St. Petersburg, Florida. Jon Bon Jovi, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will appear at the first two IndyCar races of the season, riding in the “Fastest Seat in Sports” alongside four-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves.
Meyer Shank Racing announced Wednesday that Sirius XM’s Bon Jovi Radio channel will be broadcast from Felix Rosenqvist’s car during both next weekend’s season-opening race in St. Petersburg, Florida, and the $1 million challenge at California’s Thermal Auto Club in late March.
Bon Jovi will be in IndyCar’s star-studded two-seater at St Pete, where Castroneves will lead the race to green on downtown city streets for the season opening on March 10. Both will wear special Bon Jovi Radio fire suits.
Castroneves now owns a stake in Meyer Shank Racing, which is co-owned by Jim Meyer, the former CEO of Sirius XM. Rosenqvist will make his MSR debut.
“Sirius XM has an amazing network of talent and it is so cool to get to collaborate with them for programmers like this with Bon Jovi,” Meyer said in a statement. “It’s best of both worlds for everyone, with these artists getting exposed to IndyCar in a big way while also helping to raise the profile of these events with their fan bases.”
