Or even the W Series, which is strictly for women, obviously. In order to have women at the 500, they need to be on the Road to Indy to learn about ovals and everything they need to prepare for a career in IndyCar. You go where the opportunities are, and maybe if you don’t find women in a particular series, it should have you asking some hard questions as to why it’s that way.”Looking to IndyCar’s future, Legge welcomes the chance to assist the RE&C program in identifying and developing next-generation talent.
2020 Indianapolis 500 (August): IndyCar Carb Day - Driver Quotes (08/22/20) 5 Things To Look For Heading into the 104th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge (08/22/20) For the first time since 1999, the Indianapolis 500 will be run without a female driver in the field on Sunday. Making his final pit stop (…)No Formula 1 team has suffered more false dawns than Williams. Is the 2020 IndyCar full-time driver lineup set following the confirmations of Charlie Kimball and Santino Ferrucci at A.J.
Even our Girl Empowerment Around Racing (IMSA) program, at the moment, is on a hiatus because of a lack of sponsorship. Partner of USA Today Sports Digital Properties “I don’t fully understand why there’s such a difference. We’ll have more information about it as we go along for the next weeks, as well as months, as the program is built and set in motion.” Over the last […] We could try to blame COVID-19 for our sponsorship troubles but, unfortunately, I don’t think that’s actually the case because there are 33 sponsored cars and no women in them. All contents copyright © 2020, Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. All rights reserved. A few rookie drivers return to IndyCar this year and are still considered rookies since they did not race the whole season.
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The 1963 Indy 500 winner Parnelli Jones has congratulated 2020 pole-winner Marco Andretti for putting the hallowed #98 back in the spotlight at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Drivers, constructors and team results for the top racing series from around the world at the click of your finger We also don’t have African-Americans, or Latinos, or many others that we want and need in IndyCar.”Beyond enrolling young women in the Road To Indy, the equivalent of an open-wheel racing university, Legge wants to see a cultural shift within the sport that places genuine value on the hiring and corporate backing for female driving talent.“Strictly for what we’ve witnessed in IndyCar, unfortunately, we’ve been taken away by other series, like IMSA for example, that have made more of a point to have female drivers involved,” she said.
Guthrie went on to compete twice more, contesting the 1978 and 1979 Indy 500s, but her pioneering endeavors weren’t rewarded with an immediate successor as more than a decade passed before Lyn St. James took the baton in 1992.The road racing ace would become a fixture on the big oval, racing in six straight Indy 500s through 1997, and, with Fisher’s emergence from the American short track racing scene in 2000, genuine talent-based momentum started to build. Twenty-three years since its last world championship title in 1997, (…)Opposite ends of the competition spectrum presented themselves at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo., as the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing (…)Sebastian Vettel says it is wrong to judge his relationship with Ferrari based on radio messages between himself and the team when (…)There was no hiding Matt DiBenedetto’s frustration after two bad days at Dover put his playoff hopes in jeopardy. There will be two Canadian IndyCar drivers for the 2020 season. These are the drivers entered in the 2020 Indianapolis 500, by team, with car number and Indy 500 history. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in any form without prior authorization. We might have one, but it’s never five or 10. These drivers are Pat O'Ward, now racing for the new Arrow McLaren SP team and Ben Hanley who is back with DragonSpeed Racing.