American sports car star Ricky Taylor got his long-awaited run in an IndyCar with Team Penske on Thursday at the Miami-Homestead road course. The newest winner of IMSA's Rolex 24 at Daytona was part of talks to test an Ed Carpenter Racing Chevy IndyCar in recent years, but the first opportunity came with Penske in Simon Pagenaud's championship-winning No. 1 entry. "Looking at the car with the No. 1 on it was surreal," the second-generation driver told RACER. "It was a lot of nerves to start because you want to drive for the best teams, you want to be a professional, you want to show them what you can do in one day without making mistakes and giving good feedback. So many...
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