Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

: Indycar.com; News; 24 April 2024

INDYCAR Announces St. Petersburg Penalties

INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, April 24, 2024) – INDYCAR has announced penalties for Team Penske, including disqualifications for the No. 2 (driver Josef Newgarden) and No. 3 (Scott McLaughlin) and a 10-point penalty for No. 12 (Will Power) from the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding on Sunday, March 10 on the Streets of St. Petersburg.

Team Penske was in violation of the following “Push to Pass” parameters:

: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg; News; 16 March 2024

Thank You, St. Petersburg!

What a week of memories during our 20th annual event! It started with INDYCAR Party in the Park on Thursday, A Grand Prix Evening - Celebrating 20 Years of Champions on Friday, rock icon Bret Michaels’ live concert on Saturday evening, then capped off with the 100-lap Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding on Sunday afternoon.

: indycar.com; News; 10 March 2024

Newgarden dominates to win season opener at St. Pete

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sunday, March 10, 2024) - As season openers go, this couldn’t have gone much more smoothly for Josef Newgarden.

Two-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Newgarden won the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding on Sunday, driving the No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet to a 7.9121-second victory over the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet of runner-up Pato O’Ward.

: indycar.com; News; 09 March 2024

Newgarden Takes First Pole since 2022 at St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Saturday, March 9, 2024) – One of Josef Newgarden’s goals entering the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season was to win a pole, especially considering his last NTT P1 Award came in June 2022 at Detroit.

Time to get a magic marker and put a big check in that box.

: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg; News; 09 March 2024

Rock legend Bret Michaels named honorary starter of tomorrow's Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding

Michaels performs a live concert tonight on plaza between Duke Energy Center for the Arts and Dali Museum

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 9, 2024) - Multi-platinum music icon Bret Michaels will wave the green flag over the 27-car NTT INDYCAR SERIES starting field tomorrow at approximately 12:30 p.m. ET as the honorary starter of the 20th Annual Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding. He joins the pre-race festivities which include St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch and three past mayors as grand marshals along with fellow rock legend Jon Bon Jovi who will ride in the “Fastest Seat in Sports.”