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The IndyCar Report with Elijah Poe: Power to Andretti (Now, That's Fast!) (2.18.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: What you are listening to now is our regular and scheduled indie call report with Elijah Poe.
• 0:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: Kind of seems like a breaking news podcast with the news of Will Power.
• 0:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: signing with and ready racing but it's not just our regularly scheduled podcast if there is any other big news and we anticipate that there will be since there are some big open seats now we will have special indie car reports with our thoughts on the news.
• 0:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't do this often enough.
• 0:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you to the Voice of the Caramel Greyhound's Air and Pettman for this intro.
• 1:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: Here we sit to the central Indiana Sportary Port.
• 1:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: With your host, Greg Midgowns.
• 1:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome, Indie Carpand, through the Central Indiana Sportary Port for the Indie Carre Port with Elijah Poe.
• 1:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is our regularly scheduled indie car report Elijah, but it's almost like a special indie car reporter, a breaking news indie car report, because it's just coming fast and furious.
• 1:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: Last we talked, will power into his relationship with Pinsky or the other way around.
• 1:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: And the rumor now is that he left on his own accord and
• 1:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Pinsky wanted him back and so many other things have happened.
• 1:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: Welcome Elijah and I guess start from the top.
• 1:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, thanks for having me.
• 1:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's definitely been an interesting few days after finishing up the 2025 season in Nashville, you know, kind of started with the silly season knowing, you know, these dominoes are going to fall whenever we'll power to sides where he's going to go.
• 2:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, having been confirmed in that number 26.
• 2:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: and dreaded teams looking very fierce and it's also been announced that Cole and Hurt will move to the Cadillac Formula One team to be the test and the test and development driver with hope to them getting to form the one here in the future.
• 2:21
  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm not sure how he's going to do that.
• 2:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think that the most logical reason for Cole and this is going to be him going to form you the two, which is definitely going to be weird for us any car fans seeing him in a lesser category racing,
• 2:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's his dream to get to farm me the one.
• 2:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know what, Elijah, that I call it JV Racing, you know, NXT and the, whatever the division's called it, NASCAR now, but these are probably among the best handful of drivers in the world, particularly young drivers in the world, and it is a series full of talent, Elijah.
• 3:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: Um, you know, this is a huge risk holding this taking because, you know, there's a very well chance that he could get over there and just completely fall flat on his face, but, you know, you know, testing and testing formula one cars and the testies that run or say otherwise, but it's hard to say for sure until we actually see these cars on track and it's unfortunate we're not going to be able to see him in a seat until maybe next March or February because.
• 3:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: Man, I think it's one of the most interesting things I've ever seen in Indicard driver do, but credit for Colton for taking this massive massive risk to follow his dream.
• 3:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's been done a few times over the year, not very often.
• 3:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Michael and Dreddy is probably the most notable.
• 3:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't want to use the word failure.
• 3:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: But failure, if you complete, if you include one Pablo Montoya who's not an American but came through American racing He was very successful in Formula One, so you just don't know.
• 4:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Of course Mario and Dreddy set the standard He went from Indie car to winning world championships in Formula One back to Indie car winning championships there and then back to what ever you wanted to do He was gonna win championships
• 4:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: But yeah, for Colton heard it, if this is his dream and as someone from Indiana, I don't understand it.
• 4:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think the indie car is the place to be, but if he thinks four mila one is the place to be, this is a good move for him.
• 4:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: So is it just will power sliding into that seat we assume?
• 4:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, will power has been signed for that seat and
• 4:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, I'm really interested to see how he is and those and dritty cars, you know, it will power has been so great in qualifying, especially on street in road courses.
• 4:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: But now that he's in an and dready on street in road courses, I can't imagine what some of those lap times are going to be like in.
• 4:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: It wouldn't interesting move for him to kind of say, you know, I think I'm ready to move on from Pensake.
• 5:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, I listen to the off track podcast with Alexander Rossi and James Hinge Cliff.
• 5:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: And from what I got from Will's
• 5:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, Will is just ready for a change of pace.
• 5:14
  [SPEAKER_02]: He talks about that 20, 24 season where he won three races.
• 5:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: And the Penske organization as a whole really didn't talk about him with his contract at all and shut stuff down.
• 5:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: And so for him to kind of say, you know, what Penske I'm going to do things on my own, I'm going to have a change of scene and go to another great race team, good for world power.
• 5:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: Absolutely.
• 5:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: And good for Penske.
• 5:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: They got what they wanted to.
• 5:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think they were ready to move on.
• 5:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think the relationship was a little still, like you said.
• 5:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: And honestly, right now, Elijah and Dreddy's ahead of Pinsky as far as an organization.
• 5:54
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, you know, you're talking about Pinsky.
