The NTT IndyCar Series is scheduled to launch its season in less than three weeks at Texas Motor Speedway, and despite having been fully prepared to race at St. Petersburg in March, the field of 24-plus cars aren’t exactly ready to lap the daunting oval outside Dallas-Forth Worth. Although IndyCar teams returned home from St. Petersburg in mid-March with Chevy- and Honda-powered cars that were in perfect shape to tackle the downtown street circuit, the haste to shelter at home, the long period of shutdown barring teams from working inside their respective shops, and the change of venues to a high-speed oval on June 6 has resulted in a fresh round of vehicle preparation.
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