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…

Auto Racing Glance (from Associated Press)

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NASCAR SPRINT CUP

Pennsylvania 500

Site: Long Pond, Pa.

Schedule: Friday, qualifying (ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.); Sunday, race (ESPN, 1 p.m.).

Track: Pocono International Raceway (triangular oval, 2.5 miles, 14 degrees banking in turn 1, 8 degrees…

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…