I’d be remiss not to pass along word about Sarah Fisher Racing teaming up with the Susan G. Komen Foundation once again. Just like last year, fans can participate in a helmet design contest — the winning design will be on Fisher’s headgear for the season-ending Cafes do Brasil Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on […]

Graham Rahal will suit up for his fourth race of 2010 with Sarah Fisher Racing on Saturday at Kentucky Speedway. According to Nate Ryan of USA Today, Rahal received permission from Newman-Haas Racing (whose current six-race pact with Rahal didn’t include a ride at Kentucky) and will have SFR team sponsor Service Central as a […]

As Mike Conway’s rehabilitation continues, Dreyer and Reinbold Racing has brought in Paul Tracy to drive Conway’s No. 24 machine for the next two events at Kentucky Speedway (Sat., 8 p.m. ET, Versus) and Twin Ring Motegi (Sept. 18). The former Champ Car World Series champion will have backing from Motegi Wheels. Tracy has raced […]

1. White knuckle ride Wheel-to-wheel action. Two and three-wide racing through the field. Drivers enjoying the excitement (Dan Wheldon, Marco Andretti). Drivers not enjoying the excitement (Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tony Kanaan, Helio Castroneves). In short, typical Chicagoland. PLUS 20. 2. Championship shift With Dario Franchitti’s win and Will Power’s late-race fuel woes, the championship is now […]

IndyCar title fight takes a turn as Franchitti wins and Power fades at Chicagoland Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a championship. Will Power came into tonight’s Peak Antifreeze/Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway with a 59-point advantage and with just a few laps to go, he was sitting in third position. He may […]

The IZOD IndyCar Series championship took another twist tonight as Dario Franchitti held off Dan Wheldon by .0423 of a second to win the Peak Antifreeze/Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. But even more importantly, the Scotsman emerged with a major gain on championship leader Will Power with three races left in the 2010 […]

A few days after Robin Miller first reported that several IZOD IndyCar Series owners were leaning toward rejecting the 2012 next-generation IndyCar on the basis of cost, Indy Racing League CEO Randy Bernard and Dreyer and Reinbold Racing team co-owner Dennis Reinbold said that League officials (including 2012 car chief Tony Cotman) and team owners […]

Will tonight see IndyCar’s final show at Chicagoland? http://youtube.com/watch?v= yw3OhUDMFBw[/youtube] Some of the best racing in IZOD IndyCar Series history has come at the 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway, site of tonight’s PEAK Antifreeze/Motor Oil Indy 300 (7 p.m. ET, Versus). But the ISC-owned facility appears less and less likely to be a stop on IndyCar’s 2011 […]

Title contenders Power, Franchitti qualify up front After conquering the track that nearly killed him last season, Ryan Briscoe will look to claim a second straight IZOD IndyCar Series victory at Chicagoland Speedway (Sat., 7 p.m. ET, Versus) from the pole position. The Sydney, Australian native topped the charts during this afternoon’s qualifying session with […]

Well, this is just what American open-wheel racing needs. Actually, it’s the last thing it needs right now. SPEED Channel’s Robin Miller has dropped a potentially huge bomb: Multiple IZOD IndyCar Series owners are getting nervous about the cost of the upcoming, next-generation IndyCar that’s set to debut in 2012 and based on that, according […]

Franchitti’s teammate scores runner-up at Infineon http://youtube.com/watch?v= CxU6kWm55wk[/youtube] Two-time IZOD IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon hasn’t been officially eliminated from this year’s title fight, but at 95 markers back of leader Will Power, his chances for a third series crown are fading fast. As a result, his job in the final four races of the […]

Leaving Infineon Raceway will feel a lot better to Will Power this year. Last August, Power sustained two fractured vertebrae and a concussion in a vicious crash with Nelson Philippe during practice at the Northern California road course. But on Sunday at Sonoma, the IZOD IndyCar Series championship leader got even by leading 73 of […]

What a difference one year makes. Last year, Will Power saw his season end at Infineon Raceway in a horrific crash. This year, he’s in Victory Lane and in solid control of the IZOD IndyCar Series championship. Power led 73 of 75 laps in today’s Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, but still had to turn […]

The final road race of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season is almost here! Follow today’s Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway (5:45 p.m. ET, Versus) on my twitter page at twitter.com/estradawriting or by just clicking the Twitter icon in the Social Media box.

After watching Dario Franchitti beat him to the checkered flag two weeks ago at Mid-Ohio, IZOD IndyCar Series championship leader Will Power will be looking to respond in kind this weekend at Infineon Raceway. The two title rivals will be close to each other once again on the grid for the Indy Grand Prix of […]