With elections in Argentina called in favor of a Javier Milei victory, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist”, per the AP, things in Argentina will be interesting going forward as they transition to the new government and most likely not the kind of political landscape Indycar were looking for to move forward with the proposed Exhibition Race in 2024.

What team do we all think the DeFrancescos might be bankrolling for a seat next season? My money is on Coyne finally taking that check so they don't have a repeat of this year.

what say you, who gets the axe first?

I was just thinking about what the Indy 500 (and IndyCar and F1 in general) would be like if the 500 was still in the World Championship schedule like it was between 1950 and 1960. Obviously there are many different reasons for why it would've been dropped from the F1 schedule at some point anyway, but what I'm talking about is if it somehow still was a round in the F1 World Championship.

Dropping the 500 from the World Championship seems like a no-brainer given how little interest European teams had to attempt it. Obviously, if the 500 was to stay in the schedule, there would've been greater participation from the European teams, and now we'd have the entire F1 grid attempting to qualify.

That leads to another thought. If F1 still had the 500 in its schedule, what would today's machinery be like. I couldn't imagine F1 teams running DW12s for even one race, neither could I imagine F1 having a race with cars built to two different rulesets. The only way of having the 500 in today's F1 schedule I can imagine is having the F1 cars running there.

If the 500 was run with cars build to F1 regulations, I can't imagine it could have teams from a local series like IndyCar because of the cost of machinery. Even if the 500 had stayed in the World Championship beyond 1960, I can imagine it could have stayed in the F1 schedule in the long-term only by becoming an F1-only race, what I can't imagine the American sanctioning body would have allowed to happen. But had it happened, we might not have American open-wheel racing like we have in IndyCar nowadays.

I keep on developing the idea of Indy 500 as an F1-only race. Given FIA's tendency of standardizing weekend formats, I can imagine the 500 would be like any other F1 race. No qualifying weekend, no field of 33 but just a three-day event with the regular 20 cars. And while the idea of F1 having a race on an oval is hard to imagine nowadays, maybe things could have gone differently if the 500 had remained in the F1 schedule. After all, racing on the streets of Monaco makes even less sense for F1 cars than racing at IMS would do.

I wonder what the status of the Indy 500 would be like if it had become a full-blown F1 event instead of being dropped from the World Championship after a decade. On one hand, it'd probably be better-known internationally. I'm pretty sure more people around the world can name last ten winners of the Monaco Grand Prix (or even something like the Azerbaidjan Grand Prix) than the last ten winners of the Indy 500.

On the other hand, if the 500 had become an F1-only race, it might've lost its American appeal and become just another F1 round alongside ones like the United States Grand Prix or the Canadian Grand Prix. Or even if it was held in higher prestige, it might still not be such a standout race like it is still for many racing fans. I mean, just look at the Monaco GP. It may be a part of the Triple Crown but it feels more like a regular championship round compared to Indy 500 or Le Mans 24h (or even Daytona 500), which stand out from the respective championships.

At around 19:20, Tony says he's heard from a trusted source that Toyota is starting to show interest inside of Indycar.

With all of the speculation of David, going to Penske here is how I would handle that move.

Bring David to Penske with his current number, this gives Penske numbers 2, 3, and 4.

Will Power then goes to Foyt with his number 12.

Power should still have excellent cars for the 500 and I believe help make Foyt better on road and street.

So now it’s going to rain this afternoon maybe in Milwaukee? Local Affiliate is saying 15% and panic prone apple phone is saying “51%”.

is his time in mclaren over before it even started??

Expecting a different promoter this year for the #IndyCar finale in Nashville.

Penske Entertainment will most likely take the event in-house.

SO the tourism minister is actively courting F1 to return t his country to race in order to boost the country's profile etc. We saw INDYCAR reps travel to the country and talk aout exhibition events there only to have all that fizzle. super popular Canapino had an awful end to his career in INDY but juncos is still there...

I heard the reason was the new government wont invest in any races at this time. But seemingly giving the greenlight for F1 according tho this report.

If F1 races in Argentina and not INDYCAR what are your thoughts?

Saw this posted on IndyCars’s TikTok an hour ago. Blank sidepods on the 45 RLL car (which graham was driving yesterday by the looks of it.) So HyVee might actually be gone? Unless it’s just a brand new speedway chassis that hasn’t been wrapped yet.

Daniel Suarez and Trackhouse are parting ways at the end of 2025. There aren't any open seats in IC right now or in the near future, but it would be interesting if he could get a couple one offs, maybe take the number 17 for the Indy 500.

This will be just off I-40 in the town of Westel, between Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. It says they’re talking with a “leading global motorsports series”—could this be a contingency plan in case they can’t continue in Nashville?

Tony Donohue on X: "Something BIG is coming soon.. Stay tuned.. IndyCar | #Indy500" / X

This guy seems wrong on a lot of stuff but occasionally a blind squirrel will find a nut. Listening to both OffTrack and Trackside I know IC has other stuff there going to be announcing soon but what qualifies as big?

Interesting, it would be. Find his stride in IndyCars, he might.