Of all of the 1.5-mile cookie-cutter ovals, the Kansas Speedway is by far the best, offering great racing and a great location. Some of the closest finishes and best races in the IndyCar Series have happened at the Kansas Speedway. To be sure, Texas Motorspeedway and Chicagoland Speedway also produce great racing action, but the Kansas Speedway has the added benefit of being located on the western outskirts of town where access from the airport is a snap and traffic is at a minimum, yet right around the track is…
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IndyCar – Drivers Galore: Updated Entrant List for 4/7/2010
We continue to see real positive signs that the changes the IndyCar series has made since last season are panning out for the better. From the addition of IZOD as the title sponsor, decent Versus ratings at Sao Paulo, excellent races for the first two rounds, Randy Bernard at the helm and a surprisingly fresh new approach to analyzing the potential new chassis manufacturers, there has certainly been a lot of positive vibes swirling around the series that sprang from the loins of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. One area…
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Introduction A dedicated feeder series to the primary American Open-Wheel Racing series has been in existance in one form or another since 1986. The American Racing Series began in 1986 to serve as a development platform for CART, since the Formula Atlantics series which had been around since 1965 had failed to race in 1984, and existed as two separate series, a Pacific and an Atlantic series, from 1985 to 1990. In 1991, the same year that the split Formula Atlantics championship merged back into a single national series, the…
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