MOTORSPORTS RACING NEWS- INDYCAR
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NEW TITLE SPONSOR FOR 2010 - IZOD
Indianapolis Motor Speedway- IZOD entered into an agreement with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the sanctioning Indy Racing League that designated the IZOD brand as the official apparel sponsor of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights.
IZOD will retain its designation as the official apparel partner of the Indy Racing League (IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights). Firestone, the exclusive tire supplier to both series, will continue to be the title sponsor of the developmental series.
"Our relationship with the IZOD brand has been on the fast track since the day we began our partnership in 2008, and we are thrilled they have taken a bigger and more vital role in our sport," said Terry Angstadt, president of the commercial division of the Indy Racing League.
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THE 2010 IRL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
2010 SEASON POINTS
AFTER CHICAGOLAND, AUGUST 28, 2010
POS NAME CAR NAT TEAM PTS 1 Will Power 12 Australia Team Penske 528 2 Dario Franchitti 10 Scotland Target Chip Ganassi 505 3 Scott Dixon 9 New Zealand Target Chip Ganassi 443 4 Ryan Briscoe 6 Australia Team Penske 406 5 Helio Castroneves 3 Brazil Team Penske 398 6 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 USA Andretti Autosport 392 7 Tony Kanaan 11 Brazil Andretti Autosport 360 8 Marco Andretti 26 USA Andretti Autosport 319 9 Justin Wilson 22 England Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 316 10 Dan Wheldon 4 England Panther Racing 309 11 Danica Patrick 7 USA Andretti Autosport 275 12 Vitor Meira 14 Brazil A.J. Foyt Enterprises 257 13 Alex Tagliani 77 Canada FAZZT Race Team 254 14 Mario Moraes 32 Brazil KV Racing Technology 253 15 Raphael Matos 2 Brazil de Ferran Luczo Dragon 251 16 E.J. Viso 8 Venezuela KV Racing Technology 225 17 Alex Lloyd 19 England Dale Coyne Racing 219 18 Hideki Mutoh 06 Japan Newman/Haas/Lanigan 209 19 Simona De Silvestro 78 Switzerland Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 208 20 Graham Rahal 67 USA Sarah Fisher Racing 179 21 Takuma Sato 5 Japan KV Racing Technology 174 22 Bertrand Baguette 36 Belgium Conquest Racing 168 23 Mario Romancini 34 Brazil Conquest Racing 149 24 Milka Duno 18 Venezuela Dale Coyne Racing 148 25 Mike Conway 24 England Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 110 26 Tomas Scheckter 23 South Africa Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 73 27 Sarah Fishers 67 USA Sarah Fisher Racing 68 28 Paul Tracy 24 Canada KV Racing Technology 61 29 Ana Beatriz 23 Brazil Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 45 30 Jay Howard 66 England Sarah Fisher Racing 44 31 John Andretti 43 USA Richard Petty/Andretti 35 32 Ed Carpenter 20 USA Panther Racing 32 33 Davey Hamilton 21 USA de Ferran Dragon Racing 26 34 Adam Carroll 27 England Andretti Autosport 26 35 J.R. Hildebrand 24 USA Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 26 36 Francesco Dracone 34 Italy Conquest Racing 24 37 Townsend Bell 99 USA Sam Schmidt/Ganassi 18 38 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Colombia Bryan Herta Autosport 15 39 Bruno Junqueira 33 Brazil FAZZT Race Team 13 40 A.J. Foyt IV 0 |
KENTUCKY INDY 300
KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY
SPARTA, KY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010
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PEAK ANTIFREEZE AND MOTOR OIL INDY 300
CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
JOLIET, IL, AUGUST 28, 2010
DARIO FRANCHITTI WINS AT CHICAGOLAND
JOLIET, IL - "We see how quickly these things can change, especially on these one and a half mile tracks," Franchitti said. "We're just going to keep going. It would have been easy to give up halfway through the race there when we were running 10th or whatever. I've been on the receiving end of getting beaten from them sometimes when Team Penske managed to pull things out of seemingly nowhere, so it was nice to be on the end of actually winning the race."Canadian Alex Tagliani finished 25th. in his FAZZT Race Team Honda powered Dallara.
