Tony George Resigns

In a press release today, It was confirmed that Tony George has stepped down as CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Hulman-George Co., but he will however stay on the board.It's still unclear as to the direction the Hulman-George family will decide to go in terms of Indianapolis Motor Speedway president for the long term, but atleast in the mean time, Jeffrey Belskus...

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Indy 500 Radio Broadcasts Available

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has began selling digital copies of various Indy 500 radio broadcasts. They Currently have the 1960 (4hrs) and 64' (5hrs) broadcasts available with the 1968 (4hrs) broadcast "coming soo...

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How Do You Spell Hideki?

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Richmond Preview

By: Tony DonohueThe Indy Car Series heads to Richmond this weekend to tackle the three fourths of a mile bullring they call Richmond International Raceway. This marks the fifth straight oval for the Indy Car Series and the eighth race on the season.Last year, Tony Kanaan took the twin checkered flags, capping off a near perfect weekend at RIR, as he started from the pole,...

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Richmond Virtual Lap + Indycar 101 (Camber)

Richmond virtual lap Indycar 101 (Camb...

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Indycar Headed To Brazil..China In 2011?

It seems as though the rumors of the Indycar Series heading to Brazil are no long rumors, as Michael Marot of the AP reports it's going to happen. Marot reports that Terry Angstadt, president on the IRL's commercial division, confirmed that the Ribeirao Preto Brazil race will kick off the season and will be held in March.Don't get me wrong, I love the ovals, but this is a tremendous move for the series.The move to Brazil further strengthens Indycar's reach around the world, and does it in a way that will minimally affect the U.S. Television times....

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Paul Tracy Sponsorship Announcement For Toronto

In the wake of news that Paul Tracy will be piloting the #15 Geico sponsored Dallara for the upcoming race in Watkins Glen, they announced his sponsor for one of two other races on his schedule. The Ontario Honda Dealers Association has signed on to sponsor the veteran for the July 12th Indycar Inaugural Honda Indy Toronto.UPDATE:Tracy has now released a few photos of the...

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Honda May Have Answer To Passing Problem

As many of you may have heard on the latest addition of Trackside with Cavin & Kevin, both the league and Indycar teams are looking for answers to the passing plague.Larry Curry of Dreyer & Reinbold Racing explained multiple concepts that would help passing, all which basically narrowed down to the IRL allowing teams more freedom. Curry mentioned everything from wheel...

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F1 Teams Breakaway

F1 team reportedly break a...

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Where Are They Now: Jeff Bucknum

By: Tony DonohueJeff Bucknum was born with racing in his blood. His father, Ronnie Bucknum was the first driver to run a Honda powered engine in F1. Ronnie was also a veteran of the Indy 500, running the 500 from 1968-1970 with a career best 15th place finish in 1970. But racing was second to surfing for Jeff in his younger years. “I grew up along the coast of California...

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Q&A With Analyst/Owner Robbie Buhl

(Photo courtesy of Indycar)In 2004, after 2 wins and 78 Indycar starts including 8 Indianapolis 500's, Robbie Buhl retired from racing and began a career in team ownership. In 2007 Buhl made a move to the booth as T.V. analyst for the Firstone Indy Lights alongside Bob Jenkins.Buhl who is still co-owner of Dreyer and Reinbold Racing, joined Bob Jenskins and Jon Beekhuis in...

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Iowa Corn Indy 250 Race Preview

By: Tony Donohue The Indy Car Series heads to Newton, Iowa this weekend for the third running of the Iowa Corn Indy 250. The 25,000 seats around the 0.875 mile oval will be packed with fans ready to see the Indy Car action. The Iowa Corn 250 is 250 laps long which equal a distance of 218.75 miles, which makes it the shortest oval race on the Indy Car schedule.The first ever Iowa Corn 259 was ran back in 2007. Dario Franchitti took home the win driving for Andretti Green Racing, with his teammate Marco Andretti in second and Scott Sharp in third....

