Welcome to the 2024 NTT Indycar Series season thread!

Here is this season's schedule (all times central):
Sunday, March 10, 11:00 AM- Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (street circuit, St. Petersburg, FL)
Sunday, March 24, 11:30 AM - Thermal $1 Million Challenge (road course, Thermal Club, Thermal, CA) (non-points race)
April 21, 2:00 PM - Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (street circuit, Long Beach, CA)
Sunday, April 28, 12:00 PM - Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix (road course, Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, AL)
Saturday, May 11, 2:00 PM - Sonsio Grand Prix (road course, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN)
Sunday, May 26, 10:00 AM - 108th Indianapolis 500 (oval, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN)
Sunday, June 2, 11:00 AM - Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (street circuit, Detroit, MI)
Sunday, June 9, 2:30 PM - XPEL Grand Prix at Road America (road course, Road America, Plymouth, WI)
Sunday, June 23, 5:00 PM - Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey (road course, Weather Tech Raceway Laguna Seca, Salinas, CA)
Sunday, July 7, 12:30 PM - Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio (road course, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH)
Saturday, July 13, 7:00 PM - Hy-Vee Indycar Race Weekend Race 1 (oval, Iowa Speedway, Newton, IA)
Sunday, July 14, 11:00 AM - Hy-Vee Indycar Race Weekend Race 2 (oval, Iowa Speedway, Netwon, IA)
Sunday, July 21 - Honda Indy Toronto (street circuit, Toronto, ON)
Saturday, August 17, 5:00 PM - Bommarito Automotive Group 500 (oval, World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, IL)
Sunday, August 25, 2:00 PM - Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland (road course, Portland International Raceway, Portland, OR)
Saturday, August 31, 5:00 PM - Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 Race 1 (oval, Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wi)
Sunday, September 1, 1:30 PM - Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 Race 2 (oval, Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI)
Sunday, September 15, 2:00 PM - Big Machine Music City Grand Prix (oval, Nashville, TN)

Here is a list of this season's drivers ( follow this link to find their official biographies on the Indycar website):
AJ Foyt Enterprises
#14 Santino Ferrucci (USA)
#41 Sting Ray Robb (USA)
Andretti Global
#98 Marco Andretti (USA)
#28 Marcus Ericsson (Sweden)
#27 Kyle Kirkwood (USA)
Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian
#26 Colton Herta (USA)
Arrow McLaren
#17 Kyle Larson (USA)
#6 Theo Pourchaire (David Malukas was released by Arrow McLaren on April 29, 2024)
#5 Pato O'Ward (Mexico)
#7 Alexander Rossi (USA)
Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 Marcus Armstrong (New Zealand)
#9 Scott Dixon (New Zealand)
#8 Linus Lundqvist (Sweden)
#10 Alex Palou (Spain)
#4 Kyffin Simpson (Cayman Islands)
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports
#24 Conor Daly (USA)
#23 Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA)
Ed Carpenter Racing
#20 Ed Carpenter (USA)
#20 Christian Rasmussen (Denmark)
#21 Rinus Veekay (Netherlands)
Juncos Hollinger Racing
#78 Agustin Canapino (Argentina)
#77 Romain Grosjean (France)
Meyer Shank Racing
#66 Tom Blomqvist (UK)
#06 Helio Castroneves (Brazil)
#60 Felix Rosenqvist (Sweden)
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
#30 Pietro Fittipaldi (Brazil)
#45 Christian Lundgaard (Denmark)
#15 Graham Rahal (USA)
#75 Takuma Sato (Japan)
Team Penske
#3 Scott McLaughlin (New Zealand)
#2 Josef Newgarden (USA)
#12 Will Power (Australia)

Race-by-race Podium
St. Petersburg - O'Ward, Power, Herta
Thermal (non-points race) - Palou, McLaughlin, Rosenqvist
Long Beach - Dixon, Herta, Palou
Alabama - McLaughlin, Power, Lundqvist
Indy Road Course - Palou, Power, Lundgaard
Indy 500 - Newgarden, O’Ward, Dixon

Drivers' Championship Standings (through four points races)
1. Alex Palou - 183 points
2. Scott Dixon - 163 points
3. Will Power - 157 points
4. Pato O'Ward, Colton Herta - 134 points
6. Scott McLaughlin - 131 points
7. Josef Newgarden - 122 points
8. Alexander Rossi - 120 points
9. Felix Rosenqvist - 116 points
10. Kyle Kirkwood - 115 points

Engine Constructor Championship Standings
Chevrolet - 408 points
Honday - 386 points

This post was edited on 5/27/24 at 10:12 am