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2010 CHICAGOLAND RESULTS - AUGUST 28, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing 200 Running 2 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 200 Running 3 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 200 Running 4 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 200 Running 5 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 200 Running 6 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 200 Running 7 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 200 Running 8 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing 200 Running 9 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 200 Running 10 Graham Rahal 02 Newman/Haas Racing 200 Running 11 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 200 Running 12 Bertrand Baguette 34 Conquest Racing 200 Running 13 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas Racing 200 Running 14 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 200 Running 15 Sarah Fisher 67 Sarah Fisher Racing 199 Running 16 Will Power 12 Team Penske 199 Running 17 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 199 Running 18 Davey Hamilton 21 de Ferran Dragon Racing 199 Running 19 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 197 Running 20 Ed Carpenter 20 Panther Racing 179 Mechanical 21 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 162 Running 22 Jay Howard 66 Sarah Fisher Racing 161 Mechanical 23 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 150 Mechanical 24 Ana Beatriz 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 88 Mechanical 25 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 85 Contact 26 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 80 Contact 27 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 80 Contact 28 Tomas Scheckter 36 Conquest Racing 4 Contact 29 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Dragon Racing 4 Contact |
INDY GRAND PRIX OF SONOMA
INFINEON RACEWAY
SONOMA, CA, AUGUST 22, 2010
WILL POWER WINS AT SONAMA
SONOMA, CA - After his huge win at Infineon Raceway Will Power has his eye on the championship."I don't think this championship is almost mine," he said. "There's a lot of racing to go. Four races, a lot can happen. Really, whatever the buffer is, you can lose a lot of that in just one race. I'm going to race those ovals like I want to win the championship."
Canadian Alex Tagliani finished 14th. in his FAZZT Race Team Honda powered Dallara.
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2010 INFINEON RACEWAY RESULTS - AUGUST 22, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Will Power 12 Team Penske 75 Running 2 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing 75 Running 3 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing 75 Running 4 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 75 Running 5 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 75 Running 6 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 75 Running 7 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 75 Running 8 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 75 Running 9 Graham Rahal 02 Newman/Haas Racing 75 Running 10 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 75 Running 11 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 75 Running 12 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 75 Running 13 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 75 Running 14 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 75 Running 15 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 75 Running 16 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 75 Running 17 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas Racing 74 Running 18 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 74 Running 19 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 74 Running 20 Francesco Dracone 36 Conquest Racing 71 Contact 21 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Dragon Racing 67 Contact 22 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 67 Running 23 Bertrand Baguette 34 Conquest Racing 65 Contact 24 J.R. Hildebrand 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 38 Contact 25 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 0 Contact |
HONDA INDY 200
MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE
LEXINGTON, OH, AUGUST 8, 2010
DARIO FRANCHITTI GETS WIN
LEXINGTON, Ohio - "Quite a lot of things running through my head right now, getting to that quarter century, doing it here at Mid-Ohio, a place I found almost every way to lose a race," said Franchitti, who started second and recorded his second victory of the season. "Twelve years ago it was my first pole here. It's very satisfying.""I think the key to the race, obviously, was the Target car was very fast. I drove every lap like it was a qualifying lap today, whether I was behind Will or ahead of Will. But the key was that first pit stop by the Target boys to get me out ahead, especially a 35 foot pit box. It's the tightest we run. In practice, we couldn't get the thing out of the box with Will parked in his or get it in properly. But when the race win was on the line, it didn't seem quite as difficult and managed to pass him. I think that was the key today, because we were incredibly evenly matched on the track."
Canadian Alex Tagliani finished 4th. in his FAZZT Race Team Honda powered Dallara.
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2010 MID-OHIO RESULTS - AUGUST 8, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing 85 Running 2 Will Power 12 Team Penske 85 Running 3 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 85 Running 4 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 85 Running 5 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing 85 Running 6 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 85 Running 7 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Dragon Racing 85 Running 8 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 85 Running 9 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 10 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 11 Bertrand Baguette 36 Conquest Racing 85 Running 12 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 85 Running 13 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 85 Running 14 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 85 Running 15 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 85 Running 16 J.R. Hildebrand 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 85 Running 17 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 18 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas Racing 85 Running 19 Adam Carroll 27 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 20 Graham Rahal 02 Newman/Haas Racing 85 Running 21 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 22 Francesco Dracone 34 Conquest Racing 82 Running 23 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 81 Running 24 Jay Howard 66 Sarah Fisher Racing 38 Contact 25 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 28 Contact 26 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 22 Contact 27 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 22 Contact |
HONDA INDY EDMONTON
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, JULY 25, 2010
SCOTT DIXON GETS WIN
EDMONTON, Alberta - Scott Dixon won after Helio Castroneves got black flagged for blocking at the end of the race. Castroneves crossed the finish line first, but ended up in 10th. place."Brian always says that if you're blocking going into any corner and you are on the right side - especially into Turn 1, you're going to get a penalty," said Dixon, who won for the second time this season. "We get told every week, so you could see something was going to happen.Obviously, Will had a pretty good run. The only way from stopping him was blocking. So if that's what you call it, yeah, that's blocking."
