The last three weekends have been a trip for the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team.  The team experienced just about everything motorsport had to offer, and then some.   

Let's flip through our digital scrapbook and see what all our fans had to say about the sequence of events. We know you were all hanging in there too! 

We start our triple-header journey in the beautiful rural town of Lexington, Ohio, surrounded by fresh air, open fields and hybrid engines.  

And.. the closest Firestone Fast Six qualifying in the formats history.

 

Just like to keep things close around here 🤷‍♂️#INDYCAR // #Honda200 pic.twitter.com/D20VH0iRsA

— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) July 6, 2024

 

and he will win, mark my words https://t.co/Z2FCr7tBcK

— sarah o'hara (carlos' fav) (@sainzispunk) July 6, 2024

Don't worry, the good news doesn't stop there. 

Winner winner chicken dinner https://t.co/8DZCLceCNw

— ari (@afletchaaa) July 7, 2024

And after a long stretch of hardwork, patience and passion, we got to celebrate this win with all of you.

ABSOLUTELY SHAKING I CANT BELIEVE IT WHAT A RACE PATO!!!!!🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

— Connor ✧ (@Connor_Bangtan) July 7, 2024

🤩🤩🤩🤩!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/GV4moM46uP

— Alexandra Roa✨ (@alexandraroa_) July 7, 2024

Come on 🏁🍾🏆🏎️🙌🦆Cham @PatricioOWard pic.twitter.com/rogwBkvM0D

— Rex Musk (@isramx) July 7, 2024

Well done team. What a brilliant weekend. A well deserved win. Enjoy the 🍾🧡

— Melinda Singh (@m_l_singh) July 7, 2024

Way to go Pato hell of a win and what a great weekend for Arrow McLaren race team I’m excited to be a fan of Arrow McLaren and I can’t wait to see what the future holds awesome awesome win

— VolforLifemotorsportstillidie🇺🇸 (@MaysJason92004) July 9, 2024

Did we mention this win is HISTORIC? Pato and Arrow McLaren claim the first NTT INDYCAR SERIES win with a hybrid engine. Shoutout to those future history books.  

Yes @PatricioOWard!!

First winner of the IndyCar hybrid era 💪 https://t.co/wAFROjHqDD

— Kenny Kong (@_KennyKong) July 7, 2024

Even after a Pato filled weekend we can't get enough, let’s be honest.  

Too much Patos https://t.co/kf6G1E2Jma

— MD-𝕏-81✇ (@CsarMedrano81) July 5, 2024

OK, one more from the driver himself. 

AHUEVOOOO!!!! W!!!! Feels so good, awesome work @ArrowMcLaren pic.twitter.com/M43xMQgxoN

— Pato O'Ward (@PatricioOWard) July 7, 2024

Now, that was all just Mid-Ohio, we immediately jump to the second leg of our trip. The crew packed up their champagne-soaked clothes and head off to corn country Iowa. 

The team started the weekend with some light and... blindfolded games.

“We’ll see you next time we’re blindfolded” Alex pls 😭😭

— Dee;¹¹’⁴⁴ ᵗᵗᵖᵈ ᵉʳᵃ (@scuderiaonce) July 13, 2024

“Did we hit anything?”
“Just the people at the end”
*excited* “OH!” *high fives*
😂

— Ty (@Nurbiez) July 13, 2024

But then it was showtime under the lights. The team had their first scheduled dawn to night race in years and fans from across the world stayed up with us to watch. 

it’s a beautiful 10am in Aus so we good 😊

— nerdy (@nerdymc) July 14, 2024

getting up at 1am* proves my love for indy and i cannot wait to fly to the us for a race next season ✈️
*turning on the tv in my bedroom https://t.co/KfhSPkfsYN

— bethan (@bethanj0nes) July 14, 2024

This better be a good one. It's already 1 am, admin. Can you provide some coffee please? 🥺

— Carolina 🏁 (@Carolina__f1) July 14, 2024

Was it worth it? We think so.  

it is infact 3am and was worth it🙂‍↕️

— freya ⁴ (@4ln4norris4) July 14, 2024

Staying up until 4 AM was worth it! Good night, team. See you later today / tomorrow for you! 🧡👋🏼

— Gino Morillo Morales (@GMM1702) July 14, 2024

Back-to-back podium celebrations? Say less.

