Indy Racing League


Gil de Ferran to step out of the cockpit and expand team to IndyCar

Shortly after grabbing the overall pole position for Saturday's American Le Mans Series Race at Mid-Ohio, Gil de Ferran announced that he would again hang up his helmet at the end of the 2009 season. Instead of driving, de Ferran intends to expand his race team, adding a second sports car in ALMS as well as a two-car effort in the IRL IndyCar series. This is not the first de Ferran has walked away from competitive driving. He retired from the Penske IndyCar team in 2003 to take up a slot as Sporting Director of the Honda F1 team. Early ... Read more →

BREAKING: Indy chief Tony George reportedly resigns Noah Joseph

It's the end of an era for open-wheel racing in America as Indy chief Tony George has stepped down from his post. The long-time president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, George was widely seen as ...

SPOILER ALERT: 2009 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Drew Phillips

In what was the hottest day of the year so far in Southern California, a full field took to to the streets for the 35th running of the Grand Prix of Long Beach. This was the first time the event ...

Open letter invites disgruntled F1 drivers to Indy Car Noah Joseph

If you follow the political bickering in Formula One, you may have seen a heated exchange of correspondence between the F1 drivers and the regulatory body responsible for accrediting them to race. ...

New Indy engine could be delayed, three manufacturers in the mix Jeremy Korzeniewski

Competition is a good thing, right? If so, IndyCar racing is slated to improve within the next few years as the series branches out to include multiple engine suppliers. As it currently stands, ...

Rahal-Letterman to quit IRL unless a sponsor steps up 10 months ago on Autoblog

Roger Penske once said "the quickest way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a large fortune." Bobby Rahal is a racer, but he's no fool, and he appears to be taking Penske's sage words to heart. Unless a company steps up in the next couple of months with a truck-load of cash, ...

Will VW join Honda as an IRL engine supplier? 10 months ago on Autoblog

For the past few years, the IRL has kept things simple, using just one engine supplier. Toyota, Chevrolet and Nissan (under the Infiniti moniker) bowed out of the engine game to give Honda its exclusivity in 2006. The single powerplant was supposed to make the series more of a driver's ...

Training Wheels: Dallara rolls out Formulino racer 10 months ago on Autoblog

Typically, race cars – especially formula single-seaters – are designed and built for a specific series. Nobody knows that better than Dallara. The Italian motorsports engineering firm designed and fabricates the chassis for GP2, the World Series by Renault, practically the entire ...

Honda commits to remaining motorsport programs after F1 pull out 11 months ago on Autoblog

The current economic climate has only just started to wreak havoc in the motorsports world, with last week's announcements that Honda is pulling out of F1 and Audi is leaving the American LeMans Series. Things are likely to get worse before they get better as other automakers, including those ...

Indy to go turbo by 2011 1 year ago on Autoblog

Officials have confirmed that the newly reunified IndyCar series is contemplating a move to turbocharged engines by 2011. The move could entice more automakers – aside from Honda, which is the only engine manufacturer currently participating in the series – to join on as well. In a ...

Scott Dixon grabs Indy 500 pole 1 year ago on Autoblog

Scott Dixon, racing for the Target Chip Ganassi IRL team, is your pole sitter for the upcoming Indy 500. Scott took the front spot with a 4-lap average of 226.366 MPH, about 0.5 MPH faster than last year's pole sitter. Slotting in behind Dixon is his teammate, Dan Wheldon, just a fraction slower at ...

New IRL rule weighs heavy on Danica Patrick 1 year ago on Autoblog

The new rule at the Indy Racing League (IRL) says the minimum weight for cars will now include the driver. That's good news for Ed Carpenter. At 165 pounds, he's the heaviest driver in the series (if anyone can call that "heavy"). On the other hand, it appears to penalize Danica Patrick -- the ...

Champ Car teams dropping like flies following IRL merger 1 year ago on Autoblog

"In anything like this there are winners and losers and all the Champ Car teams were the losers." These are the words of Paul Stoddart, the racing team chief who campaigned his Minardi team last year in Champ Cars and previously in Formula One. Stoddart's words echo those of departed multiple ...

Champ Car files for bankruptcy 1 year ago on Autoblog

The fallout from the Indy Car/Champ Car merger has begun to rear its ugly head. First, superpower team Forsythe Racing announced its departure from the scene. and now Champ Car has officially filed for bankruptcy. The disruption of the scheduled 2008 Champ Car season leaves contracts broken and ...