"All in all, not what I expected to happen at the end. In some ways, I knew those two, Will and Helio, were fighting pretty hard. You could see that the first time Helio passed Will. But to go that far to the right I think in Turn 1, I just continued on with the regular line where it's nice and clean and figured or hoped that they picked up a lot of debris and were going to make it tough through 1 and 2. That's kind of what happened. Pretty strange to not lead a lap and actually win the race."
Canadians Paul Tracy in his KV Racing Technology Racing machine finished 6th, and Alex Tagliani finished 23rd. in his FAZZT Race Team Honda powered Dallara.
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2010 EDMONTON RESULTS - JULY 25, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing 95 Running 2 Will Power 12 Team Penske 95 Running 3 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing 95 Running 4 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 95 Running 5 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 95 Running 6 Paul Tracy 15 KV Racing Technology 95 Running 7 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 95 Running 8 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 95 Running 9 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 95 Running 10 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 95 Running 11 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 94 Running 12 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 94 Running 13 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Dragon Racing 94 Running 14 Bertrand Baguette 36 Conquest Racing 94 Running 15 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 94 Running 16 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 93 Running 17 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas Racing 93 Running 18 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 92 Running 19 Tomas Scheckter 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 90 Running 20 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 90 Running 21 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 88 Running 22 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 87 Off Course 23 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 52 Contact 24 Mario Romancini 34 Conquest Racing 52 Contact 25 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 4 Handling |
HONDA INDY TORONTO
TORONTO, ONTARIO, JULY 16 - 18, 2010
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WILL POWER GETS 4TH WIN OF SEASON
TORONTO, ONTARIO - "We worked really hard and this is the end result," said Power, who started on the front row for the seventh time and won for the fourth this season (two sets of back to back races). "I knew just from the marbles and the pick up that the restart was going to be really slippery. I saw (Wilson) make a mistake coming off the straight so I got a run on him and pulled it off. I would say it was a calculated but risky move to pass him on the outside because I wasn't sure I'd make it out the other side.""It was close, but sometimes you have to do that in racing if you want to win, and that's what happened. It was a key to winning the race." added Power
Canadians Paul Tracy in his KV Racing Technology Racing machine finished 13th, and Alex Tagliani finished 17th. in his FAZZT Race Team Honda powered Dallara.
2010 STREETS OF TORONTO RESULTS - JULY 18, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Will Power 12 Team Penske 85 Running 2 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi 85 Running 3 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 4 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 5 Graham Rahal 02 Newman/Haas Racing 85 Running 6 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 7 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 85 Running 8 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 9 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 85 Running 10 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 85 Running 11 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 85 Running 12 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas Racing 85 Running 13 Paul Tracy 15 KV Racing Technology 84 Running 14 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 84 Running 15 Tomas Scheckter 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 84 Running 16 Bertrand Baguette 36 Conquest Racing 84 Running 17 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 84 Running 18 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 83 Running 19 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 82 Running 20 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi 71 Contact 21 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Dragon Racing 64 Contact 22 Mario Romancini 34 Conquest Racing 31 Contact 23 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 26 Contact 24 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 21 Contact 25 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 15 Contact 26 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 8 Handling |
CAMPING WORLD GRAND PRIX AT THE GLEN
WATKINS GLEN
WATKINS GLEN, NY(Round 9/ July 4, 2010)
WILL POWER WINS AT THE GLEN
WATKINS GLEN, NY - "I wanted it really bad, I really wanted to win," said Power, the only multiple race winner this season. "I can't stand when you're the quickest in qualifying and then you have a bad race. Honestly, it was the first race that I pushed on every single lap. Never once that I didn't push.""We had to get the fuel number the whole race so I had to push really hard while saving fuel. I had to get the lap time while saving fuel. It was just a difficult race, but it was great. I loved it."
Canadians Paul Tracy in his Dreyer & Reinbold Racing machine finished 14th, Alex Tagliani finished 17th. in his FAZZT Race Team Honda powered Dallara.
