Dixon Wins Rain-Shortened Indy 200, Bia Triumphs in Lights
July 13, 2008
The rain fell in Nashville as Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon padded his huge lead in the Indy Racing League championship standings and twenty-three year old Brazilian Ana ‘Bia’ Beatriz became the first woman Firestone Indy Lights winner on Saturday. Read more
Ryan Hunter-Reay gets first win in Indy Car
July 9, 2008
Well the race certainly wasn’t pretty on Sunday for the Indy Car Series. The crashfest was fraught with full course yellows, drivers spinning out while driving slow under those yellow flag periods, chicks crashing in the pits, and a lot of other unprofessionalism.
But put that aside, and the rising American hope for Indy Car racing finally bubbled to the top. Ryan Hunter-Reay won his first Indy Car race (although technically he won a Champ Car race, which was no easy feat during the Bourdais era). If you’ve been paying attention at all to Indy Car this year, you know that while Marco and Graham have the famous names, that RHR has been more of an overall force in the series, and I think he has an incredible future.
Briscoe and Wilson lead the field to green at the Glen
July 5, 2008
Ryan Briscoe set the fast time of the final qualifying session today at Watkins Glenn and will be on pole for tomorrow’s Camping World Grand Prix at the Glenn. The young Aussie put his road racing skills on display and clocked his fastest lap at 135.787 mph.
Starting next to Briscoe is the Newman/Haas/Lanigan owned Dallara driven by Justin Wilson. The NHL team won the first road race of the year in St. Petersburg, and they look to have their gear in top form again at the Glenn. Wilson’s teammate, Graham Rahal, didn’t fare as well. The kid crashed again, and wasn’t able to make it into today’s final qualifications. He will start 18th.
Kanaan Survives Richmond Slugfest
June 30, 2008
Andretti Green’s Tony Kanaan went to a fight and a race broke out on the way to his 13th all-time IndyCar win at Richmond Raceway on Saturday. Read more
Richmond qualification suprises
June 28, 2008
The Indy Car Series heads from the Heartland to the Eastern Seaboard this weekend to take on the 3/4-mile high banks at Richmond International. Yesterday’s qualifying action produced some surprising results with several of the “new” Indy Car teams qualifying in the top ten.
IRL Engages the “Auto” Gear in AutoRacing
June 26, 2008
Though they didn’t come right out and say it, the future of the Indy Racing League (and automobiledom in general) is linked to the place where its engine-suppliers want their businesses to go. Read more
Dan Wheldon Wins Iowa 250 IndyCar Race
June 23, 2008
Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dan Wheldon held of a hard-charging pair of Andretti Green Racing’s Hideki Mutoh and Marco Andretti to claim the victory at the Iowa Corn 250 in Newton, Iowa on Sunday (June 22nd). Read more
Battistini Forges Unlikely Win at Iowa Indy Lights Race
June 22, 2008
The result might have surprised Panther Racing’s Dillon Battistini as much as it did AFS Andretti Green’s Arie Luyendyk Jr, who was again victimized by racing fate and thwarted from what looked like a sure-win at the Jeld Wen 100 on Saturday (June 21st). Read more
Dixon Tops at Texas
June 8, 2008
Scott Dixon continued to pummel the IndyCar Series field with the speedy red Target Chip Ganassi No. 9 Dallara/Honda, winning the Bombardier Learjet 550 on Saturday (June 7th) evening for his thirteenth career victory. Read more
Scott Dixon Continues to Dominate IndyCar Field
June 6, 2008
Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon claimed his twelfth career pole at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday evening with a four-lap average of 214.878 miles per hour ahead of tomorrow evening’s Bombardier Learjet 500. Read more