American Red Cross Grand Prix, the first round of the INDYCAR iRacing Challenge, which started at 16:00 local time on March 28th and 05:00 Japan time on March 29th, was live-streamed with NBC’s commentary team.

Alex Palor was running in P4 in the early laps, pitted early in an attempt to undercut, but for some reason, there was not virtual team crew in the pit!

Palou continued to drive and re-set up his pit stop, but was unable to change tires on his second pit stop, again causing trouble.

Alex Palou was suffering from tires’ wear out.  Finally he ended up crashing and running off the track after 37 laps. Immediately afterwards, his internet connection was also interrupted, and he could only laugh at the result.

The second round of INDYCAR iRacing Challenge will be held at Barber Motorsports Park on April 4.

Everybody, do not miss it.

You can watch the first round here.  ↓

The INDYCAR iRacing Challenge, a virtual racing event featuring a full field of NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers, begins this weekend with Saturday’s American Red Cross Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International beginning at 4 p.m. ET.

The event, which will last approximately 90 minutes, will be streamed through INDYCAR.com while INDYCAR’s YouTube and Facebook platforms as well as iRacing’s Twitch will serve as additional outlets for viewing. The NBC broadcasting team of Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy will be calling the action. The pre-race activities will be highlighted by iconic national anthem singer Jim Cornelison adding his voice as he has for the past three Indianapolis 500s.

INDIANAPOLIS (March 20, 2020) – INDYCAR is going racing again, virtually that is.

INDYCAR and iRacing, the world’s premier motorsports racing simulation, are partnering to currently stage six virtual races featuring a lineup of current and former NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers and possibly some special guests beginning Saturday, March 28.

The inaugural INDYCAR iRacing Challenge race will be selected by bracket voting by fans starting today, March 20th. The opening race will be followed by Barber Motorsports Park (April 4), driver’s choice (April 11), random draw (April 18), Circuit of The Americas (April 26) and a non-INDYCAR “dream” track (May 2).

The 1st round of NTT INDYCAR SERIES 2020 will be held at St.Petersburg’s street circuit in Florida on this weekend, and it will be the 1st race as Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh as well.

Since 2009 the season-opner race of INDYCAR SERIES has taken place here with the exception of 2010.

The last test session before the 2020 season-opening race was done at Sebring International Speedway.

It was IndyCAR Series Media Day on Fbruary 10, a day before COTA (Circuit of The America, Austin) test on Februday 11/12. All drivers spent a busy day for photo shooting, TV interview, and etc.