Indycar Bingo

What Is NTT Indycar?

The NTT Indycar series is North America’s premier single seater motorsport series.  There can’t be many people who haven’t heard of the Indy 500 (Indianapolis 500) that is its focal event, forming part of motorsport’s legendary Triple Crown along with the Monaco Grand Prix and Le Mans.

The 110th running of the Indy 500 took place on 24th May 2026 but the season kicked off long before then with the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg on March 1st. For the puzzled, “St Pete” is NOT the one in Russia – it’s on an island off the coast of Florida, which is far enough south for a race to be run in that early in the season without serious concerns about the weather.  In previous seasons there was a 6 week gap before the races in California and Alabama in the run up to the month of May, but in 2026 there were races in Arizona and Texas on the two weekends following the season opener; again, both of these are far enough south for the weather not to be too much of an issue.

One of the most interesting things about Indycar is that it is run on ovals as well as on road and street circuits.  Ovals require a very different set-up and it’s not unusual for drivers to concentrate on one type of track and the team run a different driver at the other.  In 2021, for instance, Romain Grosjean started off not racing the ovals as his experience (Formula One) was much more relevant to road circuits.

The 2026 season, which has now wrapped, promised to be one of the most exciting yet.  Alex Palou won the title again to make it four in a row, but it wasn’t quite as easy this time round and it was Felix Rosenquist who pulled off the Indy 500 win.

Three rookies joined the grid, all of whom are familiar to anyone who was watching the European junior formulae a few years back:

• Caio Collet joined A. J. Foyt Enterprises
• Mick Schumacher joined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
• Dennis Hauger joined Dale Coyne Racing

Ex Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger was a particularly interesting prospect.  After winning Italian Formula 4 and then Formula 3, he failed to make a mark in his three seasons of Formula 2. But then he crossed the pond to compete in Indy NXT – and became champion in his rookie season!  Hauger is the first Norwegian driver to compete in Indycar for more than 100 years.

Caio Collet also comes from Indy NXT where he spent two seasons, coming 3rd and 2nd respectively.

In the event, the Rookie of the Year contest was particularly close with just 25 points separating 1st place (Hauger) from 3rd place (Collet).

See you at St Pete on March 7th 2027 for the first of three consecutive race weekends!

How To Play Indycar Bingo

1. Tap to start
2. Add any extra things you’d like to appear as scorable items on your bingo cards to the list and change the grid size to 3×3 or 5×5 if you like (you’ll need to add more items for 5×5 to make the cards sufficiently different to each other)
3. Generate Bingo Cards
4. Use the controls to choose the number of cards you’d like to print and the number per page then Generate Printable Cards
5. You’ll be taken to a page containing your set of bingo cards (which will all be different to each other).  Print them out or if you’re not ready to print, bookmark the page to come back to later
6. Each person gets one card.  Mark the things off as they happen over the course of the season.  First to mark off all their squares wins!
7. If no-one has marked off all of their squares by the end of the season, the player who marked off the most wins!
8. Enjoy the bingo and the racing!