The 2023 INDYCAR season continues weekend with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES 2023 Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois. OpenWheel.com will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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INDY NXT by Firestone Preview: INDY NXT by Firestone OUTFRONT Showdown (Entry List) – Saturday, August 26th, 2023 3:25PM (ET) Peacock – The INDY NXT by Firestone championship battle remains tight as Christian Rasmussen leads Hunter McElrea by 33 points. Nolan Siegel (-55) and Jacob Abel (-57) aren’t all that far behind if results go well for them this weekend and I expect Jacob Abel to contend for the win after his strong oval performance last month at Iowa. Matthew Brabham won this event last year with Andretti Autosport and returns this weekend with Juncos Hollinger Racing.

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Preview: Bommarito Automotive Group 500 – Sunday, August 27th, 2023 3:30PM (ET) NBC – Alex Palou has all but sealed the 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship as he heads into the weekend holding a 101 point lead over Scott Dixon and 105 over Josef Newgarden with just three races remaining. Last year’s Indy Lights champion Linus Lundqvist will make his NTT INDYCAR SERIES oval debut this weekend in the Meyer Shank Racing No. 60 this weekend substituting for the still-not-cleared Simon Pagenaud. Conor Daly replaces Jack Harvey in the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 30 by team decision. Previous driver performance at the circuit shows five winners in the field in Newgarden (5), Dixon (1), Takuma Sato (1), Will Power (1), and Helio Castroneves (1). Newgarden has won the lats three races at the venue and is looking to finish off a streak of winning every oval race this season. Looking at the box scores from the 2022 and 2021 at World Wide Technology Raceway, Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin, and Pato O’Ward finished in the Top 5 in both races. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, that trio is joined by Sato, Power, and Marcus Ericsson. The entered Top 5 in laps led at the circuit are Newgarden (484), Power (329), Castroneves (271), Dixon (251), and Sato (167).

My pick to win: Josef Newgarden – It’s Josef Newgarden on an oval…don’t overthink it until given reason to otherwise.

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Pato O’Ward $28, Takuma Sato $27, David Malukas $23, & Devlin DeFrancesco $22 – It’s difficult to add Newgarden or any of the Penske cars to your team as expensive as they are regardless of their likely dominance. O’Ward should be a big factor for a podium and don’t be surprised if Sato and Malukas contend for Top 5’s as well with their history at the circuit. Devlin was solid here last year and coming off the best weekend of his career at IMS.

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#2 TEAM PENSKE CHEVY DALLARA – JOSEF NEWGARDEN

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#3 TEAM PENSKE CHEVY DALLARA – SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN

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#5 ARROW MCLAREN CHEVY DALLARA – PATO O’WARD

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#06 MEYER SHANK RACING HONDA DALLARA – HELIO CASTRONEVES

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#6 ARROW MCLAREN CHEVY DALLARA – FELIX ROSENQVIST

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#7 ARROW MCLAREN CHEVY DALLARA – ALEXANDER ROSSI

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#8 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – MARCUS ERICSSON

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#9 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – SCOTT DIXON

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#10 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – ALEX PALOU

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#11 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – MARCUS ARMSTRONG

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#12 TEAM PENSKE CHEVY DALLARA – WILL POWER

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#14 AJ FOYT RACING CHEVY DALLARA – SANTINO FERRUCCI

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#15 RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN RACING HONDA DALLARA – GRAHAM RAHAL

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#18 DALE COYNE RACING W/HMD MOTORSPORTS HONDA DALLARA – DAVID MALUKAS

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#20 ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVY DALLARA – RYAN HUNTER-REAY

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#21 ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVY DALLARA – RINUS VEEKAY

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#26 ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT W/CURB-AGAJANIAN HONDA DALLARA – COLTON HERTA

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#27 ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT HONDA DALLARA – KYLE KIRKWOOD

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#28 ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT HONDA DALLARA – ROMAIN GROSJEAN

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#29 ANDRETTI STEINBRENNER AUTOSPORT HONDA DALLARA – DEVLIN DEFRANCESCO

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#30 RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN RACING HONDA DALLARA – JACK HARVEY

