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VeeKay moves into backup car for Saturday’s IndyCar race

Ed Carpenter Racing will prepare a backup car for Rinus VeeKay after Friday night’s big crash that caused significant damage to his No. 21 Chevy when he was hit from behind by Colton Herta of Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing while the field was clustering in a restart aborted. “It’s easier …

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IndyCar spray passes its first real test in Iowa

The NTT IndyCar series’ decision to outfit its cars with a titanium halo wrapped in a thick laminated shield could have saved one or more lives on Friday night at Iowa Speedway. After avoiding a restart on lap 157, Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay seemed to slow down behind eventual …

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IndyCar is testing a new cabin cooling device for Iowa

The NTT IndyCar series will test and compete with a new cabin cooling device during the double game Friday through Saturday at the Iowa 0.875-mile oval. After testing a raised blade that channeled air into the helmet crown during opening practice last week at Road America, the series switched to …

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