The entry list for this weekend’s race has been posted on IndyCar.com with 21 participants. Team Driver A.J. Foyt Enterprises Vitor Meira Andretti Green Racing Danica Patrick Andretti Green Racing Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green Racing Marco Andretti Andretti Green Racing Tony Kanaan Conquest Racing TBA – Most likely Alex Taglianni CURB/Agajanian/Team 3G Stanton Barrett (R) Dale Coyne Racing Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Mike Conway (R) HVM Racing E.J. Viso KV Racing Technology Mario Moraes Luczo Dragon Racing Raphael Matos (R) Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing Robert Doornbos…
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IndyCar 2009 Car Count
Silly Season is almost over and we are not much closer to determining a final car count than we were a month ago. Even with the renewed optimism in American open-wheel racing brought on by re-unification, the worldwide economic crisis has wreaked wholesale havoc on motorsports, and IndyCar is no exception. With only 19 confirmed car/driver combinations set for St. Petersburg next weekend (as of this minute), the outlook would seem grim to return to the 26+ car fields of last season. However, there are many potential deals that are…
Read MoreHunter-Reay to Drive for Vision Racing
Robin Miller and Speetv.com are currently reporting that 27 year old American Ryan Hunter-Reay will be signed to Vision Racing later this week. The young talent has recently signed a mega deal with IZOD to promote the young driver. When explaining the deal, Hunter-Reay had this to say: ” It all happened yesterday and we’re still getting the contract squared away but the team is scrambling to put my car together and thankfully I’m going to be racing Indy cars this year.” Reay lost his ride with Rahal Letterman after…
Read MoreSato Eyeing IRL Seat
There was rumor floating about within the last couple weeks that perhaps Takumo Sato would come to the U.S. and give the IRL a try. Autosport has run an article confirming Sato’s desire to run in the American open wheel series and could be in a seat come Motegi. Sato’s commercial manager was quoted as saying: “It’s a long way from happening yet,” But if Taku could do Motegi that would be great. If he could do more IndyCar races that would be even better. He still wants to get…
Read MoreIndy Lights Turnout at Barber
Barber Motorsports park has released attendance figures for their first day of open testing with the Indy Lights in their ongoing campaign for inclusion on the 2010 IndyCar calendar. 7,600 people showed up to watch the IndyLights test on Saturday. 7,600! That’s about as many people that attended last season’s opener at Homestead…. (OK at least it looked like 7,600 at Homestead) Sunday will kick off IndyCar series testing which will last through the end of the day on Monday. Attendance on Sunday is expected to top 10,000. GIVE THIS…
Read MoreIndyCar Barber Open Test Preview
The IndyCar series returns to Barber Motorsports Park outside Birmingham, Alabama this weekend for open testing. Previous to this, IndyCar conducted a suitability test in October of 2008 with seven drivers. Saturday will see the Indy Lights take to the track from 9am to 5pm, with the big cars running on Sunday and Monday from 9am – 5pm as well. Live timing and scoring will be available on IndyCar’s website. Those who attended the test in 2007 loved driving on the hilly, wide open road course. The beautiful park like…
Read MorePeugeot Quickest in Sebring Practice
The ALMS Series is gearing up for its kickoff at Sebring and Peugeot have claimed quickest during practice. The Audis followed closely behind while Acura struggled from lack of straight away speed. IndyCar champion Scott Dixon who will be piloting one of the Acuras stated the car was slow in a straight line but flew through the corners. In GT2 class, Rahal Letterman BMW put together a solid morning session finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. Qualifications will be live on SPEED here in the states Thursday afternoon.
Read MoreI Am Next!
Ryan Hunter-Reay is not a fresh new face when it comes to American open wheel racing. Representing the small pool of US talent in the IndyCar series for the last couple seasons, Ryan has managed to attract some major personal sponsorship through IZOD, who are planning on using his likeness in an advertising campaign and IndyCar clothing line to be launched in conjunction with this years installment of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. However, there is a small snag. He currently isn’t signed for a 2009 race seat. He worked…
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