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)...
Speed junkies may want to call in sick Wednesday when the Homestead-Miami Speedway invites you to watch Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan, Raphael Matos, Mario Moraes, Sarah Fisher and Alex Lloyd test drive in advance of the Oct. 10 IndyCar Championship finale. Engines start sometime around 11 a.m.
2008 IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon saved the best for last, taking the pole away from Brazilian sophomore Mario Moraes with the final run of the day.
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...
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...
LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) -- Paul Tracy will fill in for Mario Moraes during the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio following the death of Moraes' father in Brazil.
Accelerated schedule seems to be the buzzword this weekend. This live blog is sponsored by Doppler Radar, as @curtcavin just tweeted that Barnhart is calling for rain by 9:30. What a total salad this weekend has been so far, with one hour of practice time in the afternoon topped by Scott Dixon. Surprises included Mario Moraes (on top of the board for a while), Ed Carpenter and Sarah Fisher, who was...
SPARTA, Ky., July 31 (UPI) -- Indy Racing League officials announced Friday the series will conduct races for the first time next year in Brazil and Birmingham, Ala. The IRL schedule, released Friday, calls for the first race of the 2010 season to be held in Brazil. The venue has yet to be determined. Brazilian drivers Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, Raphael Matos, Vitor Meira and Mario Moraes currently...
SPARTA, Ky - IndyCar points leader Scott Dixon graciously emerged from his motorhome to be awarded the "pole position" for the Meijer Indy 300 after weepers, essentially underground water vents in the asphalt, washed out qualifying Friday evening. The field will start based on the driver season points standings. Dixon will be flanked by teammate Dario Franchitti, while the Penske duo of Helio...
TORONTO - Qualifying Saturday for the Honda Indy Toronto IndyCar Series event on the 1.755-mile Streets of Toronto, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses: 1. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.0249 (103.532) 2. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.2851 (103.092) 3. (02) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.3301 (103.016) 4. (18)...
TORONTO - Practice Friday for the Honda Indy Toronto IndyCar Series event on the 1.755-mile Streets of Toronto, with position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses: 1. (2) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.4739 (102.775) 2. (18) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.7627 (102.295) 3. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 1:01.7722 (102.279) 4. (06) Robert Doornbos,...