While Will Power and Dario Franchitti continue their battle for the IZOD IndyCar Series title tonight at Twin Ring Motegi, Helio Castroneves will look to keep up the momentum he has in his corner after winning at Kentucky Speedway two weeks ago. Castroneves won his fourth pole in five seasons at Twin Ring Motegi with […]

Another weekend, another wrecked car for Takuma Sato and KV Racing Technology. During tonight’s first practice session for the Indy Japan 300 (Sat., 11 p.m. ET, Versus), Sato lost control of his No. 5 Lotus machine and hit the Turn 1 wall at Twin Ring Motegi with the back end. According to IndyCar.com, Sato has […]

Okay, time to get back on the horse… – As we get set for the penultimate race of the season over at Twin Ring Motegi (Sat., 11 p.m. ET, Versus), I just have the feeling that Dario Franchitti is going to take the championship lead from Will Power this weekend. Last season at Motegi, the […]

Location of next year’s season finale still to be announced While the IZOD IndyCar Series will continue to sport nine road/street races and eight oval races next season, there’s going to be plenty of changes on the horizon. Three new events are on the 2011 docket at the Milwaukee Mile, the New Hampshire Motor Speedway […]

It appears that the venerable Milwaukee Mile — which has not seen any major racing action in a year due to financial trouble — is going to make the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule. Multiple reports have surfaced today about the Indy Racing League holding a press conference at the Mile on Friday at 11 […]

With one televised statement, Panther Racing’s Dan Wheldon revealed last Saturday that he’s looking for a ride in 2011. Rumors had been lingering about the 2005 Indy 500/series champion and Panther parting ways at the end of the season — and about Graham Rahal being a possible choice to replace Wheldon in the No. 4 […]

Day off? Forget that… 1. Well, that was anti-climactic Even a post-race fence climb from Helio Castroneves (and his subsequent humorous embrace with security chief Charles Burns) couldn’t take the stink off an otherwise solid race being decided by fuel strategy. A win’s a win, but still. MINUS 5. 2. Close call for Panther…again… Ed […]

Preparation for the season finale next month at Homestead-Miami Speedway gets started tomorrow afternoon, as title contenders Will Power and Dario Franchitti (along with their respective teammates, Ryan Briscoe and Scott Dixon) will test on the 1.5-mile oval. Fans are welcome to watch the test tomorrow for free from 1-9 p.m. ET in the track’s Speedway Club […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v= bcI7pWb52OM[/youtube] After stalling his No. 3 Team Penske machine on a mid-race pit stop, Helio Castroneves looked like he was going to be in no position to win last night at Kentucky Speedway. But thanks to a superb call for conservation from team strategist Tim Cindric, as well as the fact that Castroneves had […]

Helio Castroneves outlasted his rivals on fuel strategy to win tonight’s Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway over Ed Carpenter and Dan Wheldon. As Carpenter, Wheldon and the rest of the front-runners were forced to hit pit road for a splash of fuel within the final ten laps, Castroneves was able to stay out after […]

The IZOD IndyCar Series celebrates event No. 200 tonight at Kentucky Speedway as Will Power and Dario Franchitti continue their duel for the championship. You can follow tonight’s race with updates on twitter.com/estradawriting (or just click on the Twitter icon in the social media box).

1. Can Power finally break through on ovals? With his lead in the IZOD IndyCar Series championship down to 23 points, Will Power could really use his first career win on ovals tonight at Kentucky Speedway. Last week showed that he could hang in the lead pack at speedways, so if he has a good […]

One year after being denied victory by a mere few feet at Kentucky Speedway, Ed Carpenter will look to go one spot further tomorrow night. The American driver earned his first IZOD IndyCar Series pole with a two-lap average of 217.933 m.p.h. in the No. 20 Panther/Vision Racing machine, which was enough to stop championship […]

As you probably know by now, the IZOD IndyCar Series is celebrating its 200th event this weekend at Kentucky Speedway (Sat., 8 p.m. ET, Versus). A lot of things have happened since Buzz Calkins won the inaugural race back in 1996 — if you’ve been following along for a while, you know what I’m talking […]

Saturday’s Kentucky Indy 300 (8 p.m. ET, Versus) will mark the 200th event in IZOD IndyCar Series history. It’s certainly a nice accomplishment and it’s coming just as Will Power and Dario Franchitti engage in another classic IndyCar title duel. But as the series looks back on its past this weekend, it also faces a […]