There are no full-season five-car teams in the Verizon IndyCar Series although there are a handful of four-car teams, and one of those four (Andretti Autosport) expands to five cars for the Indianapolis 500.
There is, however, a five-driver IndyCar team that’s gonna play the feud later this year - Celebrity Family Feud, that is.
Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, Will Power, James Hinchcliffe and Conor Daly will be IndyCar’s contingent that goes up against five Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, Nina Agdal, Samantha Hoopes, Tanya Mityushina, Robyn Lawley and Hannah Ferguson.
Oh... Did we mention the drivers are competing on @FamilyFeud against the @SInow swimsuit models? #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/CAquV7CSr3
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) May 3, 2016
The season premieres on June 26 at 8 p.m. ET (ABC), with specific episode dates - including the IndyCar and swimsuit model show - to be revealed at a later time.
And yes, lest you think this is merely an excuse to show swimsuit models in a racing post, there is a charitable aspect at play here.
The IndyCar team will play for the Indy Family Foundation, a fund intended to aid those in the motorsports community (regardless of the sanctioning body) who find themselves in financial need due to hardship caused by illness, injury or death.
This is IndyCar’s second big racing-meets-entertainment venture announced in the last couple weeks. Last week, Castroneves, Kanaan and Josef Newgarden also took part in filming for an episode of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior.