INDYCAR announced the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule today, a 16-race season - anchored by the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race - that spans five weeks longer than last season and features new events in Phoenix, Road America and Boston. INDYCAR has experienced a 38 percent growth in both television ratings and viewership over the past two years with longstanding TV partners ABC and NBCSN and the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season is poised to capitalize and build upon that momentum.
For the 30th time since its innaugural event in 1986, professional INDYCAR racing returns to Exhibition Place for the 2016 Honda Indy Toronto, Ontario's largest annual sporting event. The three-day festival returns to its traditional July dates, July 15-17, after switching to June last year to accommodate the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games.
On the heels of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule released earlier this week, the Mazda Road to Indy announced next season's plans for its three rungs of the development system.
Already teammates with Chip Ganassi Racing, two Verizon IndyCar Series champions are teaming again this weekend for another grueling athletic endeavor. Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan will compete Oct. 25 in the Ironman 70.3 Miami.
A champion could be crowned this week in America. This week, Formula 1 returns to Circuit of the Americas in Elroy, Texas - on the outskirts of Austin - for the United States Grand Prix. This'll be the 45th edition of the race, 38th as a round of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship and fourth at COTA.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced earlier this week that 2015 Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Champion Spencer Pigot will run at least three Verizon IndyCar Series events in 2016.
Spencer Pigot's meteoric rise to the Verizon IndyCar Series is similar to that of Graham Rahal. In 2016, the drivers will form an all-American lineup at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
Fans now have the opportunity to sense what it was like when Indy cars drove across the Golden Gate Bridge in August, thanks to a collaborative effort from INDYCAR and GoPro.
On Aug. 27, GoPro and INDYCAR joined forces to produce an interactive 360-degree video of the Verizon IndyCar Series' ambitious endeavor to send cars across one of the world's most iconic locations - the Golden Gate Bridge.
The driver of the No. 44 Mercedes AMG Petronas car capitalized on the mechanical failure of teammate and pole sitter Nico Rosberg to score his 42nd career win in Formula 1.
Zilisch was originally scheduled to race at Texas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race last year, but sat out due to the late-race Talladega crash, which resulted in a back injury.
One day after veterans dominated the speed chart, rookie Caio Collet rode the aerodynamic wave to the fastest overall speed of the Indianapolis 500 Open Test on Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
