Auto Racing: IRL Tony Stewart Comments On If He Would Run The 500 |
| 5/7/2008 3:59:03 PM |
 IRL auto racing Tony Stewart comments on if he would run the Indy 500 again “There’s part of me that thinks running at Indy and in IRL is a chapter of my life that is closed, and then there is the emotional part of me that says, ‘Never say never.’ I don’t know if I will ever get in an Indy car again, but if that happens, it’s obviously going to be a long way down the road... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL Marco Andretti Fastest At 226.599 mph |
| 5/6/2008 4:22:39 PM |
Auto racing IRL thirty-three cars and thirty-two drivers contested the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.5 mile oval on Tuesday with Andretti Green Racing's Marco Andretti topping the scoring pylon on a best lap of 226.599 miles per hour.
Andretti's speed was better than 2007 Indianapolis 500 pole-winner Helio Castroneves' qualifying average of 225.817 miles per hour.
"We'... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL TV Ratings Up |
| 4/30/2008 4:26:01 PM |
Auto racing TV ratings up for Kansas IRL race. The good news for the Indy Racing League keeps rolling in. On the heels of a significant attendance increase at the April 27 race at Kansas Speedway over last year’s event, series officials are now reporting that television ratings also were sky high.
Much of the credit, IRL officials said, goes to the hype caused by Danica... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Tracy Contemplating His Future |
| 4/21/2008 2:11:01 PM |
 Auto racing Sunday's Champ Car finale in Long Beach was the last planned race this season for Paul Tracy who now has to figure out where his career goes from here.
The merger between Champ Car and the IRL has left Tracy without a ride and his finish Sunday in Long Beach at this point is the final checkered flag of his season.
"I mean, obviously it was like a big cobweb,... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL Lands DIRECTV HD As Offical Sponsor |
| 4/3/2008 10:21:45 AM |
 Auto racing: the IRL finally lands an official sponsor, DIRECTV, the nation's leading satellite television provider, adds another notch in its HD belt as the Premiere Official Sponsor of the IndyCar Series.
Beginning with the April 6 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, all IndyCar Series events will be carried in DIRECTV HD, delivering unprecedented detail and realism to a... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Vasser To Drive In Final Champ Car Race In Long Beach |
| 4/1/2008 4:12:49 PM |
Auto racing Champ Car will run their final race at the Long Beach Grand Prix and one of the most recognized names in all of open wheel racing Jimmy Vasser will come out of retirement to drive the 3rd KV Racing entry.
Jimmy Vasser co-owner KV Racing Technology confirmed today that he will climb back into the cockpit of an open-wheel car having committed to compete in a third... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL 26 Cars Entered For Season Opener |
| 3/24/2008 12:41:50 PM |
Auto racing twenty-six cars are entered for the IndyCar Series 2008 season opener, the GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300, at Homestead-Miami Speedway March 29, marking the first time since 2001 that the season will start with that many cars on track and the first time since 2003 that a race other than the Indianapolis 500 has featured that many starters.
The increase in car... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL Sebring Test Will Power Posts Fast Time |
| 3/19/2008 3:34:19 PM |
| Auto racing IRL: Will Power tops Sebring test times with just 15 minutes remaining, Will Power turned the fastest lap so far in the opening day of Indy-Car testing for the Champ Car teams. Power's lap of 52.97s was 1/2 second slower than Ryan Briscoe turned when he topped testing at Sebring for the regular Indy-Car teams on March 6th. Testing continues tomorrow, though we... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL Dale Coyne Racing Announces Driver Lineup |
| 3/19/2008 1:29:12 PM |
 Auto racing IRL former Champ Car team owner Dale Coyne Racing making its 25th year in Indy-car racing, announced that Bruno Junqueira and Mario Moraes will drive for his team this year. Both drivers got their first taste of the Dallara/Honda car this afternoon at the Sebring road course in preparation for next weekend’s Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL Former Champ Car Teams Testing At Sebring Today |
| 3/19/2008 12:56:27 PM |
 Auto racing when the end to the 12-year division was announced in late February at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the former Champ Car World Series teams had only one month to prepare for the March 29 Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead, the opening race of the 2008 Indy-Car Series season.
