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Fox Sports
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox Sports
Long Strange Drive: Felix Rosenqvist to Sport Grateful Dead Livery
There is a new entry for INDYCAR livery of the year — and it's a rockin' one! Felix Rosenqvist will sport a Grateful Dead tribute livery along with SiriusXM's Grateful Dead Channel, honoring the band's 60th anniversary, for a pair of upcoming races. The No. 60 SiriusXM Honda will feature the one-of-kind look this weekend at Laguna Seca and the August 10th race at Portland International Raceway. The custom car design comes ahead of Dead & Company's sold-out concerts in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park August 1–3 in celebration of 60 years of the band's music. This isn't the first time this season Rosenqvist's ride has paid homage to music legends. He teamed up with legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne and SiriusXM's Ozzy's Boneyard at the Mid-Ohio race to celebrate Black Sabbath's "Final Show at the Back to the Beginning" concert on July 5. Osbourne passed away on Tuesday at the age of 76. The Java House Grand Prix of Monterey is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. ET live on FOX. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! recommended Item 1 of 1 Get more from the NTT INDYCAR SERIES Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic
Forbes
23-07-2025
- Automotive
- Forbes
Grateful Dead Honored By IndyCar's Meyer-Shank Racing At Next 2 Races
Meyer-Shank Racing Photo In honor of the Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary, IndyCar's Meyer-Shank Racing will have a special livery on Felix Rosenqvist's No. 60 Honda for the next two races on the NTT IndyCar Series schedule. It's part of Meyer Shank Racing's dynamic partnership with SiriusXM and it continues to strike a chord—this time with an iconic, tie-dye twist. For this weekend's NTT IndyCar Series race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the August 10th IndyCar race at Portland International Raceway, the No. 60 SiriusXM Honda driven by Rosenqvist will sport a one-of-a-kind Grateful Dead tribute livery along with SiriusXM's Grateful Dead Channel, honoring the band's 60th anniversary. The custom car design launches just ahead of Dead & Company's highly anticipated sold-out concerts in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park August 1–3, celebrating 60 years of the Grateful Dead's music. Meyer-Shank Racing Photo The Grateful Dead Channel Keeps 'Truckin' The Grateful Dead Channel (channel 23) is one of SiriusXM's longest-running artist-branded channels, and features music spanning the band's career with unreleased concert recordings, original shows hosted by band members, and even rare archival interviews with Jerry Garcia. The No. 60 Honda will debut its Grateful Dead livery at IndyCar's Java House Grand Prix of Monterey on July 27. The car then heads north to San Francisco, where it will be on display at the official Dead & Company merch store at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium at the Grove Street Entrance on Wednesday, July 30th, from 10 AM to 2 PM, just ahead of the three headline concerts in Golden Gate Park. The Java House Grand Prix of Monterey is set for 12:00pm ET on Sunday July 27th with live TV coverage on FOX and SiriusXM channel 218. Meyer-Shank Racing Photo
Fox Sports
01-07-2025
- Automotive
- Fox Sports
MSR, Felix Rosenqvist Gaining Confidence, Climbing Into Series Elite
INDYCAR For Felix Rosenqvist and Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian, the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season has delivered something valuable: confidence. When confidence is backed by results, that is a powerful thing. With a determined second-place finish in the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Presented by AMR on June 22, Rosenqvist delivered the fastest race lap and surged from sixth in points into fourth in the championship standings. Rosenqvist trails Chip Ganassi Racing driver and two-time defending series champion Alex Palou by 155 points with eight races remaining in the season. Fourth is the best position Rosenqvist has been this deep into an NTT INDYCAR SERIES season and a clear sign MSR is no longer building – it is competing. 'I feel like we've definitely taken it to the next step,' Rosenqvist said. 'We're sitting pretty good.' Entering the 2024 season, Rosenqvist's first with MSR after spending two years with Chip Ganassi Racing (2019-20) and three at Arrow McLaren (2021-23), few would have predicted this kind of rise. In 2023, MSR's No. 60 Honda finished a distant 25th in the entrant standings. Also, both had produced one career win, Rosenqvist in 2020 at Road America and MSR in the 2021 Indianapolis 500, where Helio Castroneves earned his record-tying fourth victory in the iconic race. But after their first season together in 2024, the No. 60 driven by Rosenqvist catapulted to 12th in points, a leap no other car matched. The positive results continued this season with six top-10 finishes in the first nine races. 'There's some really smart people on the team,' Rosenqvist said. 'I feel like it's a confidence thing, as well. Everyone's just more relaxed. The pit crew is happier. It's just a big confidence boost, and I think that's what's really been missing.' Rosenqvist's Road America podium two weeks ago also didn't come amid smooth sailing but after a turbulent stretch. A sign of improvement. Rosenqvist placed 21st in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear on June 1, a race marred by a wild crash in the closing laps with rookie Louis Foster, which forced a complete rebuild of the car. Then, a 16th-place finish in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline at World Wide Technology Raceway followed on June 15, capping a brutal six weeks of racing that included the gauntlet of the Sonsio Grand Prix and 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500, in addition to the Barber Motorsports Park race weekend that opened May. 