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#45 RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN RACING HONDA DALLARA – CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD

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#51 DALE COYNE RACING W/RICK WARE RACING HONDA DALLARA – STING RAY ROBB

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#55 AJ FOYT RACING CHEVY DALLARA – BENJAMIN PEDERSEN

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#60 MEYER SHANK RACING HONDA DALLARA – LINUS LUNDQVIST

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#77 JUNCOS HOLLINGER RACING CHEVY DALLARA – CALLUM ILOTT

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#78 JUNCOS HOLLINGER RACING CHEVY DALLARA – AGUSTIN CANAPINO

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The 2023 INDYCAR season continues weekend with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. OpenWheel.com will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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INDY NXT by Firestone Preview: INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix (Entry List) – Friday, August 11th, 2023 4:50PM (ET) Peacock – The INDY NXT by Firestone championship battle has tilted towards Christian Rasmussen as the Danish driver leads Nolan Siegel by 45 points and Hunter McElrea by 59 points. Juncos Hollinger Racing dominated the weekend in May with Matteo Nannini taking a shockingly dominant pole and victory but he is no longer with the team. Here is the box score from the race at IMS earlier this season.

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Preview: Gallagher Grand Prix – Saturday, August 12th, 2023 2:00PM (ET) NBC – After another exciting weekend in Nashville, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES rolls into Brickyard weekend with Alex Palou holding an 84 point lead over Josef Newgarden in the championship with just four races remaining. Last year’s Indy Lights champion Linus Lundqvist is back in the Meyer Shank Racing No. 60 this weekend substituting for the still-not-cleared Simon Pagenaud. Previous driver performance at the circuit shows seven winners in the field in Will Power (5), Scott Dixon (1), Colton Herta (1), Newgarden (1), Palou (1), Alexander Rossi (1), and Rinus VeeKay (1). Palou and Rossi are the two most recent winners. Looking at the box scores from the 2023 GMR GP and 2022 Gallagher GP on the IMS road course, Rossi and Christian Lundgaard finished in the Top 5 in both races. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, that duo is joined by Palou, Newgarden, Felix Rosenqvist, Scott Dixon, and Graham Rahal.

My pick to win: Alex Palou – It’s difficult to NOT pick Alex Palou on a road or street course at the moment. After the dominance he put on display at this venue in May, he’s an easy pick for me this weekend.

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Alexander Rossi $28, Colton Herta $27, Christian Lundgaard $27, & Linus Lundqvist $18 – Rossi and Lundgaard’s recent performances at this circuit have been excellent and provide great value at their price points. Herta dominated both races last year and figures to have a stronger weekend now though he has had a strangely quiet year. Lundqvist is an excellent value at just $18 after impressing in his debut last weekend.

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The 2023 INDYCAR season continues weekend with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES 2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix on the Streets of Nashville. OpenWheel.com will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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INDY NXT by Firestone Preview: INDY NXT by Firestone Music City Grand Prix (Entry List) – Sunday, August 6, 2023 10:05AM (ET) Peacock – It’s a big weekend in INDY NXT as the championship race tightens up with just six races left. Christian Rasmussen leads Nolan Siegel (-22), Jacob Abel (-43), Hunter McElrea (-46), and Louis Foster (-53). Francesco Pizzi and Yuven Sundaramoorthy will make their series debuts this weekend with Abel Motorsports while Cape Motorsports’ second car is back with Matthew Brabham at the wheel.

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Preview: Big Machine Music City Grand Prix – Sunday, August 6th, 2023 12:00PM (ET) NBC – The series rolls into one of the wildest weekends of the year as the Streets of Nashville have provided plenty of drama, or rather chaos, on the tight circuit. Alex Palou comes in with an 80 point lead over his nearest challenger, Josef Newgarden, in the championship with just five races left. Last year’s Indy Lights champion Linus Lundqvist will make his NTT INDYCAR SERIES debut this weekend substituting for the still-not-cleared Simon Pagenaud in the Meyer Shank Racing No. 60 this weekend. Previous driver performance at the circuit shows Scott Dixon (2022) and Marcus Ericsson (2021) as the only winners of this relatively new event. Looking at the box scores from the 2022 and 2022 races at Nashville, only Scott Dixon finished in the Top 5 in both races. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, Dixon is joined by Palou, Newgarden, and Felix Rosenqvist.

