Alliances in INDYCAR — like the one between the Chip Ganassi and Meyer Shank teams — could play a major role in how the Grand Prix of Long Beach unfolds.

INDYCAR has two prominent alliances: The Ganassi-Shank relationship, which started this year after Shank ended an alliance with Andretti Global ... when it comes to Michael Shank's sports car ...

everything that was in place before Michael [Andretti] stepped aside is still in place, if you will. But there was a a choice to be made on his side, but the spirit of us will always be there ...

And then there’s his son, Michael Andretti ... And there have been massive advancements on the technological side of it. Andretti, for example, recalled being one of the first teams a few ...