The 2009 Official Record Book of the IndyCar Series has been released, and we are no longer faced with the laughable suggestion that Sam Hornish is the all time wins leader with 19 IRL victories. Scott Dixon was closing in on this farcical number with 16 IRL hardware collections. But clearly, these records disregarded the true legends of the sport that ran under different sanctioning bodies. The IndyCar series has finally done what it said it would do after it gained the rights to the historical records from CCWS. They…
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IndyCar – Indy Lights Get Taste of IMS
The Indy Lights series hit the track from 8am-2pm yesterday at 16th and Georgetown for an open test. 21 cars took to the square oval in preparation for the Freedom 100 race which will take place on Carb Day, Friday, May 22nd. Since on track time is at a premium over the next two weeks, they will only have two more short practice sessions on May 21st before they tackle qualifying later that day. The Indy Lights series has seen a huge influx of talent this year. The high purses…
Read MoreIndyCar – Rahal & KV Name 500 TBA’s
Indianapolis media is reporting that KV Racing has named Townsend Bell to their #8 car for the Indy 500. Townsend has not seen action since last season when he raced for Dreyer & Reinbold in a car he shared with Milka Duno. Townsend did compete at Indy last year where he put up a strong 10th place finish. He has competed off and on in the IndyCar series for the last four years, but never on a full schedule. Also reported is the addition of Oriol Servia in the #17…
Read MoreIndyCar – Indianapolis Open for May
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened its doors on Tuesday for limited action as ROP (Rookie Orientation Program) awakened the mighty speedway from its long slumber. Drivers Mike Conway, Stanton Barrett, Robert Doornbos, Alex Tagliani, Nelson Philippe & Raphael Matos, took to the track to the track for the very fist time today at speed in an IndyCar. The rookie crop this year isn’t nearly as large as the group of 13 greenhorns that shoed Indy for the first time last year. This years group does not suffer from a lack…
Read MoreF1 – Bernie Has an Idea
On the heels of the cost capping announcement from the FIA, a bright light bulb has appeared above Bernie Ecclestone’s head. He has thrown out the idea that the teams should pay back some of their 50% share of the commercial revenue to help circuits make their sanction fee payments to him. Bernie works for CVC capital partners who is the current commercial rights holder, having bought those rights from Bernie. When they purchased the rights, they took out massive loans to pay off their investment and have pumped as…
Read MoreF1 – The Future of F1?
The WMSC took the opportunity of their McLaren meeting to put the final touches on their plans for 2010. The FIA also decided that there shall be cost capped teams and unlimited budget teams. Here is a summary of what they decided. Cost capped teams shall be limited to £40 million which is higher than the original amount of £30 million proposed by Max Mosley. They shall be allowed movable aero on the front and rear wings. No rev limit shall be imposed on their engines. No limits shall be…
Read MoreIndyCar – Newman Haas on Ovals
It was a concern going in to the weekend that Newman Haas Lanigan Racing would have trouble getting Robert Doornbos up to speed on ovals. However, it has been a noticeable trend that road course drivers have an easier time learning ovals than vice versa. On top of that, Doornbos is an accomplished driver with F1 and Champ Car experience. Shocked would be the word I would use to describe my reaction to Robert’s eventual P2 in qualifying at Kansas City. Granted, Helio and Dario qualified faster than he did,…
Read MoreIndyCar – Kansas City Thoughts
As you are most likely aware by now, Scott Dixon pulled off the win on Sunday in the threatening Kansas City weather. The truck series race scheduled for Saturday night was rescheduled for Monday due to tornadic activity and the IndyCar feature looked like it might suffer the same fate with thunderstorms predicted for the entire day. On top of the uncertainty with the weather, there were high winds all day long making car setup an exercise in high drag, high downforce wing angles. Unfortunately, this appeared to make passing…
Read MoreIndyCar – 500 Entry List Update
New addition to the Indy 500 entrants list. Buddy Lazier has been announced with the Hemelgarn Johnson #91. Lazier ran the #91 last year and started 32nd and ended up 17th. Lazier’s entrance makes him the 5th previous winner of the 500 So here is the updated list of 41 entrants. Team # Driver AJ Foyt Enterprises 14 Vitor Meira AJ Foyt Enterprises 41 AJ Foyt IV AJ Foyt Enterprises 48 TBA Andretti Green Racing 7 Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing 11 Tony Kanaan Andretti Green Racing 26 Marco Andretti…
Read MoreIndyCar – Milka is Back
Dreyer and Reinbold has announced that Milka Duno has been picked up again for a limited schedule. With their 2nd car for Kansas and their 4th car for Indy listed as TBA, it was clear that Dreyer and Reinbold had something in the works with somebody other than Darren Manning and Milka’s name was most heavily linked with said works. While Milka definitely improved over last season, she is still not nearly as talented as most of the Indy Lights field. And while the media has to grudgingly accept that…
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