Thread by @By_NathanBrown

Good morning. Sounds as if we’ll get the next major @IndyCar Silly Season nugget this morning.

I’m not privy to Jimmie’s plans but after talking this over with several folks in recent days, I think one plan makes a ton of sense, when you consider Jimmie’s desire to scale back 👇🏼

https://twitter.com/carvanaracing/status/1573720280610082816

And that is:

-IndyCar ovals-only
-Endurance races with IMSA
-Le Man’s with Garage 56

Let me lay it out for you:

The schedule pans out to roughly 1 event per month, evenly spread across most of the year. Little to no bunching up, no lulls. Just consistent action but not as much

It looks like this…

-January: The Roar, followed by Daytona 24 Hours
-March: Sebring 12 Hours
-April: Texas IndyCar race
-May: Indy 500
-June: Le Mans & Watkins Glen (IMSA)
-July: Iowa IndyCar doubleheader
-August: IndyCar at WWT Raceway
-October: Petit Le Mans (IMSA)

If Jimmie wants another crack at a full IndyCar season, he’s been told that’s completely up to him. Funding & team are there.

But he’s got to trim something. This cuts a dozen @IndyCar sim sessions & race weekends off his schedule & allows him to compete in 3 distinct things.

Plus, this helps CGR potentially repurpose the 48 crew towards focusing on IMSA when not worrying about IndyCar ovals.

The 48 isn’t eligible for Leaders Circle money, so no major reason to fill the R/S races with someone else.