The Latest Breaking News from Rahal

To the big teams go the spoils… or something like that. Close and competitive racing has been a common theme in the IndyCar Series for years, but the end-of-year results always favor the usual suspects. 

Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward led the second IndyCar practice session of the weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Following a disastrous Indianapolis 500 and Detroit Grand Prix for the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team, it rebounded at Road America with a seventh place for Christian Lundgaard.

It’s rare that a successful sportscar racing double act spans multiple manufacturers. Once strong foundations are built up, loyalty (and an accompanying pay bonus) typically keeps one or both drivers in the environment where they hit it big. Examples of both parties moving on to the same destination, then recapturing…

Rahal was team-mates with Justin Wilson, who lost his life in an IndyCar crash at Pocono in 2015, at Newman/Haas Racing for the 2008 season following the unification of series.

In a deal announced on Tuesday morning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Rahal will take over driving duties in the car that Wilson had qualified 25th for this Sunday’s race.

The Ganassi #10 team played the tire strategy perfectly to allow Palou to lead 52 of the 85 laps and climb to the top of the points standings, while both Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi were able to outfumble and ultimately outpace the #45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan car of Lundgaard…

Fast Six

The Rahal Letterman Lanigan team stalwart had been at his wit’s end in Friday’s practice sessions when he was left baffled at how unstable his car was under braking. While several drivers suffered incidents and wall-strikes while wrestling with brake issues, strong tailwinds and the slippery new track surface between…