Power & Conway To Run At IMS Saturday

Dreyer & Reindbold Racing Rookie Mike Conway will run some of his first laps at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on foot. Conway will join Penske driver Will Power in the quest to run the largest half-marathon the 5th largest running event in all of the United States.Conway and Power are joined by 34,998 of their closest friends in an attempt to complete the 33rd...

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Josh Duhamel To Pace 500 Field

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced today that actor and husband of Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie, Josh Duhamel will pace the 93rd Indy 500. The star of Transformers and NBC's Las Vegas will be piloting the 2010 Camaro for the opening warm-up laps of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.Duhamel also drives a 2010 Camaro in the film Tranformers: Revenge of the fallen, as...

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Paul Page Back In The Booth At Indy

According to Paul Page's website, he'll be back in the Radio Booth for the Greatest Spectacle. The Idea was originally brought to Paul by IMS Radio Network guru Mike King, when he jumped at it.It'll be great to hear the trio of Mike King, Bob Jenkins and Paul Page all working togeth...

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Oldest 500 Driver Dies

Danny Kladis who started in his first and last indianapoli 500 in 1946, died Sunday at the age of 92.Although he started just one race, it was not due to a lack of trying. Kladis attempted, but faild to qualify in 6 races in various years from 1949-57'. He did however run in 1954 relieving Spider We...

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Dicky V. Named Parade Grand Marshal

Basketball Hall of Famer and T.V. anylist Dick Vitale was announced today as the Indianapolis 500 Parade Grand Marshal. “I am absolutely flattered and really thrilled to be honored in this way. The Indy 500 is one of the greatest sporting weekends and to be Grand Marshal will be an incredible treat. My entire family is really looking forward to it.” -Dick VitaleOther notable Parade Grand Marshal's1974 Mickey Mouse1975 Peter De Paolo1976 Tony Hulman & Bob Hope1979 President Gerald Ford1984 David Hasselhoff1985 Mickey Mouse1992 Mickey & Minnie...

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1996 Indianapolis 500 Pole Day Video

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You Can Become An Indycar Owner, For Just $200

What can you get for $200?100 Gallons of Citgo fuel80 cans of Venum energy drink36 packs of Marlboro cigarettes 200 Chicken McNuggets133 7-11 Slurpees's1.2 William Rast Shirts100 Energizer AA batteries from TargetORYou can purchase an ownership share of HVM Racing.So, What do you get? According to the iTeam Sport website:The 21st century sports fan experience is here now as...

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Indy 500 Entry List Updated

Confirmed (31)AGR Kanaan AGR Patrick AGR Andretti AGR Mutoh Penske BriscoePenske CastronevesPenske Power TCG Dixon TCG Franchitti TCG/Schmidt LloydFoyt Meira Foyt Foyt IV Panther Wheldon Panther Sharp Vision Carpenter Vision Hunter-Reay NHL Rahal NHL Doornbos KV MoraesKV Tracy D&R ConwayD&R DunoD&R Hamilton D&R/Petty Andretti HVM VisoHVM Philippe Fisher Fisher Coyne Wilson Conquest Tagliani 3G Barrett LD MatosProbable (4)Roth RothKV BellRL Rice/ServiaHemelgarn LazierPossible (7)Fisher ???RL Rice/ServiaHerta/Vision...

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Philippe Confirmed For 500 Ride

HVM Racing confirmed today that Nelson Philippe will pilot a Dallara with sponsorship that will be announced in the coming days.Nelson Philippe, brother of Firestone Indy Lights driver Richard Philippe, was rumored to be buying out Roth's equipment but talks broke off over the summer. He joins E.J. Viso who will be driving the unlucky green pain scheme with the even more unlucky #13 in the Greatest Spectacle.“We are excited to have Nelson driving again for HVM Racing. He won for us in 2006, which was quite an accomplishment for such a young driver...

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Milka Confirmed With D&R

As reported here on 16th And Georgetown 2 1/2 weeks ago, Milka Duno will be piloting the #23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara in select races this season starting this weekend in Kansas. Duno who holds 4 masters degrees tested with Newman/Haas/Lanigan over the winter, but the deal fell through after it was reported her money went dry. Robin Miller than reported a few weeks later that team co-owner Carl Haas just decided that they didn't want to run her. It became officially offical when Indycar.com picked up the story."We are very excited...

