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The IndyCar Report with Elijah Poe: Driver & Track News & Rumors (Podcast 334.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_01]: What you are listening to now is the central Indiana Sports Report podcast number three hundred and thirty four point two our weekly indie car report with Elijah Poe.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This week as the series heads to Laguna Saker for around fourteen of the twenty twenty five schedule.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We talk about driver and track news for twenty twenty six.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We have some news on that and we talk some rumors as well.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Elijah and I will be back on Saturday with a recap of qualifying and a race preview for Linda, take it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're listening to the central Indiana Sports Report with your host, Greg Midgow.
• 0:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: Elijah, we are going to preview the silly season coming up here talking about the drivers and where
• 0:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: Everyone could land starting next year got a lot of interesting items there I've been seeing quite a bit and then you said you've gone team the team and look forward to hearing about that but before we get to that Elijah A lot of rumors coming out this week about next year schedule It looks like Denver is going to be added as we already knew that Mexico City was
• 1:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: But there have been about six others thrown out as possibilities that are not on the schedule right now.
• 1:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: Let me just throw them out here real fast.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Pocano, Richmond, Homestead, Phoenix, and Kentucky as possible ovals.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: As if they didn't work in twenty seven, it looks like you're going to have to add some ovals as well.
• 1:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: Elijah, your thoughts, where do you want to see them race and what are you hearing?
• 1:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, I think, you know, as easy as it sounds, you know, I wanna see any cars get back to oval racing.
• 1:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: They've got, in the road courses and street courses, they've got planned out, you know, Denver's gonna be a great race.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We have Arlington next year around ATT Stadium near Dallas.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That is just gonna be an awesome race.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: But, yeah, any car fans and in myself, personally, I wanna see them back on an oval.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think the opportunity to be back at Richmond
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  [SPEAKER_02]: would just be great for the sport.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The big question is, are they going to market that for themselves?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Because they're really going to have to market it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You see what they did with Iowa this year, really lacked on marketing, and you saw it in the stands.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: No doubt about it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Iowa is one that I really hope stays on the schedule.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We should do one race, a night race in Iowa, and indie cardees to just promote it if Iowa won't.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If the speedway won't, if whatever the city doesn't,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The speedway just needs to take care of that.
• 2:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: I would really like to see Iowa.
• 2:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: It was a really good racing this year, but here's the bottom line Elijah.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think a lot of people used to say ovals are mandatory because they were so much better racing than the street and road courses, but I'm not sure that's the case anymore.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Because the street and road courses are incredibly entertaining and adding Denver and Austin and Mexico City.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's just good news.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It is good news and I agree with you that the street package and what they do have is is very, very strong and in recent years, it's proved to provide some great racing, but I would counter back and say, I mean, if I was in the car, why would I not want to show off another thing I am the best in the world that and that is all the racing?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Because nobody shows up.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Well, yeah, but going into twenty twenty six to only have three speedways, you know, for locked on, we know they're going to be at St.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Louis smoking mile.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I guess four with Nash way and Indie, but you know, something that is so unique in what makes Indie car, Indie car, is that they are racing on an oval.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Um, if you keep on getting rid of these oval slowly, you know, the racing is still going to be there, but you know, what is going to differentiate you from a formula one.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Um, I just don't think they care are there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It would just be American formula one.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And honestly, it would probably start to become full of Europeans because that's what they specialize in.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: There are a lot of good reasons that have oval, but as far as entertainment goes, I think
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  [SPEAKER_01]: the street and road courses have been great.
• 4:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: Here's what I'd like to see Elijah richman.
• 4:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think you're even old enough to remember a bracelet richman.
• 4:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: Man those were fantastic races and Phoenix.
• 4:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh those short ovals are both so good.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Just for the racing I would love to see those.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I have to agree with you.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The only problem is it comes back to NASCAR owning those tracks and Penske Entertainment and the Indie Car series is a whole would have to promote those by themselves.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And you really saw them fall short, especially this year I was and seeing those stands so empty.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And it's a real shame because there are so many things the drivers could do.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, Iowa close to Iowa.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's not real close to the speedway, but I know there's a a couple famous dirt tracks and smaller tracks.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, there's no reason why drivers can't be going out there promoting indie car.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And then in return, those drivers and those fans are going to see the indie car drivers there.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And they're going to want to go to the indie car race.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, we could go on and on about marketing, but it's just such a big question if Pinsky in indie cars a hole is going to step up and market this sport as as fans and journalists think they should.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: How about this Elijah?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Phoenix on Super Bowl Sunday right before the Super Bowl.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: See, these are the kinds of things that market themselves.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They need to be thinking more like that.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's the unique opportunities that they're missing off on.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And we see great viewership numbers as well, even when they tie into NASCAR.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I've got no problem being an Indie Car fan.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: If all of Indie Car that race is there to do is set up NASCAR.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't care because I'm going to be all sport.
