Back on track: IndyCar delayed debut all-in-one Texas affair

FILE - In this June 8, 2019, file photo, Josef Newgarden does a burnout after winning the IndyCar auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. IndyCar opens its pandemic-delayed season with an all-in-one-day show Saturday on the fast high-banked 1 ½-mile oval at Texas Motor Speedway, more than eight months after the 2019 finale. (AP Photo/Larry Papke, File)

FILE - In this May 25, 2018, file photo, Ed Carpenter waits for the start the final practice session for the IndyCar Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Things are starting to feel a little more normal for Ed Carpenter with IndyCar finally about to start its season, though his body clock is still out of sorts. The lone owner-driver in the series surely isn’t alone feeling that way. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2020, file photo, IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden prepares for IndyCar Series Open Testing, in Austin, Texas. The 2020 IndyCar season will open Saturday night, June 6, at Texas Motor Speedway. “Texas is a very difficult racetrack to race in general, whether you’ve been there 20 years or first time. It’s a daunting track to get right,” Newgarden said. "Typically we have five races or so to sort out our stuff, kind of get ourselves in the right frame of mind, have a general base before we go to a track like that." (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2020, file photo, IndyCar driver Will Power lowers into his car as he prepares to drive in IndyCar Series testing, in Austin, Texas. The 2020 IndyCar season will open Saturday night, June 6, at Texas Motor Speedway. An already lengthy offseason has been stretched to more than eight months since IndyCar last raced and the first event back is at Texas' high-speed oval where drivers will get their first test of a heavy new windshield designed to protect the cockpit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)