IndyCar – Versus Acknowledges History

We have complained a bit here at Open Paddock about the way the TV broadcast ignores the historic records of past greats like AJ, Mario, and even Paul Tracy when they wax poetic about the winningest driver in IndyCar history being Dixon or Hornish before him. Both Versus and ABC have been equal opportunity offenders on that count. I thought at the beginning of the season when the IRL published their first combined historic record book, that we had seen the end of this. The combined book includes all records…

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IndyCar – 2009 Record Book isn’t a Joke

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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