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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Castroneves ruling bad for IndyCar
August 3rd, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 15 Comments
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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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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
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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
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Tracy sets the pace at Indianapolis
May 7th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
The opening rounds of qualifying for this year’s 93rd Indianapolis 500 take place this weekend, with the first 11 starting positions determined on Saturday and the next 11 on Sunday. Practice for the 500 started on Tuesday for rookies and experienced drivers who haven’t competed in any IRL races so… Read more
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Justin Wilson is looking for work
January 15th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 2 Comments
Plenty of drivers are on the market this winter looking for work in a cash-strapped environment. One of the most notable is 30-year old Brit Justin Wilson who has proved his worth in America over the past five years. Wilson was a frontrunner in the dying years of Champ Car,… Read more
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Power replaces Castroneves at Penske
January 14th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 1 Comment
Aussie Will Power has been selected by Roger Penske to replace Helio Castroneves in Team Penske’s two-car IRL team pending the outcome of Castroneves legal battle with the Internal Revenue Service. Power, 27, from Toowoomba, Australia, joins countryman Ryan Briscoe in Penske’s team. Power won two races in the 2007… Read more
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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
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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
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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
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