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Conquest adds 2nd car to IRL lineup
Conquest Racing has added a second car to its Izod IndyCar Series program, boosting the sport’s overall lineup. Belgian driver Bertrand Baguette, the champion of last year’s World Series by Renault series in Europe, will join rookie Mario...
No dearth of entries expected for this year's Indianapolis 500
It has been a scramble in recent years to ensure that the Indianapolis 500 has 33 competitors, but that does not seem to be a dilemma now for the Izod IndyCar Series. There were 24 car-and-driver combinations in last weekend’s season-opening...
IMS' vice president of marketing resigns
After 2 1/2 years as vice president of marketing and communications at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Chris Schwartz resigned today. A former marketing director at Penske Racing, Schwartz’s responsibilities at IMS covered all marketing, ticket...
Ratings jump for IRL opener
The Indy Racing League said total viewership for its season-opening race was up 76 percent over 2009. The inaugural Sao Paulo Indy 300 in Brazil drew about 411,000 viewers for Versus. It was the third-highest rated IndyCar Series race on the cable...
Owner Hayhoe dies
Former race car team owner Jim Hayhoe died of cancer Monday in La Quinta, Calif. He was 74. Hayhoe entered his first car in the Indianapolis 500 and made the field in 1967. He finished sixth with Ronnie Duman driving in 1968. Among his drivers were...
IRL: TV ratings jump for Brazil race
SAO PAULO — The Indy Racing League says total viewership for its season-opening race was up 76 percent over 2009. The IRL says the inaugural Sao Paulo Indy 300 drew about 411,000 viewers for Versus. The 2009 season-opener in St. Petersburg,...
Power passes Hunter-Reay for win in rainy, but exciting, race
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Redemption came to some of the most unlikely Sunday in the Izod IndyCar Series, led by Will Power, the once-rideless driver whose 2009 season ended with a broken back. Power used his return to deliver yet another Team Penske...
Moraes-Andretti feud grows with quick wreck
An accident caused by the Brazilian took both race cars out early SAO PAULO, Brazil — When the dust settled Sunday, Mario Moraes and Marco Andretti were again together in a first-corner mess in an Indy-car race. Memories need not be long to...
Will Power wins IndyCar Series opener in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Will Power capped a wild first race of the Izod IndyCar Series season today by winning the inaugural and rain-delayed Sao Paulo Indy 300. Power, who scored his second IndyCar victory, missed the last part of last season with a...
IRL drivers in Brazil: No track problems
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Izod IndyCar Series drivers reported no problems this morning with the once-treacherous concrete portion of the street circuit which postponed qualifying for the first event of the season. The short section of the 2.6-mile...
Brazil track proves too slick for IndyCar drivers
Drivers slide all over street with qualifying postponed until this morning at 7:30 SAO PAULO, Brazil — The section of Brazilian real estate that makes the inaugural Sao Paulo Indy 300 special created havoc for the Izod IndyCar Series on...
Patrick, for once, not focus of IndyCar race
SAO PAULO, Brazil — For maybe the first time since joining the Izod IndyCar Series in 2005, Danica Patrick will not be the focus of the crowd’s attention in a race. That honor, according to Sao Paulo native Tony Kanaan , will go to series...
Track woes postpone IRL quals in Brazil
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Izod IndyCar Series qualifying was postponed today amid problems with the concrete portion of the temporary street circuit. The section of the track is used for Sao Paulo’s Carnival parade, and it is slick and narrow. Several cars...
Brazil revved for its IRL spectacle
Glitzy street circuit, large crowd, native drivers set the stage SAO PAULO, Brazil — Indy-car racing’s circus of horsepower has arrived in the land of Carnival, and the party begins with this morning’s first practice. No one is sure...
IRL wants chassis competition, but at what cost?
The Izod IndyCar Series might end up with competition between its chassis manufacturers in 2012 after all. Brian Barnhart , the Indy Racing League’s president of competition, said this week the five interested groups — DeltaWing, Lola,...
