Tag: Danica Patrick

• Martin makes his mark at Daytona

  February 8th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
  

  NASCAR’s season kicked off on Saturday with qualifying for this Sunday’s Daytona 500, followed by the Budweiser Shootout 75-lap non-points-scoring sprint race under the lights. Qualifying was swept by Hendrick Motorsports as veteran Mark Martin took pole and team-mate Dale Earnhardt Jr qualified on the outside front row. Thursday’s pair… Read more

  Sections: Grand-Am, IRL, NASCAR, Other reports

  Tags: Alan Gustafson, Bobby Gerhart, Chevrolet, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Daytona, Hendrick Motorsports, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Mark Martin, Nelson Piquet Jr., Richard Childress, Richard Petty, Rick Hendrick

• Andretti: why I didn’t like Indy

  January 11th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 5 Comments
  

  I had a long conversation recently with Michael Andretti for the book I’m writing about Newman/Haas Racing. Andretti drove for Newman/Haas for 10 seasons between 1989-2000, scoring 35 of his 42 Indycar wins with the team. He won the 1991 CART title with Newman/Haas when Indycar racing was at its… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, NASCAR, Personalities

  Tags: Brian Lisles, Danica Patrick, Marco Andretti, Michael Andretti, Newman/Haas, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Tony Kanaan

• Gordon Kirby’s Indy 500 preview

  May 19th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 4 Comments
  

  After the usual two weekends of qualifying the 93rd Indianapolis 500 takes place on Sunday. This year’s race looks like being another Penske versus Ganassi battle, but with everyone aboard roughly similar Dallara-Hondas there’s sure to be a long line of cars in the hunt. And, of course, almost anything… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Events, IRL

  Tags: Alex Lloyd, Bobby Rahal, Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Dario Franchitti, Ganassi, Graham Rahal, Helio Castoneves, Helio Castroneves, Hideki Mutoh, Jimmy Vasser, Justin Wilson, Kevin Kalkhoven, Marco Andretti, Mario Moraes, Mike Hull, Oriol Servia, Penske, Raphael Matos, Robert Doornbos, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Tim Cindric, Tony Kanaan, Will Power

• Castroneves puts Penske on pole at Indy

  May 11th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
  

  Hélio Castroneves and team-mate Ryan Briscoe traded the top spot back and forth during the six hours of Pole Day qualifying at Indianapolis last Saturday. On a windy afternoon nobody could challenge the Penske pair, with Castroneves eventually edging his team-mate by half a second over the four qualifying laps.… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, IRL

  Tags: Chip Ganassi, Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Dario Franchitti, Graham Rahal, Helio Castroneves, Jay Penske, Justin Wilson, Marco Andretti, Paul Tracy, Penske, Raphael Matos, Robert Doornbos, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Vítor Meira, Will Power

• USF1: team owners unveil plans

  February 26th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
  

  The new USF1 team owned by Peter Windsor and Ken Anderson was formally announced on Tuesday afternoon on Speedtv in America. USF1 will design, build and race its cars from a facility in Charlotte, North Carolina by 2010 and will be the first American team to compete in the World… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Formula 1

  Tags: Alex Rossi, Conor Daly, Danica Patrick, Gabby Chaves, Graham Rahal, Jonathan Summerton, Josef Newgarden, Ken Anderson, Kyle Busch, Marco Andretti, Peter Windsor, Scott Speed

• Sage words from Rick Mears

  May 23rd, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
  

  The 92nd running of the Indy 500 takes place on Sunday with Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon favoured to score Chip Ganassi’s first win at the ‘Brickyard’ since Juan Montoya turned the trick in 2000. Dixon and Wheldon will start from the pole and the middle of the front row… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, IRL, Personalities

  Tags: Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Gordon Kirby, Helio Castroneves, Penske, Rick Mears, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan

• For the stragglers, Indy qualifying continues

  May 16th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
  

  This weekend should be quite a thrash at Indianapolis as everyone who failed last weekend to make the field for this year’s 92nd Indy 500 tries to take one of the remaining twenty-two places in the starting line-up. Chip Ganassi’s drivers and team put on a great show last Saturday… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, IRL, Other reports

  Tags: Alex Zanardi, Andretti-Green Racing, Chip Ganassi, Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Helio Castroneves, Jimmy Vasser, Marco Andretti, Mike Hull, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, Tomas Scheckter, Tony Kanaan

• Indy qualifying starts amid sadness

  May 9th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
  

  The opening weekend of qualifying for this year’s 92nd Indianapolis 500 takes place this weekend. Favourites for the pole must be Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon who have been the men to beat on oval tracks so far this year in Chip Ganassi’s pair of Dallara-Hondas. Other pole contenders include… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, IRL, Other reports, Personalities

  Tags: Andretti-Green Racing, Can-Am, Carl Haas, CART, Chip Ganassi, Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Dario Franchitti, Davey Evans, Engineer, Formula 5000, Haas, Helio Castroneves, HWM, Indianapolis 500, Indy 500, Jay Howard, Justin Wilson, Lola, Maranello, Maranello Concessionaires, Marco Andretti, Mario Andretti, Newman/Haas, Newman/Haas/Lannigan, Sam Hornish, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Track