2017 IndyCar Series

2017 IndyCar season

Verizon IndyCar Series
Season
Races	17
Start date	March 12
End date	September 17
Awards
Drivers' champion
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2016	2018

The 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series will be the 22nd season of the Verizon IndyCar Series and the 106th season of American open wheel racing. It will include the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil. Simon Pagenaud will enter the season as the defending IndyCar champion, while Alexander Rossi enters the season as defending Indianapolis 500 winner. It will be the final season for the aero kits based on the Dallara DW12 chassis before a brand-new spec chassis kit is introduced for 2018.^[1]

Series news

On September 2, 2016, it was announced that Performance Friction Brakes has been selected as a brake supplier package for IndyCar Series starting from 2017 season onwards.^[2]

Teams and drivers

This chart represents announced teams, cars and their respective driver combinations for the 2017 season.

Team	Engine	No.	Driver(s)	Round(s)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet^[3]	4	Conor Daly^[4]	All
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet^[3]	14	Carlos Muñoz^[4]	All
Andretti Autosport	Honda^[5]	26	Takuma Sato^[6]	All
		27	Marco Andretti^[7]	All
		28	Ryan Hunter-Reay^[8]	All
Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian		98	Alexander Rossi^[9]	All
Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda^[10]	8	TBA	All
		9	Scott Dixon^[11]	All
		10	Tony Kanaan^[12]	All
		83	Charlie Kimball^[13]	All
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda^[5]	18	Ed Jones (R)^[14]	All
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda^[5]	19	Sébastien Bourdais^[15]	All
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	24	TBA	6
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	20	TBA	1-3, 5, 7-8, 10, 12-13, 16-17
		20	Ed Carpenter^[11]	4, 6, 9, 11, 14-15
		21	J.R. Hildebrand^[16]	All
KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	11	TBA^[17]	All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda^[5]	15	Graham Rahal^[11]	All
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda^[5]	5	James Hinchcliffe^[11]	All
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda^[5]	7	Mikhail Aleshin^[18]	All
Team Penske	Chevrolet	1	Simon Pagenaud^[19]^[20]	All
		2	Josef Newgarden^[19]^[21]	All
		3	Hélio Castroneves^[19]	All
		12	Will Power^[19]	All
		TBA	Juan Pablo Montoya^[22]	6

Team changes

Chip Ganassi Racing announced their discount retail giants sponsor Target, effective from the 2017 IndyCar season, has discontinued sponsorship after 27 straight years of direct participation.^[23]^[24] The team also announced on October 7 that they would be returning to Honda in a multi year deal and thus discontinuing Chevrolet partnership. Ganassi had previously worked with Honda in 1996-1999 (CART) and 2006-2013 (IndyCar Series), when Jimmy Vasser, Alessandro Zanardi, Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti won the CART and IndyCar title.
Larry Foyt, president of A. J. Foyt Enterprises, confirmed on October 13 that the team is switching manufacturers from Honda to Chevrolet, with a contract yet to be finalized.^[3]

Driver changes

On October 5, Team Penske announced that it had signed Josef Newgarden to drive the No. 2 car for 2017, replacing Juan Pablo Montoya.
On October 12, Dale Coyne Racing announced that it had signed Sébastien Bourdais to drive the No. 19 car for two seasons, replacing Conor Daly.^[15] Bourdais had driven for Coyne in 2011 after two seasons in Formula One.
On October 31, Takuma Sato's manager confirmed that the Japanese driver would join Andretti Autosport as the driver of the No. 26 car for 2017, replacing Carlos Muñoz.^[25] The deal was officialy announced by the team on December 2.^[6]
Also on October 31, Team Penske announced Juan Pablo Montoya would return to the team to compete in the Indianapolis 500.^[22]
On November 4, it was confirmed that J. R. Hildebrand will take over the Ed Carpenter Racing No. 21 car for the 2017 season, replacing Josef Newgarden.^[16]
On November 14, it was confirmed that 2016 Indy Lights champion Ed Jones signed with Dale Coyne Racing for the 2017 season to drive the No. 18 car, replacing Luca Filippi, Gabby Chaves, Pippa Mann, and R. C. Enerson.
On November 15, A.J. Foyt Enterprises announced that Carlos Muñoz and Conor Daly would drive the teams No. 14 and No. 4 cars, respectively for the 2017 season, replacing Takuma Sato and Jack Hawksworth. Conor Daly debuted for Foyt in the 2013 Indianapolis 500.^[4]

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Race Name	Track	City	TV
1	March 12	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	TBD
2	April 9	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	TBD
3	April 23	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	TBD
4	April 29	Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	TBD
5	May 13	IndyCar Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana	TBD
6	May 28	101st Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	ABC
7	June 3	Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Presented by Quicken Loans	The Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	TBD
8	June 4	Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Presented by Quicken Loans	The Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	TBD
9	June 10	Rainguard Water Sealer 600	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas	TBD
10	June 25	Kohler Grand Prix	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	TBD
11	July 9	Iowa Corn 300	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	TBD
12	July 16	Honda Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	TBD
13	July 30	Honda Indy 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	TBD
14	August 20	ABC Supply 500	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	TBD
15	August 26	St. Louis 250	Gateway Motorsports Park	Madison, Illinois	TBD
16	September 3	Grand Prix at The Glen	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	TBD
17	September 17	GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma	Sonoma Raceway	Sonoma, California	TBD

Oval/Speedway

Road Course/Street Circuit

All 16 races from 2016 will return. Gateway Motorsports Park returns to the schedule for the first time since 2003. The only other schedule change is the move of the race at Phoenix from the first weekend in April to the last weekend in April to avoid a conflict with the Final Four being held in nearby Glendale, Arizona. The Long Beach race will be the second race of the season as opposed to it being the third race of the season in 2016.

The Grand Prix of Indianapolis will be rebranded as the IndyCar Grand Prix for the 2017 running of the event following an announcement that Angie's List would no longer sponsor the event. The title of the event may change if a new sponsor is found.^[26]

Season summary

Driver points standing

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

Footnotes

References

↑ Pruett, Marshall (September 3, 2014). "IndyCar: Series begins discussions on 2018 car". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
↑ Malsher, David (September 2, 2016). "IndyCar confirms switch to Performance Friction brakes in 2017". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
1 2 "AJ Foyt Racing will switch to Chevy". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
1 2 3 James, Brant (November 15, 2016). "Carlos Munoz, Conor Daly will drive for AJ Foyt Racing". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
1 2 3 4 "No mass exodus from Honda after Ganassi switch". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
1 2 Martin, Bruce (December 2, 2016). "Ex-F1 driver Sato joins Andretti Autosport for 2017 IndyCar season". Autosport.com. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
↑ "hhgregg and Andretti Autosport announce partnership for key races in 2016". andrettiautosport.com. Indianapolis: Andretti Autosport. March 7, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
↑ Cavin, Curt (September 18, 2016). "IndyCar's Ryan Hunter-Reay, sponsor DHL paired through 2020". USA Today. Sonoma, California: Gannett Company. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
↑ "INDYCAR: Rossi re-signs with Andretti". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. September 30, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
↑ Malsher, David (October 7, 2016). "Ganassi switches to Honda power for 2017". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
1 2 3 4 Malsher, David (September 9, 2016). "IndyCar silly season: Who's going where in 2017?". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
↑ "INDYCAR: Kanaan, NTT Data return to Ganassi". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
↑ Malsher, David (September 20, 2016). "Kimball to remain at Ganassi for 2017". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
↑ "INDYCAR: Coyne confirms Jones for 2017". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
1 2 Khorounzhiy, Valentin (October 12, 2016). "Coyne confirms Bourdais for 2017 IndyCar season". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
1 2 "Hildebrand confirmed as full-time Ed Carpenter driver". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
↑ Pruett, Marshall (September 21, 2016). "INDYCAR: Changes ahead for KVSH?". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
↑ Pruett, Marshall (September 13, 2016). "INDYCAR: Schmidt working on third car for 2017". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
1 2 3 4 Miller, Robin (September 20, 2016). "INDYCAR: Newgarden to wave the flag at Penske". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
↑ "Pagenaud opts for No. 1 in 2017". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
↑ Malsher, David (October 5, 2016). "Penske confirms Newgarden for 2017". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
1 2 Malsher, David (October 31, 2016). "Montoya to stay with Team Penske in 2017". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
↑ Fryer, Jenna (July 27, 2016). "Target leaving IndyCar after 27 seasons with Chip Ganassi". Associated Press. Charlotte, North Carolina: AP Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
↑ Cavin, Curt (September 3, 2016). "Cavin: IndyCar could see complete driver/team shakeup in 2017". USA Today. Watkins Glen, New York: Gannett Company. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
↑ Malsher, David (October 31, 2016). "Sato signs with Andretti Autosport for 2017". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
↑ DiZinno, Tony (November 28, 2016). "The IndyCar Grand Prix no longer is sponsored by Angie's List". MotorsportsTalk.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved November 28, 2016.

