The cars are in Brazil, the teams are heading there, and the start of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series championship is just five days away. Soon, very soon, the on-track action will take precedence — at least, for now — over the buzz that has surrounded the IRL’s chassis project for 2012 and the manufacturers involved in […]

Road and street circuits have served as an equalizer (to a point) over the last few seasons in the IZOD IndyCar Series. This weekend, the chances of a level playing field should increase as the drivers and teams take on a new course that they’ve never raced on. It’s likely that plenty of computer simulation runs have […]

After surviving a nip-and-tuck battle with Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe to claim the 2009 IZOD IndyCar Series championship, Dario Franchitti believes that 2010 will be an even harder season. The Scotsman returned to IndyCar last year after a brief 2008 sojourn in NASCAR, and claimed five wins en route to an 11-point victory in the title fight […]

You can’t say that Versus doesn’t care about the IndyCar fan. Let’s get that out of the way right now. With three-hour race windows, qualifying highlight shows, and other special programming, the Comcast-owned network is living up to their mission of “super-serving” their fans with increased content, both on-air and on-line. Also, their race presentation is a solid […]

The fifth challenger in the battle over who will create the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series chassis has released its concept. BAT Engineering, a group headed by top open-wheel car designers Bruce Ashmore and Alan Mertens and veteran engineer Tim Wardrop, now join Dallara, Delta Wing, Lola and Swift in the fight. The BAT press release proclaimed that the machine will give “the strength […]

Venezuelan driver Milka Duno will face her first full season of IZOD IndyCar Series racing as part of Dale Coyne Racing. The former Dreyer and Reinbold Racing pilot will drive the No. 18 entry for DCR, who was the only team outside of Team Penske and Target Chip Ganassi Racing to win an event last […]

Turns out the rumors may have been true after all on IndyCar free agent Graham Rahal turning down a ride with Dale Coyne Racing. Sources have told the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Anthony Schoettle that Rahal was offered a two-year contract with a six-figure salary attached, but the 21-year-old American turned it down because he wanted […]

No, I didn’t sleep on the announcement of Simona de Silvestro going to HVM Racing and the IZOD IndyCar Series. I was just busy churning out a piece on the subject for FoxSports.com. In it, I talk about her and the team’s hopes for 2010 as well as the fans’ hopes of her becoming a […]

HVM Racing has confirmed that Swiss driver and former Atlantics contender Simona de Silvestro will be a full-time competitor for their team in the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series championship. De Silvestro ran laps in HVM’s No. 78 entry at last week’s Open Test in Birmingham, Alabama. She will continue to carry backing from Team Stargate Worlds and according to Robin Miller of SPEED Channel, she […]

One. Two. And that’s it. Two. Dos. Deux. Zwei. Ni. Any way you speak it, that number doesn’t sound good to fans of the IZOD IndyCar Series and American open-wheel racing. That’s the number of full-time American drivers that were involved in last week’s Open Test at Barber Motorsports Park. Right now, Andretti Autosport’s Danica Patrick and Marco […]

It’s all downhill from here to the season-opening Sao Paulo Indy 300 on March 14 after two days of IndyCar testing at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. Team Penske topped the charts — if you can’t even try to act surprised, I don’t blame you — but while their performance on the 2.3-mile road course […]

You can add another Brazilian driver to the grid for the upcoming IZOD IndyCar Series season-opener on March 14. Firestone Indy Lights standout Ana Beatriz will contest the Sao Paulo Indy 300 for Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, alongside Mike Conway and Justin Wilson. Beatriz is expected to test with DRR this weekend  at Sebring International […]

If the last two days of testing at Barber Motorsports Park are any indication, Team Penske has the edge going into the IZOD IndyCar Series’ season-opening race on March 14. Will Power led a Penske sweep of the top three spots in today’s lone test session at BMP (cold temperatures scratched the morning runs). The […]

 Davey Hamilton will look to settle an old score as part of his new three-race deal to drive for De Ferran Luczo Dragon Racing in 2010. A horrific crash at Texas Motor Speedway in 2001 effectively ended the American driver’s full-time career in the IZOD IndyCar Series. Hamilton went through 21 surgeries to repair his […]

Not much of a surprise at the top of the charts, as the three Team Penske drivers of Ryan Briscoe, Helio Castroneves and Will Power are all within the first four positions. Dreyer and Reinbold Racing’s newest driver Justin Wilson kept a Penske 1-2-3 from happening by going P3, and Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon […]