INDIANAPOLIS -- The Verizon IndyCar Series confirmed a new plan for race management on Tuesday, unveiling a trio of permanent stewards in the hopes of achieving greater consistency in the way races are adjudicated.
Although Brian Barnhart remains the race director, INDYCAR president of competition and operations Jay Frye made an overall shake-up of race control his top priority since assuming his new role in November.
Dan Davis, who was the director of Ford Racing Technology's North American racing activities for 14 years, will serve as chief steward, assisted by ex-drivers Arie Luyendyk and Max Papis. Luyendyk, a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, has worked as a part-time steward for INDYCAR over the last couple of years, while Papis has built a successful company that specializes in making steering wheels for NASCAR competition.