Andretti Global had decided to bring back Marcus Ericsson shortly before the latest Inside Line IndyCar podcast. IndyStar motorsports insider Zion Brown was rejoined by sports editor Aaron Ferguson to break down silly season, Alex Palou and Alexander Rossi testing the new Indy car and preview the return to Portland, where Team Penske has had great success in recent years. Did that impact their predictions? Perhaps.

Andretti Global had decided to bring back Marcus Ericsson shortly before the latest Inside Line IndyCar podcast. IndyStar motorsports insider Zion Brown was rejoined by sports editor Aaron Ferguson to break down silly season, Alex Palou and Alexander Rossi testing the new Indy car and preview the return to Portland, where Team Penske has had great success in recent years. Did that impact their predictions? Perhaps.

IndyStar motorsport Insider Nathan Brown discussing all things IndyCar.

IndyStar motorsport Insider Nathan Brown discussing all things IndyCar.

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IndyStar motorsport Insider Zion Brown discussing all things IndyCar.

IndyStar motorsport Insider Zion Brown discussing all things IndyCar.

How does Marcus Ericsson's extension impact Silly Season? IndyCar is back at Portland!

A special edition of the Inside Line IndyCar Podcast looks at how the Freedom 250 IndyCar race came together. IndyStar enterprise reporter Joshua Heron joins motorsports insider Zion Brown to discuss why and how IndyCar got a race once deemed impossible came to fruition.

Read IndyStar's exclusive story on how the Freedom 250 went from "impossible" to happening: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2026/08/20/how-indycars-freedom-250-grand-prix-went-from-crazy-dream-to-reality/91101069007/

A special edition of the Inside Line IndyCar Podcast looks at how the Freedom 250 IndyCar race came together. IndyStar enterprise reporter Joshua Heron joins motorsports insider Zion Brown to discuss why and how IndyCar got a race once deemed impossible came to fruition.
Read IndyStar's exclusive story on how the Freedom 250 went from "impossible" to happening: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2026/08/20/how-indycars-freedom-250-grand-prix-went-from-crazy-dream-to-reality/91101069007/

Special edition: An inside look at how the Freedom 250 IndyCar race came together

From a disastrous start to the IndyCar weekend at Markham, to Louis Foster's crash to Romain Grosjean's drive to Andretti's big day capped with Marcus Ericsson and Will Power on podium, IndyStar motorsports insider Zion Brown and sports editor Aaron Ferguson break down a wild weekend. They discuss the first of five years at Markham, and then a possible one-off in Washington D.C. Plus, they talk silly season and debate who gets a win first: Will Power or David Malukas; then Scott McLaughlin or Scott Dixon.

From a disastrous start to the IndyCar weekend at Markham, to Louis Foster's crash to Romain Grosjean's drive to Andretti's big day capped with Marcus Ericsson and Will Power on podium, IndyStar motorsports insider Zion Brown and sports editor Aaron Ferguson break down a wild weekend. They discuss the first of five years at Markham, and then a possible one-off in Washington D.C. Plus, they talk silly season and debate who gets a win first: Will Power or David Malukas; then Scott McLaughlin or Scott Dixon.

Marcus Ericsson surges to win at Markham; what's in store for IndyCar's Freedom 250?

Alex Palou won in Portland where lapped traffic became a hot topic and the IndyCar series may or have been wrapped up with Palou's win. IndyStar motorsports insider Zion Brown and sports editor Aaron Ferguson question if Palou's dominance is good for the sport, talk Silly Season prospects for Christian Lundgaard, Rinus VeeKay and others, and preview a new course with a hairpin turn in Markham, Ontario.

Alex Palou won in Portland where lapped traffic became a hot topic and the IndyCar series may or have been wrapped up with Palou's win. IndyStar motorsports insider Zion Brown and sports editor Aaron Ferguson question if Palou's dominance is good for the sport, talk Silly Season prospects for Christian Lundgaard, Rinus VeeKay and others, and preview a new course with a hairpin turn in Markham, Ontario.

How does Marcus Ericsson's extension impact Silly Season? IndyCar is back at Portland!

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