After an attempt to make it in NASCAR’s top series, 2007 IRL and Indy 500 champ Dario Franchitti returns to open-wheel racing this year in the IRL, which opens its season Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
He’ll be driving for Chip…
From the Associated Press, a look at each driver in the IRL circuit, which begins its season series this weekend …
By MIKE HARRIS
AP Auto Racing Writer
A glance at the drivers competing in the IRL’s IndyCar Series in 2009, listed by…
It wasn’t so much the announcement that the U.S. would have a Forumla One team but that it would be located in Charlotte, in the heart of NASCAR country, that most struck me.
It also got me to wondering … who,…
If security and valets had not steered Danica Patrick clear of trouble before she could reach Ryan Briscoe’s pit box Sunday at Indy, what would have ensued?
– Would Patrick and Briscoe have tussled as Cale Yarborugh and the Allison boys did at the Daytona…
All righty, I’ve drank too much of the caffeinated beverage (AGAIN!) and I’m feelin’ the rush, so I’ll jibber-jabber about Sunday’s races — Formula 1, Indy car and NASCAR.
– Lewis Hamilton rocks! Dude won again in the Grand Prix of…
With Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing winning the Indianapolis 500, Ganassi may have a difficult time pulling the sweep with a win in NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600.
Juan Pablo Montoya, an Indy 500 winner for Ganassi, qualified 42nd for the Sodie…
Graham Rahal hit the wall and is out of the Indianapolis 500.
He’s fine, but my upset pick has been A FAILURE.
I’ll do a mid-race revise and pick Tomas Schechter as my new upset pick. He’s been patiently moving up and is…
With the merging of the open-wheel circuits this year under the Indy Racing League (IRL) label, today just might be the biggest day in a long time in American motorsports.
Over the years since the IRL and the Indianapolis 500 split…
First, Danica Patrick wins in the IRL.
Then, Ashley Force wins in the NHRA.
Next? How about St. Louisan Chrissy Wallace in NASCAR!
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