Indycar 2016 in FOUR DAYS!!!

4 DAYS and COUNTING

till the Firestone GP of St. Pete!!

Eleven Different Countries will be represented

when the green flag drops on the 2016 Indycar Season in St. Petersburg, Florida this Sunday. 

 

Drivers from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, England, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand and Russia will join 8 Americans on the starting grid.

 

Four rookies and 7 Indycar champions will be in the field of 22.

 

Team Penske has all of it's four 2015 drivers returning. 

Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya, Simon Pagenaud and Will Power.

 

Ganassi Racing's veterans

Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan and Charlie Kimball will be joined by 2015 F1 driver Max Chilton.

 

Andretti Autosport will also field three of their drivers from 2015.  Marco Andretti, Carlos Munoz and Ryan Hunter Reay.  They will be joined by F1 driver Alexander Rossi in a car co-owned by Bryan Herta.

 

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports will feature

James Hinchcliffe, finally back from his vicious crash at Indy last year,

and Mikhail Aleshin, who previously drove for Schmidt in 2014.

 

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will run

Graham Rahal and 2015 Indy Lights Champion Spencer Pigot.

 

AJ Foyt will feature his 2015 drivers

Takuma Sato and Jack Hawksworth

 

Dale Coyne Racing has

Conor Daly, finally getting his chance at a full time Indycar ride, and Luca Filippi.

 

KVSH Racing driver

Sebastien Bourdais will return for 2016

 

and

the reincarnation of Ed Carpenter Racing is back with

Josef Newgarden in his 5th year in the Indycar Series.

Gotta hand it to Graham Rahal for constantly promoting the race

Yep, my daily reminder again. For those not attending, the @GPSTPETE will air on @ABC @ 12:30 ET THIS SUNDAY! Make sure to tune in! @indycar

— Graham Rahal (@GrahamRahal) March 8, 2016

Can't wait to get the season started!!!