Race control

After exploring how external entities like the SCCA might handle the governance of its races and oversight of its technical inspection team, IndyCar’s parent company has chosen against outsourcing the solution.

Penske Entertainment continues to make progress with the plan to divest itself from presiding over IndyCar’s race control and technical inspection departments.

Red Bull has lodged a protest against Canadian Grand Prix race winner George Russell.

The IndyCar Series’ Open Test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway got off to a rough start Wednesday morning when a complete failure of the trackside internet connection forced the end to the two-hour session moments after it started.With the field of 34 cars on pit lane for the 10am start,...

Race fans watching the 62nd Rolex 24 at Daytona on NBC noticed that the television displayed, "Two laps to go" during the race's final minutes, but the checker flag was thrown the next time by. The checker was displayed early, and Felipe Nasr crossed the line for the final time...

My guest on this week's episode of Inside the SCCA is John Dillon, a longtime SCCA race control operator. He's a two-time rally co-driver national champion. John is also the developer of a great tool for keeping track of what's going on -- on the track.Listen below or click here.

The FIA has announced a number of changes it will make after a review of its handling of the Japanese Grand Prix, with Niels Wittich becoming permanent race director for the rest of the season.Wittich has been one of two race directors this season, with the role rotating between him...

The FIA has outlined how its remote operations center – or virtual race control – will work from the start of the 2022 season, beginning with the Bahrain Grand Prix.As part of the analysis into the final race of 2021, the FIA recommended a remote center be established that can...

The NTT IndyCar Series will move forward with two-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk (pictured above) and Max Papis, the veteran of IndyCar, Formula 1, NASCAR, and sports car competition, as its returning race stewards to support race director Kyle Novak.“Max and Arie will be back,” IndyCar president Jay Frye...

American sports car ace Johannes van Overbeek has found a perfect new role after recently retiring from a long and successful career as an endurance racer.Drafted into race control as a driver advisor to WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race director Beaux Barfield, van Overbeek (pictured above) has been applying decades of...