INDYCAR owners agree to establish charter system
INDIANAPOLIS — INDYCAR confirmed Monday that 10 team owners have agreed to a landmark charter agreement in the NTT INDYCAR Series.
The charter agreement, with 25 entries among the 10 teams, goes into effect immediately. This is the first charter system ever introduced in series history.
Similar to what NASCAR established in 2016, a chartered entry is guaranteed a starting spot on the grid for every race, except for the Indianapolis 500 (NASCAR’s system has no exceptions). Only chartered entries are eligible for the annual Leaders Circle award program that compensates the 22 top finishers in the prior year’s championship.
This agreement goes through the end of 2031.
NTT INDYCAR Series charter breakdown
According to INDYCAR, they extended charters to team owners based on full-time entries over the previous two seasons, with a maximum of three per team:
Teams with three charters:
- Andretti Global
- Arrow McLaren
- Chip Ganassi Racing
- Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
- Team Penske
Teams with two charters:
- A.J. Foyt Enterprises
- Dale Coyne Racing
- Ed Carpenter Racing
- Juncos Hollinger Racing
- Meyer Shank Racing
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A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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