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.
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.
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.
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.”
Felix Rosenqvist wasted no time settling into his new surroundings at Meyer Shank Racing, leading the first practice of the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season Friday on the streets of St. Petersburg.
Rosenqvist, who moved to MSR during the offseason after three seasons at Arrow McLaren, led the 27-car field with a top lap of 1 minute, .3390 of a second in the No. 60 AutoNation/SiriusXM Honda on the 14-turn, 1.8-mile temporary street circuit. That was nearly a half-second quicker than his closest pursuer, Pato O’Ward, second at 1:00.8112 in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet.
Adding to the pre-race festivities, legendary musician Jon Bon Jovi to ride in Fastest Seat in Sports with three-time St. Petersburg winner Helio Castroneves
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 6, 2024) - All four St. Petersburg mayors who have held the city’s top office since the inaugural Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding in 2005 will serve as grand marshals for the race event’s 20th annual running this weekend, March 8-10.
INDIANAPOLIS (Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024) – NBC Sports and INDYCAR revealed the schedule for the 2024 INDY NXT by Firestone season, with all 14 races streaming live in the United States on Peacock.
The season for INDYCAR’s official development series starts Sunday, March 10 on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Fla., with coverage beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock. The series then will criss-cross the United States for the next six months, with the season finale Sunday, Sept. 15 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Legendary Musician To Ride in Fastest Seat in Sports with Castroneves
Legendary musician Jon Bon Jovi will be a special guest of Meyer Shank Racing and SiriusXM at the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season opener, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding on March 9-10, with a variety of activities that include a ride from a fellow legend in the Fastest Seat in Sports.
