Helio Castroneves stood stoically in his garage eating lunch this May. The gregarious personality that won over racing fans and dancing fans years ago is still there, it’s just been replaced.The IndyCar Series has removed Brian Barnhart as head of race control after a controversial season in which drivers publicly questioned his decisions.
IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard said Wednesday that Barnhart will remain president of operations. Bernard’s currently searching for a new race director.
Bernard also said Terry Angstadt has resigned as president of IndyCar’s commercial division. He will be replaced by Marc Koretzky, who has been with the open-wheel series since May as director of corporate business development.
Barnhart struggled this season to maintain the respect of the drivers after a handful of arbitrary decisions.
He returned to racing at New Hampshire when drivers said it was raining too hard to resume the event – and they were proven right with a wreck on the restart.
