Team Penske and Chevrolet have confirmed a multiyear extension of their IndyCar partnership, keeping one of the series’ major team-manufacturer combinations together beyond the 2026 season.
A multiyear commitment
The announcement confirms Penske’s engine supply for multiple seasons rather than leaving its manufacturer plans as an open item ahead of the 2027 campaign. Neither the exact duration nor an end date was specified in the published listings.
Chevrolet and Honda are the two engine manufacturers currently represented in IndyCar. Penske’s renewed agreement therefore preserves a central part of the existing manufacturer lineup as the championship moves toward a major technical change.
Extension arrives before the IR-28
The timing puts Penske’s Chevrolet commitment in place as IndyCar develops the IR-28, its new chassis. The series said the car is scheduled to run at Sebring on October 12 and 13, its first test at a circuit other than Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The Sebring running will follow the IR-28’s initial work at Indianapolis and gives the development program a different track environment. IndyCar identified the two-day test in an official notebook published October 8.
The manufacturer extension and chassis test are separate developments, but together they settle one element of Penske’s future while IndyCar continues preparing the equipment that will underpin its next rules cycle.
Penske enters 2027 chasing Palou
Team Penske finished the 2026 season with three race victories. Josef Newgarden won at Phoenix Raceway and World Wide Technology Raceway, while Scott McLaughlin won the season-ending Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
McLaughlin was Penske’s highest-placed driver in the championship, finishing sixth with 482 points. He recorded one victory, three pole positions, seven top-five results and 12 top-10 finishes across 18 starts.
David Malukas ended the year fifth with 514 points after taking one pole, nine top-five finishes and 13 top-10 results. Newgarden placed eighth on 423 points, with two victories and 11 top-10 finishes.
The benchmark remains clear
Alex Palou won the 2026 championship with 631 points, six race victories and eight pole positions. His final margin over runner-up Kyle Kirkwood was 86 points.
Palou also led 673 laps and finished in the top 10 at 15 of the 18 races. His victories came at St. Petersburg, Barber Motorsports Park, Long Beach, Detroit, Nashville Superspeedway and Portland International Raceway.
The drivers immediately behind him formed a tightly grouped chasing pack. Kirkwood scored 545 points, Christian Lundgaard finished third with 535, Pato O’Ward took fourth with 522 and Malukas completed the top five on 514. Only 31 points separated second from fifth.
Chevrolet retains another major team
Penske’s announcement follows other recent Chevrolet commitments in the IndyCar paddock. The official series news listing also featured a multiyear Chevrolet extension for Ed Carpenter Racing, while Motorsport.com reported that Arrow McLaren had renewed its engine agreement for multiple seasons.
Those agreements provide continuity for Chevrolet among several established entries. Penske’s extension is particularly significant in scale because it covers a team that fielded three full-season drivers in 2026 and won races on both ovals and a road course.
Next steps shift to 2027 preparation
With the manufacturer agreement settled, Penske and Chevrolet can continue their preparations for the 2027 season while IndyCar advances the IR-28 test program. The next scheduled milestone is the Sebring test on October 12 and 13.
IndyCar has not specified an end date for the Penske-Chevrolet extension in its announcement listing. The confirmed multiyear term, however, means the partnership will continue into the series’ forthcoming chassis era.
