Unification Spurred Ultra-Competitive IndyCar Season

  IndyCar
The quest for the 2008 IndyCar Series championship was one of the most difficult in series history. Drivers such as Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan and Dan Wheldon, who had previously won IndyCar Series championships, learned in late February that they would be competing against the likes of Champ Car race winners Bruno Junqueira, Will Power, Oriol Servia and Justin Wilson.

IRL announces '09 TV sked, Miami race date changed

  IndyCar
The IndyCar Series enters 2009 with a new television package that will continue to feature long-term partner ABC while introducing VERSUS as the new cable television partner. VERSUS will open the season on April 5 and will air three consecutive races before ABC kicks off its five-race coverage, beginning May 24 with the 93rd Running of the Indianapolis 500.  The entire 2009 IndyCar Series television package will be available in high-definition (HD) television.

Paul Leonard Newman Tribute

  IndyCar
Paul Leonard Newman (PLN), eighty-three, one of the most warmly admired and universally loved figures in motion pictures, motorsports and philanthropy, died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his farmhouse home near Westport, Connecticut. His death was as private and discreet as the way he had lived his life, a humble artist who never thought of himself as "big," surrounded by his beloved family and the close circle of friends that had supported him through his last days.

Scenes from Chicagoland - Sunday

  by Mark Cipolloni & Rick Schenk

Castroneves wins race, Dixon title at Chicagoland

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Helio Castroneves drove the race of his life from last to first in the PEAK Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway, but it wasn't enough to keep Scott Dixon from winning his second IndyCar Series championship.  Castroneves started 28th due to a penalty during qualifying and raced his way through the field to take the lead on Lap 78.

Some insight into the new IndyCar TV package

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Prior to Sunday's IndyCar race at Chicagoland we caught up with Bill Bergofin, Senior Vice President Marketing and Promotion for Versus and, Marc Fein, Executive Vice President Programming Production and Business Operations for Versus to find out some more details of the new IndyCar TV deal with Versus.

Briscoe wins pole in Chicagoland

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Penske Racing's Ryan Briscoe was the last car to qualify for Sunday's Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland but he knocked provisional top dog and championship point leader Scott Dixon off the pole.  Dixon will start 2nd ahead of Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti.  Helio Castroneves was disqualified and he was moved to the back of the grid.

Scenes from Chicagoland - Saturday 1

  by Mark Cipolloni & Rick Schenk

IndyCar champion to be crowned this weekend

  IndyCar
The race for the 2008 IndyCar Series championship will come down to two of the league's top heavyweights at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend: Scott Dixon and Helio Castroneves.  After 16 races and 2,660 laps of intense competition, the 2003 IndyCar Series Champion and 2008 Indianapolis 500 winner Dixon leads two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Castroneves by 30 points (606 to 576) entering the PEAK Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 – the final points-paying race of the season.

Q&A with Dixon, Franchitti, Matos and Antinucci

  IndyCar
IndyCar Series points leader Scott Dixon, 2007 series champion Dario Franchitti and Firestone Indy Lights championship contenders Raphael Matos and Richard Antinucci were guests on today’s Indy Racing League teleconference.

Scenes from Detroit - Sunday

  by Mark Scheuern

Detroit: Justin Wilson runs away from Castroneves

  by Tim Wohlford
Helio Castroneves drove hard, raced smart, and even blocked to protect his lead, but nothing could prevent Justin Wilson from winning the 2008 Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle.  Helio finished second, followed by Tony Kanaan and Oriol Servia.  Points leader Scott Dixon finished fifth, but failed to clinch the points championship. Wilson noted that the win was the biggest of his career to date. Post-Race Press Conference