Team Penske’s Will Power got his Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Fla.) weekend off on the right track by taking the top spot in today’s IZOD IndyCar Series practice sessions at the 1.8-mile temporary street circuit. Power, the current series points leader after his season-opening victory two weeks ago in Brazil, threw down a […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v= MdrGn68qgNo[/youtube] After an extra week to recuperate from a memorable season opener, the IZOD IndyCar Series gets back to work this weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida. Tomorrow marks the start of the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg weekend, which will also feature the season opener for Firestone Indy Lights as well as action […]

Will Power, the IZOD IndyCar Series’ current beast of the streets, is looking to go two-for-two on the young season with a win in Sunday’s Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC). The Toowoomba, Australia native, who won the season opener on March 14 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, isn’t quite sure exactly […]

Graham Rahal may be back in a full-time capacity with Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing after his two-race outing with Sarah Fisher’s operation is complete. SPEEDTV.com’s Robin Miller is reporting that the 21-year-old American has attained sponsorship that “likely” will mark his return to the former Champ Car powerhouse at Long Beach next month. Rahal will drive the […]

Helio Castroneves is looking for better results this weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida after finishing ninth in the IZOD IndyCar Series season opener at Sao Paulo, Brazil. But before he makes his way to Florida, the three-time Indy 500 winner has been on a media tour in California to promote next month’s Toyota Grand Prix […]

Coming off a ninth-place finish in the IZOD IndyCar Series season opener at Brazil, Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves is aiming to climb out of an early championship hole with a solid result on Sunday at St. Petersburg, Florida (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC). The three-time Indy 500 winner and 2006 and 2007 St. Pete champ was […]

Funny name. Serious racer. While the IZOD IndyCar Series might owe Schlotzsky’s Deli some royalties, that appears to be a fitting slogan the series can use with Belgian driver Bertrand Baguette (no sandwich or soup jokes, please). The 24-year-old has made waves recently in European racing circles by capturing last year’s World Series by Renault championship, which in turn […]

Okay…so some of you got a hold of me and said you couldn’t read the articles of the past week on this blog on Internet Explorer (however, you always said you could see it in non-IE browsers). I thought something BIG was really wrong, but thankfully, it was a simple problem. Apparently, I can’t type […]

Indy Racing League CEO Randy Bernard came into his new position after forging a reputation as a smart promoter with the Professional Bull Riders, the organization he led for 15 years. He’s being counted on to produce solid leadership, as well as marketing ideas that can help create a desperately needed new wave of fans […]

Is it a sponsor with millions of dollars in funding? Is it a team owner with complete confidence in your abilities? Is it a crew that does pit stop practice every day to get you out of the box faster? Is it a group of engineers that beat their brains out to attain that difference-making […]

The IZOD IndyCar Series is taking a week off before getting back at it on March 28 with the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC). After the craziness of Sunday’s season opener in Sao Paulo, Brazil, it may be tough to start looking ahead to round two of the championship. But […]

“Murphy’s Law” reigned supreme during the IZOD IndyCar Series’ season opener on Sunday in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but despite all the bizarre events of the weekend, it’s already being hailed by some as one of the best road/street events in IRL history. The 2.6-mile temporary street circuit at Anhembi Park had its flaws (that’s putting […]

Alex Tagliani is no longer accepting Dan Wheldon’s explanation for their Lap 29 incident during Sunday’s Sao Paulo Indy 300 after watching a replay of the race upon his return to Indianapolis. Tagliani was hit from behind by Wheldon going into the right-hand Turn 5 and then crashed into Tony Kanaan, sending both of them […]

Still plenty of post-Sao Paulo buzz two days after the event. Here are some stories to read over with your English muffin and mug of coffee… Planet-IRL’s Paul Dalbey and Stephanie Wallcraft’s latest articles have been quite entertaining in the come-down from Sunday’s wild season opener for the IZOD IndyCar Series, Dalbey, a proud oval fan, […]

IndyCar fans with DirecTV have been unable to watch the IZOD IndyCar Series since last fall, when IRL cable partner Versus was thrown off the satellite distributor’s airwaves. But that problem is finally going to be solved, as both sides have announced a deal to bring the Comcast-owned sports network back onto DirecTV. DirecTV said through