'Behind the scenes, we've had a lot of technical stuff going on,' he said. 'We had to split the car apart (after Detroit crash) and build it back together. This stretch had been wearing on the guys. It's hard. This is a really tough championship for everyone.' Last season, a similar midyear slump derailed what began as a promising campaign. After producing six top-10 finishes in the first seven events, Rosenqvist managed one more in the final 11 events. This time, when exhausted and battered, MSR didn't break. It rebounded. In a season dominated by powerhouse duos Chip Ganassi Racing and Andretti Global, which have won all nine races thus far, Meyer Shank Racing's climb into the top five of points is one of many compelling developments. MSR and Rosenqvist proved they can run and belong with the best the sport has to offer. The next step to gain is to become a winner, which Rosenqvist believes he and the team can deliver. 'We're always quick, so it's all about the details,' he said. Maybe that comes in Sunday's Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport (1 p.m. ET, FOX, FOX Sports app, INDYCAR Radio Network). The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a track that carries personal and professional significance to Rosenqvist. Not only is Mid-Ohio the place where Rosenqvist earned his first podium in a photo finish with Scott Dixon as a rookie in 2019, it's also the home track for MSR, which is headquartered in nearby Pataskala, Ohio, approximately 75 miles from the track. 'I love Mid-Ohio,' Rosenqvist said. 'Honestly, Road America and Mid-Ohio are two of my favorites. Mid-Ohio, I had my first podium, and I had my first win at Road America (in 2020). 'I can't wait to go back to Mid-Ohio. I don't just say that because it's like a home race. I literally love that place. A lot of fans come there, the track layout, it's just a really cool race. True race car fans.'
France 24
22-06-2025
- Automotive
- France 24
Palou wins at Road America to boost IndyCar season lead
Palou boosted his season points lead by taking his first victory since last month's Indianapolis 500, enduring after 55 laps over the 4.014-mile, 14-turn road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. "It was a crazy race," Palou said. "Losing a ton of positions and then making them, it was a tough race for everybody." Palou became the first IndyCar driver since A.J. Foyt in 1975 to win six of the first nine races in a campaign. Rosenqvist was second, two seconds back, and American Santino Ferrucci was third, running out of fuel one turn after the checkered flag. Four caution flags in the first 23 laps prompted teams to adopt differing fuel strategies, and by lap 28 it was New Zealand's Scott Dixon leading. American Josef Newgarden was second before crashing on turn 14, leaving Dixon ahead with Palou and Rossi just behind after a lap-31 restart. The race came down to those three trying to conserve fuel over the final laps to reach the end while Rosenqvist, on full fuel in fourth, tried to overtake them. Rossi went to the pits with four laps remaining and Dixon pitted for fuel a lap later, leaving Palou to outlast Rosenqvist with his fuel tank nearly dry. "Kudos to the team for the amazing strategy and Honda for giving us the fuel mileage we needed to make it at the end," Palou said. "Couldn't be happier." Palou, seeking his fourth season title in five years, leads the points chase with 386 with American Kyle Kirkwood, a three-time winner this season, 93 points adrift in second. Palou matched the IndyCar record of three wins at Road America, also held by Mario and Michael Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi. Rosenqvist settled for second on the track where his only IndyCar triumph came in 2020. © 2025 AFP
Hindustan Times
22-06-2025
- Automotive
- Hindustan Times
Palou wins at Road America to boost IndyCar season lead
Alex Palou won his sixth IndyCar race in nine season starts, the Spaniard holding off Sweden's Felix Rosenqvist to capture Sunday's Grand Prix at Road America on low fuel. HT Image Palou boosted his season points lead by taking his first victory since last month's Indianapolis 500, enduring after 55 laps over the 4.014-mile, 14-turn road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. "It was a crazy race," Palou said. "Losing a ton of positions and then making them, it was a tough race for everybody." Palou became the first IndyCar driver since A.J. Foyt in 1975 to win six of the first nine races in a campaign. Rosenqvist was second, two seconds back, and American Santino Ferrucci was third, running out of fuel one turn after the checkered flag. Four caution flags in the first 23 laps prompted teams to adopt differing fuel strategies, and by lap 28 it was New Zealand's Scott Dixon leading. American Josef Newgarden was second before crashing on turn 14, leaving Dixon ahead with Palou and Rossi just behind after a lap-31 restart. The race came down to those three trying to conserve fuel over the final laps to reach the end while Rosenqvist, on full fuel in fourth, tried to overtake them. Rossi went to the pits with four laps remaining and Dixon pitted for fuel a lap later, leaving Palou to outlast Rosenqvist with his fuel tank nearly dry. "Kudos to the team for the amazing strategy and Honda for giving us the fuel mileage we needed to make it at the end," Palou said. "Couldn't be happier." Palou, seeking his fourth season title in five years, leads the points chase with 386 with American Kyle Kirkwood, a three-time winner this season, 93 points adrift in second. Palou matched the IndyCar record of three wins at Road America, also held by Mario and Michael Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi. Rosenqvist settled for second on the track where his only IndyCar triumph came in 2020. js/bb
