Today was the first day of the Open Test down at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama, but it appears that fans are more taken with a possible new entry into the 2012 IndyCar chassis battle. Dubbed the BAT project, this chassis is the work of veteran open-wheel car designers Bruce Ashmore, Alan Mertens, and Tim […]
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Lights standout Romancini scores IndyCar ride with Conquest
After a solid campaign last season in Firestone Indy Lights, Brazilian driver Mario Romancini is movin’ on up to the IZOD IndyCar Series. Conquest Racing announced today that the 22-year-old will drive their No. 34 entry full-time in this year’s championship. Romancini impressed folks in 2009, scoring two victories en route to a sixth-place performance in the […]
Belatedly mulling over the Open Test list
Normally, I’d dissect the Open Test participant list when they came out, but I had to put the finishing touches on an article for FoxSports.com. We’re now one day away from the test, which takes place from tomorrow through Friday at Barber Motorsports Park down in Alabama, and it appears that we’ll have 21 cars […]
Viso, Mutoh land new rides as Open Test looms
IZOD IndyCar Series drivers E.J. Viso and Hideki Mutoh will contest the 2010 series championship with new teams. The 24-year-old Viso, a native of Venezuela, will drive a second entry for KV Racing Technology alongside former Formula One standout Takuma Sato. Viso will drive the No. 8 car with support from PDVSA, Herbalife, SBA Airlines, CanTV and Plantronics. […]
Eddie Gossage backing new IRL CEO
New Indy Racing League chief executive officer Randy Bernard has apparently gained a new ally, and it’s a powerful one — Texas Motor Speedway president and promoter extraordinaire Eddie Gossage. Gossage writes for ESPNDallas.com’s Motorsports Blog and his latest entry talks about him having dinner with Bernard, the former leader of the Professional Bull Riders, […]
John Barnes and the DeltaWing project
The DeltaWing project has become one of the hottest topics in recent memory amongst IndyCar fans and media since their prototype was unveiled Feb. 10 at the Chicago Auto Show. But while most people have spent a lot of time commenting on the machine’s radical design, it appears that DeltaWing as a concept – an […]
A word from the management
Back when I started Indy Racing Revolution in the winter of 2007, I was a student at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. I had been a fan of auto racing for several years, but I also knew that I wanted to one day cover it regularly. This started to become a single-minded focus for […]