The Inside Line

In the latest episode of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes talk through Christian Rasmussen’s breakthrough victory at The Milwaukee Mile while also diving deep into the hot-button topics off the track. The pair first discuss the breaks that gave the ECR driver a chance to pounce late and then debate Alex Palou’s team decision not to pit...

In this episode of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports insider Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes start things off highlighting the novelty of Will Power’s win Sunday at Portland, what impact it may have on his future at Team Penske and what that future could (and should) look like. The pair then discuss the way in which Alex Palou clinched his fourth IndyCar title Sunday and the histori...

In this episode of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes kick-off their post-Laguna Seca episode taking a look at the historical implications of Alex Palou snagging his eighth win of 2025, where that stands in history and where he could end up once the season ends. The pair also explain how Palou can go about clinching his 4th title in 5 years at IndyC...

In this week's edition of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes discuss the ways Toronto race winner Pato O'Ward and championship leader Alex Palou diverged, creating the potential for a title race down the stretch. Nathan and Joey also dove deep into the former's 2026 schedule sleuthing story from earlier in the week, and Nathan discusses how he expec...

IndyStar motorsports insider Nathan Brown an co-host Joey Barnes break down the on- and off-track successes and failures around IndyCar's Iowa Speedway doubleheader weekend in this episode of "The Inside Line." The pair first touch on the ways in which Pato O'Ward and Alex Palou bided their time en route to race wins and how Josef Newgarden and Team Penske saw them slip through their fingertips. N...

In this week's edition of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports insider Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes dive into all the on and off-track drama in the wake of IndyCar's race at Mid-Ohio. They start the episode taking a look at the moves and decisions that led to the exciting end-of-the-race battle between Scott Dixon and Alex Palou, and the two discuss whether Dixon has a shot at challenging...

On this week's edition of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes break down the strategy that fed into Alex Palou's sixth win of 2025. The pair then rank their top teams in the sport through the season's halfway point and debate where they'd have a winless Team Penske. Brown and Barnes also dive into the big topics of the week, including IndyCar's new c...

In this episode of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes breakdown how Kyle Kirkwood earned his third win of the season at World Wide Technology Raceway and what proved to be his race-winning pass on runner-up Pato O’Ward. The pair also discuss Team Penske’s miserable race and where the team’s first win of the year will come — i...

In this week’s episode of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes discuss Andretti Global’s dominant Detroit Grand Prix weekend that led to Kyle Kirkwood’s second win of 2025. The pair also dig into the ins and outs of Santino Ferrucci’s post-race tech inspection penalty, Zak Brown’s comments about needed changes in IndyCar,...

In this week’s edition of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports insider Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes break down everything that was in this year’s Indy 500, from Alex Palou’s late-race win — and the pass that made it so on Marcus Ericsson — to other standout performances and disappointing ones throughout the field. The pair also dive into the post-race penalti...

In the latest edition of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports insider Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes breakdown the latest Team Penske-related drama since Indy 500 qualifying and discuss why ultimately Roger Penske made the major decision he did to fire his entire IndyCar leadership team. Later, Nathan and Joey work their way through their field and hand out their picks for Sunday’s In...

In this episode of ‘The Inside Line’, IndyStar’s motorsports insider Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes tackle the story of the day, the week and the month: Team Penske’s illegal attenuator modifications, and the impact they’ve had on the paddock. Nathan and Joey first lay out the facts and timeline before dishing out takes on the IndyCar’s tech inspection pro...

In this week’s edition of ‘The Inside Line’, IndyStar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and his co-host Joey Barnes dissect Alex Palou’s fourth victory in five starts in the 2025 IndyCar season on the IMS road course. The pair talk through the impact of IndyCar’s new tire rules and how they both shook up the field and how they might impact races beyond the Sonsio Gran...

In this week’s edition of ‘The Inside Line’, IndyStar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and his co-host Joey Barnes dive into the major on and off-track storylines lingering after yet another Alex Palou victory in 2025, this time at Barber Motorsports Park. The pair theorize who – and if anyone – can still make a run at Palou to challenge for the 2025 drivers’ c...

In this episode of The Inside Line, IndyStar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes comb through the timing sheets from the two days of the Indy 500 Open Test and talk through their initial takeaways from how the field is shaping up for the Month of May, including: the latest edition of the Honda vs. Chevy battle, the early front-running teams and drivers, who looked rather pede...

In this episode of The Inside Line, IndyCar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and co-host Joey Barnes discuss Kyle Kirkwood’s win from pole in the Long Beach Grand Prix and how Andretti Global’s execution – and lack of it from competitors – led to the first race of the year not won by Alex Palou. The pair also discuss how tire strategy and wear continue to play an elevated...

In this episode of The Inside Line, Nathan Brown and Joey Barnes discuss the ins and outs of IndyCar’s weekend at The Thermal Club, starting with how Alex Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing turned in another race-winning performance and how tire deg and strategy played such a big role in IndyCar’s first points-paying race at the track. Later, the pair discuss the fallout from IndyCar’...

In this episode of The Inside Line, Nathan Brown and Joey Barnes break down how Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou emerged victorious in St. Pete. Then, they discuss the highs and lows of on-track performances outside the podium finishers. The two then end the episode breaking down Fox’s first IndyCar broadcast weekend, including both technology enhancements and glitches and what to make...

In this episode of The Inside Line, Nathan Brown and Joey Barnes roll through each of the 11 full-time IndyCar teams on the grid in 2025 and ask their biggest questions facing them this season.

Nathan Brown and Joey Barnes draft their biggest news stories of the IndyCar offseason and discuss both their short and long-term impacts on the series. Topics include the new race in Arlington; Fox’s fast start promoting IndyCar; leadership changes at Arrow McLaren, Andretti Global and IndyCar; charters; and more.

In this week’s edition of IndyCar Weekly, IndyStar’s Nathan Brown and his co-host Stefan Wilson dive into IndyCar’s trip to Toronto – highlighted by Colton Herta and Andretti Global’s triumphant, dominant win. To kick things off, Nathan and Stefan dive into how Herta and Andretti at-large finally capitalized on their latest strong performance and how important Kyle Kirkwood’s runner-up result was...

In this week’s edition of IndyCar Weekly, IndyStar motorsports reporter Nathan Brown and co-host Stefan Wilson discuss the storylines from Road America. From dissecting Josef Newgarden’s massive qualifying crash and Will Power’s race-winning sequence that helped him take over the championship lead to the latest in Agustin Canapino’s ‘leave of absence’ and what might be next for Juncos Hollinger Ra...

In this week’s edition of IndyCar Weekly, IndyStar motorsports insider Nathan Brown and co-host Stefan Wilson discuss and break down the two major topics coming out of the Detroit Grand Prix: How to fix on the on-track product and whether there could be any changes to the circuit or the race venue in the near-future. In closing, they take a look at the championship race through six races and discu...

In this week’s edition of IndyCar Weekly, IndyStar’s Nathan Brown and his co-host Stefan Wilson break down the riveting, edge-of-your-seat end to Josef Newgarden’s back-to-back Indianapolis 500 win. The pair discuss – and wonder – just how Newgarden was able to execute the last-lap pass to seal the win, breakdown Kyle Larson’s up-and-down introduction to the Greatest Spectacle in Racing and wrap-u...

IndyStar’s motorsports insider Nathan Brown and IndyCar driver Stefan Wilson go row-by-row through the 11 rows of three to breakdown the weekend that was in Indy 500 qualifying and look ahead to how the 108th running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing might shake out May 26 at IMS – including their predictions for the winner.