New IRL CEO set to go on the offensive
Randy Bernard, the Indy Racing League’s chief executive officer for all of 12 days, is spending this weekend in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where Sunday he will attend his first IndyCar Series race. In 1995, Bernard founded Professional Bull Riders...
Patrick sets NASCAR aside, refocuses on IRL
SAO PAULO — Danica Patrick’s stint in NASCAR is receding into her rearview mirror — for now. Patrick is back with the IndyCar Series after three races in NASCAR’s second-tier Nationwide circuit, and she can’t wait for the open-wheel...
Franchitti ready to defend title
IndyCar champion faces tough competition from Ganassi teammate, 3 Team Penske drivers Dario Franchitti knows math as well as history and understands the Izod IndyCar Series championship he won last year has no bearing on the season at hand....
Rahal teams with Fisher for 2 races
Graham Rahal finally landed an Izod IndyCar Series ride Wednesday, and it’s an unexpected pairing. Rahal will drive Sarah Fisher’s Dollar General-sponsored car at two early-season races as he continues to work on putting together a...
Graham Rahal to drive for Sarah Fisher Racing
Graham Rahal has finally landed an Izod IndyCar Series ride, and it’s an unexpected pairing. Rahal will drive Sarah Fisher’s Dollar General-sponsored car at two early-season races as he prepares his program for the rest of the 2010...
IndyCar Series to begin season in Brazil with full lineup
For all the talk of a strained economic climate and challenging television package, the Izod IndyCar Series will start its season next week with one of its largest fields of the past 10 years. Thursday’s confirmation that Milka Duno will drive...
Milka Duno gets full-time IndyCar gig with Dale Coyne Racing
Venezuelan driver Milka Duno has signed with Dale Coyne Racing for the full 2010 Izod IndyCar Series schedule, it was announced today. While this will be Duno’s fourth consecutive season in IndyCar, it will mark her first full-schedule season. The...
De Silvestro eager to race in IndyCar
More women may join driver lineup throughout season Female race car drivers are in vogue in the Izod IndyCar Series. The series that includes Sarah Fisher and Danica Patrick will have at least three women at next week’s season-opening race in...
Swiss woman lands IRL ride
Simona de Silvestro has landed an Izod IndyCar Series ride. The 21-year-old Swiss driver had one of the most successful seasons of all female drivers in 2009, winning four Atlantics races and capturing four poles while finishing third in the series....
Andretti team plans major rebound
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. No one expects the Ganassi and Penske teams to take steps backward in the Izod IndyCar Series this season. Because of that, other teams must step forward to compete. KV Racing Technology certainly could do so on the road and street...
IndyCar star moves on, wants to become citizen
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Helio Castroneves is nearing the one-year anniversary of his acquittal on federal tax evasion charges and yet he is only now putting that painful past behind him. The winner of three Indianapolis 500s is close to selling the...
Hamilton lands part-time ride
Davey Hamilton was confirmed Wednesday to a three-race IndyCar Series ride with the reorganized Luczo Dragon/De Ferran Motorsports team. Hamilton will begin at the Indianapolis 500 and compete in the June 5 race at Texas Motor Speedway. The latter is...
No job, so Rahal considers NASCAR
Rising star will miss testing session, leaving series with only 4 American drivers BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Forgive Graham Rahal for not having the Olympic-like spirit that’s sweeping through the Izod IndyCar Series. He, like many other U.S....
2 Indy Lights drivers get rides for Izod series
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A pair of Firestone Indy Lights drivers have secured rides in the Izod IndyCar Series, with confirmations coming from their teams today at the Indy Racing League’s open test at Barber Motorsports Park. Mario Romancini,...
Mutoh joins N/H/L team; Viso goes to KV Racing
Two IndyCar Series teams shored up their driver lineup for the 2010 season Monday. Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing confirmed Japan’s Hideki Mutoh , 27, as driver of its No. 06 car. Mutoh spent the past two seasons driving for Michael Andretti...
