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Rexall Edmonton Indy

EDMONTON, Alberta -- IndyCar Series drivers will find the 1.96-mile, 14-turn Edmonton City Centre Airport circuit is distinctively different from the 2.258-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course -- last weekend's venue du jour.

● Airport runways and taxiways to rolling terrain.
● Left- and right-hand 90-degree corners to sweeping turns.
● Concrete and tire barriers to sand runoffs.
● Majority of racing surface is 75-feet wide to about 50 feet.

Both are physically and strategically challenging in their own right, which contributes to the depth and breadth of the IndyCar Series schedule. This week, it's the inaugural Rexall Edmonton Indy in provincial capital - a venue that transitions from Champ Car to Indy Racing League stewardship. 

Eight IndyCar Series drivers entered in the 95-lap race July 26 (5 p.m. ET; ESPN and indycar.com) have competed on the circuit in the event's three years, which leads to whether they'll enjoy a decided advantage. Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing's Justin Wilson would like to think so.

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  • Paul Tracy during a press conference for the Rexall Edmonton Indy at Edmonton City Centre Airport

 

Graham Rahal gets an Oilers shirt during an unveiling of the No. 06 Rexall car, which Graham Rahal will driver during the Rexall Edmonton Indy at Edmonton City Centre Airport

Jenkins joins Edmonton broadcast team

With ESPN on ABC/ESPN IndyCar Series lead announcer Marty Reid having a network commitment to the NASCAR Nationwide race in Indiana this weekend, longtime IndyCar Series broadcaster Bob Jenkins will call the action of the Rexall Edmonton Indy (5 p.m. ET, ESPN).

Analyst Scott Goodyear will join Jenkins on the broadcast. Also, patrolling pit lane at Edmonton will be Brienne Pedigo and Jon Beekhuis.

The broadcast team also will call all the qualifying action on indycar.com at 5:15 p.m. (ET) July 25.

Results Mid Ohio

Team Penske Wins!!!

Ryan Brisco Wins Mid Ohio!!!

LEXINGTON, Ohio - All Ryan Briscoe needed - all he was hoping - was for the racetrack to remain green for the final 20 laps of the second Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio presented by Westfield Insurance.

"Finally, something went our way," the driver of the No. 6 Team Penske car said after claiming his second victory of the season with a commanding victory over pole sitter Helio Castroneves.

It's the 27th time in IndyCar Series history - and second time in eight days -- that teammates have finished 1-2. It's the eight time for Team Penske; the first since 2005.

Scott Dixon in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car finished third on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn circuit that was washed clean by a couple of late-morning thunderstorms, though his points lead was sliced from 63 to 58 over Castroneves heading to the inaugural race in Edmonton, Alberta, on July 26 (5 p.m. ET, ESPN and indycar.com).

KV Racing Technology teammates Will Power and Oriol Servia completed the top five.

Two weeks earlier at Watkins Glen International, Briscoe started from the pole and was in the hunt before an incident involving Dixon relegated him to 12th. In the first non-oval of the season - on the streets of St. Petersburg - Briscoe dropped 15 positions to 23rd because of contact.

 

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 Nashville Super Speedway

Scott Dixon Does it AGAIN

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LEBANON, Tenn. - Target Chip Ganassi Racing crew members performed an impromptu rain dance on pit lane with 40 laps remaining in the Firestone Indy 200.

Maybe it helped - in their minds.

Team managing director Mike Hull rolled the dice by keeping the Nos. 9 and 10 cars on the track while other contenders pitted under a moisture caution on Lap 148.

Click it: Firestone Indy 200 box score

That proved decisive - though more so because of a miscommunication between the pit stand and the No. 9 Energizer car driven by Scott Dixon.

Dixon tied an IndyCar Series record with his third consecutive victory at Nashville Superspeedway and teammate Dan Wheldon finished second as the race was red-flagged after 171 of 200 laps complete.

It was the 100 automobile racing victory for Chip Ganassi Racing (22 in the IndyCar Series), and Dixon held aloft his third hand-painted Gibson guitar trophy.

Texas Motor Speedway

Results

Scott Dixon A Man on a Mission

Dixon Wins Texas Race

Ryan Brisco and Heilo Castroneves after Texas Race

FORT WORTH, Texas - What is it about Marco Andretti and late-race momentum-draining crashes?

That's two races in a row in which the driver of the No. 26 car for Andretti Green Racing was involved in a multi-car incident with less than 10 laps remaining. This time, it potentially cost the third-year IndyCar Series driver his second career victory.

