There have been further frustrations for veteran drivers, too, and in Power’s case it has been one of business. Petersburg, Barber Motorsports Park, Long Beach and Portland – reduced to one definite (Portland) and one TBD (a possibly rescheduled St. By way of doleful contrast is the outlook for one of the drivers with whom he’ll share the #14 AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet: Bourdais has seen his original roster of four events – St. Kanaan, now cast as an oval-only specialist, had already declared that 2020 would be his last season of multiple races – from 2021, he’d be Indy 500 only – so the 2004 Ind圜ar champ and 2013 Indy 500 winner will be more grateful than most at the series’ continuing attempts to keep 15 races on the schedule and he’s even seen his duties increase! The original five ovals remain on the revised schedule but Iowa will now run two races. In NTT Ind圜ar Series terms, think Tony Kanaan, Takuma Sato, Scott Dixon, Will Power, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Sebastien Bourdais, while in NASCAR this is due to be the legendary Jimmie Johnson’s final full season.įor now, the hastily drawn-up contingency plans appear to have ameliorated the situation for most of these vets. In fact, of course, a severe reduction in races would be felt far more acutely by veterans, just a few tours from the checkered flag waving over their careers. These included young folk of considerable promise such as Oliver Askew and Rinus VeeKay in Ind圜ar, Nicholas Latifi in Formula 1, and Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick and Cole Custer in NASCAR Cup. Given that worrying prospect, one initially felt sad for the rookies in such championships, kids who had sweated for years to either excel in lower formulas or to write compelling cases on their bank loan application forms – or both – to make it to the top and who were now were left sitting on their hands or in their sims.
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