - ROAD
06/23/2019 - Road America (WI) - ROAD

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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


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OTHER KNOWN SUPPORT CLASSES ON INDYCAR WEEKENDS
03/09-10/2019 - Streets of St. Petersburg (FL) - Pirelli World Challenge | GTS, GT4 Americas | East
04/13/2019 - Streets of Long Beach (CA) - IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship
06/01/2019 - The Raceway at Belle Isle (MI) - IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship
06/07/2019 - Texas Motor Speedway (TX) - NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series
07/19/2019 - Iowa Speedway (IA) - ARCA Racing Series


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Driver / Team Chart
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Drivers rumored / unknown for ride in 2019:
Fernando Alonso
Rene Binder
Collin Braun
Alfonso Celis Jr.
Gabby Chaves
Max Chilton
Zachary Claman de Melo
Conor Daly
James Davison
Santino Ferrucci
Pietro Fittipaldi
Ben Hanley
J.R. Hildebrand
Jay Howard
Ed Jones
Kyle Kaiser
Sage Karam
Charlie Kimball
Jordan King
Katherine Legge
Pippa Mann
Carlos Munoz
Esteban Ocon
Felix Rosenqvist
Oriol Servia
Tony Stewart - (interested in one-off oval race to prepare for 500 in 2020)
Simon Trummel
Santiago Urrutia
Stoffel Vandoorne
Pascal Wehrlein
Stefan Wilson


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As hinted, Steinbrenner is creating a new team with Harding and they will run both Pato O'Ward and Colton Herta next year.

https://racer.com/2018/09/19/new-hardin ... -for-2019/

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What is interesting from that is that they have also partnered with Andretti and they will use Chevys. So that means Andretti will run both Honda and Chevy next year. And where does that leave Fred?


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Harding / Steinbrenner Racing press release
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Hard ... p-UJkYqZsE


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A nuance that might be important - Chaves is contracted through to the end of next year, so presumably he will be getting a payoff of some description and this will perhaps get him a foot in the door for teams seeking money.

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Grande Premio reporting that with the Steinbrenner addition to Harding, that it does open the door for a chance of them having a 3rd car for Alonso & McLaren


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Carlin Racing looking to expand to a 3 car team in IndyCar while also returning to Indy Lights with a 2 car team
https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news ... -/3180577/


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rendering of the Harding / Steinbrenner paint scheme that Herta is slated to have presently.
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will George Costanza also work with this team?

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So...I guess we don't know if the electrodes moving his legs or if he's doing it yet?


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I would guess by the straps that the machine is doing it, but it sounds like it's a test to see if electricity is passing down the whole of his spinal column.

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Coyne have apparently offered their second seat to Stoffel Vandoorne, who is 'cautiously considering' it.

Both of them could do a lot worse.


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I'd like to see what Stoffel can do in a car that's not a shitbox...after being in a shitbox for so long.

I really want Pietro in the field next year though. Hoping he gets to partner Hinchcliffe. :D


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gkmotorsport wrote:
Coyne have apparently offered their second seat to Stoffel Vandoorne, who is 'cautiously considering' it.

Both of them could do a lot worse.

a Bourdais / Vandoorne lineup..... DAMN that would be stacked


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Harding / Steinbrenner in talks with both Chevrolet & Honda.
https://racer.com/2018/09/21/both-manuf ... inbrenner/

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Wonder what Honda team would switch over to Chevrolet if this happens? Also wonder if engine numbers have been raised by both manufacturers with the increase in car count

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racer612008 wrote:
Harding / Steinbrenner in talks with both Chevrolet & Honda.
https://racer.com/2018/09/21/both-manuf ... inbrenner/

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Wonder what Honda team would switch over to Chevrolet if this happens? Also wonder if engine numbers have been raised by both manufacturers with the increase in car count

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I suspect McLaren will be watching this with interest. A spare Chevy deal could be exactly what they need now.


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Quote:
Mark Miles (who was in Europe selling the international TV package and meeting with engine manufacturers)


https://racer.com/2018/09/24/miller-indycars-home-run/

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gkmotorsport wrote:
racer612008 wrote:
Harding / Steinbrenner in talks with both Chevrolet & Honda.
https://racer.com/2018/09/21/both-manuf ... inbrenner/

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Wonder what Honda team would switch over to Chevrolet if this happens? Also wonder if engine numbers have been raised by both manufacturers with the increase in car count

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I suspect McLaren will be watching this with interest. A spare Chevy deal could be exactly what they need now.

Both manufacturers have increased leases for next year it seems as well, but with more teams joining the fray I'd suspect some open slots would help


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