Scott Dixon was the beneficiary.

Dixon, driving the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car that started on the pole, led Helio Castroneves across the finish line under caution after Andretti's entanglement with the No. 17 Ethanol car driven by Ryan Hunter-Reay on Lap 223 of 228. Castroneves' Team Penske teammate, Ryan Briscoe, came back from a lap down to finish third and Dan Wheldon improved seven positions to fourth in his back-up car.

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An island nation celebrated during its Monday morning commute, which undoubtedly will continue long into the evening, after the "Iceman" remained cool under the most intense pressure on auto racing's biggest stage - and victory podium.

Scott Dixon heard his spotter, Glen Wheeler, loud and clear over the radio excitedly yell, "You're clear now," as the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car zipped past the last of the lapped traffic entering Turn 3. "Bring it home! Bring it home!"

That the New Zealander did - 1.7498 seconds ahead of Panther Racing's Vitor Meira in the 92nd Indianapolis 500 on a rare sun-splashed day this month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Maybe, just maybe, this victory in front of an enthusiastic crowd and worldwide audience makes up for having the 2007 IndyCar Series championship slip away on the final lap. (Dave Lewandowski)

 

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RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300

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Target Ganassi's Dan Weldon WINS

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - The 2007 season went south for Dan Wheldon after he recorded two victories and a runner-up spot in three of the initial four IndyCar Series races -- including a commanding victory at Kansas Speedway.

A similar strong start - including a 2.1778-second victory over Tony Kanaan in the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 - ended a year-long victory drought and came at the right time. Wheldon again will be an early favorite for the Indianapolis 500.

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2008 Driver Standings

As of 7-20-08

   1  Richard Antinucci   376

2   Raphael Matos   375

3  Ana Betriz   332

4   JR Hildebrand  325

   5  Arie Luyendyk Jr   316

 

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Mid Ohio

 

Davison prevails in timed race at Mid-Ohio

By Dave Lewandowski
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LEXINGTON, Ohio - In the past three Firestone Indy Lights races, three different Sam Schmidt Motorsports drivers have stood atop the podium.

James Davison is the latest and the seventh different winner in the series this season.

Davison, starting seventh in the No. 11 Lifelock/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, prevailed on a treacherous rain-soaked 2.258-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course over Wade Cunningham in the No. 24 Alliance Motorsports car under caution in a 40-minute timed race. Twenty laps (half the scheduled distance) were recorded in the second of the doubleheader race weekend.

Davison actually was the beneficiary of the victory when race leader and pole sitter Jonny Reid pulled onto pit lane one lap too early.

Click it: Race 2 box score

"I was thinking, 'Has he made a mistake? I'm pretty sure we haven't taken the checkered flag and we need to take it,' '' said Davison, whose previous best finish was sixth at Milwaukee. "I asked, 'Have I just won this thing' and they were like 'Yeah, you're showing P1 on the timing.' ''

Reid didn't have radio communications with the pit stand when the final caution was called on Lap 19. He was passed for the lead by Mitch Cunningham on Lap 17 and regained it when Cunningham's No. 33 Mo's Gold entry spun off course in Turn 1 of that white flag lap.

I am really disappointed," said Reid, driver of the No. 9 Integra Motorsports car who finished ninth. "I just came into the pits; there is really no excuse for it. Basically, the yellow came out so I thought the race was over and it was the done. I have never had a race finish under yellow like that before and it just caught me off. I wasn't thinking.

"What confused me as well was that the safety car came on in the back straight and then came off the track again and I slowed down. I switched into first gear and started following it and I pulled off.  I didn't really know what to do and I thought the other drivers were going to follow me and they didn't.  So I lost and it is a huge disappointment. I feel a little bit embarrassed about it, but what can I do? It is going to just make me more hungry for a win in the future."

It was a rough race for half of the 22-car field as a slick track created numerous spins and off-course adventures - among those the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers Inc. entry driven by Raphael Matos. He won Race 1 a day earlier to slip ahead of Richard Antinucci for the championship points lead (363-360). On Lap 5 of Race 2, the No. 27 car spun in Turn 3 and was struck from behind by the No. 17 Team E Patriot Bank car driven by Bobby Wilson. Matos' car sustained suspension damage, but he returned and finished 18th.

