IndyCar, NASCAR to crew up again in 2021 at IMS Road Direction
The IndyCar and Cup Series will compete at IMS Aug. 14-15 in 2021 but this time the Cup collection can even compete on the IMS Road Direction.
This 365 days, when the gathering’ blended for their first joint tournament on July 4 weekend, IndyCar and the NASCAR Xfinity Series ran on the highway route whereas the Cup sprint remained on the two.5-mile oval track.
The Cup Series has sprint on the enduring oval for 27 consecutive seasons.
“Our first NASCAR-IndyCar weekend change into as soon as a enormous success final July, with certain feedback from our actual fans who watched the races on NBC and from the drivers, groups and participants fervent,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said.
“The Xfinity Series’ debut on the IMS highway route offered precisely the style of thrilling motion from the inexperienced to checkered flags that we anticipated, so we know the groups and drivers of the Cup Series will attach on a gigantic display as they turn left and proper for the first time at IMS.
“We are able to’t wait to welcome support fans to look at NASCAR and INDYCAR together all over this thrilling weekend as we add any other memorable chapter in the lengthy, storied ancient previous of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.”
Boles said Wednesday no resolution had been made yet on plans for the Xfinity Series on the track next weekend.
The Cup collection’ venture on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile IMS highway route could be one of a story six highway route events on the 2021 Cup time table.
The doubleheader tournament can even provide the odd roar of seven-time Cup collection champion Jimmie Johnson, who’s leaving fulltime NASCAR opponents on the conclude of this 365 days, peaceable competing on the same weekend but in the IndyCar tournament.
Johnson now now not too lengthy ago announced plans to sprint highway and highway route events in IndyCar in 2021 with Chip Ganassi Racing.
“We all wished to look at what the Xfinity Series change into as soon as going to make on the highway route this 365 days and it did now not disappoint,” said Cup collection driver Joey Logano. “What an fantastic attain with Inch Briscoe and A.J. (Allmendinger) and Austin Cindric all struggling with it out till the conclude.
“Our vehicles bear been slipping and sliding and as a driver that’s a range of fun. You choose to need to look at tire wear, you determine on to look at the penalty of riding too exhausting and as strategy performs into it. I secure it’s going thru a range of loops into the sprint.
“By the conclude of that sprint, I change into as soon as asserting I’m hoping we obtain to make that. I are looking to obtain on that sprint track with our Cup vehicles and 40 of us loopy guys obtainable.”
Stated IndyCar Series driver Graham Rahal: “Right here is a gigantic thing for every person to sprint together. This 365 days we bear been on the same weekend but we never in actuality seen every varied (thanks to COVID-19 restrictions).
“It’s sizable for the speedway, it’s sizable for NASCAR, it’s sizable for IndyCar and it’s sizable for the fans, most importantly. It’s a gigantic opportunity for both sports activities to lend a hand secure every varied.”
The IndyCar tournament could be a brand new sprint added to that collection’ time table in 2021.