Belle Isle crowd has been light
All right, the track is slippery as a noodle, and it may still be a tight squeeze in sections, but, boy, the view of downtown from the Belle Isle race … Read More
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All right, the track is slippery as a noodle, and it may still be a tight squeeze in sections, but, boy, the view of downtown from the Belle Isle race … Read More
Helio CastronevesMark Scheuern DETROIT, MI – Helio Castroneves won his IndyCar Series record seventh pole of the season, claiming the AAMCO Transmissions Pole Award for the Detroit Indy Grand Prix … Read More
After a close call in Sonoma where Rahal Letterman Racing and Ryan Hunter-Reay (#17 Ethanol Dallara/Honda/Firestone) narrowly missed a shot at the Firestone Fast Six IndyCar qualifying procedure, the team … Read More
The IRL's Brian Barnhart, Terry Angstadt, and Bud Denker (Detroit Grand Prix) met with the media today at Belle Isle and we present to you below the highlights 1. Bud … Read More
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will sponsor Buddy Rice’s No. 15 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Honda-powered Dallara for the final two races of the 2007 IndyCar … Read More
At a press conference earlier today, officials with the IndyCar Series and Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix announced that the Detroit Indy Grand Prix will return to the Raceway at … Read More
Dario Franchitti and Marco Andretti have agreed to disagree regarding their championship-turning accident late in last weekend's IndyCar Series race at Sonoma, Calif. But Franchitti said Friday, in his first … Read More
The pole time by Ryan Briscoe at Belle Isle was a 1m13.3s lap on Friday in his ALMS LMP2 Porsche. Helio Castroneves turned a fast lap of 1m13.3s in his … Read More
A reader writes, I was at the Detroit Belle Isle track on Friday. Roger Penske has done a fine job sprucing the place up. I didn't recognize the place. It … Read More
Gil de Ferran, who resigned as BAR Honda Formula One sports director in July, will be in town through the weekend to watch the inaugural Detroit Indy Grand Prix presented … Read More
Team Penske driver Helio Castroneves paced the opening day of preparations for the Detroit Indy Grand Prix Presented by Firestone at the Raceway at Belle Isle. Castroneves, who has won … Read More
Pos Driver Best Time Diff1 Dario Franchitti (27) 1:13.3447 …2 Helio Castroneves (3) 1:13.8656 0.52093 Tony Kanaan (11) 1:13.8676 0.52294 Scott Dixon (9) 1:14.1384 0.79375 Sam Hornish Jr (6) 1:14.5228 … Read More
The Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series will not be back at Daytona International Speedway for a road course test session this winter. The Speedway made the announcement Thursday after the … Read More
For a few minutes at Belle Isle Thursday, Scott Dixon took in the tranquility of the Detroit Yacht Club, making some private phone calls from the balcony overlooking the boats. … Read More
While Champ Car might be downsizing next year to 14 races, The Indy Racing League could be expanding its season by 2009, and if that's the case, Michigan International Speedway … Read More
“Heading back to Belle Isle is something I have been looking forward to since the day I signed with Rahal Letterman Racing," Ryan Hunter-Reay said. “I had the chance to … Read More
Helio Castroneves surveyed the frontstretch of the Belle Isle race course, ostensibly to provide input on its revitalization for the inaugural Detroit Indy Grand Prix presented by Firestone. A few … Read More
New venues can be challenge for any team competing in the IndyCar Series, but the Detroit Indy Grand Prix presented by Firestone could provide even more of a challenge to … Read More
UPDATE #2 Q: With you being on Dancing with the Stars, the different dancing there, what will be your forte? What are you strong in now?: HELIO CASTRONEVES: "I don't … Read More
Dear AutoRacing1: I am writing in response to the general discussion surrounding the fact that there are major changes going on in NASCAR that involves the re-invention of what had … Read More
It's only a few days before the revival of the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, and Roger Penske is doing two things he does best — attending to details and … Read More
Sam Hornish Jr. Last year, hot on the heels of Juan Pablo Montoya's announcement that he was coming to run NASCAR, I wrote an article for AutoRacing1 entitled, “So You … Read More
Meijer is ensuring that the return of world-class auto racing to the Motor City is exciting for fans of all ages by sponsoring the Meijer Family Fun Zone during the … Read More
UPDATE #5 Jacques Villeneuve is not the only big-name who might join NASCAR full-time next year: There is still no official word on whether or not Sam Hornish Jr. will … Read More
P.J. Chesson will join Marty Roth in Roth Racing's two-car effort in the IndyCar Series' season-finale at Chicagoland on Sept. 9. Alex Lloyd, who already clinched the Indy Pro Series … Read More