Round three of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series championship is on tap for this weekend and the preparation for Sunday’s Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park (3 p.m. ET, Versus) is set to start today. Here’s the full IRL schedule for this weekend — all times adjusted to ET. TodayFirestone Indy Lights practice: […]

After Jack Arute reported that the new Indianapolis 500 qualifying format would feature all 33 starting spots up for grabs on Pole Day, Curt Cavin of the Indianapolis Star is now saying that just 24 spots — the first eight rows of the grid — will be determined on the first day, followed by the final nine positions […]

Ed Carpenter will drive No. 20 car as Tony George’s team returns Vision Racing will be back in action for the Indianapolis 500, as the former full-time squad is teaming up with two-time IRL champions Panther Racing to field a car for Ed Carpenter. It’ll be Vision’s first IZOD IndyCar Series event after suspending full-time […]

With the “condensing” of this year’s Indianapolis 500 schedule came the end of the “11-11-11” qualifying format that had been in place for several seasons. Qualifying is now going to take place in just two days, with Pole Day on Saturday and then Bump Day on Sunday. However, we didn’t know the exact details of […]

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced today the hiring of two new executives in marketing and public relations. Mark Dill, who has worked with Nortel Networks and Blue Cross Blue Shield among other companies, is the Brickyard’s new vice president of marketing and public relations, while ex-Red Bull marketing manager James Newton has been named director […]

Graham Rahal will stick with Sarah Fisher Racing for a shot at winning the mother of all street races — the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The young American star and the upstart IZOD IndyCar Series squad originally had a two-race agreement that put Rahal in Fisher’s No. 67 Dollar General machine for St. […]

For the second time in a month, the IZOD IndyCar Series is visiting a new track and as such, everybody’s trying to learn it. This week brings Barber Motorsports Park, a natural terrain road course on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama. Known as a home for motorcycle and sports car racing, the winding track is […]

…Swift and BAT, two of the challengers in the 2012 IndyCar chassis fight, are continuing their respective pushes to build the next generation of open-wheel race cars. Swift has unleashed the “66,” which took sidepod and wing cues from one of their first designs and added their “mushroom buster” on the rear wing to reduce […]

Apologies for the lateness of this edition of “Bean Machine.” Yours truly had to work with the tax man this week and get his returns done. Next time, I’ll do them early. Let’s count some beans… 1. Extended stay at the top? Will Power’s start to the season is really reminding me of Dan Wheldon’s […]

Is the IRL moving upward? Roger Penske seems to think so. The owner of Team Penske followed up his call for new engines only in 2012 by telling the Associated Press that the IZOD IndyCar Series is ready to make some positive moves with the help of new title sponsor IZOD and new IRL CEO […]

Bruno Junqueira, John Andretti will look to make “500” field After making way for Alex Tagliani to run in last year’s Indianapolis 500, former Champ Car star Bruno Junqueira has been paid back by the Canadian driver. Junqueira will drive a second FAZZT Race Team entry (the No. 33 car), for this year’s Greatest Spectacle in […]

IndyCar’s street king now 2-for-2 on young season Even Mother Nature can’t cool down the white-hot Will Power. A torrential Sunday storm moved the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Fla.) to Monday morning, but it didn’t throw the driver of the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske special off his game. Power led fifty laps en […]

Will Power has opened the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series championship with back-to-back street course victories after holding off Justin Wilson by eight-tenths of a second to win today’s Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Power led 50 of the 100 laps on the streets of the Florida city, taking the lead for good on Lap […]

As I mentioned, here’s an update on the proceedings in St. Petersburg. We’re at 25 laps remaining and under yellow due to contact for Scott Dixon and a spin involving Simona de Silvestro. Meanwhile, calamity has emerged for E.J. Viso and his KV Racing Technology team, as gearbox problems have taken Viso from the lead […]

After standing water from yesterday’s storm in the Tampa Bay area made the 1.8-mile Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg course innavigable, the IZOD IndyCar Series drivers and teams will try again today to get the second race of the 2010 championship in. A green flag is expected for 10:07 a.m. ET, with TV coverage […]