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The thrilling 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season, which culminated with Scott Dixon claiming his fourth championship in an exciting race at Sonoma Raceway, held numerous records and interesting factoids.

The industry leader in paint and coatings will serve as the Official Paint and Finishing Partner and will have branding integrated into Indianapolis Motor Speedway during its spotlight events in the Month of May.

Following the NBCSN telecast of the Firestone 600 (8 p.m. ET June 6) from Texas Motor Speedway, Townsend Bell will return to Europe to continue preparations for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ryan Briscoe will follow a similar schedule.

INDYCAR reduces the points penalty to Team Penske's Helio Castroneves for avoidable contact during the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis and announces multiple fines and probations following the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit last weekend.

Juan Pablo Montoya's victories in the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race (above) and at St. Petersburg two months earlier have helped him maintain the Verizon IndyCar Series championship points lead throughout the first half of the season. There have been seven different winners in the eight races.

INDYCAR announces monetary fines and probation for five separate incidents in Indianapolis 500.

The 2016 Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis will be contested on May 14. ... Scott Dixon and Justin Wilson meet and greet 3,000 elementary school students at Texas Motor Speedway. ... Special command for Freedom 100.

Following the Lap 1 multi-car incident of the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Helio Castroneves drove to a sixth-place finish in the No. 3 Team Penske entry.

Juan Pablo Montoya, who finished third in the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis on May 9, is the Verizon IndyCar Series championship front-runner by fve points over Team Penske teammate and reigning series champion Will Power.

Soon after winning the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis, the crew of Will Power's No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet began transitioning from the road/street course and short oval aerodynamic bodywork package to the superspeedway platform for Indianapolis 500 practice.

Grahan Rahal, who qualified 18th in the No. 15 Steak 'n Shake Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, finished second in the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis. He also was runner-up April 16 at Barber Motorsports Park.

Charlie Kimball earned his first top-five finish of the season in the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis by advancing nine positions from his qualifying spot. Graham Rahal, who was runner-up in the race, moved up 15 positions.