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VERSUS Opens It Up To The Fans

A couple weeks ago I published the Month of May VERSUS television schedule with which they will air nearly 40 hours of coverage.Notice the Thursday, May 21st plans (in which I artfully highlighted), titled Top 10 Indianapolis 500 moments. Well, VERSUS is opening it up to the fans. You can vote on what you think are the top moments in the history of the greatest spectacle,...

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Marco's Venom Car Unveiled

I was a little disappointed with it. They could of really made the thing look sweet, But it's still not b...

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AGR Announces Marco's Indy Sponsor

Every since NYSE left AGR as a full season primary sponsors after the 07' season, Marco has had countless companies on his sidepodes. Last year the then new Indiana Jones movis found it's self as the primary for the 2006 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, and this year another energy drink enters the Indycar series. Venom Energy drink will be on the livery for Marco this weekend...

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Points Standings Breakdown

Dario Franchitti 84-No surprise hereWill Power 69-A solid job the first 2 weeks under a ton of pressure, needs to be in a car next weekendRyan Briscoe 67-Good driver in a great car, definitely a tittle contenderTony Kanaan 65-Consistent, Consistent, ConsistentRyan Hunter-Reay 59- Great start to the season, can he be a tittle contender with Vision? MaybeJustin Wilson 49-6th in points with Coyne, not to shabby, but I expect him to plummet in points now that were on the ovalsDan Wheldon 46- 7th, about were I'd expect himMarco Andretti 45- After starting...

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Indy 500 Entry List Released

The 2009 Indianapolis 500 entry list was released today, with few surprises.Here are some of the highlights:Roth has 2 entries the #25 & #52, he is not listed as the driver for either carRahal Letterman has #17 entered, but it's not looking good for themKV has a 3rd car entered, rumored to be for either Servia or BellQuatro is listed to pilot the #41 for his grandadFoyt has the #48 listed as a 3rd car with no driverCoyne has a 2nd car, no driverVision has a 3rd car, no driverD&R has the #23 car entered with no driver, giving them 4 totalConquest...

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Power's New Ride

(Photos courtesy of the Indycar Series)With the verdicts of not guilty that came this afternoon on 6 of Helio's 7 counts, he will be jumping back into his #3 Dallara as Will Power slides into the #12.Although there have been conflicting reports as to how long Power will be in the car, it's clear that he will be racing in at least Long Beach and Indianapolis.They even had a...

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Helio Freed!!!!!

AP reports Helio & his sister have been acquitted on all counts except for count 1/conspiracy, which was ended in a hung Jury."instead of going to DisneyLand i want to go to Long Beach and race"-Helio CastronevesIndyCar, who has been very quiet about the Helio situation over the last 6 months has finally broken it's silen...

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Helio Update (Fri, April 17)

Today the Jury asked to see the opening statements to which Judge Donald Graham denied saying that it's not evidence.The Jury then got back to work.Cavin reports that Penske has the #12 car in Long Beach ready for Will Power to jump in, if Helio is cleared tod...

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Helio's 2 Unanimous Counts Announced

The 2 counts that the Jury has unanimously agreed upon on Helio's side are counts 5 & 6. They are still hung up on the 5 other counts including the biggy which is Count 1/Conspiracy.Count 5 - Tax evasion in 2002Count 6 - Tax evasion in 2...

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BREAKING NEWS: Jurors Return With Partial Verdict

BREAKING NEWS: Jurors Return With Partial Verdict.Jurors reached a unanimous verdict on two counts against Helio and deadlocked on the other 5.They reached a unanimous verdict on one count against his sister, deadlocked on the other 6.And reached a unanimous verdict on all 4 counts against his agent Alan R. Miller.The Judge then ordered the 12 Jurors to return to deliberation to try and reach common ground on all 11 deadlocked counts, and will not read the verdicts decided upon at this time.As the notes were read to the jury, Castroneves sat bent...

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ESPN Legal Guru On Castroneves

Props to Chris over at Indy Racing Revolution for uncovering this one.The ESPN show N***** Now hosted by Ryan Briscoe's fiancee, and Danica Patrick's High School Cheerleading teammate, Nicole Manske has apparently been covering the Helio trial from afar, and yesterday their legal analyst Roger Cossack weighed in on the situati...

