Graham Rahal mulls IndyCar future while evaluating father’s team: ‘Anything is on table’

INDIANAPOLIS – Graham Rahal is in a contract year, and though the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing mainstay doesn’t foresee retirement, he also isn’t sure of his future at his father’s team.

“I think anything is on the table,” Rahal, 34, told a small group of reporters Tuesday before the opening day of Indy 500 practice was scrubbed by rain. “I have literally made no decision. Even going somewhere else. I’ve made no decision. I think I have a lot to add to the equation. I feel very confident saying that with my experience. Eventually, you get a feel for things and there’s a lot you can add and help with and make things better. I feel like I’m still in my prime in that regard.”

It’s been six years since the most recent NTT IndyCar Series victory for Rahal, whose inaugural win came as a 19-year-old at the 2008 St. Petersburg Grand Prix. Takuma Sato’s 2020 Indy 500 victory was the most recent win for the team founded by his father, Bobby, the 1986 winner at the Brickyard.

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But there have been recent signs of improvement for RLL. After winning the rookie of the year last season, Christian Lundgaard earned his first career pole position last weekend at the GMR Grand Prix and backed it up with the team’s season-best fourth place finish in the No. 45 Dallara-Honda.

After a first-lap incident on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Graham Rahal also fought to a “magic” 10th (his second top 10 after opening 2023 with a sixth at St. Pete) ahead of road course aces Will Power, Scott McLaughlin and Romain Grosjean. He believes the damage from an early collision cost his No. 15 Honda a