Graham Rahal believes a bigger focus should be put towards fixing the parts shortage issues plaguing the IndyCar paddock before having new teams join the series.
The surging growth that has seen the full-time entries go from 18 in 2017 to now 27 has presented an ongoing problem that continues to worsen. That number is likely to only get tighter next year with Prema fielding two cars. At a time when there is a collective effort to push forward with a charter system in IndyCar and increased interest from prospective new teams, Rahal stressed the importance of keeping the sport healthy by also not spreading itself thin with resources.
I see all the tweets and all these guys that think they're experts, like fans talking about, 'Oh, IndyCar sucks, IndyCar this, IndyCar that'. They are absolutely handcuffed. 'You're waiting on vendors to deliver parts and probably those vendors are waiting on somebody else to deliver them what they need. And there's a lot of trickles down, too.
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