The FBI went to the headquarters of Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s IndyCar team on Wednesday as part of an investigation.
No official details were released about why the FBI went to the team’s building in Zionsville, Indiana, but RLL said in a statement that it was cooperating.
“We are fully cooperating with investigators,” The team told the Indianapolis Star. “As this is an ongoing investigation, we are limited in the information we can share at this time, but we intend to provide additional information as soon as we can.”
According to Racer, “The FBI is also alleged to have visited Andretti’s shop in August to look for evidence of possible intellectual property wrongdoing.” Andretti Autosport declined to comment to Racer, which reported that the investigation could focus on a former Andretti employee now working at RLL.
RLL is co-owned by former IndyCar driver and Indy 500 champion Bobby Rahal and veteran late-night talk show host David Letterman. The team fields three cars in the IndyCar Series, while Andretti Autosport had four full-time cars in 2024.
The IndyCar season wrapped up in Nashville last weekend with Alex Palou winning his third title and Andretti’s Colton Hertz winning the final race. Hertz finished second in the standings, while the top RLL driver was Christian Lundgaard in 11th. Lundgaard is the most recent RLL driver to visit victory lane thanks to his win in Toronto in 2023. Prior to his win, the team’s most recent win was with Takuma Sato at the 2020 Indianapolis 500.
