Welcome back to my Intro to IndyCar series! Now we're hitting the middle of the pack of teams. Next is Meyer Shaking Racing, one of the younger teams. Michael Shank, one of the owners, started his career in 1989. He raced in various series, and eventually transitioned to
Almost a month after the second ever Thermal Club GP, there is still an enormous amount of conversation about the event. Though I will agree that there needs to be a little grace still for the broadcast, I disagree with the message that IndyCar is sending. On top of that,
For our final part of A.J. Foyt Enterprises, we move to the driver of the #4 car, David Malukas. Here is his driver profile on the IndyCar website. David Malukas was born in September 2001 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a first generation American, as his parents immigrated
Now that we have a handle on the basis of Foyt, we have to into their senior most driver, Connecticut's Santino Ferrucci. Here is his driver profile from the IndyCar website. Santino Ferrucci was born in May 1998 in Connecticut, USA. He began karting in 2005 at the
Now we move into a relatively streamlined team, as opposed to the four before it. A.J. Foyt Enterprises (also known as A.J. Foyt Racing) was founded in 1965 by A.J. Foyt. Foyt himself is probably the most prolific driver for his team. He is one of four
Wrapping up our Arrow McLaren portion of Intro to IndyCar is the man hurtling towards being bigger than the sport, one of the three men used by Fox to advertise IndyCar, and who signed a man's bare chest last week. Patricio (Pato) O'Ward is coming for
Welcome back, F1 fans! Like so many of us, I am super excited to see the opener of this year's Formula 1 season in Australia. After watching qualifying and doing some research, these are my predictions. 1. The winner will not come from the top four on the
Following the team post and the newest member of Arrow McLaren, we're moving into the middle driver for McLaren, but also their youngest, Nolan Siegel. This headshot is taken from his IndyCar website profile. Nolan, similarly to Kyffin Simpson and Kyle Kirkwood , is a product solely of American
Moving on from the Arrow McLaren team post, we step into their newest driver, Christian Lundgaard. Here is his profile from the IndyCar drivers website. Christian Lundgaard was born in July 2001 in Denmark. His father Henrik is a rally driver. For those unfamiliar, rally driving is an adventure driven
On to the next team on the IndyCar grid. Luckily, they are one of the youngest teams currently on there, and in this form, less than five years old. Arrow McLaren was founded in 2001 as Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Founder Sam Schmidt was in an accident in 2000 which left
Our final part of the Andretti Global series is its senior-most driver, who happens to also be the youngest on the team, Colton Herta. In his sixth season in IndyCar, Colton will be one of the hottest topics in IndyCar this year. In all reality, I struggled with this because
So far in my series, I've detailed a lot of different paths into IndyCar. This driver's path is what can be considered climbing the true IndyCar ladder. Driving the #27 car is Florida's own Kyle Kirkwood. Headshot taken from his IndyCar driver profile here.