Nolan Siegel at Road America.
Young Arrow McLaren IndyCar driver Nolan Siegel admitted last weekend at Road America that he didn’t really know much about his new race strategist Kyle Moyer.
The 20-year-old from Palo Alto, California got to know his new boss during a busy test session at Iowa Speedway on June 25 that featured 21 cars and drivers in a test session that lasted until 9 p.m. Eastern Time.
Siegel looks forward to working with a new voice on the radio calling his race strategy.
As noted last week on Forbes Sports Money, former Team Penske INDYCAR General Manager Kyle Moyer has joined Arrow McLaren as the Director of Operations. He will also work with Siegel as his race strategist.
“I’ve never met Kyle (Moyer),” Siegel said after finishing eighth at Road America on June 22. “I’ve heard of him, and I’ve known of him, and I’m very, very excited to get to work with him.
“I think that’s a huge pleasure and a huge learning opportunity for me. I couldn’t be more excited. So, we’re going to have a really strong group of people on the stand with Scott Harner going to kind of an advisory role. We’re going to have a lot more experience on the stand. And I think it’s going to be great.
“And again, it’s nice to kind of leave this weekend on a high with everyone in good spirits. Kyle’s going to come and in and I think that this could be a turnaround for us for the rest of the year.”
Arrow McLaren Team Principal Tony Kanaan.
Reunited Again
Digging deeper into Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan’s decision to bring Moyer on board, it was an opportunity Kanaan had to take. It was also a chance for Moyer and Kanaan to be reunited.
The two worked together at what was then known as Andretti Green Racing when Kanaan won the 2004 IndyCar Series title.
Moyer was a key part of that team before he left for Team Penske in 2015.
“Talk about how our history together, it’s unbelievable,” Kanaan told me at Road America. “Everything that I won, that guy was in my car. So that wasn’t something that I was expecting to have.
“And honestly, I’m pretty happy about it. It’s pretty good to see.
“He was my strategist strategy and my team manager at the same time. I think that’s something that what that race has given me for a lot of good friends.
“You know you’ve been around as long as I’ve been but also, He was part of the most successful part of my life, so it’s hard not to go back and he’s still involved.
“I’m still involved to say, ‘Why not try to do it again?’”
Kyle Moyer
Moyer was one of three key Team Penske executives that was dismissed before the Indianapolis 500 because of a technical rules infraction during qualifications. Because it was the second penalty in as many years including the “push to pass scandal” from 2024, team owner Roger Penske dismissed the team’s IndyCar President Tim Cindric, Managing Director Ron Ruzewski and Moyer.
“I’ve never questioned anybody’s integrity,” Kanaan said. “We all know that at the end of the day it takes a team, and not once did it cross my mind because I know Kyle really well so that was never even a debate.”
Different Voice And Strategy
Kanaan has spent much of his time working with young Nolan Siegel at Arrow McLaren.