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The IndyCars are starting their 2020 season tonight at the big oval of Texas Motor Speedway, as they do…
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The Genesys 300 at TMS
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While the pic above shows a healthy crowd, tonight the race will be under the lights and without fans in place, due to the Covid-19 virus.
The track is the 1.5-mile banked oval just north of Fort Worth, known for high speeds and multiple-line racing - a tough one for everyone, but especially the 3 rookies who will be in the field, as well as veterans Jack Harvey for Meyer Shank Racing and Pato O’Ward for Arrow McLaren SP, whose careers have never brought them here.
The entire race weekend is compressed into this one day as the 24-car strong field will do a two-hour practice, followed by single-car qualifying in the daylight. Then, the race will begin at 8:00pm EASTERN time which will still be daylight, but will turn to night before the checkered flag falls.
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Here is the field with car numbers and types:
1 Josef Newgarden, Team Penske, Chevrolet
4 Charlie Kimball, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
5 Pato O’Ward, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet
7 Oliver Askew [R], Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet
8 Marcus Ericsson, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
9 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
10 Felix Rosenqvist, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
12 Will Power, Team Penske, Chevrolet
14 Tony Kanaan, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
15 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
18 Santino Ferrucci, Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan, Honda
20 Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
21 Rinus VeeKay [R], Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
22 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske, Chevrolet
26 Zach Veach, Andretti Autosport, Honda
27 Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport, Honda
28 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Honda
29 James Hinchcliffe, Andretti Autosport, Honda
30 Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Honda
55 Alex Palou [R], Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh, Honda
59 Conor Daly, Carlin, Chevrolet
60 Jack Harvey, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda
88 Colton Herta, Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport, Honda
98 Marco Andretti, Andretti Herta, Honda
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LET’S GO!!!
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