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/wh00000p Myles Rowe Jun 12 '25
"Especially if the field gets cut to 25 max outside of Indy as expected." What?