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Revision as of 06:51, 23 January 2014

2014 IndyCar season
IndyCar Series
File:IndyCar Series 2014.png
Season
Races18
Start dateMarch 30
End dateAugust 30
Awards
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The 2014 IndyCar Series season represents the 103rd season of American open wheel racing and the 19th season of the IndyCar Series. Its premier event will be the 98th Indianapolis 500, to be held Sunday, May 25. Scott Dixon will enter the season as the defending IndyCar Champion, while Chevrolet will enter as the reigning Manufacturer's champion.

Teams and drivers

  • All chassis are composed of a Dallara DW12 "IndyCar Safety Cell" base chassis, and Dallara aerokit. All teams run Firestone tires. On December 21, 2012, Firestone signed a five-year contract extension with IndyCar. Firestone will be the official supplier for IndyCar through 2018.[1] The original engine lease contracts that were signed by the teams prior to the 2012 season are up for renewal prior to the 2014 season, many of which have yet to be announced. The list below reflects drivers who have confirmed and existing contracts for the 2014 season.[2]
  • (R) denotes an IndyCar Series rookie.
Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s) Notes
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 14 Japan Takuma Sato[3] All
Andretti Autosport Honda[4] 25 United States Marco Andretti[5] All
27 Canada James Hinchcliffe[6] All
28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay All
34 Colombia Carlos Muñoz (R)[7] All
Bryan Herta Autosport TBA 98 TBA All
Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet[8] TBA New Zealand Scott Dixon[9] All
8 Australia Ryan Briscoe[10] All
10 Brazil Tony Kanaan[10] All
83 United States Charlie Kimball All
Dale Coyne Racing TBA 18 TBA All
19 United Kingdom Justin Wilson[11] All
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet[12] 20 United Kingdom Mike Conway[13] 1–4, 6–7, 9–10, 13–15, 17
United States Ed Carpenter 5, 8, 11–12, 16, 18
KV Racing Technology TBA 11 France Sébastien Bourdais[14] All
TBA TBA All
Panther Racing TBA 4 TBA All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing TBA 15 United States Graham Rahal All
16 TBA All
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing TBA 67 United States Josef Newgarden All
Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports Honda[15] 55 Russia Mikhail Aleshin (R)[16] All
77 France Simon Pagenaud[16] All
Team Penske Chevrolet 2 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya[17] All
3 Brazil Helio Castroneves[17] All
12 Australia Will Power[17] All

Team and driver news

Schedule

The 2014 IndyCar Series schedule was formally announced on NBC Sports Network's INDYCAR Championship Preview Show on October 17, 2013.[20][21] The schedule consists of eighteen races, hosted across 15 tracks and 14 venues. Included are three doubleheader events, in Detroit, Houston and Toronto. The IndyCar Triple Crown will feature the three 500-mile races, at Indianapolis, Pocono and Fontana, and offers a $1,000,000 bonus to a driver who can win all three events, with a $250,000 consolation prize if a driver can win two of the three events.

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Television
1 March 30 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida ABC
2 April 13 40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California NBCSN
3 April 27 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama NBCSN
4 May 10 Grand Prix of Indianapolis[22] Indianapolis Motor Speedway — Road Course Speedway, Indiana ABC[23]
5 May 25 98th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway — Oval Course Speedway, Indiana ABC
6 May 31 Chevrolet/Cadillac Grand Prix of Detroit Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan ABC
7 June 1
8 June 7 Firestone 600 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas NBCSN
9 June 28 Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston Reliant Park Houston, Texas NBCSN
10 June 29
11 July 6 Pocono IndyCar 500 Fueled by Sunoco Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania NBCSN
12 July 12 Iowa Corn Indy 300 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa NBCSN
13 July 19 Honda Indy Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario NBCSN
14 July 20
15 August 3 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio NBCSN
16 August 17 ABC Supply Wisconsin 250[24] The Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin NBCSN
17 August 24 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California NBCSN
18 August 30 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California NBCSN

BOLD indicates a Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka Triple Crown event.

  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course
  Temporary Street Circuit

Calendar changes

  • The event at Pocono Raceway will be extended to 500-miles from the 400-miles run in 2013.[25]
  • The event at Texas Motor Speedway will be extended to 600-kilometres from the 550-kilometres it ran the past 7 years.[26]
  • The road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, used for the U.S. Grand Prix in F1 (2000-2007) and currently the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix in MotoGP, will hold a race on Saturday, May 10; as part of the opening weekend of track activity for the Indianapolis 500.[27] The race will run on a 2.434-mile (3.917 km) modified version of the Formula One road course, running clockwise around the oval section of the speedway. It will also feature a standing start. Opening Day practice for the Indy 500 will commence on Sunday, May 11.[28]
  • Iowa Speedway is confirmed to be returning to the schedule, extending the race to a 300 lap event.[29]
  • Baltimore Street Circuit race weekend will not run in 2014 and 2015 due to scheduling conflicts.[30]
  • Milwaukee Mile is confirmed to be returning to the schedule.
  • São Paulo Indy 300 has been removed from the schedule.