Antinucci also had a few chills and spins and finished 14th after starting second. With a week off to collect their thoughts and car parts, Antinucci (376) has a one-point advantage over Matos. Ana Beatriz, who won a week earlier at Nashville Superspeedway, is 44 points back in third after finishing fifth in the second Mid-Ohio race.

"I had a very similar race to everyone. It was very chaotic," Davison said. "I went off down at Turn 4 at the end of the straight and went all the way down to the bottom of the gravel trap and somehow didn't get beached. I dropped back to about 15th and I just said to my engineer, 'Look I'm just going to drive this thing, keep it on the track, and lay it on the line if I have to.'

"We've been very strong at times; literally zero luck. I mean, here we are. It's great."

Pablo Donoso, driving the No. 22 TMR-Cristal-Xtreme Coil Drilling car, recorded a season-best third place, while Cyndie Allemann posted a season-best fourth place in the No. 18 American Spirit car. She started 17th.

"The team gave me a really good car when things were really wet," said Donoso, who claimed his sixth consecutive top 10. "It was a crazy race. I don't know what Johnny Reid did, but I'm happy for our team."

Results

Nashville Super Speedway

History Made AGAIN!!!

Ana Beatriz Wins!!!

Bobby Wilson, Ana Beatriz and Arie Luyendyk Jr. on the podium in victory circle at Nashville on race day

By indycar.com staff

LEBANON, Tenn. - First Danica Patrick. Now Ana Beatriz in 2008.

Beatriz became the first female winner of a Firestone Indy Lights race, overtaking pole sitter and Sam Schmidt Motorsports teammate James Davison on Lap 33 of 77 and holding on in the Sunbelt Rentals 100 at Nashville Superspeedway.

Four other females have competed in the series, including Cyndie Allemann with American Spirit Racing this season. Sarah McCune (Chicagoland 2005) was the first female pole sitter in the series - the same year that Patrick started from the pole in three races during her IndyCar Series rookie season.


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Watkins Glen International :: Watkins Glen, New York

Watkins Glenn July 5, 2008

Race #1 Ralph Matos

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Antinucci finishes second and Simmons thir
By indycar.com staff

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - Raphael Matos said before Race 1 of the same-day Corning Duels that he was focusing on the "big picture" - aka the Firestone Indy Lights championship.

A victory on the 3.37-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen International circuit brought that into focus. Matos, who started from the front row in the No. 27 Automatic Fire Sprinklers Inc. car for AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing, recorded a 2.1290-second victory over Richard Antinucci in a race shortened one lap because of a one-hour limit.

Jeff Simmons, driving the No. 2 TMR/Xtreme Coil Drilling car, started and finished third, and Ana Beatriz advanced two positions to fourth in the No. 20 Healthy Choice/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car. Pablo Donoso finished fifth in the No. 22 TMR/Xtreme Coil Drilling car and Logan Gomez was sixth in the No. 23 Menards Guthrie Racing car.

The top six finishers will be inverted on the starting grid for Race 2, for which teams had three hours to prepare (and in some cars repair) their cars.

Race # 2 Richard Antinucci

By indycar.com staff
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - With two Firestone Indy Lights races on the same day at Watkins Glen International, Richard Antinucci was protective of the No. 7 Lucas Oil/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car in Race 1.

After finishing second, he also was protective of his firesuit during the podium celebration.

"You can't let your emotions go. You can't spray champagne because your suit will stink for the second race," he said.

On the podium again after Race 2, the champagne flew everywhere and Antinucci was loving it. Antinucci, who finished second to Raphael Matos in the first race on the 3.37-mile, 11-turn course, turned the tables by winning by 0.7202 of a second.

Click it: Race 2 box score | Race 1 box score

Antinucci charged from the fifth starting position (the top six finishers in Race 1 were inverted on the grid for Race 2). He overtook teammate Ana Beatriz in Turn 1 of a Lap 9 restart for the point and maintained the advantage for the remaining 20 laps. Beatriz finished third, Logan Gomez was fourth and Pablo Donoso fifth for the third consecutive race.

"I was pretty happy with second (in the first race)," said Antinucci, who recorded the second victory of the season. "That's what we deserved in the first. We did a really good job in the second race. You know, we were stronger on the restarts on cold tires.

 Once we got going on a regular pace, maybe after a couple laps, we were getting caught in about two-tenths a lap. I wasn't trying to set the world on fire the last couple laps, just make sure I did everything right and had enough gap to win the race. No one caught points on us this weekend, which is excellent. 

