Delta Wing’s CEO Dan Partel says the unique single-seater is by no means dead. In fact, Partel is confident he will be able to strike a deal in the next month to build and test a Delta Wing prototype with a plan to race the car in 2013. In recent… Read more
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The Delta Wing lives!
August 31st, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 5 Comments
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First American champions crowned
August 31st, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas became the first major American racing champions of the year when they scored their eighth win of the year in the Grand-Am race at le Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal last Saturday driving Chip Ganassi’s Riley-BMW. Pruett has now won a total of 30 Grand-Am… Read more
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The men who can save IndyCar
August 18th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 2 Comments
IndyCar boss Randy Bernard announced last weekend that he has hired Tony Cotman (below) to serve as project manager and develop the 2012 rules for the series’ new Dallara-Honda formula. I’ve known Cotman for almost 20 years and he’s a good man who’ll serve Bernard and IndyCar well.
Cotman is… Read more
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Ganassi reigns, and Dyson delivers
August 9th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 2 Comments
Chip Ganassi enjoyed a clean sweep last weekend as his three teams won races in NASCAR, IndyCar and Grand-Am. It began at Watkins Glen on Saturday when Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas won the Grand-Am event in Ganassi’s Riley-BMW. Then Juan Pablo Montoya drove a perfect race on Sunday at the Glen… Read more
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Castroneves ruling bad for IndyCar
August 3rd, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 15 Comments
On Monday the IndyCar Series fined Hélio Castroneves US$60,000 and put him on probation for the rest of the year after he ignored a black flag in the closing laps of the July 25 round at Edmonton, and heaped invective on a couple of IRL officials immediately after the race.… Read more
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Dallara to build new Indycar in US
July 15th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 10 Comments
The IndyCar Series has decided to continue with Dallara as its spec car manufacturer for 2012-15. Dallara has committed to build its Indycars at a new facility in Speedway, Indiana and the company will receive tax breaks from the city and state governments worth US$5 million. IndyCar hopes to bring… Read more
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Indycar rebuild starts now
June 4th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 8 Comments
Following Dario Franchitti’s superb Indy 500 win we were sobered by the dismal 3.8 million TV rating – a new low – and the fact that for all the talk of crowds returning there were large swaths of empty grandstands. These unhappy truths emphasised the point that Indycar’s new boss… Read more
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Andretti joins drive for Indycar change
May 12th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 25 Comments
Practice starts this weekend for this year’s 94th Indianapolis 500. Qualifying takes place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 22-23, with the race on May 30. But most of the talk in Indycar circles is about the future, as the IRL debates its new formula for 2012. In Tuesday’s… Read more
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Ganassi pair prevail pre-Indy
May 5th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti scored a one-two sweep for Chip Ganassi’s team at the Kansas Speedway on Saturday. Until last weekend Ganassi’s IRL team had struggled through an indifferent start to the season, but his drivers were supreme on the 1.5-mile Kansas oval in the last race before the… Read more
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Hunter-Reay flies the flag at home
April 22nd, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
Ryan Hunter-Reay scored a first-class win in Sunday’s Long Beach Grand Prix Indycar race. He chased hard after early leader Will Power and got ahead when the Australian’s gearbox jammed momentarily in first. Power recovered to finish third behind Hunter-Reay and Justin Wilson, and therefore retains his championship lead over… Read more
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