• 5:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously, everybody knows what happens this year, 2025, and the Indianapolis 500, when they fired their three most tenured and most executive members of team Pinsky racing.
• 6:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: That organization has been really up in the air for this past year.
• 6:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: Even though, you know, they've won a couple races in 2025.
• 6:14
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think every any car fan can definitively say this team is just different than it's been in years past.
• 6:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: even before he signed and I was really surprised how fast it happened to Liza and I was actually kind of surprised that happened because it made too much sense and anytime I think something makes too much sense it never happens but they did not take long to make that happen and that is a perfect pairing I think as we said and he will be a contender going forward maybe not a championship contender necessarily but contender week after week and particularly at the 500.
• 6:47
  [SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely, and you know, you get well power and any competitive car, and it's hard not to see him at least when one race a year really it is and I'll be actually to see who steps up into that 12 car at Penske, you know, we've said Maluchus all season, but I also, I also think Penske is is really considering I can't say this, obviously, but I feel like they would be stupid not to consider VK as well, who's had just an incredible year at Del coin racing.
• 7:16
  [SPEAKER_02]: And even if it is Malukus or VK, I think it's the right.
• 7:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: There are, I think they're both great picks no matter what.
• 7:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think VK obviously has a little bit more experience.
• 7:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think you know what you're getting with VK.
• 7:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yes.
• 7:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: Where David Malukus kind of has that upside that.
• 7:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: That's guys, the lead being honest to, you know, his ceiling is really unknown right now.
• 7:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: Right.
• 7:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: Guys, the limit as far as we know.
• 7:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I'll be interested, you know, he obviously had a pretty successful year in that AJ Forty car this year.
• 7:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, where I think he would want to be, I was not having a race when I think you only had one podium is definitely not up to some of the Pinsky drivers that have come into that organization you look at Joseph new gardens is very accredited same thing with Scott McLaughlin, but regardless, you know, I think Pinsky's ready for a change and having any driver long time Joseph new garden and Scott McLaughlin, you're going to have a good team.
• 8:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: I want to make a counter are human Elijah to the season that David Malook has had.
• 8:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: When the last time you heard a name is often of a driver who was driving for foil in a season.
• 8:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: Kenny Brett said in 1998 maybe it just doesn't happen that often that team has not been very competitive and this year they were and I think you probably credit David Malookus with a lot of that because we saw how talented he was even before you got to foil.
• 8:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: That is true, but I do feel like a lot of the voice success in the last two years is because of how much they've relied on that Pinsky partnership, you know, obviously both teams are sharing a lot of information as a whole, but I also think David's name was brought up this year just because of how polarizing that well power contract situation was as a whole.
• 9:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: The only really thing that's been invading him is a win and I think if you put it in that number 12 car, not really sure who it's going to be sponsored by I think it's safe to say.
• 9:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: to assume Verizon is going to stick on that car and I know and Dready hasn't come out with any sponsors yet.
• 9:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's also safe to say it's still probably going to be the game bridge sponsorship, but regardless, man, both those drivers are in sector great position for the 2020-26 season.
• 9:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: It'll be fun to watch him go head to head.
• 9:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: It'll be fun to watch will power battle the number 12 car won't it?
• 9:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh yeah, I cannot wait.
• 9:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Cannot wait.
• 9:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: No, it's going to be such a fun season.
• 9:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's not the only news that's happened in the last few days, including subvenient news, but let's stick with some driver news, Elijah, news rumors, the speculation, what's going on?
• 9:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, ever since that will power, uh, C has been moved, we've seen VK obviously depart from Delco and racing, which, uh, it went to the chain because, you know, I think Delco in that organization as a whole was it was kind of in the upward trend.
• 10:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: And if VK would have stayed,
• 10:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think it would have been interesting to see how that plays out, but you really can't credit VK for going to find a better C. And, you know, I think VK and a possible situation where he ends up at AJ Forty Racing, VK and Centino Fruity on ovals, and especially at the ND500, I mean, wow, what a lineup that is.
• 10:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: you're you're pretty young so you probably don't know some of these names but I want to go through some of the drivers who started or had part of their career at Dale Coin Racing and talk about what a boost to a career that can have and I just want to say that that organization is probably underrated for what it's done through the years.
• 10:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know the Tony Benton has clearly that was the end of his career but
• 10:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: David Malukus, as we mentioned, Buddy Lazier, was on that team in the 500 champion Alex Lloyd, was on Dale coin racing.
• 11:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: Mike Conway came from Dale coin racing.
• 11:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Connor Daily obviously had a nice start there as well.
• 11:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Santino Ferucci.
• 11:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is not an organization that
• 11:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: as drivers come and then just go away.
