2025 IndyCar Series Kicks Off on Streets of St. Petersburg
This is the first of two posts on the two biggest races in America this weekend:
- 2025 IndyCar Series Kicks Off on Streets of St. Petersburg
- NASCAR to Visit America’s Most Iconic Road Course
One of the sport’s best drivers, Scott McLaughlin is part of IndyCar’s powerhouse Team Penske and has won more than 10% of the races he’s participated in.
The track in St. Petersburg features a straight that uses a runway from Albert Whitted Airport.
New Zealand & SVG
McLaughlin was born in New Zealand. That’s also the birthplace of NASCAR driver Shane van Gisbergen, who broke through into NASCAR’s Cup Series in a big way when he won his first race, which was held in Chicago in 2023. See my post about that road course victory.
Both of these Kiwis have matching gematria with St. Petersburg.
Scott is from Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2019, there was reportedly a mass shooting at a mosque in Christchurch which was all synced to Lunar Eclipses, and it happened while it was still Pi Day in America. Just twelve days after IndyCar’s first race, a Lunar Eclipse falls on Pi Day. This will be the last IndyCar race before that celestial event.

This weekend’s favorite
Pi & “The Circle”
Pi, Circles, Lunar, and Eclipse all sum to 69.
IndyCar’s first race of 2025 falls 609 days after SVG’s debut victory and a span of 69 days before his birthday:
SVG won his debut race in Chicago, which sits along the 88th meridian. Sunday marks the start of the 88th week since that victory, and he now drives the #88 stock car. The first ever Pi Day was celebrated in the year ’88, which is made up of all circles. McLaughlin’s next win will be the 8th of his career.
The most prestigious open-wheel racing series in America kicks off on a date with Primary numerology of 50, which is March 2nd, or 3/2:
The race will be in St. Petersburg, Florida, which is also known as “St. Pete.”
There are 360 degrees in a circle.
McLaughlin made his IndyCar debut at St. Petersburg in 2020.
St. Petersburg is also where McLaughlin picked up his first career victory. It happened on February 27th, or 2/27:
157 is half of 314
3.14 is Pi
The 314th Prime number is 2083
More Notes
1381 is the 221st Prime number
SVG has Primary birth numerology of 122:
McLaughlin hasn’t won since August 31st last year, which was the date leaving 122 days in the year:
The Pi Day Eclipse happens on a date with Primary numerology of 62:
McLaughlin picked up his first IndyCar win 70 weeks after his first race. SVG won his first Cup race 70 weeks later. Scott was born exactly 7 years, 7 weeks before Marcus Armstrong, the other IndyCar driver born in Christchurch, New Zealand.
See McLaughlin’s fascinating connections to one NASCAR driver in particular:
- 2025 IndyCar Series Kicks Off on Streets of St. Petersburg
- NASCAR to Visit America’s Most Iconic Road Course