HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Qualifying Friday for the Firestone Indy 300 IndyCar Series event on the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine and speed: 1. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 212.696 2. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 212.160 3. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 212.137 4. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 211.769 5. (40202)...
Question: I heard that Geico were pretty happy with their partnership with Paul Tracy this year and want to work with him again next year. Do you think we'll see "The Thrilla" back to full time racing in 2010? (Jason, Banbridge, Northern Ireland) Answer: I'd sure like to think so, but I don't know what's different about 2010 than 2009. Anyway, fingers crossed. He's certainly a great personality...
Honda's highly regarded museum at Twin Ring Motegi isn't the easiest place to get to, as even from Tokyo, you have take a couple trains and then a bus. But after seeing this video, you'll want to make the trip. IndyCar racer Graham Rahal offers a very enjoyable tour of the motorcycle and racecar collection halls. He knows his racing history (just as you would expect of the son of Bobby Rahal), pointing...
Ryan Briscoe, in the Team Penske No. 6 car, wins the PEAK Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet by 0.0077 seconds. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune) The finish at Saturday's IndyCar Peak 300 hardly could have been closer. Ryan Briscoe held off a final charge by rival Scott Dixon to win by an unofficial 0.0077 seconds -- or 28 1/2 inches for the fourth closest margin...
(Associated Press) Usain Bolt shook off Jamaican teammate Asafa Powell to win the 100 meters in 9.81 seconds at the Weltklasse meet on Friday. Bolt, the world and Olympic champion, trailed Powell halfway into the race then used his huge stride to pull ahead and eased up in the last couple of yards. Powell finished in 9.88, followed by two Americans, Darvis Patton in 9.95 and Michael Rodgers in 9.98....
Question: In your 20 years of coverage of IndyCar Racing, you've seen the highs and lows of the sport in terms of media coverage. In your opinion and observations, what event or un-ordinary occurrence (ex: Danica vs. Sarah on the last lap at Chicago) would it take to jump-start the IndyCar series in terms of national media coverage? I guess the best high I can remember is Danica in 2005 and low obvious...
Auction URL: http:// www.bidaroo.com/Product-Info/Auction/115 INDIANAPOLIS August 21, 2009 - One lucky bidder will own a piece of racing history! Gladiator(r) GarageWorks has donated one of two workbenches signed by all 33 drivers from the 2009 Indianapolis 500 to be auctioned off at www.bidaroo.com starting today. The drivers signed the bench in the starting grid positions in which they qualified...
- RISING CANADIAN STARS HEAT UP THE STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP AT MOSPORT– North America's hottest open-wheel driver development series heads into the 3-race home stretch with six drivers on the win list and a dozen still in the championship battle Fast Facts – Round 11 of the 13- Race 2009 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear at the Mobil1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport, August...
Welcome to Sonoma, where sadly your humble host - despite planning to the contrary - is not in fact LIVE from Infineon Raceway. Instead I am firmly ensconced in a giant green La-Z-Boy here in sweltering Arizona sipping on a glass of cheap Cabernet. Not the full effect, but close. Speaking of full effect, we will not be starting with the full field today after a practice accident yesterday involving...
USF1 is considering some very different drivers for its inaugural F1 season next year. The team has indicated it is looking at a mix of young American drivers (Jonathan Summerton, Graham Rahal or Ryan Hunter-Reay) alongside a more experienced F1 driver from Europe (Pedro de la Rosa or Alexander Wurz). Who will they pick? Here’s a look [...]
Infineon Raceway SONOMA, Calif. (Aug. 7, 2009) Race fans can get up-close and personal with IndyCar® Series drivers Tony Kanaan and Graham Rahal with the Platinum Pass for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, Aug. 21-23. It’s all part of...
Sports Illustrated has a lengthy interview with Team US F1's Peter Windsor on where the team is at in its development as it prepares for its 2010 debut. Windsor talks sponsorship, facilities and drivers. Plus, another report ties the team to YouTube, and now possibly Best Buy. And rumors continue to persist that Canada will be back on the schedule for 2010, the latest report appearing in the Globe...
A while back we first heard the name " Takuma Sato " mentioned in connection with a potential IndyCar team headed by Gil de Ferran. Then it was " Scott Dixon ". Now he's supposedly talking to " Graham Rahal ". We don't know if this is serious because we don't know if there are any actual sponsors involved who would help pay for these drivers, but give Gil credit for mastering...
SPARTA, Ky., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Ryan Briscoe nipped Ed Carpenter in one of the closest finishes in IndyCar Series history Saturday to win the Meijer Indy 300 at Sparta, Ky. Briscoe and Carpenter were side-by-side while competing for the lead during the final 20 laps. Briscoe beat Carpenter to the finish line by 0.0162 seconds to claim his second victory of the season and the fourth of his IndyCar career....
TORONTO, July 12 (UPI) -- Dario Franchitti won Sunday's IRL Honda Indy Toronto auto race after avoiding a series of late-race crashes. He captured the race on the streets of the Ontario capital despite a problem with his left-rear tire during his first stop. Later, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver would benefit when Graham Rahal was involved in an incident just when Franchitti entered pit road before...
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