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Verdict watch continues

The Jury is out in the case of The USA vs. Helio, and this sleepy band of his peers resumed their deliberations today.

From the AP:

MIAMI (AP) — A federal jury in Miami has resumed deliberations in the tax evasion trial of Indy race car driver Helio Castroneves and two others.

The 12-person jury went back to work Monday morning. Deliberations began Friday following a six-week trial for Castroneves, his sister-business manager Katiucia and his lawyer Alan Miller of Michigan.

The racing world begins the watch for a verdict. I personally wish Helio the best, and hope the verdict is favorable for him and his family. Verdict watch continues. Will Helio dance out of the courtroom? What do you think?

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UPDATE - NOON PT
The AP is reporting that the jury has requested transcripts in the case. Curt Anderson of the AP reports:

MIAMI (AP) — Jurors deliberating the fate of Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves and two others charged with evading U.S. taxes asked Monday for transcripts of testimony given by two tax lawyers.

The request, which was granted by U.S. District Judge Donald Graham, followed a question Friday from jurors about a key aspect of tax law. The 12-person jury began deliberations Friday after six weeks of testimony.

The rest of the story can be found here.

Indy Car St. Pete Grand Prix Results

*SPOILER ALERT*

The Indy Car Series started our their 2009 season with a race riddled with full-course yellows, and some surprising contenders at the front.

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Graham Rahal takes St. Petersburg Pole

Graham Rahal captured the pole position for the Hond Grand Prix of St. Petersburg today, posting the fastest lap of 1:02.4110 at 103.828 mph. Rahal posted the P1 time on the track where he got his dramatic first win in Indy Car last year.

Rahal held off former teaamate, Justin Wilson, who will start in Dale Coyne’s car on the outside of row 1. Wilson’s performance is amazing considering the depth of the field, and the relative lack of funding and testing that the Coyne camp typically has.

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Indy Car Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Preview - Part 2

Indy Car returns to the the streets of St. Pete this weekend for the fifth Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Today we offer part 2 of our preview of this weekend’s opener.

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Graham Rahal VERSUS Teleconference 3/26/09

Graham Rahal recently sat in with the VERSUS network for a live teleconference with bloggers and writers all across the web. In this exclusive interview, Graham talked about a new confidence that he is carrying into 2009, how the NHL engineers have made performance gains in the Dallara chassis, and his good showing at the recent Barber test.

VERSUS has made audio of this teleconference available using the links below.

To listen to Part 1 - Click Here
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To listen to Part 2 - Click Here

Indy Car Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Preview - Part 1

The Indy Car Series launches their 2009 campaign by returning for the fifth annual Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The 2009 season brings a number of driver changes, but also will showcase the return of Indy 500 champ, Dario Franchitti. The teams will go head to head on the streets of St. Petersburg, a challenging and narrow 1.8 mile circut of concrete canyons.

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Ryan Hunter-Reay tests with HVM

HVM reported today via their live Twitter feed that Ryan Hunter-Reay got some seat time today at Sebring. The team posted a TwitPic “to prove it”.

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Will Power shows speed at Barber Indy Car test

The Indy Car Series held their final open test of the 2009 pre-season at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday and Mondy, and Will Power showed the way with the top lap speed of 119.213 mph. Power, Penske’s latests driver hire in Indy Car, is piloting the car normally driven by Helio Castroneves who is caught up in court proceedings over charges of tax evasion.

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VERSUS ushers in a new TV era for Indy Car with impressive schedule of coverage

The VERSUS network recently announced an impressive line-up of coverage as they take over as the home of the Indy Car Series in 2009. VERSUS will offer unprecedented levels of coverage of the Indy Car Series, delivering at least seven hours of series coverage during each race week, over 130 hours of on-air coverage in total.

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Briscoe Wins Nikon 300

Team Penske’s Ryan Briscoe fought back a late charge from IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon to win the Nikon Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise, Australia.

Briscoe claimed a half-second victory when backmarkers slowed the advance of Dixon through the field, setting up the Aussie for his second victory of the 2008 season. Briscoe started the race from third, immediately behind pole-sitter Will Power and Dixon on the front row.

Ryan Hunter-Reay was third in the Rahal Letterman Racing No. 17 Ethanol Dallara/Honda.

IndyCar.com: Briscoe Wins Nikon 300 at Surfers Paradise

Alex Tagliani and Oriol Servia rounded out the top five in the final race of the campaign, for the first time concluding after the championship was settled at Chicago with Dixon atop the standings for the year.