The inaugural IndyCar Classic was held at Circuit of the
Americas-COTA on March 24, 2019. It was a 60-lap event that was won by rookie
Colton Herta of Harding Steinbrenner Racing, who became the youngest race
winner in IndyCar Series history at 18 years of age.
It was one of the two additions to the 2019 IndyCar Series
schedule, which officially revealed that COTA had obtained a race as part of a
multi-year agreement when it was released on September 4, 2018.
COTA was joined on the 2019 schedule by a revived Grand Prix
of Monterey on September 22, the season finale and the first IndyCar race at
Laguna Seca in 15 years. IndyCar Classic was the second race of the 2019
season, following the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg two weeks
earlier on March 10.
The placement of the Austin race, as well as the forward
shift of the Grand Prix of Alabama that follows it, will reduce the number of
long gaps in the early portion of the season.
Tosan Aduayi reports on motoring periodically - flowtranglobal@gmail.com
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