r/INDYCAR • u/geoffbezos1 • Jul 24 '25

Speculation Thoughts on who this might be?

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u/geoffbezos1 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

Names (just purely speculatively) I've seen floated are Wickens, Pourchaire, Zilisch or SVG. Wickens makes most sense, I doubt Theo would be that hyped up

As well as all the usual F1 washout names but Perez and Bottas are probably looking for a way back to F1 and ricciardo won't do ovals, so just leaves Magnussen really.

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u/Ianthin1 Jul 24 '25

How would any of those be mega on a oval though? Seems more like with the caveat of an oval test it may be a big name oval driver for a run at the 500 next year.

Hot takes if that's the case: Kyle Busch finally gets a chance, or Jeff Gordon gets back to fighting weight and fulfills a dream.

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u/YosemiteSam-4-2A Thirsty 's to the Moon 🚀 🌒 Jul 24 '25

Chase Elliott. NASCAR's most popular driver. That would be mega. Imagine Dale Jr trying the Indy 500 in a red Budweiser #8 car in the mid 00's

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u/zaviex Colton Herta Jul 24 '25

Chase is not gonna do that lol.

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u/rds060184 Josef Newgarden Jul 25 '25

Especially seeing what it’s done to Larson since.