Scott Dixon is having one of those near-perfect seasons, and it’s more than a little frustrating for the guy trying to chase him down. Dixon came from behind Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway, passing Helio Castroneves coming off the final turn on the 1.5-mile oval to win the Meijer Indy 300. It was the second [...]
Andretti Green Racing, a team that appeared to be in disarray two weeks ago, was on the same page Friday at Kentucky Speedway. Answering persistent rumors that Tony Kanaan, its “franchise player,” would sign with another team for 2009, AGR announced the 33-year-old Brazilian has signed a five-year contract extension through 2013. “It has been [...]
There are five offices at the home of Sarah Fisher Racing in Indianapolis. Yet you won’t find the company’s founder, office manager, accountant, marketing head and star in a massive wood-paneled room with a dutiful assistant parked outside the door. Instead, the only female owner-driver in the IndyCar Series decided to take a small room [...]
The Indy Racing League’s IndyCar Series will debut in Long Beach and Toronto next year. The Grand Prix of Long Beach in California will be run on April 19. The 35-year-old event has hosted Formula One, CART and Champ Car World Series races. This season, Champ Car ran its final event there after its merger [...]
It seemed like the IndyCar Series was getting along fine without Paul Tracy until the former champion showed up. Like in the old saying: out of sight, out of mind. Not anymore. Tracy’s performance this past week at Edmonton in his second race of the season and first IndyCar race since running in the 2002 [...]
Toronto could be back on the IndyCar Series schedule when the 2009 slate is announced sometime in the next few weeks. A report in Sunday’s Edmonton Sun said the Toronto Indy will be run again next year after a one-year lapse due to the unification of the defunct Champ Car World Series and IndyCar in [...]
The Indy Racing League won’t be coming back to Nashville Superspeedway after efforts to negotiate an agreement for a 2009 race failed. “Regrettably, the IRL has chosen to structure their sanction fees at such a level that we had no choice but to re-evaluate whether they fit into our plan,” Cliff Hawks, the track’s vice [...]
Everyone has at least one embarrassing moment they’d like to forget. Scott Dixon has one he wants to remember. After a lightning quick pit stop by his Chip Ganassi Racing crew helped him to his fifth IndyCar Series victory of the season Saturday on the temporary airport circuit at Edmonton, Dixon’s gaffe earlier this month [...]
Ryan Briscoe never doubted The Captain’s call. That’s team Penske boss Roger Penske, who came up with a surprising strategy Sunday that Briscoe turned into his second IndyCar Series victory. “Roger, with his experience, he always finds a way to pit at the right time and get you back up to the front,” said Briscoe, [...]
Everything is right on schedule for Scott Dixon — for now. He heads into Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with a series-leading four wins and the IndyCar Series points lead. That’s a step up from last year, when the New Zealander left Mid-Ohio with three straight victories, but still trailed eventual [...]