Goat fr https://t.co/eUf2cC9XFH

— lali⁷ 🇲🇽 (@paradisegoes) July 14, 2024

VAMOS PATITOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/XKOKJ0H5JJ

— Carlota looks Athletic? Dynamic? Intelligent?🇵🇸 (@OOUCH_charlie) July 14, 2024

Atta way team!! pic.twitter.com/piASO3oqMS

— Taylor Ness (@tnessLX) July 14, 2024

Shh... We don't really need to recap the next race. But, at the end, all of our drivers walked away safely and cleared by INDYCAR medical. Remember when we said the team experienced it all? 

Well, hold onto your horses.  

The team went international to Toronto, catching flights not feelings as we landed for our final race weekend in the tripleheader.  

However, the weekend started with solemn news of one of our own passing on. You were all there to grieve and support the team. We cannot thank you enough.  

all my love to the arrow mclaren team and everyone who ever had the pleasure of working with Bob 🧡🧡

— alyssa⁴⁸¹ (@LN4thewin_) July 19, 2024

Bob was a good man, had the opportunity to work with Bob and could not ask for a better person in the stand, love the stories, RIP Bob……..

— Greg Gerline (@greggerline) July 19, 2024

Rest in peace 🕊🧡

— maria ♡ (@scpm_11) July 19, 2024

And continued to thank you for supporting Alexander after an incident took him out of the race weekend. 

This is devastating 😭😭 wishing Alex a speedy recovery 🙏 https://t.co/CsugqJspl2

— 𝚈𝚊𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 🍉 (@DitDoetFangirl) July 20, 2024

@AlexanderRossi we will miss you this weekend! Wishing you a speedy recovery! #IndyCar @IndyCar @ArrowMcLaren https://t.co/TguoWMnWQM pic.twitter.com/lW32ZNEbOS

— Martha MacLachlan (@marthahcruz) July 19, 2024

Thus began a trip within a trip, seeing Théo Pourchaire fly from Nice, France to Frankfurt, Germany to Toronto to fill in for Alexander. 

Thank you @TPourchaire !! Great to see you back! Wishing @AlexanderRossi a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

— Stacey 🪷 (@yecats45) July 20, 2024

My driver is not human istg, he just flew from Grasse to Toronto, with his helmet, a backpack and a dream https://t.co/Dz8XD2QKy3

— Cy (@formulacy) July 20, 2024

He’s so happy.
It makes me happy. https://t.co/jrA5uwExkY

— Nicole | Cars On The Street (@CarsOnTheStreet) July 20, 2024

And a little humor while we're at it. 

This is quite possibly the most perfect tweet ever #IndyCar https://t.co/yF2NZ4iXNs

— Doug Kuhn (@OpenWheelDoug) July 22, 2024

this needs to be in the motorsports twitter hall of fame https://t.co/U1qmdMWf6a

— voltage (@iihighvoltage) July 21, 2024

Even Callum Ilott joined in.  

My stunt double arrived in Toronto 😂 https://t.co/vQSCETNvyh pic.twitter.com/U63ZclxJm2

— Callum Ilott (@callum_ilott) July 21, 2024

And then a trip we were all ready to go home from after a crash leavingt us all grateful for a safe flight home.  

I’m so relieved to know they’re okay 🧡 https://t.co/nlr4MGPYzb

— Ams 🏎️⚽️ (@AmsOffTrack) July 21, 2024

the boys are okay 🫶🏻 https://t.co/w3XeeASEpR

— sarah o'hara (carlos' fav) (@sainzispunk) July 21, 2024

glad both of them are okay! sending love to the team, that was scary 🙏🏼

— mar. (@BELLIN5HAM) July 21, 2024

After it all, we have one reminder for everyone.  

It takes all of us. 🧡 pic.twitter.com/DJmlebwkCX

— Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team (@ArrowMcLaren) July 9, 2024