• 6:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to be watching the Indie Car race and ignoring the NASCAR race and that's fine.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Exactly.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And that's going to bring viewers in from both sides of this spectrum.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And I would be interested to see what Fox does with their schedule next year.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously, this season, the Fox schedule was really, really crammed tight because that deal was done so late.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: So maybe hoping in the next year that we're going to really see this schedule be worked out well and have times where you can set up viewership numbers.
• 6:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Here's what we know before we get to the driver's silly season, Elijah.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Here's what we know about next year.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It starts February, twenty-seven, unless they put something before St.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Petersburg.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Actually, Mark's first is the first race February, twenty-seven, the first practice.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We know they're going to race around Cowboy Stadium on March, fifteen.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be very cool.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We've seen that of course with Formula One.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Then Long Beach and then Indianapolis.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So, they need to get serious about adding races between February and May.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And that's perfect for homestead.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: that's perfect for Phoenix and Richmond, you could probably do an April as well.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I'm hoping they're going to capitalize on some oval momentum because I think any car fans in the series is too quick to forget just how great a race we had at St.
• 7:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: Louis this year at night.
• 7:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: Why isn't any car doing more night races on short ovals?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That race was absolutely fantastic.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Had more than a million views and it was perfect.
• 7:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: And it's a shame they didn't have more of those this year, but fingers crossed the next year.
• 7:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: Elijah, they can make their own marketing by smarter planning with the schedule.
• 7:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely.
• 7:59
  [SPEAKER_02]: And that's why I'm also hoping that they're able to kind of learn off the schedule this year.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Like I said, it was so last minute and kind of thrown together.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm really hoping they're able to learn from their mistakes and get this off the ground and running as smooth as it should be.
• 8:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: The good news about next year's schedule is if Mexico goes where we expect it, which is between Arlington and Long Beach, it'll be no more than two-week gaps between races, even starting next year with having St.
• 8:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: Petersburg on March first.
• 8:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's a really good thing.
• 8:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: You do not want to lose minimum pre-endie.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: No, and to think we had two, three-week gaps before we got to endie this year,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It was just moving around like like a snail.
• 8:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: It was really just sluggish and you knew Indy car started, but they only had two races and now you're waiting six weeks total before he gets to the third race.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's just next year schedule looks great otherwise.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: All the things that have been confirmed were for it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And there's not any more.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yes, and I'm so excited to see them at Arlington.
• 9:14
  [SPEAKER_02]: You just know Dallas Cowboys, the tier leaders, the Rangers are involved.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm really excited to see the marketing for that and see what that race can turn into because I think that could be one of the marquee events of the twenty twenty six season if they're able to pull this off right, which which all signs are pointing to yes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Alright, let's talk.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Let's look at a little driver silly season.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The one thing I think about this off season
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Elijah, it looks like most seats are filled.
• 9:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: A lot of times at this point, we're still asking a lot of questions, but especially at the top teams, but we know that Scott Dixon and Alex Plo are going to be with Genacity unless Plo darts for Formula One, which isn't likely.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We know two of the three pensky seats, we know, you know, we know a lot of that, but there are still a lot of questions
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I think the first domino of the silly season that has to fall in order for this to get really started is this is going to be where is will power going to be for next season.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Much like Alex Plo a couple years ago, I think that will power seat will really be the first setting move to try to get these other seats in line.
• 10:29
  [SPEAKER_02]: And obviously will power has been in talks about maybe returning that seat for twenty twenty six, but it also would not surprise me or others as well in the paddock.
• 10:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: If David Malukis makes that set up the pensky.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If will power returns to that seat, we could see a pretty consistent field from this year to next year, right?
• 10:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're not going to be a lot of changes, most likely.
• 10:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I couldn't imagine there's going to be, um, not, the season's not quite as, as mixed up in the, as years past because you've got, you know, those three era McLaren drivers, they're locked in.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The three and dirty drivers, they're locked in.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Myershank racing, Felix Rosenquist and Marcus Armstrong,
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Locked in, right-hole that every land again.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: They've got Graham and Louis Foster locked in, and surprisingly enough, I was looking at the contracts.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Devlin B. Francesco is signed through twenty twenty six.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Do you think there's any chance?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Defrin Tesco returns to our LL next year?
• 11:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think there's a chance.
• 11:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think the chances are a lot less likely than they otherwise would have been.
• 11:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: We know that how do we say this nice?
• 11:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's not unprofitable having him in the seat.
