INDYCAR has announced an update for Push to Pass usage for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and INDY NXT by Firestone.<\/p>\n
Beginning with this week\u2019s events on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and for all subsequent road and street circuit races, Push to Pass \u2013 a driver controlled system that provides roughly 60 extra horsepower via increased turbocharger boost \u2013 will be available and allowed for use at all times once the car passes the alternate start-finish line following the start and once the green flag has been displayed.<\/p>\n
Expanded availability, which now includes use on race restarts, will provide teams and drivers additional tools and overtake possibilities during the crucial moments of race restarts. The rule prohibiting passing prior to the restart line remains in effect.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Push to Pass software failure at the Streets of Long Beach allowed INDYCAR an opportunity to fully review the rules of the system and consider any improvements, including leaving Push to Pass available on restarts,\u201d INDYCAR President J. Douglas Boles said. \u201cPush to Pass is a driver and team enhancement, which has evolved since its introduction in 2009, and \u2013 working with stakeholders \u2013 we believe it\u2019s time for this additional update.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile maybe ironic on how we transitioned to this procedural revision, we look forward to seeing how this new opportunity to use Push to Pass will enhance strategy and the potential for even more wheel-to-wheel action.\u201d<\/p>\n
Push to Pass timing parameters, including time and maximum time per push, remain unchanged.<\/p>\n
The update comes as INDYCAR Officiating, in a separate announcement, provided its findings following a thorough review of the Push to Pass software failure, corrective measures and other rule updates.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been a superb example of INDYCAR Officiating and INDYCAR working together to provide our sport outcomes that will greatly benefit on-track competition,\u201d Boles said. \u201cWe are confident in the update to the software and are gratified with the outcome of this full review.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next race for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES is the Sonsio Grand Prix, round six of the 2026 championship, Saturday, May 9. Coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. ET on FOX, FOX One and the FOX Sports app. INDY NXT has its second doubleheader of 2026 with Race 1 on the IMS road course scheduled for 4 p.m. ET Friday, May 8 on FOX Sports\u2019 FS2 and Race 2 at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9 on FS1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDYCAR has announced an update for Push to Pass usage for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and INDY NXT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-426688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}