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16th And Georgetown Podcast

Were introducing a new feature today, podcasts. With it being the first, I'm not sure how well it'll turn out but I figured it was worth a try.Joining myself on the first podcast is Joe from Indy Trackside.Show topics:Will PowerTeam 3GRyan Hunter-ReayPaul TracySeason rev...

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Q&A With IMS PA Announcer Dave Calabro

16th And Georgetown: You've been an announcer at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1985, but took over for Tom Carnegie in 2007 as lead Public Address Announcer. Do you feel any pressure fallowing in the footsteps of a legend?Dave Calabro: I did not take over for Tom…. I am just one of several announcers. I learned a great deal from Tom thru the years. The pressure is...

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Tracy Confirmed For Watkins Glen

First Alex Lloyd announced he was leaving Chip Ganassi Racing via twitter and now KV Racing is using the social networking site to make big announcements. Just moments ago they tweeted:"KV Racing Technology to field car for Paul Tracy, GEICO to sponsor at Camping World Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, July 3-5"Tracy has already been confirmed to pilot the #15 KVRT Dallara in the...

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REPORT: Power To Run 5 More Races

Props to Joe over at Indy Trackside for finding the USA Today Article. Nate Ryan reports from the stock car race this weekend in Michigan, that 15 time Indy 500 winning car owner Roger Penske will enter Will Power in 5 more Indycar races this season.If you don't already know, Penske Racing also fields an entry into the Rolex Grand-Am Series. When Will Power ran the 3rd Penske...

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IRL Signs Sponsors & 3G Update

According to the Indiana business Journal, the Indycar Series has signed KYMCO USA as the much sought after Official off-road vehicle and scooter supplier of the Indy Racing League and Firestone Indy Lights. KYMCO who's already done more activation than 3/4 of IRL sponsors, will provide scooters and off-road vehicles for the IRL and FIL for the remainder of the 2009 season...

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Hunter-Reay Moves To Foyt

In the two races since Foyt driver Vitor Meira was injuried in the 93rd running of the Indianapolis 500, veteran Paul Tracy and A.J. Foyt IV have both piloted the #14 to frusterating results. But now Ryan Hunter-Reay will be taking over for the season.Vitor Meira is slated to return for the season finale in Homestead-Miami this October, where the Foyt operation will field a two car team. Sure it's surprising, but the worst part about the situation is that the #21 car will now be vacant, lowering the already low full-season car count to 19. And...

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F1 Confirms US Team For 2010

The newly formed USF1 team was confirmed today when Formula 1 released it's 2010 line-up:SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO / FERRARISCUDERIA TORO ROSSO / STR TBARED BULL RACING / RBR RENAULTAT&T WILLIAMS / WILLIAMS TOYOTAFORCE INDIA F1 TEAM / FORCE INDIA MERCEDESCAMPOS GRAND PRIX / CAMPOS COSWORTHMANOR GRAND PRIX / MANOR COSWORTHTEAM US F1 / TEAM US F1 COSWORTHVODAFONE McLAREN...

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Lloyd On Why He Left CGR

Check it outCan't really say I blame him. He was with a top team in Chip Ganassi Racing, but I'm sure he wants to race. I just hope he can find a full season ride for next year, because if not he will really be regretting the decisi...

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Tonight On Trackside W/ Cavin & Kevin

Although were heading into and Indycar off weekend there's plenty of topics for tonight's edition of Trackside with Cavin & Kevin. Among the scheduled guests are Alex Lloyd, Klint Briney (Sarah Fisher's PR dude), Doug Boles (former Panther Racing co-owner), and possibly Larry Curry.The show can be heard from 7-9 p.m. est. in Central Indiana on 1070 The Fan or around the...

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Lloyd Leaves Ganassi

UPDATE: Lloyd just tweeted "Time for a HER and a quick gym session...."Sounds like either Alex and HER still have an acive buisness relationship or he's still got a few free cases left over from the Month of May--------------------After a year and a half, it looks like 24 year old Alex Lloyd will be leaving Target Chip Ganassi Racing after tweeting:"So I have decided to leave Ganassi Racing. I need to explore my options and get into a race car and to do that I need to be a free agent.""CGR have worked hard to find funding and I appreciate their...

