Power Outage And Herta Gone? - 2025 IndyCar Nashville Review
Episode 612, Sep 03, 11:27 AM
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We'll be honest, it's rare when IndyCar takes priority over F1 or MotoGP in this network. However, given all the bombshells coming out of the series that affects now only IndyCar, but potentially European Motorsport and F1, we thought we'd make an exception.
Dre and RJ sit down to discuss the final round of the IndyCar season first, the Music City Grand Prix from Nashville Superspeedway. And it turned out to be a home win and a small season salvager for Josef Newgarden and Team Penske, taking just their second win of 2025 in an intense battle with Alex Palou (again), as well as teammate and ex-Bus Bro Scott McLaughlin. There's also the elements of some nasty blocking penalties, and Pato O'Ward's leading car suffering another Firestone tire blowout, the fifth of 2025. Awkward.
But the bombshells have come since the race was over. Just yesterday at time of upload, Will Power announced he was quitting Team Penske after 17 years with the team, with the Australian seemingly heading to Andretti for 2026 replacing... Colton Herta?!
The American is seemingly dead set on an all-in attempt to get to F1, leaving Andretti to head to PREMA Racing's F2 team to try and get the last 5 points needed for him to gain an F1 Superlicence and possibly, a Cadillac seat in the future. Dre and RJ try to break down Will Power's Penske legacy and what next for him, his likely replacement in David Malukas, and then the risks involved in Colton's European move and what it could mean for his racing future. And why there's already a case study as to why this might not work...
All that in a heaped, 75 minute IndyCar edition of Motorsport101!
Dre and RJ sit down to discuss the final round of the IndyCar season first, the Music City Grand Prix from Nashville Superspeedway. And it turned out to be a home win and a small season salvager for Josef Newgarden and Team Penske, taking just their second win of 2025 in an intense battle with Alex Palou (again), as well as teammate and ex-Bus Bro Scott McLaughlin. There's also the elements of some nasty blocking penalties, and Pato O'Ward's leading car suffering another Firestone tire blowout, the fifth of 2025. Awkward.
But the bombshells have come since the race was over. Just yesterday at time of upload, Will Power announced he was quitting Team Penske after 17 years with the team, with the Australian seemingly heading to Andretti for 2026 replacing... Colton Herta?!
The American is seemingly dead set on an all-in attempt to get to F1, leaving Andretti to head to PREMA Racing's F2 team to try and get the last 5 points needed for him to gain an F1 Superlicence and possibly, a Cadillac seat in the future. Dre and RJ try to break down Will Power's Penske legacy and what next for him, his likely replacement in David Malukas, and then the risks involved in Colton's European move and what it could mean for his racing future. And why there's already a case study as to why this might not work...
All that in a heaped, 75 minute IndyCar edition of Motorsport101!