Break’s over

Okey dokey, let’s get back in the cockpit and race into the new year!

The Christmas-New Year’s stretch is normally the slowest part of the IndyCar news cycle and it’s proving no different in 2010. After Tony Kanaan was announced as De Ferran Dragon Racing’s new driver on Dec. 20, things started to wind down for the holidays.

But a little digging yields some current/relatively recent bits of news on the IZOD IndyCar Series. Let’s see what we’ve got:

The New York Times’ Karen Crouse has put out a feature on Sarah Fisher and her recent decision to leave the cockpit in order to focus on team ownership and starting a family. Suffice to say, our friend Pressdog — a proud “Fishhead” — is pleased

The Swiss Miss is back! Simona de Silvestro will return with HVM Racing in 2011. Get the scoop from SPEED Channel’s Robin Miller…

Who says NASCAR can have all the fun? ESPN’s John Oreovicz recaps an exciting year outside the stock car world…

Finally, SPEED’s Marshall Pruett sits down with IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard for a game of 20 Questions. Okay, maybe it’s not a game but it is a 20-question interview. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 — there’s a good deal of candidness from Bernard but there’s also several allusions to bigger details coming in his “State of the Union” presentation on Jan. 11…