• 11:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: They come and they stick around, Alex and Patriot, of course, if you go back through the years and I'm looking at the list of names.
• 11:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: Christian Rasimusen, as we know, was there last year, so a lot of great names involved with that organization and they go on to be successes.
• 11:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, they've really been a staple, like you said in the Indie Carpatic, as they might not be a team that's going to have
• 11:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: But from a developmental side and a strategy side, there's nobody who does it better than Dale Cohen, just the names you read off.
• 11:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: I mean, it's just an incredible list of drivers who have come through that organization.
• 11:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I miss Paul Tracy, of course.
• 12:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Paul Tracy too.
• 12:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I like to know news at Humeco Collinger.
• 12:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, no news yet that I've seen.
• 12:10
  [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously, they had the driver line up of a Stingray Rob and Connor Daily.
• 12:16
  [SPEAKER_02]: You and I have been pretty adamant on on we'd be pretty shocked if Connor daily is not in that seat next year, but and we love seeing right rub.
• 12:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, you know, it's thing right.
• 12:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, you have a decent season.
• 12:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think you finished outside the leader.
• 12:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: So a very personal.
• 12:30
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, he is a good personality with the for this board and I mean, you just need somebody to reason name one time to never forget and that's right.
• 12:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: But I have a real day, but yeah, it's incredible.
• 12:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: I haven't heard any news, but you know, to be able to see what happens, you know, those teams usually don't jump to the bits and sign drivers super early.
• 12:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, they're kind of more waiting to see what happens with the rest of the panic.
• 12:53
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think once we know where VK's going, I think we'll see some of these smaller teams kind of start to solidify their lineups for 2026.
• 13:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: We still don't have a 2026 schedule Elijah, but we do have a few dates kind of weird that it's only a few at this point, right?
• 13:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it is interesting.
• 13:14
  [SPEAKER_02]: We also had the race is going to be moved from the streets of Toronto and going to move about 20 miles northeast to the streets of Markham because of the world cup.
• 13:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, obviously Fox has got that deal with the world cup as well, but the streets of Toronto that race, the streets they go around is mostly around the event center,
• 13:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: paddock.
• 13:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: They go inside.
• 13:42
  [SPEAKER_02]: There's a bunch of stuff in there for fans and everything in the teens alike.
• 13:46
  [SPEAKER_02]: And obviously, that space is going to be used during the World Cup.
• 13:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously, the World Cup is a lot bigger than the any car series.
• 13:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world.
• 13:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: But, you know, I think the streets are Markham race, you know, having a compelling track layout, 12 turns.
• 14:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: hairpin at long beach and you know it looks like a pretty pretty positive way for them to move and it also is the city where Honda is a located for your Canada base.
• 14:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: No date for Vemits.
• 14:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think there is a date for Vemits yet.
• 14:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: We just really really hope it's before the 500 right.
• 14:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's what they need is some dates.
• 14:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: some oval dates in particular before the 500 but in general they just need more dates between the start of the season mark first and the 500.
• 14:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah you're not wrong and I'm going to be really interested in where they place some of these casuals at you know obviously moving
• 14:53
  [SPEAKER_02]: Toronto to Markham and then obviously having Phoenix and where you're going to put Mexico City, it's going to be interesting to see how they play this out.
• 15:02
  [SPEAKER_02]: And regardless, it looks like we're going to get maybe 18 likes a lot here, it could be great.
• 15:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I would like to see 24, 26, you know, there are enough tracks around and then there are so many good ones that they're still aren't using mostly because they're NASCAR tracks, which is too bad, but it's not bad at all, 18 is not, that's a pretty good number, especially as competitive as this band is, you just want more, but 18 is not bad.
• 15:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, you said it perfectly, you do just want more, you know, 17 races this year, ending the weekend of Labor Day, and I know Fox and Indie Carrier didn't want to run in the football season because it takes away a lot of yours, but man, it just felt like a quick season, you know, you get really, Indie Carrier really hits their stride in the month of May.
• 15:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: You have those really fun summer months, and then it feels like it's just an abrupt end, every time Indie Carrier season ends.
• 16:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: Which is the same because, I mean, the races were just
• 16:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's too bad that more people aren't seeing that it's become one of the best sports in the country and at least you and I are seeing it.
• 16:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: We're talking about it all the time.
• 16:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: Elijah, thanks so much.
• 16:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Again, this is our regularly scheduled Indie Call report, but if anything major happens and there are still some major news potential out there, we'll be there to talk about it.
• 16:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks Elijah.
• 16:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you, Greg.
• 16:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: We'll be a scourling for the internet for any Indie Car News you can find.
• 16:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: nonstop, appreciate it.
• 16:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: Thanks, Greg.
• 16:53
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