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The temporary street circuit is being built through the streets and parking lots surrounding AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field, the respective homes of the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n
Before the duo boarded the helicopter with Fox Sports’ Jamie Little, Jones joked with O’Ward that they might be bumped by airflow, similar to O’Ward’s experiences on the track.<\/p>\n
“We may get bumped a few times like you do in the car,” Jones joked.<\/p>\n
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Once in the air, O’Ward pointed out to Jones where the pits will be, highlighting the chance for driver interactions and fan experiences at an IndyCar event.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s very well set up for it to be a huge experience,” O’Ward noted.<\/p>\n
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The Grand Prix of Arlington will take place on this 2.73-mile temporary circuit around Globe Life Field and At&T Stadium. AT&T Stadium<\/p>\n
IndyCar left Texas in 2024 after 27 years running at Texas Motor Speedway, with Josef Newgarden being the most recent winner at the oval. O’Ward bucked the norm of the race being won by a veteran driver or champion in 2021, when he won at Texas in his 26th start and second full season.<\/p>\n
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Ahead of the inaugural race, IndyCar has sent its stars to multiple sporting events at the two stadiums. With Josef Newgarden attending the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving win over the Kansas City Chiefs, and O\u2019Ward throwing out the first pitch at the Texas Rangers’ August 6th matchup against the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n
This in-person promotion follows Fox Sports’ internal groundswell effort to promote IndyCar<\/a> after acquiring full Broadcast rights ahead of the 2024 season. Before the 2024 season kicked off last March, three of IndyCar’s biggest stars, Newgarden, O’Ward, and now four-time champion and reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Alex Palou, were each featured in Super Bowl commercials. <\/a><\/p>\n You Might Also Like<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IndyCar makes its return to the Lone Star State next March since its departure following the 2023 season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,113,104,103,44648,44651,1160,44652,2638,44649,8250,7209,21176,44650,429],"class_list":["post-96372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-fox-sports","tag-indianapolis-500","tag-indycar","tag-indycar-event","tag-jerry-jones","tag-josef-newgarden","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-lone-star-state","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-pato-o","tag-texas-rangers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96372","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=96372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}