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IRL: Castroneves dancing on air after win
Brits on Pole | August 25th 2008
After seven second places, a season full of frustrations and a trailer fire that destroyed his first-choice car, Helio Castroneves finally managed to take the chequered flag first and win an IndyCar Series race. read more
BlogPost: Delayed
The Starting Grid | August 25th 2008 by Mark
We would like to apologize to those readers who have tuned in to view Mark's comment on the race at Sonoma this weekend. Our coverage of professional chihuahua racing has run a little over, and we will return back to IndyCar coverage upon completion read more
Indy Lights: Battistini’s challenge fades at Infineon
Brits on Pole | August 25th 2008
Dillon Battistini has stopped talking about winning the Indy Lights championship and is concentrating on regaining third following a tough weekend at the Infineon Raceway that saw him drop to fifth in the title hunt. read more
IRL: Team Penske blaze a trail at Infineon
Brits on Pole | August 24th 2008
Not even the destruction of their first-choice race cars in a fire could stop Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe from seizing the front row in qualifying for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma County. read more
IndyCar Going to Turbos?
Full Throttle | August 23rd 2008
Although not officially announced, it appears that IndyCar officials are at least talking publicly about part of that future... and it is said it will use turbos. read more
Indy Lights: Make-or-break weekend for Battistini at Infineon
Brits on Pole | August 21st 2008
Three races remain in Firestone Indy Lights and Surrey's Dillon Battistini remains a good outside bet to bring home a third consecutive British victory in the highly-competitive feeder series for the IRL. read more
Red Hot Penske
Full Throttle | August 20th 2008 by Marc
Team Penske’s preparations for this weekend’s IndyCar Series round at Infineon Raceway has been hit by a truck fire en route to California. Having earlier this week expressed its confidence at chasing a solid result at Infineon Raceway, T read more
Random Stuff: 08/18/2008
The Starting Grid | August 18th 2008 by Mark
Robins RumorsOpen wheel's shock jock Robin Miller created a storm of discussion this weekend when he announced a "rumor" that AGR intends to give Kim Green the boot, withdraw from ALMS, and enter Danica and Marco into A1GP during the off season. Init read more
You know there is a real world out there, no?
Eugen - blog inutil | August 17th 2008 by Paun Eugen
De ceva vreme nu mai am o conexiune internet stabila, ADSL-ul de la Romtelecom functioneaza de parca ar fi o muiere la PMS, doar dupa toane, si sunt destul de ocupat cu multe altele ca sa imi petrec prea mult timp in fata unui monitor. Si nu imi pare read more
Open Letter to Tony Cochrane
Full Throttle | August 16th 2008
Editor’s note: Say hi and welcome to Australia’s Peter G. He has been a long-time commentor at FT and has gotten the “bug,” (read, pissed off) to write this open letter to V8 Supercars boss Tony Cochrane concerning his letter read more
No Sleeze, No Gold Coast Indy
Full Throttle | August 15th 2008 by Marc
A SLEAZE crackdown at this year's Gold Coast Indy has been ordered by Premier Anna Bligh, who warned revelers they will face arrest if they "cross the line". read more
IndyCar Priorities
The Starting Grid | August 13th 2008 by Mark
The announcement last week of the TV deal between Versus and the IRL was met with a giant "ohhhhhh crap" from much of the IndyCar fan community. Most everyone has been annoyed with ESPN's attitude towards the league this season, but I think very few read more
Dixon Sails to Another Win
Full Throttle | August 10th 2008
Scott Dixon is having one of those near-perfect seasons, and it's more than a little frustrating for the guy trying to chase him down. read more
IRL: Castroneves unlucky in Kentucky
Brits on Pole | August 10th 2008
Scott Dixon's seemingly-unstoppable march to this year's IRL championship continued in Kentucky with a last lap overtake of the luckless Helio Castroneves to take victory in the Meijer Indy 300. read more
Columbus, Ohio!
