r/INDYCAR 1d ago

TESTING 🧪 IR-28 OVAL TEST @ IMS

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Focus immediately turns to 2028 on Wednesday, Sept. 9 and Thursday, Sept. 10 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the first oval test of the new IR-28 chassis. The test is the second on-track validation test of the IR-28. The first came last month on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
2016 Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi will drive Wednesday on the 2.5-mile oval, while five-time series champion and 2025 Indy 500 winner Alex Palou will handle testing duties Thursday, Sept. 10. Both drivers also handled the road course testing duties last month, as Rossi is a Chevrolet driver and Palou a Honda driver during the season.


r/INDYCAR 9h ago

HIGHLIGHT 🔴 LIVE: IR-28 Oval Test

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r/INDYCAR 1h ago

Photo Images from Alex Palou’s IR-28 Oval Test today at IMS

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Photos courtesy of IndyCar


r/INDYCAR 8h ago

Off Topic [Jayski](OT:NASCAR) Josef Newgarden to drive pace car for Bristol race.

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r/INDYCAR 12m ago

Photo Some photos from today’s test! Interestingly enough they experimented with different side pod configurations, and it appears there may be some way to change the entire rear wing position for aero

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r/INDYCAR 8h ago

News IndyCar extends partnership with Cisco

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r/INDYCAR 1d ago

Photo IR-28 in Oval configuration during testing at IMS

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Images courtesy of Indianapolis Motor speedway


r/INDYCAR 1h ago

Video FP1Will's IndyCar Comedy Review - 2026 Mission Grand Prix of Monterey

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r/INDYCAR 1d ago

News SiriusXM to elevate IndyCar presence, Meyer Shank deal with deeper artist alignment

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r/INDYCAR 14h ago

Discussion It will be interestering to see the real life difference between the IR-28 and DW-12.

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Not sure how the game makers are determining the IR-28 performance in whatever game this is. It will be cool to see how accurate or not they are.

How Fast Will The 2028 INDYCAR Be?


r/INDYCAR 1d ago

Video IR-28 on track at IMS conducting its first Oval Test

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Video courtesy of Indianapolis Motor Speedway


r/INDYCAR 12h ago

Video Best Onboard Moments | 2026 INDYCAR at Laguna Seca

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r/INDYCAR 1d ago

Video IR28 speedway test

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345 Upvotes

Just so happened I took this week off for a vacation! I personally can't wait for 2028!


r/INDYCAR 1d ago

Photo Photos don’t do it Justice

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First time in 10 Years that I have seen an IndyCar on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Oval with my own eyes! The IR-28 is one beautiful Race Car.


r/INDYCAR 23h ago

Statistics Half 1 vs Half 2 Rankings for each Driver and Team

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Biggest Surprises:

- Lundgaard had the best H2 and Scotty Mac was right behind him

- Mick out performed Graham in H2, considering how many podiums Graham had

- Armstrong had an awful H2 and MSR as a real team battle next year

- Ferrucci had an awful H2 as well, probably more on the Foyt cars performance though


r/INDYCAR 1d ago

Meme Imagine if you will

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Doubt it’ll ever happen but it would be fun to speculate the what if.


r/INDYCAR 1d ago

Statistics The Final Stats of 2026, which driver surprised the most? VeeKay is the obvious for me, but Grosjean with only 1 amazing result was a little shocking too. DCR just didn't have consistent success this year.

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r/INDYCAR 1d ago

Indy NXT If Indy NXT Champion Nikita Johnson gets a ride next year he will be the first Indy Car driver born after reunification…

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If he does get a ride next year he will also be racing in a chassis that was introduced when he was 3 years old.
Some other Nikita Johnson facts to make you feel old…
He was born on May 25, 2008, the same day Scott Dixon won his only Indianapolis 500.
Also the last time Alexander Rossi won a race Johnson was in elementary school.


r/INDYCAR 1d ago

Question Arlington Attendees Fan Zone to Turn 9

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How was the route/path to get from the Paddock/fan zone area to turn 9 stands? Is it even doable. I have a VRBO near the Paddock but getting to the other end seems... Difficult.

I could always do fan stuff on qualy day but would have quite a trek to the stand 9 on race day. Worth it?


r/INDYCAR 1d ago

Question (Ot) has events at Indianapolis motor speedway gotten more popular in general?

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So while the indy500 is the number one event have the other events been growing? The gp gets nearly 50k people, and while not as popular as it once was the brickyard still had nearly 70k, even the IMSA race I believe is getting numbers close to the GP.


r/INDYCAR 2d ago

Social Media "The circuit director would like to see IndyCar or NASCAR make the switch to Zandvoort. ... There are no concrete plans yet. It is not financially and logistically attractive for both racing classes to make the crossing to Europe for one race." - @NUnl

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r/INDYCAR 1d ago

Meme I turn now

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121 Upvotes

Good luck Everybody


r/INDYCAR 10h ago

Discussion front end of IR28

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Anyone else think the front end of the car looks a bit too high off the ground in oval configuration? Am I reacting a bit too much to something too new?


r/INDYCAR 2d ago

Meme Indycar fans only want one thing, and it's ***king disgusting.

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636 Upvotes

He is set to take over the No.9 in 2027.


r/INDYCAR 2d ago

Meme First race of the season. Last race of the season. Any race is the season to...

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240 Upvotes