{"id":205879,"date":"2026-03-15T18:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T18:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/205879\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T18:53:07","slug":"indycar-practice-halted-after-catering-crew-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/205879\/","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar practice halted after catering crew on track"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second practice for the IndyCar\u2019s inaugural Grand Prix of Arlington was halted Saturday because a catering crew was on the track.<\/p>\n

A social media post showed three workers with a cart on the course just as drivers began their practice laps.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh goodness me, there\u2019s people crossing the track,\u201d the commentator on the FS1 broadcast said.<\/p>\n

Officials quickly dropped a red flag to stop the action.<\/p>\n

\u201cOK everybody, this was a serious breach of security to have people crossing the track while we were in session,\u201d IndyCar race control was heard saying on radio, according to the Indianapolis Star<\/a>. \u201cSo we\u2019re going to send safety around the course to check everything we have here. That\u2019s how serious this was. Once we have a secure course that we\u2019re comfortable with, we\u2019ll give you a count in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Practice began shortly after the track was cleared.<\/p>\n

Grand Prix of Arlington start time moved up<\/p>\n

The Java House Grand Prix of Arlington will be held for the first time<\/a> Sunday. The IndyCar drivers will race on a 2.7-mile street course in Arlington around the entertainment district, Globe Life Field and AT&T Stadium. The Texas Rangers and Dallas Cowboys<\/a> are helping put on the event.<\/p>\n

The start time for Sunday\u2019s race has been moved up<\/a> an hour because of \u201cforecasted higher winds,\u201d event organizers said in a statement Saturday.<\/p>\n

TV coverage will now start at 10:30 a.m. on Fox, and the race will begin at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

Marcus Ericsson wins IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington pole<\/p>\n

Marcus Ericsson of Sweden will start on the pole for the first time in Sunday\u2019s race. Ericsson, driving the No. 28 InPwr Honda of Andretti Global, was the first driver to complete a qualifying lap, and his time of 1 minute, 34.3562 seconds, held up.<\/p>\n

Reigning Indianapolis 500 winner and four-time IndyCar series champion Alex Palou of Spain will start second in the No. 10 Honda of Chip Ganassi Racing.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published March 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM.<\/p>\n


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Jim Barnes<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Jim Barnes is the Star-Telegram\u2019s sports editor. A Fort Worth native and graduate of Castleberry High School, he returned to Texas after 13 years at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He previously was sports editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald and a freelance high school sports reporter for The Dallas Morning News.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second practice for the IndyCar\u2019s inaugural Grand Prix of Arlington was halted Saturday because a catering crew…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,72698,80958,80959,80961,80960],"class_list":["post-205879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-grand-prix-of-arlington","tag-indycar-red-flag","tag-indycar-safety","tag-indycar-security-breach","tag-practice-halted"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205879","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=205879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}