That Girl Named Pearl | August 9th 2008 by Pearl
I'm going to Columbus with my family tomorrow. It's going to be a mini road trip. Just four hours. ACTUALLY, four hours is a lot if you mean crammed in a small mini-van with a pretty big baby-car-seat-thingy in the back row taking up, like a whole s read more
A Friend Said I Should Post More Pictures
That Girl Named Pearl | August 6th 2008 by Pearl
Today we went to a picnic. It's the summer picnic that all the athletic staff and their family of my dad's university is invited to. My dad is the mens gymnastics coach of U of ___. It's a real good college, but I don't want to reveal too much to str read more
How It All Started
Gabi's World | August 5th 2008 by Shannon Graham
Did I ever tell you how I got started blogging? Yeah, I know you read my profile, "to keep friends and family up to date, and to provide a resource for those parents faced with a new diagnosis... blah blah blah." No I'm talking about even before that read more
IRL: Schedule for 2009 pleases no-one
Brits on Pole | August 2nd 2008
The Indy Racing League's 2009 schedule will feature 10 ovals, three permanent road courses, five temporary street or airport circuits - and a lot of grumbles from fans who reckon the IRL's got it completely wrong. read more
IRL: Wilson trashes car in Kentucky testing smash
Brits on Pole | August 2nd 2008
Justin Wilson escaped unhurt after crashing heavily during testing at the Kentucky Speedway for the forthcoming Meijer Indy 300 - but his Newman/Haas/Lanigan team is fast running out of cars for its drivers. read more
IRL: Battistini fast on IndyCar testing debut
Brits on Pole | August 2nd 2008
Dillon Battistini put in a strong performance on his debut IndyCar test, impressing his Panther Racing crew with his pace around the Kentucky Speedway. read more
Open Wheel Bust
The Nascar Insiders | August 1st 2008 by T.C.
Just past the halfway point of the season, the much anticipated (and criticized) open wheel transplants are finding the transition into stock car racing was perhaps not as easy as they first thought. From Jacques Villeneuve to Scott Speed the succes read more
IRL Trouble in (Surfers) Paradise
Full Throttle | July 31st 2008 by Marc
The release of the 2009 IndyCar schedule has clouded the future of the Gold Coast event (Held as a Champ Car event prior to the reunification), and is in grave doubt whether the Gold Coast will return. read more
I'm Still Here!........... Kind of .....
With My Whole Heart | July 31st 2008
Hi all!I’m alive and well. I am soooo sorry to have dropped out of sight from blogland, but things are really busy for me right now. I can’t stick around and say hi to you all. I just wanted to let you know that I’m okay. I’ll be back as soo read more
Hugo Drüger (2)
Huug en Druug | July 30th 2008 by Druug
“Paardrijden, golfen, croquet, afternoon tea, vossenjacht, dienstmeisjes bezwangeren, bals en diners organiseren, almoezen uitdelen op zondag… ” How dèmn, ben ik tochwel vergeten zeker. En mijn paswoord ook. Dju toh! read more
Urban Dictionary for you. Rest a while before continue ZangoCash…
Make Money Online Made Easy! | July 30th 2008 by www.OnlineMoneyCoaching.com
Always used online and urban. Hope you know this online language. (...) read more
Air Racing > Ground Racing
Deuce of Davenport | July 29th 2008 by Chimprage
This might just be the coolest thing I've seen all year. Auto racing is for wimps, rocket racing is for real men. The Rocket Racing League yesterday displayed its prototype "formula one" rocket powered aircraft that will be the vehicle the league w read more
Hugo Drüger
Huug en Druug | July 29th 2008 by Druug
Twee weken geleden zei een (vrouwelijke) collega van me dat ze een account had aangemaakt op Netlog. “Ik heb nog nooit zoveel vrienden op zo’n korte tijd gemaakt!” Smeerlap als ik ben, heb ik op slag, en voor de lol ook zo’ n read more
IndyCar Dumps Nashville
Full Throttle | July 28th 2008 by Marc
The Indy Racing Series leaving Nashville Superspeedway. Both sides have failed to negotiate an agreement for a 2009 race. Track officials made the announcement Monday. The IndyCar Series had raced here the past eight years, including July 12 when Sc read more
Tires are hard to figure out
The Starting Grid | July 28th 2008 by Mark
I am not one who enjoys the failures of Nascar. Nascar stands for everything I love about racing. Haulers, lucky dogs, competition yellows, and "the chase" are all things that define racing to me. Things like technology, safety, speed, and performan read more
IRL: Podium for Wilson as Dixon marches on
Brits on Pole | July 26th 2008
Scott Dixon stretched his championship lead by beating closest challenger Helio Castroneves into second place in the Rexall Edmonton Indy - while Justin Wilson flew the flag for the ex-Champ Car drivers by taking third. read more
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