To the big teams go the spoils… or something like that. Close and competitive racing has been a common theme in the IndyCar Series for years, but the end-of-year results always favor the usual suspects.
Chip Ganassi Racing wrapped up its seventh title over the last 12 years in North America’s premier open-wheel championship, with Team Penske having captured it the other five times over that span. The last time a team other than those two dominant forces won the championship was in 2012 when Andretti Global (then known as Andretti Autosport) won it all with Ryan Hunter-Reayat the helm. And, excluding the Champ Car era that was dominated by Newman/Haas from 2004-07, the most previous title won by a team not named Andretti, Ganassi, or Penske happened over two decades ago in 2002, courtesy of the long since-defunct Panther Racing.
