IndyCar news bits

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team manager Rob Edwards said that Mikhail Aleshin's rookie oval test last week at Homestead-Miami Speedway went off without a hitch. "It was something different to be sure," said Aleshin, who will drive the No. 7 SMP Racing car.

OnX Enterprise Solutions, a leading enterprise data center IT solutions provider, is the official information technology provider and an associate sponsor of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

The 2014 IndyCar Series opens with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 30 on the streets of St. Petersburg, Fla. The race will be televised live by ABC at 3:30 p.m. (ET) and broadcast by the IMS Radio Network, including Sirius and XM Channels 209 and the INDYCAR app for most smartphones and tablets.