Franchitti holds off Wheldon in Chicago

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Dario Franchitti's Ganassi team gambled on the last stop by not taking on new tires and they got their man out first on the final pitstop.  From there Franchitti kept his Dallara IndyCar out front the rest of the way, though it was not easy as Dan Wheldon finished side-by-side with Franchitti, 1/2-car length back.  Andretti Autosport teammates Marco Andretti was third, Ryan Hunter-Reay 4th and Tony Kanaan rounded out the top-5.

Briscoe wins pole in Chicago

  IndyCar
Ryan Briscoe claimed his third consecutive Chicagoland Speedway pole position on Friday, leading Team Penske to an impressive result in qualifying for Saturday’s Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300. Winners of the last two races at Chicagoland, Team Penske earned three of the top-four starting spots for tomorrow’s race.  Briscoe recorded a two-lap lap qualifying run of 50.5857 seconds – an average of 216.346 mph – around the 1.5-mile oval.

Scenes from Infineon - Sunday 2

  by Bob Heathcote
The IndyCars raced before a record crowd at Infineon Raceway Sunday where Will Power scored his 5th win of the year.  Our Bob Heathcote captured more action in these nearly 200 photos on Sunday.

Scenes from Infineon - Sunday 1

  by Gail A. Miller
The IndyCars raced before a record crowd at Infineon Raceway Sunday where Will Power scored his 5th win of the year.  Our Gail Miller and Bob Heathcote were there to capture all the action.  Gail's photographs appear here.  Bob Heathcote's will follow.

Power holds off Dixon, wins Infineon IndyCar race

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Last year Will Power was laying in the hospital with a broken back after an accident in practice for this race, but one year later he is sitting on top of the world.  The Penske Team stuck with him when he was down and today Power won his 5th IZOD IndyCar race of the year at Infineon Raceway and increased his point lead over third place finisher Dario Franchitti to 59 points.  Franchitti's Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon finished 2nd and pushed Power hard at the end only to come up short by 0.74 seconds.

Scenes from Infineon Indy Lights - Sunday

  by Bob Heathcote
The Indy Lights race at Infineon Raceway Sunday saw J. K. Vernay win his 5th race of the year and move closer to winning the Indy Lights title.  Our Bob Heathcote was there to capture all the action in these photographs.

Randy Bernard updates us on IndyCar progress

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Randy Bernard answered a number of questions regarding the status of the IZOD IndyCar Series on Saturday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California where the series is gathered for the final road course race of the season. Bernard leaves for Europe next year where he will begin perhaps his most important task yet - convincing another car manufacturer to become a partner in the IndyCar Series.  If he is successful it will be the defining moment in his career.

Will Power wins IndyCar pole at Infineon

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Will Power broke the IndyCar record by winning his 8th IndyCar pole position of 2010 on Saturday with a time of 1m16.5282s using scuffed soft compound Firestone Tires.  Power's Penske teammate Helio Castroneves was fastest most of the session but like the rest of the year, Power showed why he is the fastest driver in the Penske stable by pulling a fast lap out of the hat when it counted.  Ganassi's Dario Franchitti will start third.  Alex Tagliani, Ryan Briscoe and Scott Dixon rounded out the top-6.

Scenes from Infineon - Saturday

  by Gail A. Miller
The IndyCars and Historic F1 cars were back on track Saturday morning at Infineon Raceway, IRL boss Randy Bernard spoke with the media and the IndyCar drivers signed autographs for fans.  Our Gail Miller was there to capture all the action in these photographs.

IndyCar scenes from Infineon - Friday

  by Bob Heathcote
Defending Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma winner Dario Franchitti led the opening one-hour practice session as IZOD IndyCar Series teams began preparations for the 2010 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway on Friday.  Our Bob Heathcote captured all the action in these 80 photographs.

Franchitti tops Power in opening IndyCar practice

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Ganassi Racing's Dario Franchitti, defending champion for the race here, turned the fastest lap in Friday's 1-hour practice session for the IndyCars at Infineon Raceway.  His lap of 1m18.2969s just beat Penske Racing's Will Power and FAZZT's Alex Tagliani. The top 16 drivers were separated by just 1-second.

Scenes from IndyCar at Mid-Ohio - Sunday

  by Mark Scheuern
Dario Franchitti held off Will Power to win the Honda Indy 200 on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn circuit Mid-Ohio Sports Car course.  Our Mark Scheuern was there Sunday to capture all the action in these photos.