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Ferrucci Enters 2026 Chili Bowl

by Lou Modestino
Santino FerrucciSantino Ferrucci of Woodbury, CT, is confirmed to compete in the next Chili Bowl Midget Nationals (the 2026 event) for Abacus Racing. He also competed in the most recent event, the 2025 Chili Bowl Nationals, where he raced the No. 16 entry with primary sponsorship from Webco Engineering.
Ferrucci, an NTT IndyCar Series driver, is a frequent participant in the Chili Bowl, a race he has called the “Indy 500 for the dirt world”. He looks to improve his performance in the upcoming event, having had a “wild ride” in the 2025 edition. He made his Chili Bowl debut in 2021.
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‘They Write It as They Go’ — Santino Ferrucci Rebounds for Nashville Top 10

by Lou Modestino
‘They Write It as They Go’ — Santino Ferrucci Rebounds for Nashville Top 10

By Alex Gintz, Frontstretch

LEBANON, Tenn. — Among all the drivers in the NTT IndyCar Series field, perhaps nobody’s name is more associated with controversy as Santino Ferrucci.

That association was justified for the umpteenth time in 2024, when the driver of the No. 14 A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet became the subject of an unexpected call by race control during Sunday’s (Sept. 15) Big Machine Music City Grand Prix at Nashville Superspeedway.

The Woodbury, Conn., native has developed a reputation and reinforced it this season as a major threat on ovals. Ferrucci demanded attention more than a handful of times when the series came to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway and the Milwaukee Mile by pulling off a series of high-risk moves at both venues and walking away with two fourth-place finishes (both in the Milwaukee doubleheader) from those three races, with a 12th-place finish at Gateway being the outlier.

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Santino Ferrucci Signs Multi-Year Extension with AJ Foyt Racing

by Lou Modestino
Santino Ferrucci Signs Multi-Year Extension with AJ Foyt Racing

Santino Ferrucci will drive the No. 14 for AJ Foyt Racing in 2025, the team announced Sept. 12.

The extension is for multiple years, locking Ferrucci into the No. 14 for at least the next two NTT IndyCar Series seasons. He will be teammates with David Malukas, who also signed a multi-year agreement to join the team in 2025 back in August. (more…)

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Santino Ferrucci Dazzles Indy Crowd with 3rd Place

by Lou Modestino
Santino Ferrucci Dazzles Indy Crowd with 3rd Place

As Santino Ferrucci sat under the third red flag in the closing laps of Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, only one thought entered his mind, and that was the crowd being on his side.

Making an edgy three-wide maneuver up the outside of Josef Newgarden and race leader Marcus Ericsson, the A.J. Foyt Racing No. 14 looked to be leading the Indy 500 with only four laps to go. (more…)

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Ferrucci Drawing On Bourdais Lessons at AJ Foyt Racing

by Lou Modestino

Santino Ferrucci says he will draw on lessons from Sebastien Bourdais in his role as de facto team leader at AJ Foyt Racing in the 2023 IndyCar season.

Foyt takes an all-changed driver line-up into the upcoming campaign, with Ferrucci of Woodbury, CT and Benjamin Pedersen replacing Kyle Kirkwood and Dalton Kellett in what is now a two-car operation again. (more…)

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