My pick to win: Colton Herta – Andretti Autosport has been the class of the field in terms of speed on street courses this season and Herta has been ridiculously fast at Nashville with just one pole to show for it. That changes this weekend as the California native gets his breakthrough win of the season at a circuit that has caused him plenty of heartbreak.

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Colton Herta $27, Kyle Kirkwood $26, Marcus Ericsson $29, & Linus Lundqvist $18 – You know my thoughts on Herta. Kirkwood has been strong on streets courses with a win at Long Beach. Ericsson is always steady and has a victory at the circuit. I plan on taking a chance with the best of the $18 drivers and that might just be the debut man this weekend with a solid car and race-winning experience last year at Nashville in Indy Lights.

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#2 TEAM PENSKE CHEVY DALLARA – JOSEF NEWGARDEN

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#3 TEAM PENSKE CHEVY DALLARA – SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN

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#5 ARROW MCLAREN CHEVY DALLARA – PATO O’WARD

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#06 MEYER SHANK RACING HONDA DALLARA – HELIO CASTRONEVES

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#6 ARROW MCLAREN CHEVY DALLARA – FELIX ROSENQVIST

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#7 ARROW MCLAREN CHEVY DALLARA – ALEXANDER ROSSI

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#8 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – MARCUS ERICSSON

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#9 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – SCOTT DIXON

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#10 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – ALEX PALOU

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#11 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – TAKUMA SATO

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#12 TEAM PENSKE CHEVY DALLARA – WILL POWER

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#14 AJ FOYT RACING CHEVY DALLARA – SANTINO FERRUCCI

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#15 RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN RACING HONDA DALLARA – GRAHAM RAHAL

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#18 DALE COYNE RACING W/HMD MOTORSPORTS HONDA DALLARA – DAVID MALUKAS

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#20 ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVY DALLARA – RYAN HUNTER-REAY

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#21 ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVY DALLARA – RINUS VEEKAY

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#26 ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT W/CURB-AGAJANIAN HONDA DALLARA – COLTON HERTA

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#27 ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT HONDA DALLARA – KYLE KIRKWOOD

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#28 ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT HONDA DALLARA – ROMAIN GROSJEAN

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#29 ANDRETTI STEINBRENNER AUTOSPORT HONDA DALLARA – DEVLIN DEFRANCESCO

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#30 RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN RACING HONDA DALLARA – JACK HARVEY

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#33 ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVY DALLARA – ED CARPENTER

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#45 RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN RACING HONDA DALLARA – CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD

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#51 DALE COYNE RACING W/RICK WARE RACING HONDA DALLARA – STING RAY ROBB

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#55 AJ FOYT RACING CHEVY DALLARA – BENJAMIN PEDERSEN

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#60 MEYER SHANK RACING HONDA DALLARA – CONOR DALY

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#77 JUNCOS HOLLINGER RACING CHEVY DALLARA – CALLUM ILOTT

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#78 JUNCOS HOLLINGER RACING CHEVY DALLARA – AGUSTIN CANAPINO

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The 2023 INDYCAR season continues weekend with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES 2023 Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. OpenWheel.com will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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INDY NXT by Firestone Preview: INDY NXT by Firestone at Iowa Speedway (Entry List) – Saturday, July 22, 2023 11:00AM (ET) Peacock – The first oval weekend of the year for INDY NXT by Firestone figures to be a big one as the series championship has heated up. The Top 5 in the standings are separated by less than 50 points now. That Top 5 is Nolan Siegel, Christian Rasmussen, Hunter McElrea, Louis Foster, and Jacob Abel. McElrea won this race last year so watch out for him again this weekend. Matthew Brabham will drive the No. 75 entry this weekend for Juncos Hollinger Racing after the team announced they parted ways with Matteo Nannini this week.