• 11:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Otherwise, he wouldn't have had such good rides without proving himself.
• 11:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's the nicest problem with that.
• 11:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't want to say he's a seat buyer because I don't believe those exist anymore.
• 11:50
  [SPEAKER_01]: If you're not confident, you're not racing.
• 11:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: I can't see why you would want to bring him back.
• 11:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: But I think there's a really good chance he's back.
• 12:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: So why?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: And Ray-Hall veteran Lannigan is an odd team.
• 12:04
  [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously Ray-Hall has been so ingrained in that program for multiple years now.
• 12:10
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I look at Louis Foster, who's no doubt arising star in this sport.
• 12:14
  [SPEAKER_02]: And he really reminds me of Christian Lungard.
• 12:17
  [SPEAKER_02]: Christian Lungard obviously got his start at RLL.
• 12:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: And in Louis Foster's, in his rookie season, had some great performances.
• 12:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously stuck it on Polet Road America and has been Racy here and there.
• 12:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: It'll be interesting to see what they do with Devlin.
• 12:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously, you've got some good rookies and NXT in the NXT with Dennis Halger, who's won five races in nine starts, who's no doubt ready to move up to the Indie car series.
• 12:40
  [SPEAKER_02]: So that would be interesting to see how RLL plays that as you head into the off season.
• 12:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: We're being interesting to see what happens with Jacob Abel and Coin too, because that is a slot where you would think that either one of those young guys from the minor league series or
• 12:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: somebody like Linus Link, Ludkvis, who is clearly a talent and is a driver who's going to be in the man.
• 13:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: They got a land somewhere, and with Roman Grojan, likely a Hunkos Hollinger, where else are they going to land?
• 13:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's unfortunate with Linus Lunkwist, you also think of a Teo Poshare, who ran really well last year in the Indie Car series.
• 13:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: We've got some great drivers on backup, but
• 13:26
  [SPEAKER_02]: Hey, with these contracts, I'm not sure.
• 13:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: I remember a silly season where everything is so locked in.
• 13:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously, I say it's locked in, but in rating contracts are pretty much, you know, an app can.
• 13:38
  [SPEAKER_02]: They're not worth too much.
• 13:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, but there are not a lot of combinations where you say, I think they should move on from that.
• 13:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: That doesn't fit right.
• 13:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, it seems like, you know, even Schwartzman and I lot have fit in really well with Prim.
• 13:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: It just seems like you mentioned my or shank.
• 13:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: They really like their line-up, of course.
• 13:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm not so sure that Marcus Armstrong is one of those guys who's going to be looking to move up.
• 14:05
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, and I feel the same way about Marcus Armstrong as I do about a Venus VK.
• 14:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: And it's unfortunate because VKs had such a strong year, but I'm not sure how he can move up with the seats that are locked in for this year.
• 14:19
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think VK's best option is to stay at Delcorne coin racing.
• 14:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: And honestly, if he's able to put in another year of consistency at Delcorne, I think teams will be throwing him bags of cash in twenty twenty seven because
• 14:32
  [SPEAKER_02]: The things he's done this year is if he's able to do it again or even have half the results of this year.
• 14:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I'd be just an incredible result for them.
• 14:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I missed this in my notes here.
• 14:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: Go back to Ray Hall, Letterman Lannigan.
• 14:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: There are rumors that Yuri Vips and Taeyo Poor Share and Zane Maloney all are in line for that seat.
• 14:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: So no, I do not see two Francesco coming back.
• 14:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: Of course, Lily Foster is cemented now in that seat in one of the works.
• 15:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: I would really like a tailpours shared end up in that seat.
• 15:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: He really only got a handful of races to kind of get acclimated to Andy Carr and he was stoned in the car a couple of times last minute, which is you're never going to have a strong result when you're just thrown into a car last minute.
• 15:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: So I'm having a real full season to develop and get his bearings underneath and I think you'd be a great spot at RLL because I've got some pace at some
• 15:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: some some circuits around any car series and I think he could perform there and I think he'd be a great teammate especially to Louis Foster.
• 15:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: Alright Elijah we turn our attention to Laguna Sica another incredible permanent road course that the indie cars have made just a great event and it's a race that last year Alex Polo and and Dreddy Racing were really at the top.
• 15:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: Is that what you expect this weekend?
• 15:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I don't think Alex Plo has been off the podium at Laguna Saka for quite some time.
• 16:01
  [SPEAKER_02]: And he's so dominant as it is, but Laguna Saka specifically seems to really fit his eye well.
• 16:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: And as long as those as well as those chipping acid racing cars.
• 16:12
  [SPEAKER_02]: And Laguna Saka is just such a great indie car track.