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2010 WATKINS GLEN RESULTS - JULY 4, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Will Power 12 Team Penske 60 Running 2 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 60 Running 3 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi 60 Running 4 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Dragon Racing 60 Running 5 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 60 Running 6 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 60 Running 7 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 60 Running 8 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi 60 Running 9 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 60 Running 10 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 60 Running 11 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 60 Running 12 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas Racing 60 Running 13 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 60 Running 14 Paul Tracy 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 60 Running 15 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 60 Running 16 Adam Carroll 27 Andretti Autosport 60 Running 17 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 60 Running 18 Bertrand Baguette 36 Conquest Racing 60 Running 19 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 60 Running 20 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 60 Running 21 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 60 Running 22 Mario Romancini 34 Conquest Racing 59 Off course 23 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 57 Running 24 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 38 Contact 25 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 22 Mechanical |
IOWA CORN INDY 250
IOWA SPEEDWAY
NEWTON, IOWA(Round 8/ June 20, 2010)
KANAAN WINS IOWA CORN INDY 250
NEWTON, IOWA - "I have to thank my team and the entire 7-Eleven crew," said Kanaan, who recorded three top 10s in this stretch of four oval races in the first half of the season."They did a great job. I had a great car. I have to thank my teammates, too. Marco (Andretti) and Ryan (Hunter-Reay) came over after I made a mistake during qualifying and I was pretty down. They talked to me for 45 minutes and cheered me up. Marco (led 12 laps early, finished 15th) gave me a little bit of his setup and Ryan (started 12th, finished eighth) actually helped me with the setup, putting it together for today. It was a great job as a team and it feels good."
Canadian Alex Tagliani finished 12th. in his FAZZT Race Team machine.
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2010 IOWA SPEEDWAY RESULTS - JUNE 20, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 250 Running 2 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 250 Running 3 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 250 Running 4 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 250 Running 5 Will Power 12 Team Penske 250 Running 6 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi 250 Running 7 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 250 Running 8 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 249 Running 9 Graham Rahal 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 249 Running 10 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 249 Running 11 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 249 Running 12 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 248 Running 13 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 248 Running 14 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Dragon Racing 247 Running 15 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 244 Running 16 Mario Romancini 34 Conquest Racing 244 Running 17 Bertrand Baguette 36 Conquest Racing 237 Running 18 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi 212 Running 19 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 177 Contact 20 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas Racing 131 Handling 21 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 128 Handling 22 Sarah Fisher 67 Sarah Fisher Racing 92 Contact 23 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 31 Handling 24 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold 0 Contact 25 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 0 Contact |
FIRESTONE 550K
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
FORT WORTH, TEXAS (Round 7/ June 5, 2010)
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RYAN BRISCOE WINS FIRESTONE 550K
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - Roger Penske driver Ryan Briscoe, who started from the pole, overtook Danica Patrick on Lap 193 and held off the Andretti Autosport veteran over the remaining 35 laps to win the Firestone 550K on a heated night when sparks and tempers flared."Racing for this team, there's no better feeling than pulling into Victory Circle and getting compliments from Roger," said Briscoe, who took the series championship down to the final few laps of the '09 season finale and finished third overall. "He's such an amazing person and I want to keep winning races for this team."
Canadian Alex Tagliani finished 18th. in his FAZZT Race Team machine.
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2010 TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY RESULTS - JUNE 5, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 228 Running 2 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 228 Running 3 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 228 Running 4 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi 228 Running 5 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi 228 Running 6 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 228 Running 7 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 228 Running 8 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 228 Running 9 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 228 Running 10 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 228 Running 11 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 228 Running 12 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas Racing 228 Running 13 Tomas Scheckter 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 227 Running 14 Will Power 12 Team Penske 227 Running 15 Sarah Fisher 67 Sarah Fisher Racing 227 Running 16 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Dragon Racing 226 Running 17 Mario Romancini 34 Conquest Racing 226 Running 18 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 225 Running 19 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 225 Running 20 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 129 Contact 21 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 129 Contact 22 Bertrand Baguette 36 Conquest Racing 129 Contact 23 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 116 Mechanical 24 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 97 Contact 25 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 56 Contact 26 Jay Howard 66 Sarah Fisher Racing 37 Mechanical |
INDY 500
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (Round 6/ May 30, 2010)
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FRANCHITTI WINS HIS SECOND INDIANAPOLIS 500
INDIANAPOLIS, IN. - Franchitti, who lead 155 of the 200 laps, took the twin checkered flags for the second time in his IZOD IndyCar Series career. Dan Wheldon was runner up for the second consecutive year and Marco Andretti finished third.Alex Lloyd was fourth and Scott Dixon came in fifth.
Canadian Alex Tagliani finished 10th. in his FAZZT Race Team machine.
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2010 INDIANAPOLIS 500 RESULTS - MAY 30, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi 200 Running 2 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 200 Running 3 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 200 Running 4 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 200 Running 5 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi 200 Running 6 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 200 Running 7 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 200 Running 8 Will Power 12 Team Penske 200 Running 9 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 200 Running 10 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 200 Running 11 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 200 Running 12 Graham Rahal 30 Rahal Letterman Racing 200 Running 13 Mario Romancini 34 Conquest Racing 200 Running 14 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 200 Running 15 Tomas Scheckter 23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 199 Running 16 Townsend Bell 99 Sam Schmidt/Ganassi 199 Running 17 Ed Carpenter 20 Panther Racing 199 Running 18 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 198 Contact 19 Mike Conway 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 198 Contact 20 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 198 Running 21 Ana Beatriz 25 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 196 Running 22 Bertrand Baguette 36 Conquest Racing 183 Running 23 Sebastian Saavedra 29 Bryan Herta Autosport 159 Contact 24 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 147 Contact 25 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 139 Handling 26 Sarah Fisher 67 Sarah Fisher Racing 125 Handling 27 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 105 Contact 28 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas Racing 76 Handling 29 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Dragon Racing 72 Contact 30 John Andretti 43 Richard Petty/Andretti 62 Contact 31 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 17 Contact 32 Bruno Junqueira 33 FAZZT Race Team 7 Contact 33 Davey Hamilton 21 de Ferran Dragon Racing 0 Contact |
ROAD RUNNER TURBO INDY 300
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS (Round 5/ May 1, 2010)
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SCOTT DIXON REPEATS IN KANSAS
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Scott Dixon won the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 for the second consecutive year, giving Team Target its fourth victory in a row on the 1.5 mile oval (Dan Wheldon won in 2007 and '08).Dixon held off teammate Dario Franchitti over the final six laps after a restart in the first oval race of the season. Andretti Autosport's Tony Kanaan improved 11 positions to finish third and Helio Castroneves was fourth.
Ryan Hunter-Reay, driving the No. 37 IZOD car for Andretti Autosport, moved up 17 spots from his starting position to finish fifth. Pole sitter Ryan Briscoe in the No. 6 Team Penske car finished sixth and Alex Tagliani was seventh in the No. 77 FAZZT Race Team entry.
Canadian Alex Tagliani finished 8th in his FAZZT Race Team machine.
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KANSAS CITY RESULTS - MAY 1, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi 200 Running 2 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi 200 Running 3 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 200 Running 4 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 200 Running 5 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 200 Running 6 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 200 Running 7 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 199 Running 8 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 199 Running 9 John Andretti 43 Richard Petty/Andretti 199 Running 10 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 199 Running 11 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 198 Running 12 Will Power 12 Team Penske 198 Running 13 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 198 Running 14 Mike Conway 24 Dreyer & Reinbold 198 Running 15 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 198 Running 16 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Motorsports 198 Running 17 Sarah Fisher 67 Sarah Fisher Racing 198 Running 18 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold 197 Running 19 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 197 Running 20 Bertrand Baguette 36 Conquest Racing 197 Running 21 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 197 Running 22 Mario Romancini 34 Conquest Racing 196 Running 23 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas Racing 186 Contact 24 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 186 Contact 25 Jay Howard 66 Sarah Fisher Racing 172 Contact 26 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 84 Mechanical 27 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 71 Contact |
TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH
LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA(Round 4/ April 18, 2010)
RYAN HUNTER-REAY WINS AT LONG BEACH
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Ryan Hunter-Reay, the newest member of the Andretti Autosport quartet, received a bear hug from the CEO in Victory Circle. That meant a lot coming from a racing champion and newest enshirnee of the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame - Michael Andretti."It was the most fun I had in a race car because it was handling so well," said Hunter-Reay, who is the first American-born driver to win at Long Beach since Andretti in 2002. "My mom is out there today. She passed along recently and this race is for her. Over the last couple of laps I said 'This is for you, Mom'."