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Preview: Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend – Hy-Vee Homefront 250: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 3:00PM (ET) NBC & Hy-Vee One Step 250: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 2:00PM (ET) NBC – It’s a doubleheader weekend for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES this weekend at a track where Josef Newgarden has been absolutely dominant at over the course of his career His success at Iowa may be the only hope for a title race at this point as Alex Palou’s championship lead is now 117 points over second place Scott Dixon and 126 points over third place Newgarden. Conor Daly will be substituting for the still-not-cleared Simon Pagenaud in the Meyer Shank Racing No. 60 this weekend. Previous driver performance at the circuit shows four former winners entered in Josef Newgarden (4), Ryan Hunter-Reay (3), Helio Castroneves (1),  and Pato O’Ward (1). Newgarden and O’Ward are the two most recent winners at the circuit, though Newgarden would have won both races last year if not for a mechanical issue. Looking at the box scores from the 2022 Race 1 and 2022 Race 2 races at Iowa, O’Ward, Will Power, and Dixon finished in the Top 5 in both races. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, those three are joined by Marcus Ericsson and Romain Grosjean. The Top 5 in laps led at Iowa entered this weekend are Newgarden (1,506), Castroneves (644), Power (234), Dixon (130), and O’Ward (97).

My pick to win: Josef Newgarden (x2) – This is Josef Newgarden’s house until proven otherwise. Outside of the previously mentioned mechanical issue in the second race at Iowa last year, he’s won every NTT INDYCAR SERIES race on an oval for a calendar year. Look at those laps led. It’d be foolish to pick anyone but him this weekend regardless of what happens.

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Pato O’Ward $30, Alexander Rossi $28, Conor Daly $24, & Benjamin Pedersen $18 – At an insane $42 this weekend, it’s nearly impossible to pick Newgarden. Just get his bonus points when picking the Top 3 and take him as the winner. O’Ward should be on the podium and that’s still good value at $30. Rossi steps into a great car in his Arrow McLaren machine and I like his potential this weekend. In a weekend tough to predict at the lower dollar amounts, I like what Daly might be able to do this weekend for his price. Pedersen will be my pick for best of the $18 options heading into the weekend as Foyt had a good oval showing at Indy even if that’s entirely different and Pedersen had a solid performance last year at Gateway what was then Indy Lights.

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The 2023 INDYCAR season continues weekend with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES 2023 Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Canada. OpenWheel.com will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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NTT INDYCAR SERIES Preview: Honda Indy Toronto – Sunday, July 16, 2023 1:30PM (ET) Peacock – INDYCAR makes its annual trek north this weekend for what should be an exciting weekend in Toronto. This week’s race television broadcast will be on Peacock in the United States so make sure your subscription is active. Previous driver performance at the circuit shows four former winners entered in Scott Dixon (4), Will Power (3), Josef Newgarden (2), and Ryan Hunter-Reay (1). Dixon and the injured Simon Pagenaud are the two most recent winners at the circuit. Pagenaud will be replaced by Meyer Shank Racing’s IMSA star Tom Blomqvist this weekend. Looking at the box scores from those races in 2022 and 2019 races at Toronto, only Felix Rosenqvist and Dixon finished in the Top 5 in both races. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, those two are joined by Colton Herta, Graham Rahal, and Newgarden.

My pick to win: Alex Palou – This preview routinely has copy/paste elements so I’ll just update what I wrote entering Mid-Ohio weekend…”How can you pick against Palou right now? Outside of being torpedoed by Rinus VeeKay in pitlane in Indianapolis he’s been unstoppable with authoritative victories in three (four) of the last four (five) races and a massive 74 (110) point lead in the championship.”

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Alex Palou $33, Felix Rosenqvist $25, Marcus Armstrong $24, & Tom Blomqvist $18 – You know my thoughts on Palou and likely feel the same. Rosenqvist still carries a strong street course pedigree and is due for a great race result. The same could be said for Armstrong on deserving a race result to go his way and he’ll have a great car. Blomqvist is an elite driver with a lot to learn this weekend but will likely have a great mindset to safely bring home the best result possible.

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