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Long Beach will certainly bring some competitive racing from all former Champ Car teams this weekend. As the Californian venue was a common stop for the now-defunct CCWS, all teams used to running their cars on street circuits will have an undisputed advantage over the ...
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Ryan Briscoe clinched the season opener at St Petersburg on Sunday, as he held off Ryan Hunter-Reay to the chequered flag in the dying laps of the race. The Australian therefore clinched his 2nd consecutive win in the IRL, following his 1st place in the ...
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Ryan Hunter-Reay has finally secured a racing spot inside the IndyCar Series only days before the season opener in St. Petersburg. The driver's continuous efforts to continue his run in the series have finally paid off, as Tony George – the very boss of IRL ...
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Not only the Formula 1 series is considering changing the points system in the season to come, but also their counterparts in the United states. According to series' official website, the Indy Racing League officials have confirmed a few changes in point-awarding ...
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Scott Dixon Tops First Day of Tests at HomesteadINDYCARScott Dixon topped the charts in the first day of testing at Homestead-Miami on Tuesday night, posting the best time of 25.2919 on an average speed of 211.372 mph. The reigning Indy Car champion was followed by Penske leading driver this year Ryan Briscoe, while returning 2007 IRL champion Dario Franchitti had to settle for 3rd place overall. “We're pretty pleased with the results so far. A lot of our focus was making the car better on older tires. Balance was another thing we spent quite a bit of time on. Overall, we're just trying to pick up where the team left off at the end of last season and start the year off on the right foot,” said Dixon after posting the fastest time of the day on Tuesday. Target Chip Ganassi Racing therefore put both its drivers into the ... >> Read more |
Following Danica Patrick's little flirt with the idea of joining F1 in 2010, another Indy Car female driver makes the headline this week. We're talking about Milka Duno and, consequently, our chances to see another cat fight between the two drivers inside the 2009 Indy ...
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Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing will officially make a 2-car effort in their second IndyCar campaign. Dutch driver Robert Doornbos – formerly member of the Minardi Team USA in the 2007 Champ Car Series – was confirmed as official race driver for NHL and will ...
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Former Indy Car champion Dan Wheldon is looking forward to the new season, as he entered 2009 with the sole thought of clinching his second IRL title in career. Although he switched from top guns Target Chip Ganassi Racing to under-achievers (at least in the last ...
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The IndyCar Series might stick to its current engine package in 2011 as well. Although they were planning to change the engine regulation in 3 years time, the economic regression might cause the series' organizers to postpone the introduction of the new formula ...
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In a time when most manufacturers seem to revise their racing programmes in Formula 1 – Honda even withdrew from the series last year – the IndyCar Series confirmed that no less than 5 car makers are interested in building the new technical package for 2011. ...
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The current economic downturn takes blow after blow at the Indy Car Series. Following Rahal Letterman Racing's announcement last week that they may have to take on a part-time schedule in the series, KV Racing may also reduce its 2009 racing programme to a ...
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IndyCar fans might not get to see much of Rahal Letterman Racing in 2009, as the team is struggling to find the necessary funding in order to field a full-time car in the upcoming season. The team's co-owner Bobby Rahal admitted the economic downturn has made most ...
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Debuting in the A1 GP World Cup of Motorsport while representing your country is surely quite flattering, but Dan Clarke is still very much interested in continuing his racing career elsewhere, preferably in the IndyCar Series. The British driver, currently living ...
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Mike Conway will leave the GP2 Series for a place in the “North American Formula 1”, the IndyCar Series. He will make his debut in the oval-racing series with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, as announced earlier today.
Conway started looking for a job ...
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Paul Tracy's vacation outside the IndyCar Series might be over soon. Only days after signing Mario Moraes for the upcoming season, KV Racing are considering a job offer for the former Forsythe driver. Team's co-owner Jimmy Vasser insisted that Tracy would be a valuable ...
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Team Penske's owner Tim Cindric has been more than specific regarding Will Power's role with his team throughout the 2009 IndyCar season. While appointing the Australian as replacement for the tax-evasion-charged Helio Castroneves, Cindric revealed that the ...
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Sarah Fisher seems to take one step at a time in her new career as IndyCar team owner. Following 3 appearances in the series last year, the 28-year old secured a new sponsorship deal with Dollar General for a 4-race outing in the 2009 championship. DG had sponsored ...
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KV Racing Technology have secured at least one driver for their new campaign in the IndyCar Series. Mario Moraes, ranked 6th overall in the rookie standings last year, will drive the KV Racing Technology Votorantim Honda/Dallara/Firestone in the 2009 IndyCar Series, as ...
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Expect Newman/Haas/Lanigan to challenge for the IndyCar Series title in 2009! At least that's how co-owner Mike Lanigan warns us ahead of the team's second campaign in the unified IRL IndyCar Series this year. Following a quite successful outing in the 2009 season ...
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Team Penske is one of the few teams in the IndyCar Series – the ones that actually count in the title race year after year – that are yet to announce their drivers' lineup for the upcoming season. Unlike championship rivals Andretti Green Racing and ...
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