• 16:15
  [SPEAKER_02]: You've got the corkscrew sand is everywhere.
• 16:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: The racing is always great.
• 16:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's another track where I'm confident.
• 16:23
  [SPEAKER_02]: I can say, you know, I'm pretty sure we're going to have a good race and we've had a good race almost every week this season and we might be a little bit spoiled.
• 16:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: We are a little bit spoiled.
• 16:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think there's ever been a season this far into it.
• 16:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: In my entire life where you thought, oh man, every race has been good.
• 16:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought we were in for a couple of
• 16:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: bad ones at Iowa.
• 16:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: Those turned out to be really good races.
• 16:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: Again, not as racy as they used to be, but still very compelling races and ever since thermal, which we've had just chosen to forget ever happened.
• 16:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's been an incredible season.
• 16:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: It all starts Friday at Laguna Saca, Elijah with NXT practice at one PM, which is what?
• 17:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: Tene, tene, tene, him out there.
• 17:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then IndyCar practice is at two on Saturday qualifying for the IndyCar series is eleven thirty five to one PM which out there again really early in the morning.
• 17:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know how many people are going to show up for that.
• 17:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: And then the race is at three o'clock on Sunday.
• 17:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: What a great part of the schedule.
• 17:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: This is Elijah.
• 17:28
  [SPEAKER_02]: It is and closing out our fifth race in July.
• 17:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's been such a hectic month for Indy cars.
• 17:34
  [SPEAKER_02]: The whole as they wind down to their final month in August.
• 17:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: And just been great races in whole.
• 17:39
  [SPEAKER_02]: Had a double header at Iowa, middle high, St.
• 17:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: Louis, wrote America.
• 17:45
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's been just a really full, full and packed month of Indy cars once so far.
• 17:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's just been absolutely packed and it's been great to see.
• 17:54
  [SPEAKER_02]: And to think we've had these great races and great storylines and the biggest thing we don't have is a championship, feel a real championship battle.
• 18:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: And to think how great this season's been and nobody's really talking about that championship battle, it goes to show you how great the racing's been because we don't have to talk about how close things are at the top because the cars are doing the work for themselves on the track.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Elijah, let's talk about the championship battle.
• 18:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: Alex Polo.
• 18:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: is ninety nine points ahead of battle award you and I agree that this race is over but you think will end more or less than a hundred points at the end of the season
• 18:31
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think it'll be less.
• 18:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: I truly expect Aero McLaren to follow and mimic Pelosi strategy for these last few races just in case maybe they can get a blocker and help pedo strategy.
• 18:44
  [SPEAKER_02]: I think it'll be less than a hundred but we got a couple over almost coming up as well.
• 18:50
  [SPEAKER_02]: The best, obviously, he obviously just want to Iowa, but compared to Paddo, I think Paddo has him there.
• 18:56
  [SPEAKER_02]: And you know what's Indicar?
• 18:57
  [SPEAKER_02]: You never really know what these results.
• 19:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: I wouldn't have thought Alex Plo would end it up in twelve after his result and start at Toronto, but he did.
• 19:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's just unpredictable.
• 19:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's just part of the sport.
• 19:09
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I can see Paddo may be closing it into maybe sixty, maybe.
• 19:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: If it gets within sixty with two races to go then you know a guy like Polo could have bad luck two races in a row right now you're asking him to have bad luck five races in a row that's probably just too much.
• 19:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: Elijah you and I will talk about the race at Laguna Sica on Saturday after qualifying we will go through the qualifying results and preview Sunday's race and of course after Sunday's race you and I will get on the Riverside app again and talk about
• 19:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Round is this fourteen out of eighteen and the busiest July in Indie car history.
• 19:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, I really looking forward to it.
• 19:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: Just seeing cars at Laguna Saka, it's such a beautiful track and seeing them go around and race.
• 20:00
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's one of the best we see on TV every year.
• 20:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: I call it one of the best TV tracks you might say, but really excited and looking forward to that race and can't wait to talk about how things play out this weekend.
• 20:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thanks so much to Elijah for joining the Central Indiana Sports Report.
• 20:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: I always love talking indie car racing.
• 20:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: Always have.
• 20:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it's been a lot of fun getting to know Elijah and talking indie car racing with him.
• 20:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: Two, three times a week at this point.
• 20:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: And thank you for listening.
• 20:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: Please share this podcast with the indie car fans in your life.
• 20:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: Spread the word that the Central Indiana Sports Report is here.
• 20:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: It's awesome.
• 20:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it's here to stay.
• 20:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much.
• 20:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: Always appreciate it.
• 20:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: Central Indian sports report is a product of ITG media.