Series changes

  • IZOD will conclude its sponsorship after the 2013 season. INDYCAR is currently seeking a new title sponsor for the IndyCar Series.[31]

References

  1. ^ "Firestone to remain tire supplier through 2018". IndyCar.com. December 21, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  2. ^ Pruett, Marshall (July 26, 2013). "INSIGHT: IndyCar silly season update". Racer.com. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  3. ^ "Takuma Sato and A.J. Foyt: A Winning Combination". Auto Week. December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Olson, Jeff. "Andretti resigns Hinchcliffe, will switch to Honda". USA Today. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  5. ^ "Andretti Autosport re-signs Marco Andretti". Auto Week. October 18, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  6. ^ "Andretti Autosport confirms James Hinchcliffe return with new sponsor". Racer. October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  7. ^ a b Lewandowski, Dave (November 18, 2013). "Munoz joins Andretti; starts with Sebring test". IndyCar Series. IndyCar. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  8. ^ "Chevrolet and Chip Ganassi Racing teams partner in IndyCar Series for 2014". Motorsport. motorsport.com. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  9. ^ "To run history-laden No. 1 or not is the question". Indycar. indycar.com. October 24, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  10. ^ a b c d Lewandowski, Dave (December 13, 2013). "Briscoe rejoins Ganassi team for full '14 season". IndyCar Series. indycar.com. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  11. ^ "Q&A with Justin Wilson on IndyCar, Rolex 24". Racer. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Mike Conway completes successful two day Sebring test in his first ECR Chevrolet drive". Motorsport.com. GMM. November 20, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  13. ^ "Conway joins Carpenter team for roads/streets". IndyCar Series. IndyCar.com. November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  14. ^ "SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS TO RUN 2014-2015 INDYCAR SEASONS WITH KVSH RACING". October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  15. ^ "Notes: First Honda team re-ups for 2014 engine". IndyCar Series. IndyCar.com. August 23, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  16. ^ a b c Lewandowski, Dave (November 22, 2013). "Aleshin to drive for SPM; first Russian in series". IndyCar Series. IndyCar. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  17. ^ a b c d "Montoya to Join Team Penske in 2014". Penske Racing. September 16, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  18. ^ "Chip Ganassi Racing Teams sign Tony Kanaan for 2014 IndyCar series season". Motorsport. motorsport.com. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  19. ^ Lewandowski, Dave (November 14, 2013). "Four-time champ Franchitti announces his retirement". IndyCar Series. indycar.com. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  20. ^ Lewandowski, Dave (October 14, 2013). "2014 IndyCar Series schedule unveil on 'INDYCAR Championship Preview Show' at 8 p.m. (ET) Oct. 17 on NBC Sports Network". IndyCar Series. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
  21. ^ Lewandowski, Dave (October 17, 2013). "Eighteen races highlight IndyCar Series schedule". IndyCar Series. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  22. ^ DiZinno, Tony (October 1, 2013). "Grand Prix of Indianapolis set for May 10, 2014 on revised course". NBC Sports. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  23. ^ "IndyCar Road Race May 8-10 At IMS To Elevate Month Of May Action". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. October 1, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  24. ^ "ABC Supply Co. steps up for Milwaukee IndyFest, which moves to August". Tony DiZinno. NBC Sports. October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  25. ^ Robin, Miller. "IndyCars 2014 schedule takes shape". Racer.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  26. ^ Lewandowski, Dave (September 23, 2013). "Fans to get more mileage out of 2014 race at TMS". IndyCar Series. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  27. ^ "Board approves Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course event for May 2014". IndyCar Series. September 26, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  28. ^ Cavin, Curt (October 1, 2013). "IndyCar officials provide details for revised 2.434-mile IMS road course". IndyStar. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  29. ^ "IndyCar head Mark Miles says series will return to Iowa in 2014". Autoweek. June 23, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  30. ^ Dance, Scott (September 13, 2013). "Grand Prix of Baltimore canceled through 2015, and likely beyond". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  31. ^ "Izod dropping IndyCar Series sponsorship". Indianapolis Business Journal. September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2013.

External links

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