It’s looking more and more like the city of Baltimore, Maryland will become a stop on the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule. According to Julie Scharper of the Baltimore Sun, the city’s spending board is expected to approve a race contract with Baltimore Racing Development that would pave the way for a street race in the […]

After they played major roles in the controversial finish of the 2002 Indianapolis 500, former Champ Car team owner Barry Green will be back in Paul Tracy’s corner for this year’s running. Green will be Tracy’s race strategist as he drives the No. 15 GEICO-backed entry for KV Racing Technology on May 30. After he […]

Almost a year after his ouster as CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and resignation as CEO of the Indy Racing League, Vision Racing team owner Tony George is going on the record. In the first of an exclusive two-part interview with Fanhouse’s Holly Cain, George talks about coming to grips with not being a […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v= VjZXbvKygB4[/youtube] You guys remember this crash above, don’t you? That was Dario Franchitti going on an unexpected flight down the backstretch of Michigan International Speedway in 2007 — a wild ride that was topped just weeks later when he ran over Kosuke Matsuura after the checkers and flew into the Turn 1 wall at Kentucky Speedway. […]

Saturday’s race at Kansas marked the first race of the new oval sub-championship that’s playing out within the battle for the IZOD IndyCar Series overall title. Since Kansas was the first speedway of the season, the oval standings are pretty straightforward. IZOD IndyCar SeriesOval sub-championship standings (after one round)1. 9-Scott Dixon, Ganassi, 52; second in […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v= h-IfeBtGQHU[/youtube] With Scott Dixon having dealt another Kansas butt-kicking (the last one, perhaps?), we’re now officially on the road to the Indianapolis 500. After a quiet start to the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series championship, Dixon and his Target Chip Ganassi Racing team certainly have “Big Mo” on their side now going into the Brickyard. Meanwhile, championship leader Will Power […]

Two-time IndyCar champ leads 161 of 200 laps in victory Surely, the Target Corporation can work out a deal to take Kansas Speedway off the International Speedway Corporation’s hands. Their IZOD IndyCar Series team has practically made the 1.5-mile oval their second home anyway. Target Chip Ganassi Racing bagged their fourth straight victory in the Sunflower State […]

I’ll be tweeting updates during the race today at twitter.com/estradawriting. Coverage of the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 will start up at 1:30 p.m. ET on ABC, but the green flag is expected to fall at 2 p.m. ET so expect my updates to start coming somewhere around 1:45 p.m. ET. Looking forward to the […]

Before we look over the storylines in today’s race,

Team Penske pilot scores pole for today’s 300-miler It’s been a relatively quiet start to the year for Team Penske’s Ryan Briscoe. He’s grabbed a top-five finish and three top-10s in the first four events, so things haven’t been bad. But he’s also the only Penske driver without a win so far, as both of […]

After four straight road/street courses to start the 2010 season, the IZOD IndyCar Series is ready to run its first oval race of 2010 with tomorrow’s Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway. The Target Chip Ganassi Racing team has ruled the 1.5-mile oval for the last three seasons, with victories from current Panther […]

Andretti Autosport will have the services of former F1 tester and GP2 and A1 Grand Prix driver Adam Carroll in select IZOD IndyCar Series events later this year. Carroll, a native of Northern Ireland, is 27 years old and is coming off winning the 2008-2009 A1GP championship for Team Ireland. He is expected to compete […]

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have a new article up on FoxSports.com that talks about what I see as potential pros and cons with the IRL’s new three-title format. It’s definitely ambitious, but while oval fans should be pleased with it, it might not be able to keep Danica Patrick in the […]

I’m working on a pro-con piece for FoxSports.com about the IZOD IndyCar Series’ new three-title format that’s debuting this weekend in Kansas, so I won’t go into a long dialogue about it here. But after a day to digest it, I have a couple of things to say about it. First off, I think Randy […]

Ladies and gentlemen, the rules of the game have changed. Big time. Today, the Indy Racing League announced that the IZOD IndyCar Series will have separate oval and road/street course champions in addition to the overall series titleholder. The three-title format (as well as the new oval championship) will begin with Saturday’s Road Runner Turbo […]