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Helio Update

Jury deliberation has ended for the day and will return tomorrow morning, where they will hopefully come to a decision.Reports came out today that one of the questions that was asked by the Jury was that if a taxpayer deferred their income to a later date, would the taxes be due on the later date or when they decided to defer. The Judges answer was yes, they would be due on the later date. Good news for Helio considering that the "later date" they are speaking of, has yet to arri...

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Judge Denies Mistrial Motion By Defense

Late yesterday after the 12 person Jury asked a series of questions that were somewhat answered by the judge, Helio's defense team headed by Roy Black motioned for a mistrial.Judge Donald Graham not only ruled that a mistrial will not be given but he added:"We're complicating matters because we keep raising new terms that require definitions."The motion of mistrial was filed...

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Helio Update

UPDATE 4:47: Deliberation has ended for the day, after an interesting last couple of hours. After the Jury asked for clarification on 3 issues Judge Donald Graham said "The questions you have presented are difficult for us to respond to." Graham then gave a partial response to the question and told the Jury that they must decide on there own.UPDATE 4:33: Cavin reports that Helio's defense is asking for a mistrial, this is getting crazier and crazier.Considering some of the jurors actually fell asleep during the trial, I could actually see this...

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Virtual Lap Of Long Beach

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William Rast On Hunter-Reay Sidepods In Long Beach

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Helio Trial Update

Closing arguments continue in a Miami courtroom today in Helio Castroneves' tax evasion trial. The jury deliberation could begin as early as today, with a decision shortly there after.UPDATE 1:25: Closing arguments have concluded. The 12 person jury could take an hour, a day, or a week. Stay tuned........UPDATE: 1:58: The Jury has begun deliberation, the verdict can come anytime now. I'm no lawyer, and in fact have only been in a court room once (6th grade field trip), but I could easily see a verdict today because if I were on the jury, I wouldn't...

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Sharp Set To Return To The 500

Curt Cavin reports that long time Indycar driver Scott Sharp is set to return to pilot the #16 Panther Racing Dallara in the 93rd Indianapolis 500 mile sweepstakes.“I can’t express how excited I am to be back at the Indianapolis 500, especially with the chance to team with Tequila Patrón and Panther Racing. I want to thank Tequila Patrón for all of their support and I am excited to showcase the world’s No. 1 premium Tequila in the world’s biggest race. John Barnes and the entire Panther team are relentless in pushing their cars to the top and...

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VERSUS Announces Month Of May Coverage

In the wake of rather disappointing VERSUS T.V. ratings, the new Indycar Series television partner announced its plans for the Month of May including daily coverage from the 2nd day of qualifying all the way through race day. The schedule consists of 6.5 hours of live coverage during all 4 days of Qualifying, apposed to the last several years when ESPN would have spotty coverage...

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Hide & Go Seek, Dallara Style

Over the last couple months while drivers have had a hard time finding rides, it seems as though teams are having an even harder time finding cars.It was announced last week that Tomas Scheckter will be driving for Team 3G in Long Beach and possibly the rest of the season, but the deal has still not been announced and reportedly finding equipment has proven to be quite the...

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Robby Gordon / Childress Deal Possible For 500

Robby Gordon and long time Cup owner Richard Childress are working on a deal to run the Indianapolis 500, however finding equipment is proving to be a probl...

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Petty/Andretti Car Unveiled

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VERSUS Coverage Review

I don't know about the rest of you, but I thought the VERSUS coverage was absolutely tremendous. First off the two hour qualifying show was great, of course it's not like we had anything to compare it to considering ESPN has never done a qual show. Then they went the extra mile extending the race day coverage another 20 minutes because the race ran over the scheduled 3 hour...

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Milka Lands A Ride

Milka Duno, who tested at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing in the off season, was left without a ride after some kind of sponsorship falling out. But Milka has rebounded and according to rtv6 the local ABC affiliate in Indy, will return to Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the 2nd season. Duno is believed to begin the 2009 campaign in Kansas and will race in 7 other races.UPDATE: Curt Cavin reports that Milka has not signed, but is working on the de...

