{"id":198378,"date":"2026-03-10T15:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/198378\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:31:31","slug":"texas-am-joins-indycar-as-team-sponsor-at-race-in-arlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/198378\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M Joins IndyCar As Team Sponsor At Race In Arlington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"609\" width=\"1083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/texas-am-indycar.jpg\" alt=\"texas-am-indycar\" class=\"wp-image-23987801\"  \/>Texas A&amp;M University Division of Marketing and Communications<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M University announced on Tuesday that it will serve as a sponsor of the No. 60 IndyCar Meyer Shank Racing Honda driven by Felix Rosenqvist for the 2026 racing season. Together with a helmet made especially for the race weekend by Troy Lee Designs, the Aggie maroon livery will make its debut at the inaugural Java House Grand Prix of Arlington.<\/p>\n<p>A helmet sponsorship with Rosenqvist and a new season-long associate sponsorship of the Meyer Shank Racing entry will serve as the cornerstones of Texas A&amp;M\u2019s season-long presence in <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/indycar\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"23527988\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IndyCar<\/a> in 2026. The designers specifically devised the placement of the school\u2019s logo to match how IndyCar broadcasts races, intending for it to frequently appear in in-car camera and close-up footage over the course of 18 race weekends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas A&amp;M will emphasize three themes that align naturally with the calendar and the sports: A Force For Good in Texas, in American innovation and in national service, security and defense,\u201d the university <a href=\"https:\/\/stories.tamu.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/10\/texas-am-to-headline-inaugural-arlington-indycar-race-kicking-off-bold-2026-motorsports-program\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stated<\/a> in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Texas A&amp;M University has involved itself in motorsports at the highest level as a sponsor. In 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/sports\/article\/texas-am-thousands-dollars-sponsor-nascar-cars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M spent $160,000<\/a> to have its branding appear on two Stewart-Haas cars in the NASCAR Cup Series.<\/p>\n<p>Felix Rosenqvist also wore the Texas A&amp;M logo on his helmet during the 2025 season and finished sixth in the 2025 IndyCar Series championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to continue my partnership with Texas A&amp;M for the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season,\u201d Rosenqvist said. \u201cIt\u2019s been incredible to represent such a respected university with a passionate and engaged community behind it. The support from Aggieland has meant a lot to me, and I\u2019m excited to keep building on what we\u2019ve started together. We have a big season ahead, and I\u2019m motivated to deliver strong results on track while continuing to connect with the students, former students and fans who make this partnership so special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M will also be a season-long associate sponsor of Haas Factory Team, driver Cole Custer, and the No. 41 Chevrolet Camaro in <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/nascar\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"34056020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASCAR<\/a>. On June 21, Texas A&amp;M will be the main sponsor of Custer\u2019s car during the first Anduril 250 at Naval Base Coronado in the San Diego area, wearing a bespoke Texas A&amp;M University military appreciation livery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas A&amp;M University Division of Marketing and Communications Texas A&amp;M University announced on Tuesday that it will serve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,78371,1160,37700,1124,260],"class_list":["post-198378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-felix-rosenqvist","tag-indycar","tag-nascar","tag-racing","tag-texas-am-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}