From start to finish, through track problems and Mother Nature, the fans still came in droves to Sao Paulo’s Anhembi Park for the IZOD IndyCar Series’ season-opening weekend. We knew that the Sao Paulo Indy 300 would be a big deal in race-crazy Brazil, but it was still awesome to see and hear the enthusiastic […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v= c553Arr-07M[/youtube]   One only had to listen to the cheers of the sold-out crowd following the IZOD IndyCar Series season opener in Sao Paulo, Brazil to know that it was all worth it.   The two-day event consisted of one bizarre incident after another, from the multiple practice wrecks induced by the slippery Sambadromo […]

It’s safe to say that Will Power’s healed up quite nicely. Last August, as he laid in a hospital bed with injuries sustained in a season-ending crash at Infineon Raceway, he fretted over whether his part-time opportunity with Team Penske had been dashed. But during his off-season recovery, he was upgraded to a full-season program with Penske in […]

Will Power passed Ryan Hunter-Reay with less than four minutes to go to win the Sao Paulo Indy 300, which was finished on time due to a lengthy red flag for severe weather on Lap 36. Hunter-Reay took over the lead with less than 15 minutes left after Ryan Briscoe locked up his brakes going into Turn 5 and […]

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We are about an hour away from the green flag in Sao Paulo and the start of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season. Here’s the full 24-car grid for today’s 75-lap race. —– Sao Paulo Indy 300 — Starting grid Row 1 Inside: 10-Dario FranchittiOutside: 77-Alex Tagliani Row 2 Inside: 22-Justin WilsonOutside: 37-Ryan Hunter-Reay Row […]

While it’s yet to be seen how tire wear will be throughout today’s Sao Paulo Indy 300, Dario Franchitti praised Firestone for the performance of their Firehawk slicks during this morning’s qualifying session on the 2.6-mile temporary street circuit. Last night, diamond grinding took place on the concrete Sambadromo, which serves as the track’s main […]

Defending IZOD IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti will start on the pole for today’s Sao Paulo Indy 300 (11:30 a.m. ET, Versus) after topping a stellar effort from Alex Tagliani in the Firestone Fast Six. Franchitti took the lead from Team Penske’s Will Power with less than five minutes left in the last qualifying session. […]

The combatants for the pole position in today’s Sao Paulo Indy 300 are set! Round 2 of qualifying is complete and your Firestone Fast Six is comprised of Will Power (Team Penske), Dario Franchitti (Target Chip Ganassi Racing), Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport), Justin Wilson (Dreyer and Reinbold Racing), Tony Kanaan (Andretti Autosport) and Alex Tagliani […]

Round one of qualifying for the Sao Paulo Indy 300 is in the books, and the 12 drivers advancing to the second stage are: Dario Franchitti, Ryan Briscoe, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Helio Castroneves, Simona de Silvestro, Alex Tagliani, Will Power, Justin Wilson, Takuma Sato, and Raphael Matos. Follow the action on IndyCar.com […]

Ryan Hunter-Reay and Andretti Autosport have done a nice job this weekend in Sao Paulo. Now the American driver will have some momentum going into this morning’s qualifying session and, later on, the Sao Paulo Indy 300 (11:30 a.m. ET, Versus). Hunter-Reay took the No. 37 IZOD machine to P1 in the short, 15-minute warmup […]

So far, so good on the Sambadromo. Overnight diamond grinding has been completed on the concrete main straightaway and the IZOD IndyCar Series drivers appear to be handling things much better there today in this short, 15-minute warmup session. Lots of grey dust is being kicked up from the grinding, so it looks as if cars are […]

  Learning a new track in optimal conditions is a tough job.   But with the slippery Sambadromo straightaway wreaking havoc during Saturday’s practice sessions for the Sao Paulo Indy 300 (Sun., 11:30 a.m. ET, Versus), the drivers and teams of the IZOD IndyCar Series found learning the 2.6-mile temporary street course more daunting than […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v= d2KioItKw2w[/youtube] …And there was a lot of it. Here are my thoughts on today’s practice sessions, the track situation in Sao Paulo, and who could rise up to take down the Penske/Ganassi bloc tomorrow in the Sao Paulo Indy 300.