Change is in the air at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, and you can almost smell the ethanol and burning rubber. After what can only be described as a gut-wrenching few seasons, the team is making moves that are turning heads up and down the paddock.
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With short ovals long presenting a challenge, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Dale Coyne Racing took the unusual step of testing at Milwaukee on June 10, one of the few permitted test days this season.
The next stop for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES is the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the unofficial home of Graham Rahal, who was born and raised not far from the facility where his father often won races.
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced June 25 that Bobby Rahal, the 1985 and 1986 INDYCAR SERIES race winner at the Ohio road course, will serve as the honorary grand marshal of The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport on Sunday, July 6.
Graham Rahal reaches his 300th NTT INDYCAR SERIES start in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline on Sunday, June 15 at World Wide Technology Raceway.
The way Nolan Siegel approached last year’s Last Chance Qualifying session for the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge left a lasting impression on veteran driver Graham Rahal, even though Siegel crashed and failed to qualify.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course has been fast ground for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in recent years, a trend that continued Friday afternoon in the second practice for the Sonsio Grand Prix.
Even with considerable success at each level of his motorsports career, Louis Foster understands that he is again starting over. This NTT INDYCAR SERIES season doesn’t care that the 21-year-old Englishman won eight of 14 races last year in INDY NXT by Firestone or that he won that series championship by a staggering 122 points.
Graham Rahal finished the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season 18th in points, his lowest championship result since 19th in 2014. Can Rahal engineer a climb back to the front in 2025?
Teams are finalizing their driver line-ups for the upcoming months, leaving only 15 of the 27 spots secured. This leaves plenty of opportunities for new signings and sets the stage for a hectic 2025 IndyCar silly season.