IndyCar news tidbits

VERSUS will broadcast an IZOD IndyCar Series midseason show at 6 p.m. (ET) Aug. 14. … The Sept. 4th IZOD IndyCar Series race at Kentucky Speedway will be the 200th sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. The first was Jan. 27, 1996, at Walt Disney World Speedway, and the 100th was Aug. 29, 2004, at Nazareth Speedway.