IndyCar news tidbits

IZOD IndyCar Series driver Townsend Bell will team with X Games gold medalist and two-time Formula Drift champion Tanner Foust for the Sodikart USA/Gphactory Karting Team (owned by former Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Phil Giebler) in the Red Bull Kart Fight at PRI, Powered by Rotax on Dec. 1. The karting race will be on a purpose-built track adjacent to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., in conjunction with the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show…Tony Kanaan, the fifth-place finisher in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series championship, is getting in some virtual laps with the Dallara Automobili simulator in Italy this week.