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LONG BEACH RESULTS - APRIL 18, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 2 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 85 Running 3 Will Power 12 Team Penske 85 Running 4 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi 85 Running 5 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 6 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 85 Running 7 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 85 Running 8 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 85 Running 9 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 85 Running 10 Mike Conway 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 85 Running 11 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 85 Running 12 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi 85 Running 13 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas/Lanigan 85 Running 14 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 15 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 85 Running 16 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 85 Running 17 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 85 Running 18 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 84 Running 19 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 84 Running 20 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Motorsports 84 Running 21 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 65 Mechanical 22 Graham Rahal 67 Sarah Fisher Racing 58 Contact 23 Mario Romancini 34 Conquest Racing 58 Contact 24 Bertrand Baguette 36 Conquest Racing 45 Mechanical 25 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 10 Handling |
BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK
THE INDY GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA(Round 3/ April 11, 2010)
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HELIO CASTRONEVES WINS IN BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Team Venom Energy race strategist Kyle Moyer was "looking for a yellow" to aid race leader Marco Andretti. It came, but too late to help the Andretti Autosport driver from seeing the dual checkers for the second time in his IZOD IndyCar Series career.Instead, the No. 26 car had to pit for a 3.3 second splash fuel on Lap 82 of 90, giving the lead to Team Penske's Helio Castroneves.
That's all it took in a race full of fuel strategy and excitement - with all 25 cars running at the finish for the first time in IZOD IndyCar Series history, only two brief full course cautions breaking up the lap dashes and a crowd double that of any event previously held at Barber Motorsports Park (53,555; three day total of 84,126) cheering on every lap.
Canadian Alex Tagliani finished 10th in his FAZZT Race Team machine.
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BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK RESULTS - APRIL 11, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS 1 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 90 Running 2 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi 90 Running 3 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi 90 Running 4 Will Power 12 Team Penske 90 Running 5 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 90 Running 6 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 90 Running 7 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 90 Running 8 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 90 Running 9 Mike Conway 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 90 Running 10 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 90 Running 11 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 90 Running 12 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 90 Running 13 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 90 Running 14 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Motorsports 89 Running 15 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas/Lanigan 89 Running 16 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 89 Running 17 Graham Rahal 67 Sarah Fisher Racing 89 Running 18 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 89 Running 19 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 89 Running 20 Bertrand Baguette 36 Conquest Racing 89 Running 21 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 89 Running 22 Mario Romancini 34 Conquest Racing 89 Running 23 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 89 Running 24 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 86 Running 25 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 68 Running |
HONDA GRAND PRIX OF ST. PETERSBURG
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA(Round 2/ March 28, 2010)
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STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG
Scheduled for March 26 to 28 in the streets of downtown St. Petersburg, the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg features three days of world class motorsports, highlighted by the IZOD IndyCar Series. Now in its sixth season, the annual event is run on a 1.8 mile, 14 turn waterfront circuit that includes a combination of adjacent downtown streets circling Pioneer Park, the Mahaffey Theatre and extending onto runways at Albert Whitted Airport that overlook the Bay and picturesque St. Petersburg Harbor and Marina.For the first time since the event debuted in 2005, the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will feature five classes of motorsports racing through the streets of downtown St. Petersburg. The main event will once again be the running of the IZOD IndyCar Series and the Firestone Indy Lights. This year, event organizers have added the return of the World Challenge Championship, including both GT and Touring classes, and the open wheel racing of the Star Mazda Championship Series and the U.S. F2000 National Championship series.
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WILL POWER WINS, ALEX TAGLIANI COMES IN 6TH
After an 18 hour rain postponement, Will Power claimed his second win of the season.Canadian driver Alex Tagliani, racing for FAZZT Race Team came in 6th.
