By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) While Foyt is known for his open-wheel history, he has some remarkable NASCAR stories and experiences. His ability to transition between all types of racing cars may be one of the reasons his number is displayed on the side of Tony Stewart's Sprint Cup Series ride. Stewart was the 1997 IRL ch...

NASCAR star Tony Stewart said earlier this month that he has no doubts that Patrick will eventually make the jump to stock cars. They've talked frequently about what it would take for Patrick to go from open-wheel racing to the heavier cars.

By Noah Joseph It's the end of an era for open-wheel racing in America as Indy chief Tony George has stepped down from his post. The long-time president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, George was widely seen as the impetus for the 1996 split in Indy racing that created the Indy Racing League (IRL) and t...

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) We all remember the open-wheel set from the 2008 invasion. Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti is back in the IRL. Formula One veteran Jacque Villeneuve never really got his effort off the ground. Sam Hornish continues to soldier on and Scott Speed has already missed one race this season. He is 38...

 - Biggest Flop -- The open-wheel invasion in NASCAR. Dario Franchitti lasted half a season before he was out from a lack of sponsorship. ... NASCAR Year in Review: The good, bad and the financially ugly CBSSports.com all 2 news articles

ED GRANEY: Speed quickly gets feel for NASCAR Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Speed envisions his shift from open-wheel racing to stock cars with success similar to Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt than the failures of Dario Franchitti and ...

By Jensen MediaNet Long Time Chip Ganassi Racing Sponsor Target Continues Partnership with Multi-year Deal Target Chip Ganassi Racing announced they will be adding former IndyCar Series and Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti as a teammate of the 2008 Indy 500 winner and current points leader Scott Dixon, as the driver of the No. 10 Target Honda. In addition, Chip Ganassi Racing and Target announced the details of their joint plans to take their partnership into its 20th season and beyond. Franchitti Returns to the IndyCar Series: The former Indy 500 and IndyCar Series champion will return to open-wheel racing but this time behind the wheel of the No. 10 Target Dallara Honda. The native of Scotland and resident of Williamson County has over 180 starts under h...   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) Responding to a caller who was talking about the wasted open-wheel talent currently struggling in NASCAR, Miller fired a closing salvo. "I think somebody should hire AJ Allmendinger and put him in an open-wheel car because that's where that kid belongs and he wins races," said Miller. An i...

By Linda Przygodski Would you ever consider going back to one of NASCAR's divisions, or is your heart in the IRL? My career started in open-wheel racing so of course it means the most to me personally. But you never close doors to opportunity. For now our focus is IndyCar racing.

By noreply@blogger.com (Daly Planet Editor) We have been getting a lot of email asking for a one-time TV discussion of the Indy 500. Since there is no TV-related website that deals with open-wheel racing, readers would like a place to preview and then talk about the race telecast on ABC.

By Art Weinstein Here’s a surprise: the much-heralded former open-wheel stars, such as Juan Pablo Montoya (2.34 million hits) and Jacques Villenueve (2.23 million), who came from the most popular motorsports series in the world, Formula One, had roughly the same number of hits as Jeremy Mayfield (1.93 mi...

By Mike Juan Pablo Montoya entered NASCAR in 2007 with an accomplished racing resume, but only one Cup start and a handful of other scattered stock car races. It was considered a great experiment by Chip Ganassi. Could an open wheel driver succeed in the less precise, more grueling world of stock ca...

By Mike Patrick Carpentier-Carpentier is not as well-known or accomplished as his fellow open-wheel mates, but Carpentier has already made a quick adjustment to stock cars. He won the pole for the Busch race at Montreal and finished 2nd in his debut. Obviously a road course is the easiest transit...

Good drivers without rides due to open-wheel infusion  - COM Restrictor plates, the Chase, the COT ... a host of changes have altered NASCAR since the time stock-car racing was a fixture on 19-inch big screens. ... Rookie Ragan led Cup Series in crashes and spins USA Today all 2 news articles

By starweb Neal Jones, editor-in-chief of Performance Racing News magazine, talks with Norris McDonald about the state of Formula One, the Champ Car World Series and why open-wheel drivers are flocking to NASCAR (hint: it's all about the money). Listen now

By Mike While the number of open-wheel drivers moving to stock cars has increased, other drivers have come to NASCAR for decades. Two of the greatest drivers ever, Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt both won Daytona 500’s. Tony Stewart won an IRL championship before switching to NASCAR. Stock car racing ha...

When reigning Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar Series Champion Dario Franchitti attempts to qualify for Saturday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Martinsville Speedway (Saturday, 3 p.m. ET LIVE on SPEED™; pre-race show NCTS Setup 2:30 ET), he joins a pack of open-wheel standouts a...

By starweb Long-time Mosport announcer Jim Martyn talks with Norris McDonald about Corvette's future in the American Le Mans Series and what's with all the open wheel drivers flocking to NASCAR? Hear more podcasts Long-time Mosport announcer Jim Martyn talks with Norris McDonald about Corvett...

No, it’s not exactly going to be like the days of Richard, Cale and Dale next year in stock-car racing. This isn’t Uncle Cletus’ NASCAR anymore. A.J. Allmendinger was the only American doing anything in the Champ Car World Series, and he came over, too.