Q and A with Tony George

  Indy Car
Indy Racing League founder and CEO Tony George fielded questions about a variety of topics - from the 92nd Indianapolis 500 and the recent unification of open-wheel racing under the IndyCar Series banner - on Pole Day.

Dixon wins Indy 500 pole as Ganassi team goes 1-2

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
Proving that the car is nearly 100% of the game in the IRL, Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Scott Dixon and Dan Wheldon will start 1-2 for this year's Indy 500 by running 100% throttle for four laps resulting in almost near identical lap times.  Underscoring the 100% throttle effort, Penske teammates Ryan Briscoe and Helio Castroneves were 3rd and 4th ahead of three Andretti Green Racing teammates Danica Patrick, Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti.

Indy Pole Day Quotes

  IndyCar
DAN WHELDON (#10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone): "It was just a lot of hard work and effort by everybody at Target Chip Ganassi Racing, and that is a relatively good run." ( You have never started on the pole here. How important would that be for you?): "The Indianapolis 500 is the biggest race in the world, and I would certainly take the race win over the pole, but, at the end of the day, it is something to be proud of. I have been fortune enough to win a championship and a Indianapolis 500, I won Honda's first race in Japan, so the pole would be nice, but I am not taking the pole if it takes away from the race stuff. I would much rather win the race."

Indy pole winner's press conference

  IndyCar
PAT SULLIVAN: Well, Scott Dixon was here, and he will be here shortly. I know what he would say, and he's absolutely correct. It's a team effort to win a pole, a very important accomplishment for the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500. By the way, this is the third pole for Chip Ganassi at Indianapolis, also winning with Arie Luyendyk in 1993 and Bruno Junqueira in 2002. I would point out this is the first Indianapolis 500 pole for Scott Dixon.

An interview with Bobby and Graham Rahal

  Ahead of Indy 500
We'll get started with the morning media availability. Joined by Bobby and Graham Rahal. Bobby is the winner of the 1986 Indianapolis 500, actually here this month with two cars, his full-time team with driver Ryan Hunter-Reay and an entry with Alex Lloyd in a partnership with Chip Ganassi for a second car. Graham is here making his Indy 500 debut. Graham, I guess we'll start with you. You've been on the track now three days. Talk about your experience here thus far.

The Unification Was Great, Will Anything Change?

  by Jason Peters
A few days ago I received a phone call from the Motorsports Manager from a major company who is currently putting in a lot of effort into sponsoring a car in NASCAR.  The reason for the phone call was to discuss the possibilities of a sponsorship in Indy Car.  Needless to say it was a very short phone call.

Wheldon wins in Kansas

  Indy Car
Dan Wheldon became the first repeat IndyCar Series winner at Kansas Speedway in eight races, winning the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 by 2.1778 seconds over Tony Kanaan.  Wheldon, driving the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, last won on the 1.52-mile oval. Wheldon inherited the lead on Lap 152 when teammate Scott Dixon pitted and got caught by the pace car. Press Conference

Road Runner Indy 300 Press Conference

  IndyCar
THE MODERATOR: We're joined by our second- and third-place finishers, Tony Kanaan and Scott Dixon. We'll start with Tony. This is your best finish of the year. Talk to us a little bit about how your year's been going and how the race was today?

TONY KANAAN: Well, after the day that we had yesterday, only putting like 10 laps overall all day, I think it was a pretty good result.

Teammates Dixon & Wheldon share Kansas first row

  IndyCar at Kansas Speedway
Scott Dixon, who won the season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway from the pole, earned the PEAK Motor Oil Pole Award at Kansas Speedway with a four-lap average speed of 213.956 mph (1 minute, 42.3014 seconds).  Dixon, driving the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Honda/Firestone, will share the front row with teammate Dan Wheldon, the defending race winner, for the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 on the 1.52-mile oval.

Q and A with Danica Patrick

  In Long Beach after first Indy Car win in Motegi
Danica Patrick won the rain delayed Japan Indy 300 at Motegi Sunday, a first for a woman, and then, helped by the international date line and 16-hour time difference, took an overnight flight from Japan to Long Beach in time to take in the Champ Car Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.  Afterward she answered question from the room full of media gathered.

Scenes from Long Beach Sunday - 2

  by Aaron Rommel

Will Power wins final Champ Car race in Long Beach

  by Mark J. Cipolloni
On a day that was full of emotion for the many people that made Champ Car such an exciting series for so many years, Team Australia/KV Racing's Will Power beat everyone on Sunday to win the last-ever Champ Car race in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.  Forsythe Racing's Franck Montagny was 2nd 5.094 seconds back.  Mario Dominguez was third for Pacific Coast Motorsports. Rookie Enrique Bernoldi and Oriol Servia rounded out the top-5. Photos