Audie Tarpley leads Dillon Construction Group (DCG) in Indianapolis, the city best known as a mecca for auto racing and home of the Indianapolis 500 on Memorial Day weekend, held at the historic Brickyard since 1909. Reflecting this car-racing heritage, several major IndyCar racing teams maintain facilities in the local area.
In January 2026, Arrow McLaren formally took ownership of an expansive Indianapolis facility designed to host its NTT IndyCar Series team.
The Expansion of Arrow McLaren’s Indianapolis Facility
The building is the product of Audie Tarpley and DCG, contracted by Arrow McLaren in mid-2025 to expand and upgrade the structure from 74,000 square feet to 86,000 square feet. This represents a near-tripling of available space for a team that previously inhabited a 33,000-square-foot race shop locally.
Design, Features, and Brand Identity
Key additions include a fitness center, a second-floor mezzanine, and a new elevator to improve accessibility. The exterior has been repainted and retrofitted with clean, dynamic, dark-panel windows and modular architectural features that combine horizontal racing lines with bright yellow projections and a canopy.
These mesh well with the brand identity McLaren Racing seeks to project. The front lobby has been re-conceptualized to create an attractive impression of the company’s heritage and vision for visitors.
Leadership Vision and Team Operations
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown describes the project as an important investment in long-term growth that reflects a commitment to an expanded footprint in the Indianapolis community. Located at 7615 Zionsville Road, the new facility allows the team to put advanced work into testing and fine-tuning a trio of cars for the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season.
These are driven by stalwarts Christian Lundgaard, Pato O’Ward, and Nolan Siegel. Since 2023, McLaren Racing has maintained a three-car entry. It also fielded a fourth car with driver Kyle Larson in the last two Indianapolis 500 races.
Construction Timeline and Workflow Improvements
When DCG began work on the facility expansion project in July 2025, two of the three team drivers, Lundgaard and O’Ward, were in the IndyCar standings’ top five, with O’Ward holding down second ranking, reflecting his victory in the Streets of Toronto race.
The three drivers were on site with work helmets, reflective vests, and sledgehammers to kick off the initial demolition of the previous interior space. The six-month renovation not only added 12,000 square feet but also vastly improved workflow and operational functions.
Adaptable workspaces feature state-of-the-art technologies and equipment, adding core flexibility to high-demand operations.
On-Track Performance in the 2026 Season
McLaren Racing has been highly competitive in the early 2026 IndyCar season. On March 29, Christian Lundgaard vied with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou for the top spot at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Lundgaard notched an impressive 11 on-track passes as he kept his sights on frontrunner Palou.
Unfortunately, Lundgaard’s final pit stop was delayed by a right-rear incident that prevented the tires from being changed. What should have been a seven-second stop ballooned to 17 seconds.
When Lundgaard got back on the track, his former teammate Graham Rahal (of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) had paced the McLaren car. Lundgaard ultimately passed Rahal a few laps later but had to settle for a runner-up finish, 13.476 seconds behind Palou.