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Antinucci Confirmed With 3G

Team 3G announced today that former Firestone Indy Lights driver Richard Antinucci will pilot the #98 in Watkins Glen. The 28 year old Antinucci who is the nephew of 98' Indy 500 champion Eddie Cheever, won 2 races last year in the FIL including Watkins Glen. He ended the season with a 11th place finish, and 2nd in the Championships just 32 points behind Raphael Matos."I am really looking forward to moving up to the IndyCar Series. This is what all of the drivers in the Indy Lights Series are working towards, to get an opportunity to drive in...

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Where Are They Now: Robby McGehee

(Photo courtesy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway)By: Tony DonohueTen years ago, Robby McGehee came to the Indianapolis 500 as a rookie.The St. Louis native and graduate of Ole Miss University was 25-years-old when he made his first laps at the famed 2.5 mile oval.Robby got his start at the Skip Barber racing school when he was 15-years-old and 10 years later, he found himself...

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Texas Preview

By: Tony DonohueThe Indy Car Series heads to Texas for this weekends Bombardier Lear Jet 550k. One of the most exciting races of the season, the 550 kilometers, 342 miles, pave the way for side by side action, and some of the closest finishes in Indy Car Series history.Texas has been dominated by Team Penske and Panther Racing since the Indy Car Series first sent to the high banks of Texas back in 1997. Panther has scored five wins at the track, two of those wins by Scott Goodyear, two by Sam Hornish Jr. and their last Indy Car win in 2005 with...

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Introducing Tony Donohue

Although not quite a year old (June 22), 16th And Georgetown is growing. After crunching the numbers I figured that by the implementation of the new Indycar formula in 20011/12 it'll be a multi gazillion dollar business.With growth comes improvement, so were bringing on another writer, Tony Donohue. Tony will be in charge of a new series entitled "Where are they now". The articles will document a long lost Indycar driver, describing what they did in the car and what there doing now. The series premier will be posted later today and will be...

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Scheckter Confirmed For Texas

By: Tony DonohueTomas Scheckter has been confirmed to drive at Texas in the #43 Dreyer and Reinbold, Mona Vie sponsored Honda, bumping the car count to 24. This will mark Scheckter's third race of the 2009 Indy Car Series season, he piloted a Dale Coyne car in the Indy 500 to a 12th place finish, and replaced Milka Duno in the #23 last week at Milwaukee finishing 13th.Tomas scored his 2nd career victory at the Texas Motor Speedway in 2005 while running for Panther Racing. Along with the win, Tomas has also had his fair share of bad luck in Texas....

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Q&A With The Great Donald Davidson

(Photo courtesy of IMS)I think that we can all agree, If you have a question about the Indianapolis 500 or the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Donald Davidson is the man to ask.The official track historian since 1998, Davidson is probably best known for his radio show "The Talk of Gasoline Alley", but he's also written several great books including Autocourse.After years of hearing...

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Lazier,Quatro, And Milka In, Maybe Scheckter As Well

My name is IRL was first to spill the beans, but it has now been confirmed by the always reliable Curt Cavin. Jaques Lazier, who spent the entire month on May walking the garages, will step in for Stanton Barrett in this weekends Texas Motor Speedway Bombardier Learjet 550k. It is unclear as to if Barrett, who is co-owner, will get back in anytime soon.Cavin also reports that A.J. Foyt IV will be piloting the #14 Foyt Racing car this weekend, after PT's disaster race last weekend. He also says that Milka will be back in the #23.Tomas Scheckter...

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Helio On Late Show

Be sure to tune into the Late Show with David Letterman tonight at 11:35. Dave will be joined by newly crowned 3 time Indianapolis 500 Champion Helio Castronev...

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