Wednesday, three of the teams began their first test with the new equipment, a... Read More |
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Auto Racing: New Entity Daytona Motorsports Group Takes Over AMA |
| 3/10/2008 12:07:30 PM |
The Daytona Motorsports Group - a new entity led by Grand American Road Racing Association President Roger Edmondson - bought the sanctioning, promotional and management rights of the American Motorcyclist Association's Pro Racing division.
Details of the agreement in principle were announced Friday evening by AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman at Daytona International... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL Max Papis To Drive Rubicon Entry In Indy 500 |
| 3/4/2008 5:27:00 PM |
Auto racing Max Papis will drive the Rubicon Race Team entry and attempt to qualify for the 92nd Indianapolis 500 on May 25.
I think Max, is one of the most versatile race car drivers, he will attempt to make his third start in the Indy 500. The Dallara/Honda/Firestone car owned by Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley will be prepared by Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
Papis will be... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL Townsend Bell To Test With Dreyer & Reinbold |
| 3/3/2008 3:07:36 PM |
Auto racing IRL rumor is Townsend Bell will drive for Dreyer & Reinbold in. Bell is scheduled to test for the team at Sebring this week and share the seat with Milka Duno. Buddy Rice is confirmed to fill the other seat.
All three drivers - Buddy Rice, Milka Duno, and Townsend Bell, will attempt to qualify at Indy.
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Auto Racing: IRL & Champ Car Unification Announced At Homestead |
| 2/28/2008 7:45:13 AM |
A spirit of collaboration and collegiality prevailed at Homestead-Miami Speedway today as the IndyCar Series officially announced open-wheel racing's unification in America.
Speaking before a large press gathering, Indy Racing League founder and CEO Tony George and former Champ Car World Series' co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven addressed the details of their unified series and... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL Merge Expect Announcement Friday |
| 2/20/2008 4:22:31 PM |
 Auto racing merger to be announced Friday, Champ Car to be no more IndyCar officials have tentatively scheduled a press conference for Friday as early as 11 a.m. in Indianapolis, where they will announce that the long American open-wheel racing war has come to an end.
Series officials had hoped to make the announcement Thursday. But Champ Car principle Kevin Kalkhoven will... Read More |
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Auto Racing: Is The IRL, Champ Car Unify Deal Done? |
| 2/19/2008 12:20:34 PM |
 Auto racing the deal to unify Champ Car and the Indy Racing League has finally been completed, according to reports in America.
Respected American journalist Robin Miller last night reported on Speed TV that the two weeks of negotiations have ended successfully.
He claimed Champ Car teams have been told to stop work on their cars and to expect delivery of new IRL cars later... Read More |
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Auto Racing: IRL Driver Danica Patrick Makes Sports Illustrated SI |
| 2/13/2008 4:31:24 PM |
 Most drivers love to see themselves in Sports Illustrated. It means they did something important like win the Indy 500. IRL driver Danica Patrick appears in the most recent issue, but it's not for winning a race. Rather, her hot bod has landed the Indy Car driver in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. We're not sure how many shots of her appear in the actual issue,... Read More
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Auto Racing: Merger Talks With IRL / Champ Car Heat Up |
| 2/7/2008 3:49:57 PM |
.jpg) Auto racing IRL - Champ Car merger talks heat up In the last two days we have been hearing rumors from a couple of different sources that merger talks between the IRL and Champ Car have heated up again and that a possible deal, if it were to happen, could be days away.
If true, we think it would not be announced for 2008 (too late for that) but more likely for the 2009 or... Read More
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Auto Racing: New IRL Team Announced For Indy 500 |
| 1/21/2008 4:35:50 PM |
Auto racing new IRL team formally announced for Indy 500 Jason Priestley and Jim Freudenberg have partnered in the Rubicon Race Team with the intent to enter and qualify the #28 car into the field for the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500. As the name implies, owners Jim Freudenberg and Jason Priestley are now committed beyond the point of no return with the formation... Read More |
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