External links

Official website

2016 IndyCar Series

Teams

Andretti Autosport		Ganassi		Penske		Carpenter
26 Muñoz 27 Andretti	28 Hunter-Reay 98 Rossi	8 Chilton 9 Dixon	10 Kanaan 42 / 83 Kimball	2 Montoya 3 Castroneves	12 Power 22 Pagenaud	20 Carpenter / Pigot 21 Newgarden
Coyne	Foyt	RLL	Schmidt Peterson	KV
18 / 88 Daly 19 Chaves / Enerson	14 Sato 41 Hawksworth	15 Rahal 16 Vacant (part-time)	5 Hinchcliffe 7 Aleshin	11 Bourdais

Other drivers

Bell (Andretti), Brabham (Team Murray), Clauson (Byrd), Filippi (Coyne), Hildebrand (Carpenter), Karam (D&R), Lazier (Lazier Burns), Mann (Coyne), Servià (Schmidt Peterson / Penske), Tagliani (Foyt), Wilson (KV)

Races

Road to Indy

American Championship car racing (IndyCar) seasons

AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

NASCAR	1952 1953

USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

CART / CCWS	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~

INDYCAR	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Years marked in italics are not official championship years.

IndyCar Series

Seasons

Indianapolis 500

Champions

Tracks

Ovals	Gateway Indianapolis Iowa Phoenix Pocono Texas

Road courses	Barber Indianapolis Mid-Ohio Road America Sonoma Watkins Glen

Street circuits	Detroit Long Beach St. Petersburg Toronto

Former	Atlanta Baltimore Charlotte Chicagoland Dover Edmonton Fontana Homestead Houston Kansas Kentucky Las Vegas Louisiana Michigan Milwaukee Motegi Nashville Nazareth New Hampshire Pikes Peak Richmond São Paulo Surfers Paradise (exhibition) Walt Disney World

Cancelled	Boston Brasília Qingdao

Road to Indy

History of IndyCar racing • All-time winners • Races • Drivers • Teams

Tracks of the IndyCar Series

Ovals	Gateway Indianapolis Iowa Phoenix Pocono Texas

Road courses	Barber Indianapolis Mid-Ohio Road America Sonoma Watkins Glen

Street circuits	Detroit Long Beach St. Petersburg Toronto

Former	Atlanta Baltimore Charlotte Chicagoland Dover Edmonton Fontana Homestead Houston Kansas Kentucky Las Vegas Michigan Milwaukee Motegi Nashville Nazareth New Hampshire NOLA Pikes Peak Richmond São Paulo Surfers Paradise Walt Disney World

IndyCar Series Champions

Mazda Road to Indy

IndyCar Series	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Indy Lights	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Pro Mazda Championship	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

U.S. F2000 National Championship	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Road to Indy Shootout	2016 2017

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