<p class="title">McLaren Racing is to return to IndyCar competition 40 years after they last competed in the series full-time, the team announced on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">McLaren -- who won the Indy 500 twice in the 1970's with Johnny Rutherford triumphing in 1974 and 1976 -- will be in a "strategic partnership with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (Arrow SPM) and Chevrolet."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The team will be called Arrow McLaren Racing SP and field two Chevrolet-powered cars in the 2020 championship.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Spain's two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso did drive a McLaren-branded Andretti Autosport car in the 2017 Indy 500 -- he retired when in seventh -- but the Spaniard competing in a McLaren Racing car and using Chevrolet engines failed to qualify for the 2019 edition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"IndyCar has been part of McLaren since our early years of racing, and the series today provides not only a commercial platform to continue to grow our brand in North America, but competition with some of the best teams in international motorsport," said McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gil de Ferran, McLaren Racing's Sporting Director, said they were looking forward to the challenge.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"IndyCar is a natural fit for McLaren, given our legacy and determination to succeed at the top levels of international motorsport," said de Ferran.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Our ambition, over time, is to consistently compete for wins and championships.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We acknowledge the challenge ahead of us but McLaren is committed to this partnership and to supporting the team as a whole."</p>
<p class="title">McLaren Racing is to return to IndyCar competition 40 years after they last competed in the series full-time, the team announced on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">McLaren -- who won the Indy 500 twice in the 1970's with Johnny Rutherford triumphing in 1974 and 1976 -- will be in a "strategic partnership with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (Arrow SPM) and Chevrolet."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The team will be called Arrow McLaren Racing SP and field two Chevrolet-powered cars in the 2020 championship.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Spain's two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso did drive a McLaren-branded Andretti Autosport car in the 2017 Indy 500 -- he retired when in seventh -- but the Spaniard competing in a McLaren Racing car and using Chevrolet engines failed to qualify for the 2019 edition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"IndyCar has been part of McLaren since our early years of racing, and the series today provides not only a commercial platform to continue to grow our brand in North America, but competition with some of the best teams in international motorsport," said McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gil de Ferran, McLaren Racing's Sporting Director, said they were looking forward to the challenge.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"IndyCar is a natural fit for McLaren, given our legacy and determination to succeed at the top levels of international motorsport," said de Ferran.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Our ambition, over time, is to consistently compete for wins and championships.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We acknowledge the challenge ahead of us but McLaren is committed to this partnership and to supporting the team as a whole."</p>