HONDA GRAND PRIX OF ST. PETERSBURG RESULTS - MARCH 29, 2010
POS NO NAME LAPS LAG 1 12 Will Power 100 2 22 Justin Wilson 100 0.8244 3 6 Ryan Briscoe 100 4.7290 4 3 Helio Castroneves 100 5.1699 5 10 Dario Franchitti 100 22.2172 6 77 Alex Tagliani 100 29.3224 7 7 Danica Patrick 100 30.3360 8 2 Raphael Matos 100 30.6695 9 67 Graham Rahal 100 30.8426 10 11 Tony Kanaan 100 31.3508 11 37 Ryan Hunter-Reay 100 31.6286 12 26 Marco Andretti 100 32.1703 13 34 Mario Romancini 100 39.8086 14 06 Hideki Mutoh 100 39.9949 15 14 Vitor Meira 100 56.0593 16 78 Simona de Silvestro 99 1 lap 17 8 EJ Viso 97 3 laps 18 9 Scott Dixon 73 27 laps Contact 19 24 Mike Conway 64 36 laps Contact 20 4 Dan Wheldon 46 54 laps Contact 21 32 Mario Moraes 45 55 laps Contact 22 5 Takuma Sato 24 76 laps Contact 23 19 Alex Lloyd 14 86 laps Contact 24 18 Milka Duno 7 93 laps Handling |
SAO PAULO INDY 300
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL(Round 1/ March 14, 2010)
SAO PAULO WILL HOST 1ST EVER BRAZIL RACE
"The arrival of the IZOD IndyCar Series confirms Sao Paulo's nature of staging great worldwide events. It is a gift to the citizens of Sao Paulo who will be able to watch up close great racecars and drivers. It is also a great opportunitty for business for the city that becomes the capital of motoracing in Latin America," said Mayor Gilberto Kassab.The event marks the first IZOD IndyCar Series street race in Brazil. Sao Paulo is already home to the Brazil Formula 1 Grand Prix staged at the Interlagos racetrack. Now the city concentrates two of the most important motorsports events worldwide.
WILL POWER WINS SAO PAULO
Will Power took the IndyCar Series season opening race in Sao Paulo, beating Ryan Hunter-Reay by 1.858 seconds.Vitor Meira came in third, Raphael Matos finished 4th, and Dan Wheldon followed 5th, in the rain shortened Sao Paulo 300 street race.
SAO PAULO INDY 300 RESULTS - MARCH 14, 2010
POS NAME CAR TEAM LAPS STATUS PTS 1 Will Power 12 Team Penske 61 Running 50 2 Ryan Hunter-Reay 37 Andretti Autosport 61 Running 40 3 Vitor Meira 14 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 61 Running 35 4 Raphael Matos 2 de Ferran Luczo Dragon 61 Running 32 5 Dan Wheldon 4 Panther Racing 61 Running 30 6 Scott Dixon 9 Target Chip Ganassi 61 Running 28 7 Dario Franchitti 10 Target Chip Ganassi 61 Running 29 8 Mike Conway 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 61 Running 24 9 Helio Castroneves 3 Team Penske 61 Running 22 10 Tony Kanaan 11 Andretti Autosport 61 Running 20 11 Justin Wilson 22 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 61 Running 19 12 E.J. Viso 8 KV Racing Technology 61 Running 18 13 Ana Beatriz 23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 61 Running 17 14 Ryan Briscoe 6 Team Penske 61 Running 16 15 Danica Patrick 7 Andretti Autosport 60 Running 15 16 Simona De Silvestro 78 Team Stargate Worlds/HVM 58 Running 14 17 Mario Romancini 34 Conquest Racing 46 Contact 13 18 Alex Lloyd 19 Dale Coyne Racing 30 Contact 12 19 Alex Tagliani 77 FAZZT Race Team 28 Contact 12 20 Hideki Mutoh 06 Newman/Haas/Lanigan 27 Contact 12 21 Milka Duno 18 Dale Coyne Racing 20 Contact 12 22 Takuma Sato 5 KV Racing Technology 0 Contact 12 23 Marco Andretti 26 Andretti Autosport 0 Contact 12 24 Mario Moraes 32 KV Racing Technology 0 Contact 12 |
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Dearest fellow IndyCar fans (as well as anyone who arrived here via Blogger’s “Next blog>>” feature),
Like many IndyCar fans the first time I ever heard Bertrand Baguette’s name was when it was preceded by the phrase “
"We need to blow up IRL...It needs to be (known as) IndyCar. To the purist, (IRL) is a negative acronym. We need to get away from using it... (we need) some sort of press statement to show that (IRL) is dead. We need to let people understand we're trying to change." - 
The Kansas City Star has what would normally be considered a “puff piece” on Dan Wheldon, who won the IndyCar series event at Kansas Speedway in ‘07 and ’08. And while “puff pieces” are normally designed for people who don’t follow racing, this one might be telling something to those of us who actually know a bit about Dan’s career.
By now you've probably heard that yesterday the IZOD IndyCar Series has decided to:
