THE FACTS Jeff Wolf of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported yesterday that the Speedway Motorsports Inc.-owned Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the Indy Racing League are in talks to bring the IZOD IndyCar Series back to the 1.5-mile oval next season. The series has not raced in Vegas since 2000. LVMS president Chris Powell told […]

THE FACTS Thirty years after American open-wheel racing’s last dual-race event, the IZOD IndyCar Series will stage its first next season at Texas Motor Speedway. Earlier tonight in Dallas, Indy Racing League CEO Randy Bernard revealed that the Firestone 550k has been split into a pair of 275-kilometer events. Now known collectively as the Firestone […]

THE FACTS Former Champ Car vice president of operations/race director Tony Cotman is now the project manager of the IZOD IndyCar Series’ new technical program that will debut in 2012. Cotman, who currently serves as both the leader of track design firm NZR Consulting and race director for Firestone Indy Lights, will be charged with […]

Texas Motor Speedway is holding a major conference on August 17th with a few big names from both IndyCar (Randy Bernard, Helio Castroneves) and NASCAR (Brian France, Tony Stewart). The event is being hyped up rather nicely and considering who’s going to be there, one starts to believe that an IndyCar/NASCAR doubleheader may be coming […]

Another off weekend, another wave of testing for IZOD IndyCar Series drivers and teams. Will Power, Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Ed Carpenter took laps yesterday at the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway in advance of the Kentucky Indy 300 on Sept. 4. The test may prove very important to Power, the championship leader, as he’ll have […]

1.Trading punches Dario Franchitti scored a critical win at Mid-Ohio, but Will Power pushed his championship lead right back up with a dominating performance at Sonoma. Now come the ovals; can Power continue the back-and-forth en route to his first title? An oval win could put him over the top. PLUS 8. 2. Better days […]

As an opening to his July 18 article on Indy Racing League CEO Randy Bernard, Jeff Pappone of Canadian national newspaper The Globe and Mail cited a quote from Pierre Trudeau, the country’s former prime minister, that had him comparing living to the U.S. to sleeping with an elephant and how Canada feels the effects […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v= BLW2291jIM8[/youtube] Video credit: Indy Racing League. After Saturday’s IZOD IndyCar Series qualifying session at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Dario Franchitti spoke of his current battle for the championship with Team Penske. While he dismissed the idea that it was desperation time, he made it clear that finishing behind Power was no longer an option. “It’s […]

Dario Franchitti has notched his second victory of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series championship, winning the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course by roughly half a second over points leader Will Power. Franchitti’s triumph cut Power’s edge over him in the title fight to 41 points with five races remaining in the season. […]

This morning’s final warmup session for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio (2:30 p.m. ET, Versus) didn’t go without incident as Trackside Online is reporting that one of Mario Moraes’ crew members was taken away on a stretcher following an incident in the team’s pit box. Moraes tweeted about the incident and it looks like […]

IndyCar points leader grabs seventh pole of 2010, ties League record http://youtube.com/watch?v= 1DapBAI78Hc[/youtube] Video credit: Indy Racing League. Even Will Power can’t stop Will Power. Before qualifying for Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the IZOD IndyCar Series championship leader backed into the Turn 1 tire barriers during Saturday morning practice after […]

In a bit of not-so-shocking news, IZOD IndyCar Series engine supplier Honda has announced that they’ll go along with the new engine platform set to debut in the 2012 season. At that point, the Big H will start building a 2.4-liter, twin-turbocharged V-6 engine — which will replace their current V-8 offering. Honda has been […]

After taking Edmonton off, Graham Rahal’s returning to IZOD IndyCar Series action this weekend as his six-race run with Newman/Haas Racing continues at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. So far, Rahal’s doing well on his home track, which sits roughly an hour to the north of his hometown of New Albany, Ohio. His No. 02 National Tire and […]

Francesco Dracone to drive at Mid-Ohio and Sonoma With Brazil’s Mario Romancini out of the No. 34 Conquest Racing machine due to a lack of sponsorship, Italian driver Francesco Dracone will step into the ride for the next two IZOD IndyCar Series events at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Sun., 2:30 p.m. ET on Versus) and Infineon […]

Indy Racing League passes judgment on Castroneves’ post-race tirade at Edmonton After losing the Honda Indy Edmonton on a late-race blocking penalty and subsequently accosting an Indy Racing League official in a public meltdown afterwards, Helio Castroneves has been fined $60,000 and placed on probation for the rest of this year’s IZOD IndyCar Series championship. The […]