IndyCar AT&T wind delay
IndyCar’s inaugural race around AT&T Stadium in Arlington moved its start to noon ET because of high winds, with FOX carrying coverage from 11:30a ET — drivers also noted and praised last‑minute course tweaks start time tweet driver notes.
The National Weather Service put the Arlington area under a High Wind Advisory from 7 a.m. CT Sunday through 1 a.m. CT Monday, with forecasts calling for sustained 25–35 mph winds and gusts up to 50 mph. motorsport.com INDYCAR scheduled a 20‑minute NTT INDYCAR SERIES warmup at 9:50–10:10 a.m. and the INDY NXT by Firestone support race for 10:45 a.m. ET as officials reshuffled the weekend timing. indycar.com The temporary Arlington street course measures 2.73 miles with 14 turns and the NTT INDYCAR race was set for 70 laps on a layout crews spent roughly 60 days building, where cars can hit speeds approaching 180 mph on the long straight. attstadium.com INDYCAR altered the Firestone Fast Six for the inaugural event into a single‑car, single‑lap shootout — each of the six finalists ran alone for one flying lap — a format the series says it will evaluate for future road and street events. racer.com Practice leaders raved about the circuit — Scott McLaughlin topped opening practice with a 1:34.8926 lap and called Arlington “instantly my most favorite street circuit ever” — while Josef Newgarden required a backup car after a practice crash and Marcus Ericsson converted the revised Fast Six into his first career IndyCar pole with a 1:34.356‑ish lap. motorsport.com
