Pennzoil Named Official Motor Oil and Lubricant of INDYCAR
By INDYCAR | Published: Apr 13, 2021
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® has become the Official Motor Oil and Lubricant Partner of INDYCAR and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, a new and dynamic multiyear partnership that begins this weekend with the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by AmFirst at Barber Motorsports Park.
The expansive agreement also includes Pennzoil becoming the sponsor of the Pennzoil Technical Inspection area at all 17 NTT INDYCAR SERIES events this season. Pennzoil branding will be placed on INDYCAR’s technical inspection transporter.
“Pennzoil has participated in the INDYCAR SERIES for many decades and during that time enjoyed much success, including the popular Pennzoil-sponsored Indianapolis 500 winners driven by Johnny Rutherford in 1980 and Rick Mears in 1984 and 1988,” said Patty Lanning, vice president, North Ameri
Indiana governor Eric Holcomb expressed hope Friday that fans will be able to attend the Indianapolis 500 on May 30.
“(Being here now) gives me a lot of hope we’re going to host fans in the stands,” said Holcomb. Fans at the track and home will want to place their bets at casino online on who will win The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway track owner Roger Penske has set a goal of 250,000 fans in the stands for the race while 170,000 tickets have been sold thus far. The track is expected to wait
Despite an uptick in the positivity rate in Indiana, the track is touting the 3.3 million total doses of vaccines within the state leading to 1.35million people being fully vaccinated.
In May 1996 All Track Events Of The 80th Indy 500 Were Cybercast Live By The Auto Channel (Sponsored By Pennzoil) - Now 25 Years Later The 105th Indy 500 Open Testing Will Be Streamed On Peacock
Testing Scheduled for April 8-9 at Racing Capital of the World
INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, April 5, 2021) – Nearly a full field of NTT INDYCAR SERIES participants will begin preparations for the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge during an open test Thursday, April 8 and Friday, April 9 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Thirty-two car-and-driver combinations are scheduled to participate in the two-day session, which will stream live to race fans exclusively via NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, Peacock.
By INDYCAR | Published: Apr 5, 2021
2019 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge Rookie of the Year Santino Ferrucci will attempt to make his third consecutive start in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on Sunday, May 30, joining Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the race.
Ferrucci, from Woodbury, Connecticut, finished seventh in the “500” in 2019 to earn top rookie honors with Dale Coyne Racing. He improved upon that in 2020 with Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan, finishing fourth.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan (RLL) boasts three of the top four finishers in the 2020 Indianapolis 500 in its lineup this May. Takuma Sato won for the team to earn his second victory in the world’s most prestigious race, while Graham Rahal finished third.
McLaughlin Wins INDYCAR iRacing Challenge Finale at Sebring
By Paul Kelly | Published: Apr 1, 2021
Scott McLaughlin is a rookie in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES this season, but he burnished his reputation as the king of the INDYCAR iRacing Challenge by winning the Season 2 finale Thursday, April 1 at virtual Sebring International Raceway.
McLaughlin passed pole sitter Alex Palou with three laps to go and held on for a victory by .801 of a second in his No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet. He ran out of fuel just past the finish line on the bumpy, 17-turn, 3.74-mile circuit located in south-central Florida.
“That was a ride,” McLaughlin said on his Twitch stream. “Great race. I thought I was going to run out of fuel. That was a race. That was good for my mind.”