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Franchitti Wins 09' IRL Helmet Bracketology

After beating out Vitor Meira with 59% of the vote, Dario becomes the first (and probably last) IRL helmet champion. Sure, Dario Franchitti has won the 2007 Indianapolis 500 and Indycar Series Championship, but from here on out when he attends any great event he will be introduced as the 2009 Indycar Series Helmet Champion presented by 16th And Georgetown.Now, lets get to...

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St. Pete Indycar Qualification Results

Maybe Graham should do interviews with us bloggers every week..... Just throwing that out there...SurprisesWilson 2ndTags 7thManning 10thDisappointmentsDixon 8thDoornbos 13thHunter-Reay 14thAGR 15th, 18th, 1...

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New Indy Downforce Commercial, Pretty Funny

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Meira vs. Franchitti In IRL Helmet Bracketology Championship

After compiling 64% of the vote and defeating Marco Andretti, Dario Franchitti will be moving on to face Vitor Meira for the 2009 Indycar Helmet Bracktology Championship. (Huge honor I'm sure)_______________The next matchup is:Vitor MeiraDario FranchittiHow is the U.S. Voting?Website Polls Powered By MicroP...

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OFFICIAL: Richard Petty Motorsports To Field Andretti In 500

The official announcement will come on Monday afternoon.UPDATE: Here is a better link that My Name is IRL discoveredUPDATE: Mike King says that this is NOT the deal that he was referring to. This is getting crazier every minu...

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N Word Team To Enter Indianapolis 500

According to Mike King of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, an announcement is expected to come Monday that current N***** team will run in the 93rd Indy 500.During today's practice King said "It's somebody that should of already won it"So who could it be? Complete speculation on my part, but Robby Gordon has his own stock car team and he came up just a couple gallons of fuel shy of victory in the 1999 Greatest Spectacle. The only possible hold up to this playing out is that Robby currently runs Toyota in Cup, and as I'm sure most...

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VIDEO: Entire 05' St. Pete Grand Prix

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Franchitti vs. Andretti In Indycar Bracketology

Congrats to Vitor Meira who will be moving onto the Championship after receiving 72% of the vote._______________The next matchup is:Dario Franchitti Marco AndrettiHow is the U.S. Voting?Website Polls Powered By MicroP...

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Graham Rahal Answers A Couple Questions From 16th & Georgetown

Thanks to the good people at VERSUS and Sinuate Media, I got the opportunity to pose a few questions to Graham Rahal or as Is It May Yet? would call him "Son of Stach...

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VERSUS Virtual Lap Of St. Pete

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Dixon vs. Meira In Indycar Bracketology Semi Final

Marco Andretti will be moving on to join Vitor Meira, Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti in the Final 4 after receiving 79% of yesterday's vote._______________The next matchup is:Vitor MeiraScott DixonHow is the U.S. Voting?Website Polls Powered By MicroP...

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Tags Confirmed In Conquest Ride

UPDATE: For now it's just a one race dealAlex Tagliani has been confirmed to pilot the #34 Conquest ride in St. Pete, with sponsorship from Northlands and the Rexall Edmonton Indy race which is later in the seas...

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Scheckter's Got A Ride

According to Curt Cavin, Tomas Scheckter will begin his 2009 campaign in Long Beach with...... wait...... Team 3G. This news came in the wake of the earlier announcement that Darren Manning would be joining Mike Conway at D&R. It's not even noon yet, and it's already been a crazy d...

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Dreyer & Reinbold To Announce 2nd Driver Today

UPDATE: Manning reports that for now, it's just a one race deal.__________UPDATE: In a surprise move, Darren Manning has been officially confirmed to pilot a 2nd Dreyer & Reinbold Racing #23 Dallara in St. Pete. Manning who was let go from Foyt Enterprises after Franchitti took Wheldon's seat, then Wheldon took Meira's seat and finally Meira taking Darren's ride, will join Indycar Series rookie Mike Conway In a completely revamped 09' D&R race team.___________UPDATE: Curt Cavin is saying that Darren Manning will be driving for D&R...

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VIDEO: Hunter-Reay Seat Fitting & Thoughts On Vision Deal

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Conway vs. Andretti In Indycar Bracketology

Congrats to Dario Franchitti who absolutely demolished Dan Wheldon yesterday with 75% of the vote._______________The next matchup is:Mike ConwayMarco AndrettiHow is the U.S. Voting?Website Polls Powered By MicroP...

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