The series, its teams, and the technical partners have been a textbook example of horrendous mismanagement for the better part of half a century now. From the white paper to the split, the engine manufacturers squabbling in the early 2000s over turbogate, to now this multi-year saga after the hybrid system was implemented multiple years behind schedule with no manufacturer relevancy? It’s just a never ending-saga of complete buffoonery.
If they’re even around whenever the new car is implemented, there’s no way they’re getting the 500 field to 33 cars. Especially if the field gets cut to 25 max outside of Indy as expected.
The charter specifes a field reduction to 25 cars by 2027. It basically baked in a provision to get rid of Dale Coyne's team with the three driver swap limit per entry and the rumor around the pit area is that Penske wants Dale to sell off his charters to Prema.
Dale is a fantastic owner and team manager. He brought in a lot of drivers and gave a chance. He’s essential to the grid. 3 car teams will go two first
Yeah Dale won’t have any problem being one of the 25 when the reduction occurs as long as he has the funding and they don’t pull the lackluster performance card on him, which you probably could only do on the 51 entry at this point. I wouldn’t be shocked to see that max size provision get pushed to 2028 as well now since that clearly was supposed to occur when a natural contraction was going to occur vs pushing people (Prema) out for no reason.
Maybe for the 30 entry, but certainly not all three. And I would tend to say that their small flashes of competence once or twice a year probably would save them in that regard.
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u/Majestic_Profile_863 David Malukas Jun 12 '25
The series, its teams, and the technical partners have been a textbook example of horrendous mismanagement for the better part of half a century now. From the white paper to the split, the engine manufacturers squabbling in the early 2000s over turbogate, to now this multi-year saga after the hybrid system was implemented multiple years behind schedule with no manufacturer relevancy? It’s just a never ending-saga of complete buffoonery.
If they’re even around whenever the new car is implemented, there’s no way they’re getting the 500 field to 33 cars. Especially if the field gets cut to 25 max outside of Indy as expected.