Raphael Motos   Richard Antinnitti   Ana Betriz

Firestone Indy Lights 

Results Iowa Speedway

Dillon Battistini wins on race day at Iowa.

NEWTON, Iowa - For 101 laps, Dillon Battistini was searching high and low for opportunities to overtake race leader Arie Luyendyk Jr. Finally, one materialized when patience prevailed.

The Panther Racing took advantage of Luyendyk being held up by slower traffic in Turn 3 of Lap 102 to claim the point. He then held off Luyendyk on a white flag restart and went on to win the Jeld-Wen 100 at Iowa Speedway by 0.4948 of a second.

It was the third victory of the season for the Firestone Indy Lights rookie and gave him a 27-point advantage over Richard Antinucci heading into the Corning Duels (two races on the same day - July 5 - on the 3.4-mile Watkins Glen International road course). Antinucci, who held a one-point lead over Battistini coming into the 115-lap race, advanced five positions to finish ninth in the No. 7 Lucas Oil/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car.

Ana Beatriz tied her career high with a third place in the No. 20 Healthy Choice/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car, and Battistini's Panther Racing teammate, Brent Sherman, was fourth in the No. 16 National Guard Delphi car.

 

 

Antinucci Leads Battistini

Results

Indy Freedom 100

Battistini holds off Antinucci at the Brick Yard

By Dave Lewandowski
indycar.com
As the competitors transitioned to the white flag lap of the Firestone Freedom 100, the top four cars were separated by seven-tenths of a second and the sizable crowd along the front stretch of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway collectively rose to catch the anticipated battle to the finish. Leader Dillon Battistini was tasked with parrying the moves of Richard Antinucci, Wade Cunningham and Ana Beatriz -- much as he had done throughout the spirited race on the 2.5-mile oval. Antinucci, looking for his second Firestone Indy Lights victory of the season, looked high and low for an opening in the short chute between Turns 3 and 4 and again entering the front stretch -- the attenuator of Battistini's No. 15 Panther Racing car a few feet in front. He couldn't get any closer.


Dillon Battistini

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Hildebrand wins first race, takes points lead


KANSAS CITY, Kan. - J.R. Hildebrand couldn't break away from the pack over the final laps in the Kansas Lottery 100 at Kansas Speedway. But as long as he was in control, the Firestone Indy Lights rookie didn't have to.

Hildebrand, starting fourth in the No. 25 Allied Building Products car, held off the No. 55 Guthrie Racing car of Robbie Pecorari on a Lap 59 restart and at the line eight laps later for his first Firestone Indy Lights victory and the first for RLR/Andersen Racing. The difference was 0.0553 of a second - the eighth-closest in Firestone Indy Lights history in the series' first race at the 1.52-mile oval since 2004. Arie Luyendyk was third (0.2102 of a second back) and Dillon Battistini fourth (0.3456 of a second behind).

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July 2008  Featured Driver Enrique Bernoldi 

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2008 Stats:   Rank: 20   Points Behind: -203   More Stats »

Enrique Bernoldi

Birthday: Oct. 19, 1978 Hometown: Curitiba, Brazil
Residence: Miami

Enrique Bernoldi joined the IndyCar Series with Conquest Racing in 2008. Bernoldi started racing go-karts in Brazil at age 9 and captured numerous titles before moving to Europe to further enhance his racing career.

A championship in European Formula Renault allowed him to graduate to British F3, where he had two successful seasons followed by two years of F3000. During his F3000 seasons, he also got a taste of F1 while serving as test driver for the Sauber team. In 2001, he reached the pinnacle by signing to drive for Arrows for the next two seasons.

June 2008  Featured Driver Vitor Mira

Vitor Meira

Birthday: March 27, 1977 ● Hometown: Brasilia, Brazil
Residence: Indianapolis ● Height/weight: 5-7/141

Vitor Meira began racing go-karts in his native Brazil when he was 12 and won a Brazilian karting title by the time he moved to Europe to race cars in 1995, just before his 19th birthday. He has also won the South American F3 title and was the inaugural winner of the Indy Racing League's Rising Star Award, given in honor of the late Tony Renna.

Away from the track, Meira is an accomplished triathlete and is often cycling on the roads around his home or running. He is also active in charitable work, becoming auto racing's first Special Olympics ambassador and holding a Brasilia Ambassador award – similar to a Golden Key Award – in Brazil.

