Chalk this one up as something out of left field! It has been announced this afternoon that Ryan Hunter-Reay will be moving from the #21 Vision Racing car to the #14 AJ Foyt car to replace Vitor Meira for the remainder of the season. Vitor broke his back after heavy contact with the wall at Indy after he was bumped by Raphael Matos in the closing laps of the race. His back did not need surgery to correct and the recovery process may wrap up before the end of the…
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F1 – FIA Make Debacle of Entry List
The FIA today released the somewhat official entry list for the 2010 championship as follows: Team Constructor Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Scuderia Toro Rosso STR TBA Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing TTBA At&T Williams Williams Toyota Force India F1 Team Force India Mercedes Campos Grand Prix Campos Cosworth Manor Grand Prix Manor Cosworth Team US F1 Team US F1 Cosworth Vodafone McLaren Mercedes* McLaren Mercedes BMW Sauber F1 Team* BMW Sauber Renault F1 Team* Renault Panasonic Toyota Racing* Toyota Brawn GP Formula One Team* Brawn TBA * These five…
Read MoreIndyCar – On Danica Patrick
Whether you love Danica or not, she has been good for the IndyCar series in many ways. She has brought media attention, sponsorship interest and scores of fans into following her exploits in the series. But now, she may become one of the most hotly contested assets in all of motorsport. With parties as varied as IndyCar, NASCAR and eve USF1 expressing interest in cashing in on her popularity, she is in a wonderful position to negotiate her next contract. Per her contract with AGR, she is now able to…
Read MoreIndyCar – PR Mouthpiece Says Nuh-uh!
The stories posted at IndyCar.com usually contain all the pleasantries about how Shaq has bigger feet than Danica, how the cars could run on a ceiling and how Stanton Barrett is a stunt driver. To sum it up, it amounts to PR. Enter the phantom caution at TMS that took away Briscoe’s staggering lead around lap 150. Today, the IndyCar PR mouthpiece put up an article explaining how there was really debris on the track. It seems that we the fans have made our opinion quite clear on these phantom…
Read MoreIndyCar – Texas Showdown
Once again the IndyCar Series returns to the Texas Motor Speedway. TMS is one of the few venues where the IndyCar series has had a sustained run of good attendance numbers that have been helped by lots of the NASCAR season ticket holders who have stopped selling or giving away their IndyCar tickets and started attending the race. So far this year though, the most competitive oval race has been last week at Milwaukee. With TMS being a 1.5 mile cookie cutter track, it may be yet another dull oval…
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IndyCar – Scheckter at The Mile
Dreyer and Reinbold Racing announced today that Tomas Scheckter will drive for them this weekend at Milwaukee. Initially their #23 entry was listed as TBA, indicating that Milka Duno would not be filling the seat this weekend. Per D&R’s press release, the team is in discussion with Tomas about additional races. It would appear that our South African friend has some money for more than just Indy. Recall that last year the #23 entry was split between Milka and Townsend Bell. So far this season, it has been split between…
Read MoreIndyCar – Milwuakee Up Next
The Milwaukee Mile resumed its prime location a few years ago on the IndyCar schedule on the week following the Indy 500. And while Eddie Gossage at Texas Motor Speedway would prefer that IndyCar not hold a race this weekend so that he could have the first race after the 500, traditionalists much prefer the schedule the way it is. Milwaukee opened for auto racing in 1903, making it the oldest motorsport venue on the planet. In 1954 the one mile dirt oval was paved and an infield road course…
Read MoreIndyCar – Indy 500 Parting Shot
The banquet is over, the teams have packed up and everybody is gearing up for Milwaukee this weekend. Helio climbed the fence on Sunday, ending an idyllic month of May for himself and for Team Penske. It tends to be a bit of a surprise when the strongest car all month actually goes on to get the milk bath, but Penske didn’t put a foot wrong in preparation for the May classic and their detailed preparation payed off. This year saw a noticeable increase in attendance (from my vantage point),…
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