BREAKING: IRL and Champ Car unification agreement signed 1 year ago on Autoblog

We had just reported that an agreement to reunite the estranged U.S. open wheel racing series of the Indy Racing League and Champ Car World Series was all but inked, and now it is officially official. The two sides have issues a press release revealing the IRL founder and CEO Tony George, who ...

Champ Car and IRL working hard on truce for 2008 season 1 year ago on Autoblog

Champ Car and the Indy Racing League, the two de facto open wheel racing series in North America since CART split after the 1995 season, are reportedly close to a truce that could reunite the two series as soon as the 2008 season. AutoWeek is reporting that Tony George, owner of the Indianapolis ...

Detroit Grand Prix 2007 Wrap: IRL Behind the scenes 2 years ago on Autoblog

Marco Andretti's crew swapping gears, click for more During the Detroit Grand Prix weekend, we got a backstage tour of the IRL paddock area and learned about some of what goes on. The tour kicked off in the tech inspection area, where every car has to go before and after each on-track session. As ...

Detroit Grand Prix 2007: The IRL on Belle Isle - And they're off! 2 years ago on Autoblog

Castroneves leads Franchitti into turn 1, click for more The first IRL race at Belle Isle in Detroit is underway and twenty laps in pole sitter Helio Castroneves Castro Neves still leads Andretti-Green's Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan. The cars are flying under the bright sunshine here in the ...

Detroit Grand Prix 2007: IRL Sunday morning warmup photos 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the photo of polesitter Helio Castroneves for more warmup shots The IndyCars just finished up their final warmup for todays' race on Belle Isle. Helio Castroneves ended up on top of the session, with Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti swapping their qualifying positions, coming in second and ...

Honda hearts Linux, wants cash 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/linux_unix/Honda_hearts_Linux_wants_cash'; Linux is pretty good at harnessing processor speed, and Chastain Motorsports is hoping to snare some of that effect to propel their Panoz/Honda to victory. The distinctive Penguin logo, "Tux," has been affixed to the nose ...

Sarah Fisher returns to IRL 3 years ago on Autoblog

Once named IndyCar Racing's most popular driver, 25 year-old Sarah Fisher has been without a ride since 2004. That all changed Thursday when Dreyer and Reinbold Racing announced that Fisher will drive for the team in the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway August 13. This will mark the first time that ...

Danica Patrick signs with Andretti Green Racing for 2007 - no NASCAR 3 years ago on Autoblog

Despite reports that Danica Patrick's father/manager was in exploratory talks with various NASCAR teams to turn his daughter into a dedicated left-turner, word is coming out that the Queen of Open-Wheel Racing has signed with Andretti Green Racing for the 2007 season of the Indy Racing League. This ...

Tragedy on the Track: IRL driver killed during Homestead practice 3 years ago on Autoblog

During a warm-up session Sunday for the season-opening Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, rookie driver Paul Dana collided going over 200 mph with a car that had hit the wall and spun to a stop at the bottom of the track. Dana and the other driver, Ed Carpenter, were flown to Jackson ...

Honda pacing IRL with Accord Hybrid 3 years ago on Autoblog

If one needed more proof that Honda’s Accord Hybrid is an eco hot-rod, here it is. IRL officials have announced the Accord Hybrid will be the Official Pace car for the 2006 IndyCar Series. The entire Delphi hIRL Safety Team will be outfitted with Honda vehicles that include the Accord Hybrid, ...

Indy gets a theme song! (and it's not "Back Home in Indiana," either) 3 years ago on Autoblog

Well, given his background, you might have guessed that Gene Simmons (of KISS fame) would give his new Indy Racing League marketing job a musical twist sooner or later. As part of Simmons' typographically-challenged "i am INDY" branding concept for the IRL, he's come up with a signature ...

NBA's Carmelo Anthony to go open-wheel racing with help from KISS' Gene Simmons 3 years ago on Autoblog

In news that just about pegged our automotive weirdness meter, USA Today reported Thursday that Denver Nuggets superstar Carmelo Anthony is getting into bed with KISS singer Gene Simmons and the Indy Racing League. Before you get any crazy ideas, we’re quite sure the truth is bizarre ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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