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IndyCar Power Rankings: July 2020

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Simon Pagenaud at the 2020 GMR Grand Prix. (Photo Credit: Joe Skibinski/Courtesy of IndyCar.)

The 2020 IndyCar season is in full swing in July 2020. With two races in the books and four more scheduled by the end of the month. NTT IndyCar Series teams are already developing into contenders—or not. After two busy races, which teams are the front-runners for the Astor Cup, and which ones still need …

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2020 GMR Grand Prix Preview: IndyCar at Indianapolis Road Course

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The start of the 2019 IndyCar Grand Prix. (Photo Credit: Chris Owens/Courtesy of IndyCar.)

The 2020 GMR Grand Prix brings the NTT IndyCar Series back to its home on the holiday weekend. The race that was formerly known as the IndyCar Grand Prix kicks off an incredibly busy month for IndyCar, and is the only event in July that’s not part of a doubleheader. That doesn’t mean there won’t …

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IndyCar July 2020 Preview: Welcome To The Doubleheaders

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Indy cars on track at the 2020 Genesys 300. (Photo Credit: Joe Skibinski/Courtesy of IndyCar.)

The NTT IndyCar Series is about to turn up the heat in July 2020. With the league trying to get the most out of a shortened 2020 IndyCar season schedule, doubleheader weekends are the name of the game—meaning that there will be twice as much to lose for teams that fail to post results. There …

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Max Chilton 2020 IndyCar Season Preview

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AUSTIN, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 12: Max Chilton, driver of the #59 Gallagher Carlin Chevrolet, drives during NTT Indycar Series testing at Circuit of The Americas on February 12, 2020 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

Max Chilton has yet to make his 2020 IndyCar season debut, as this is the second season where the Carlin driver is only running road and street courses. But even with a limited schedule, he still has the potential to make an impact in the NTT IndyCar Series. Could this be the season that Chilton …

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IndyCar Power Rankings: June 2020

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AUSTIN, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 11: A detail view of the Aeroscreen on the car of Will Power, driver of the #12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, at Circuit of The Americas on February 11, 2020 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images/Courtesy of IndyCar.)

Although the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series schedule looks different this year, the desire to win is still present in every team. Perhaps they’ll drive for another purpose as well—to bring a sense of normalcy to a world in disarray and turmoil. In this new normal, who will be the toughest competitors with the best chance …

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Carlin IndyCar Team to Watch With Conor Daly, Felipe Nasr Additions

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Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images. Courtesy of INDYCAR.

Carlin created a stir Tuesday when the team confirmed its 2020 NTT IndyCar Series driver lineup: Max Chilton will return in the No. 59 Gallagher Carlin Chevrolet on road and street courses and the Indianapolis 500, while Conor Daly takes the wheel for the remaining oval races. Meanwhile, Felipe Nasr is set to make his …

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Max Chilton Returning to Carlin, Charlie Kimball Running Part-Time

Max Chilton 2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix Of Alabama

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NTT IndyCar Series team Carlin announced on Monday (Jan. 21) that Max Chilton will return to the team in 2019 after a successful freshman season with the organization. Chilton will pilot the No. 59 Chevrolet with returning sponsor Gallagher on board; the sponsor has partnered with Chilton in all 50 of his NTT IndyCar Series …

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2017 INDYCAR Team Review: Chip Ganassi Racing

2017 Indycar Pocono Zach Catanzareti Scott Dixon

(Photo: Zach Catanzareti)

Before the 2017 IndyCar Series season began, Chip Ganassi Racing swapped engine manufacturers and lost a 27-year partner in Target. The team switched from Chevrolet to Honda and returned with the same quartet of drivers: Max Chilton, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan and Charlie Kimball. However, Target, which had sponsored Dixon since 2002, ended its coalition with …

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Carlin to Field Full-time IndyCar Entries for Charlie Kimball, Max Chilton in 2018

2017 Indycar Texas Max Chilton Chris Jones

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Carlin will move into the Verizon IndyCar Series next season and field two full-time entries for Charlie Kimball and Max Chilton. Kimball and Chilton competed with Chip Ganassi Racing last season, but the team has downsized from four full-time cars to two. Ganassi decided Scott Dixon and Ed Jones would be its drivers, while Kimball …

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Max Chilton Improving on Ovals, Eyes Pocono IndyCar Victory

2017 Indycar Texas Max Chilton Chris Jones

(Photo: Chris Jones)

Perhaps Max Chilton was the favorite to win the 101st Indianapolis 500 in the final 50 laps in May. Or maybe it was only a matter of time before it slipped through his fingers. “It wasn’t my day,” Chilton told Frontstretch. “But I look back at it with pride and joy.” Despite coming up short …

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