Dana to be 21st IRL entry
UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Hemelgarn Racing, the 2000 IRL IndyCar® Series championship and 1996 Indianapolis 500-winning team, will participate in a teleconference on Thursday, Feb. 3 … Read More
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UPDATE This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. Hemelgarn Racing, the 2000 IRL IndyCar® Series championship and 1996 Indianapolis 500-winning team, will participate in a teleconference on Thursday, Feb. 3 … Read More
UPDATE This rumor is downgraded to 'false' today. The response from a Ganassi Racing spokesperson – "The answer is NO, the IndyCar team is NOT being relocated to Charlotte. Not … Read More
UPDATE #2 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. See Hot News report to follow….. 01/28/05 We are getting reports that John Anderson did indeed give his resignation at Champ … Read More
The word from our Mexican sources is that Quaker State of Mexico dropped Fernandez Racing and was sued by and countersuing AdriĂƒÂ¡n. Quaker State was Adrian's last real Mexican sponsor. … Read More
Champ Car last week hosted the annual Promoters meeting in Indy. The meetings were at Conseco Fieldhouse, Home of the Indiana Pacers, with the final nights activities including a Pacers … Read More
UPDATE There must be real problems under the facade of the IRL because now even Bruce Martin, one of the IRL's staunchest supporters, is writing negative things about the IRL … Read More
If you looked carefully at the photos we published recently of Paul Newman's car for the Rolex 24 you would have noticed that Centrix Financial was a sponsor. We have … Read More
Toyota test driver Ryan Briscoe has signed to drive in the IRL for at least two years with Ganassi Racing, and despite what he claims he was told by Ganassi … Read More
The Kentucky IRL race appears to have lost its sponsor. This year its called "The Bluegrass Indy 300," named after the Bluegrass state of Kentucky. The old race sponsor, Belterra … Read More
2005 is shaping up to be another weak year for the Infiniti Pro Series. Only six cars participated in Friday's Menards Infiniti Pro Series test in Homestead. IRL president Brian … Read More
Our connections in Japan tell us that the President of American Honda (Koichi Amemiya?) is very unhappy with the IRL. Apparently he was promised by some very prominent IRL and … Read More
UPDATE Overheard at Daytona during Rolex 24 testing – one high ranking Toyota official expressing his displeasure with the IRL, possibly setting the stage for their announcement to withdraw from … Read More
Last year AJ Foyt said his team would skip the IRL road course races when they were announced. Recently the team indicated they would run all the races. So far … Read More
Look for Robby Gordon to once again run the 600 at Lowe's and the Indianapolis 500 this year. He said that a sponsor deal is "on the table" and that … Read More
UPDATE #2 Tomas Enge was confirmed Monday as the second driver in Panther Racing's Indy Racing League program for the 2005 season. He joins returnee Tomas Scheckter. Enge, a 28-year-old … Read More
UPDATE #8 Former Formula One test driver Ryan Briscoe has signed to become Ganassi Racing's third driver in the Indy Racing League in 2005, joining Scott Dixon and Darren Manning. … Read More
The jump from Champ Car to the Indy Racing League means Patrick Carpentier won't race in Canada this year, but he hopes to be back soon. "I know (the IRL) … Read More
Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage delivered a verbal bumper tap Thursday to the Indy Racing League. Gossage's message: the IRL's future at the speedway could be in doubt because … Read More
Dario Franchitti will be back driving for Andretti Green Racing in the Indy Racing League this season. The Scotsman, coming off a season in which he won two races and … Read More
UPDATE Czech driver Tomas Enge appears set to land a seat with Panther Racing in their second Dallara Chevrolet. Enge is also expected to drive a Prodrive Ferrari in select … Read More
Word in Indy is that the IRL is considering approval of a small block fuel injected stock block engine for 2007 and beyond. Sad. If this is what has become … Read More
UPDATE MBNA will no longer provide the pole award for IRL races except the Indy 500 as yet another Indy Car sponsor says adios to an industry reeling as a … Read More
Rumor has it that the IRL may sign on with a satellite radio provider for 2005. While the league has not finalized a deal yet, it is almost assured that … Read More
IRL driver Dario Franchitti is closing in on a deal to contest next month’s Daytona 24 Hours with his brother, Marino. The Scottish pair are in the final stages of … Read More
Michael Andretti says the move up to Star Mazda makes 2005 a critical season for the racing ambitions of his 17-year-old son Marco, who has progressed nicely from go-karts through … Read More