 

May 2008 Featured Driver  Sarha Fisher

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IndyCar Series team owner/driver Sarah Fisher is featured as a "day diarist" in the new book Water Cooler Diaries: Women across America Share Their Day at Work.

The personalities chronicled a day in their lives -- March 27, 2007. Fisher's day on the job was captured while testing at Sebring International Raceway. More »

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April 2008 Featured Driver Penske Racings Ryan Briscoe

Birthday: Sept. 24, 1981 ● Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Residence: Cornelius, N.C. ● Height/weight: 5-7/135

Ryan Briscoe has traveled from the go-kart tracks of Australia to some of the world's most famous racing circuits, including the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Briscoe was one of the most successful go-kart racers in Australian when he moved to Italy at age 16 to become a factory kart driver, a move that would lead him to formula cars and eventually linking him with Toyota and its Formula 1 team.

Away from the track, Briscoe enjoys gadgets, enjoys going to the beach and other watersports. Like many other IndyCar Series racers, Briscoe is competitive triathlete and has competed in several triathlons, cycling road races and half-marathons.

 

March 2008  Featured Driver 2007 Indy Pro Champion  Manchester England and Indianapolis's 

Lloyd to Drive For Target Ganassi 

Champion Alex Lloyd

Alex Lloyd

Birthday: Dec. 28, 1984 ● Hometown: Manchester, England
Residence: Indianapolis ● Height/Weight: 5-7/125

Alex Lloyd's career began in go-karts. As race victories and championships followed, he began to rise up the racing ladder. At the same time, he also built a friendship with a rival racer, Lewis Hamilton. While Hamilton was targeted for a future in Formula 1, Lloyd sought success in the United States.

He joined the Indy Pro Series in 2006 after his family sold their home in order to fund a few races and quickly made the investment pay off, winning two races his rookie season before breaking through with a record-setting season in 2007. He is the only driver to win on the oval and road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

 

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February 2008 Featured Driver Miami FL.'s Milka Dunno

2-26-08

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing announced that it has signed Milka Duno to drive the No. 23 CITGO-sponsored car in select IndyCar Series races this season.

Duno made seven starts with SAMAX Motorsport in the IndyCar Series in 2007, with a best finish of 11th at Texas Motor Speedway.

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Milka Duno has attracted attention worldwide for her racing talents and educational background. The 2000 "Venezuelan Auto Racing Driver of the Year" is a Naval Engineer with four master's degrees -- in Organizational Development, Naval Architecture, Maritime Business and Marine Biology. She earned the last three simultaneously.

She also has been featured in numerous magazines, including Vogue, Esquire and Selecta.

Off the track, Milka also strives to participate in activities and appearances to support the value of education to children of all ages.

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Dario Franchitti and The Borg Warner Trophy

Winner recounts race

Dario Franchitti has won the 91st Indianapolis 500, which ended after 166 laps due to rain. The race had resumed after a three-hour rain delay. Scott Dixon finished second, while two-time winner Helio Castroneves  was third.

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7-27-08

All State 400 at The Brick Yard


 

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Son....Tony Who? We have Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and TOYOTA

MADISON, Ill. -- Joey Logano makes no secret of his desire to drive the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota next season -- in the Sprint Cup Series.

If team owner Joe Gibbs and president J.D. Gibbs offer Logano the No. 20 Sprint Cup car Tony Stewart will leave at the end of the season, there is no question as to what Logano's answer will be.

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Eyes on Logano

Joey Logano is one name that immediately pops to mind when it comes to a possible replacement for Tony Stewart

"If they offer it to me, I'd take it," said Logano, competing in the Nationwide Series for the first time in a month Saturday at Gateway International Raceway. "It's something that has been talked about, but I'm not in a position to say anything. I don't really know what I'm going to do yet. Like I said before, I'm focused on the No. 20 Nationwide car right now, and from there, that is Joe and J.D.'s deal."

Not that Logano, 18, thought his rise to NASCAR's highest level would be so meteoric, but Stewart's decision to leave Gibbs in favor of a partnership in newly formed Stewart-Haas Racing opens a window of opportunity for the racing prodigy.

"I definitely think it's a cool thing to even have your name in the hat on that one," Logano said. "It's a great team and a great car. The car has won two championships with Tony driving it. The whole team has been together for so long, and to be driving any car for Joe Gibbs Racing right now would be great.

"I'm just trying to make the best of my opportunities now. The only thing I've got set in stone right now i