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Justin Wilson putting up big numbers in Indy Car Toronto practice

The IZOD Indy Car Series heads north of the border this weekend for the Honda Indy Toronto, a tight and super-fast street course that separates the men from the boys. And this weekend, Justin Wilson has been “the man”, posting either the first or second fastest time in all three practices conducted on Friday and Saturday. And in the latest session today, Wilson was almost three-tenths faster than EJ Viso and looks to be the favorite to grab the pole during the Firestone Fast Six session. “It’s a track I really enjoy”, Wilson said. The Z-Line Designs car was quick today(Friday) and I think there is still room to try a few more changes tomorrow. The challenge here is to manage the bumpy surface; if you can do that, you can be very successful. I’m looking forward to qualifying tomorrow.” Meanwhile, Viso was second this morning and is the hotshoe for KV Racing, showing up his teammate-for-a-weekend, Paul Tracy. The “Thrill from West Hill”... 

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Graham Rahal - the super-sub of 2010

If you paid any attention to CART/Champ Car in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, you know that Roberto Moreno seemed to be the dude that car owners would tap whenever they needed a substitute driver. Eventually Moreno became known as the “Super-Sub“. But fast-forward a decade to 2010, and a new super-sub of sorts has appeared in the Indy Car paddock: Graham Rahal. Since finding himself on the outside looking in for the 2010 season after a drive for Newman-Haas racing fell... 
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June 11, 2010 | 1 Comment

Briscoe keeps his cool while others boil over in the Texas heat

Now *that* was an Indy Car oval race. The Indy Car Series exchanged the flat track of Indy for the 24-degree lunacy of Texas, and put on one heck of a show. Ryan Briscoe won from the pole, giving a boost to the Penske team that had a less-than-spectacular race at Indy. And for a guy who was hired by Roger to drive Porsche prototypes in ALMS, Briscoe has unexpectedly become a force on the 1-1/2 mile tracks like Kansas, Texas, and Homestead. As the race unfolded, the main challenge to a race that... 
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June 6, 2010 | 2 Comments

Briscoe keeps Penske pole streak alive at Texas

Ryan Briscoe rebounded from his crash at Indy to take the pole for tonight’s Firestone 550K at Texas Motor Speedway. Briscoe’s run gave Team Penske six poles in a row since the streak started in St. Petersburg. Briscoe, in particular, has taken a liking to the mile-and-a-half high banked tracks, taking the pole at Kansas last month and now at Texas. Like most ovals, the Penske-Ganassi cabal is running roughshod over the rest of the field putting all five of their combined cars in the... 
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June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Memorial Day Weekend Racing Review

Dario Franchitti dominates to win second Indy 500 The 2010 Indy 500 won’t go down in the history books as a race for the ages, but it did have some interesting story lines and one terrible crash. The big story was the absolutely destruction of the field by Dario’s Target car which seemed to have a gear nobody else had which enabled him to lead 155 laps. Unfortunately for the fans, no only did Dario’s domination make for somewhat of an uneventful race at the front of the field,... 
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June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Indy 500 Bump Day 2010 - Highs and lows

Every year at the Indy 500 time trials, bump day usually provides plenty of drama as the field gets set for the Greatest Spectacle In Racing. And not only did this year’s bump day live up to the hype, but the closing hour left viewers and fans catching their breath with everything that unfolded. Lead Story - Kanaan’s conundrum The story that dominated the day was that of Tony Kanaan’s troubles in getting into the field. An annual favorite to win the race and take the pole in... 
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May 23, 2010 | 3 Comments