Thank God it’s Friday! The countdown is almost over to the Sao Paulo Indy 300 weekend and the start of another season of racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series.
Here are a few stories that have just as much octane as that double espresso you’re gonna order from Dunkin’ going into work:
Sarah Fisher is winning a lot of praise for signing Graham Rahal to drive her own car at St. Petersburg and Barber in the coming weeks. Rahal’s future importance to the series cannot be underestimated and so, Tony Johns of Pop Off Valve commends the IRL’s first female star for her gamble and for putting aside her own ego to help her growing team, its sponsor Dollar General, and the league. I also say kudos to her as well…
$680,000. That’s the cost of Dallara’s new cars and that appears to be the breaking point for chassis competition in 2012, as the league’s president of competition, Brian Barnhart, mulls over that option for the pivotal season. Curt Cavin of The Indianapolis Star has more on the story…
Helio Castroneves is a popular fellow on any weekend, but with the series racing in his hometown on Sunday, he’s been just about everywhere, it seems. You can check out a few of his comments from this week’s teleconference over on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s site…
Gary Graves of USA Today puts in a report on the league’s Road to Indy feeder system that debuts this year…
Holly Cain of AOL Fanhouse checks in with a solid season preview and gives new league CEO Randy Bernard some ideas for improving things…
And finally…Me! My latest FoxSports.com story focuses on the Brazilian competitors and the pressure they’re facing as they perform for their countrymen. Note: The story has been edited to include Mario Moraes, who got his ride with KV Racing Technology after my piece was posted online. However, the headline still reads that six Brazilians are racing in Sao Paulo when there’s now seven on the grid. I’ll try to get that sorted…
