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Video: IRL, Champ Car to merge
Original at MSN video
• Tue, Feb 26
Watch and listen live on FOXSports.com as Danica Patrick, Helio Castroneves, Paul Tracy and others come together as IRL and Champ Car merge to form one open wheel racing series.
Sorry, Danica Patrick. Juan Pablo Montoya would rather rub fenders ...
Original at Orlando Sentinel
• Wed, Apr 22
NASCAR Nuts & Bolts, FL He has won the Indianapolis 500. And, yes, the temperamental cuss has even won a race the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. But Montoya's success in stock cars hasn't measured up with the success he previously enjoyed in open wheel. Does that mean he hankers a ...
NASCAR Scene: Martin prevails; Trucks head to Kansas
Original at SW Iowa
• Mon, Apr 20
IA After a failed move to NASCAR in 2008, Dario Franchitti returned to open-wheel racing and won last Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Other favorites at Kansas include Danica Patrick, a former pole winner at the track, and Helio Castroneves, ...
Indy opening sequence is Sports Emmy nominee
Original at USA Today
• Wed, Apr 15
The segment was titled "The Perfect Storm" and focused on the unification of open-wheel racing and on drivers Helio Castroneves, Danica Patrick, Marco Andretti and Graham Rahal. It's among five nominees in the Outstanding Open/Tease category. ...
2008 Indianapolis 500 Opening Nominated For Sports Emmy Award
Original at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• Tue, Apr 14
The opening sequence for ESPN on ABC's telecast of the 2008 Indianapolis 500 was nominated for a Sports Emmy® Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The opening, titled "The Perfect Storm," focused on the unification of open-wheel racing and four of the IndyCar...
Danica Patrick to NASCAR? I'd cross Penske and EGR off her list
Original at Orlando Sentinel
• Tue, Apr 14
Danica Patrick's contract with Andretti Green Racing is up at the end of the IndyCar season, which means we'll surely hear the Danica Patrick to NASCAR rumors. Danica doesn't talk like a driver who really wants to leave open-wheel racing, ... Danica Patrick Act Wearing Thin Auto Racing Daily
This week's racing schedule
Original at typepad/startelegramsports/motorsports (Feedburner)
• Sun, Apr 12
By Keeli Garza Fast facts: Dario Franchitti is returning to open-wheel racing after joining NASCAR following the 2007 season, when he won the Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar Series championship. His stock car tenure ended abruptly last July when team owner Chip Ganassi closed his team for lack of sponso...
This week's racing schedule
Original at startelegramsports.typepad.com
• Sun, Apr 12
By Keeli Garza Fast facts: Dario Franchitti is returning to open-wheel racing after joining NASCAR following the 2007 season, when he won the Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar Series championship. His stock car tenure ended abruptly last July when team owner Chip Ganassi closed his team for lack of sponso...
Live Chat With Danica Patrick
Original at FanHouse
• Wed, Apr 1
Sunday's season-opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg will mark Patrick's third year with the championship Andretti Green Racing team and the start of her fifth year in America's premier open-wheel series. Join us Thursday at 2:45 PM ET as ...
Rahal, Patrick bring intrigue, sizzle to new IRL season
Original at SI.com
• Wed, Apr 1
But Graham Rahal strode from the shadow of three-time CART champion, and 1986 Indianapolis 500-winner Bobby Rahal last April when he became the youngest person to win a major North American open wheel race at 19 years, 93 days. ... Live Chat With Danica Patrick FanHouse
Coming up at NJMP: Mazda
Original at Vineland Daily Journal
• Tue, Mar 31
NJ Former drivers in the series include the likes of Dan Wheldon, Al Unser Jr., Michael Andretti and Danica Patrick. The Star Mazda series sits one rung below on the open-wheel development ladder, but features the same high-quality racing. ...
League Notes - SportsBusiness Daily
Original at sportsbusinessdaily.com
• Tue, Mar 24
Castroneves "faces prison time" if convicted of tax-evasion charges, and having Castroneves absent from the circuit "would be a major blow to open-wheel racing" in the US While Danica Patrick "may rival Castroneves for publicity off the track, ...
IndyCar Series would suffer minus Helio
Original at Detroit Free Press
• Tue, Mar 24
No Castroneves would be a major blow to open-wheel racing in the United States. While Danica Patrick may rival Castroneves for publicity off the track, she can't match him as a racer. The Brazilian is the consummate driver on ovals, street circuits and ... ” -- Helio Castroneves ESPN
Danica Patrick One of AskMen’s Top 99 Women
Original at Auto Racing Daily
• Thu, Mar 12
Born in Beloit, Wisc., she raced open-wheel cars in England before making her 2005 IndyCar debut. Patrick was the fourth woman to race in the Indianapolis 500 and first to win an IndyCar race, taking the Indy Japan 300 title in 2008. ... Danica Patrick pits in South Bend WSBT-TV
The Ten Biggest Automotive Stories Of 2008 [Jalopnik 2008 Year In Review]
Original at Jalopnik
• Mon, Dec 22
By Matt Hardigree Danica Patrick wasn't the first woman to compete in open-wheel racing but, as the first woman to win an IndyCar race, she's the most famous. After finishing second at the Detroit Grand Prix, Patrick outmatched Helio Castroneves and picked up the first win by a female driver at the Indy Japa...
IndyCar offseason saw momentum-building changes
Original at ThatsRacin.com
• Thu, Mar 6
Tony Cotman joins Indy Racing League: Tony Cotman, well-respected throughout open-wheel racing, joined the Indy Racing League as vice president of competition. He will assist in race control for the IndyCar Series and act as Race Director for the Indy Pro Series.
NASCAR 2007: Good guy finishes first
Original at ThatsRacin.com
• Tue, Nov 20
• The end, for the moment anyway, of open-wheel racing at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn with the Indy Racing League and the speedway unable to agree on a date in 2008. We hope an agreement can be reached for its return. • Another "almost" season from Danica Patrick (Andretti...
Franchitti wins race and IndyCar championship when rival Dixon runs out of fuel on final lap
Original at ThatsRacin.com
• Sun, Sep 9
JOLIET, Ill. – Dario Franchitti squeezed out half a lap more than Scott Dixon on their final fuel load Sunday and that’s all it took for the Scot to win his first IndyCar Series title in what might be his farewell to open-wheel racing. Dixon could hardly believe his fate.