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ESPN: Danica Patrick close to two-year NASCAR Nationwide deal

Rumors of IndyCar's Danica Patrick dipping a toe into the stock car racing pool have been swirling for months, but a new report suggests that an end to the rumors is near. ESPN says that Patrick is on the verge of signing a NASCAR Nationwide Series contract with JR Motorsports, the operation owned by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Unnamed sources that spoke to ESPN call the talks "near their final phase" and comment that it'd be a "surprise if it didn't happen." In any case, don't expect a formal announcement until sometime after the Sprint Cup chase ... Read more →

IndyCar crowns its first post-reconciliation champion (Spoiler Alert) Frank Filipponio

Although he wanted it so bad it hurt, Ryan Briscoe just couldn't buy himself a yellow flag in the Firestone Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Team Penske driver was leading the season ...

Event Alert: September Calendar of Automotive Events Frank Filipponio

September brings a whole bunch of Labor Day and end-of-summer cruises, meets and concours. It also kicks off the international auto show season with the Frankfurt Motor Show. For those of you ...

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

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 ...

Event Alert: August Calendar of Automotive Events Frank Filipponio

Monterey, Meadow Brook, and Michael, oh my! This August offers plenty of action for all types of car lovers. The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance launches the month in style, along with the SEMA Show ...

REPORT: Danica Patrick nixes talk of USF1 drive for 2010, but is pondering NASCAR 4 months ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/Danica_Patrick_Considers_Competing_in_the_NASCAR_Series'; IndyCar starlet Danica Patrick has been rumored to be pondering a switch to Formula One even before talk of a USF1 grand prix team first surfaced many months ago. However, the 27-year-old has ...

REPORT: Plans under way for harborfront IndyCar Grand Prix in Baltimore 4 months ago on Autoblog

Racing fans looking for that Monaco or Long Beach-style harbor-front open-wheel racing experience on the East Coast of the United States will be pleased to learn that plans are under way to bring an IndyCar street race to Baltimore's picturesque Inner Harbor. The plan, still being assessed by local ...

Event Alert: July Calendar of Automotive Events 4 months ago on Autoblog

As we start the second half of 2009, the automotive industry remains in turmoil but the economy is finally showing signs of recovery. And once again, we have a full calendar of events to keep our minds on the positive aspects of our industry. Show season is in full swing so you'll find plenty of ...

BREAKING: Indy chief Tony George reportedly resigns 5 months ago on Autoblog

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 the impetus for the 1996 split in Indy racing that created the Indy Racing League (IRL) and the ...

Danica Patrick, Alan Mullaly make the 2009 TIME Top 100 list 6 months ago on Autoblog

Every year, TIME magazine publishes its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The list is typically comprised of government leaders, business titans and high-profile celebrities, and this year's, which just hit the shelves, is no different. Among those included in the ranking for ...

Event Alert: April Calendar of Automotive Events 8 months ago on Autoblog

April might be best known for its rain and resultant flora, but we hope sunshine prevails. After all, April marks the beginning of the IndyCar season with an undercard of ALMS in St. Petersburg, as well as a follow-up race for each series in the shadow of the Queen Mary from Long Beach, CA. NASCAR ...

Open letter invites disgruntled F1 drivers to Indy Car 9 months ago on Autoblog

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. After the FIA exponentially raised the fees for a Superlicense – the certification that the FIA ...

New Indy engine could be delayed, three manufacturers in the mix 9 months ago on Autoblog

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, Honda, which has been the sole engine supplier for IndyCar since 2006, will continue with its current ...

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, ...

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 ...

IndyCars to go Italian? IRL in talks with Alfa Romeo 1 year ago on Autoblog

IndyCar teams and fans have grown accustomed to the proliferation of Italian racing car chassis as Dallara has been supplying them for the past eleven seasons, now all but exclusively. But with Honda's engine supply contract coming to a close, series organizers have been discussing new powertrain ...

SPOILER ALERT - Detroit Grand Prix 2008: The IndyCars take to the track 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click on Helio Castroneves for a high res gallery As the first season of the reunited IndyCar series winds down, the open wheel racers took to the Belle Isle track to close out the Detroit Grand Prix weekend. Scott Dixon sat on the pole holding a slim lead over Helio Castroneves in the season ...

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 ...

Danica Patrick scores full test with Honda F1 1 year ago on Autoblog

Danica Patrick, who races for the Honda-powered Andretti-Green IRL team, has spoken of wanting to make the jump to the world's premier form of motorsport, Formula 1. Later this year, according to Honda F1 CEO Nick Fry, the team is going to give her that chance. Danica will be put into Honda's Earth ...

Honda to supply IndyCar engines at least 5 more years 1 year ago on Autoblog

Honda is now in its third season as the sole supplier of engines for the IndyCar series, and it has decided to re-up for another five years. Honda originally jumped into IndyCar from the now-departed Champ Cars in 2003, and at that time, the H was still competing with Toyota and General Motors. The ...

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 ...

Long Beach Grand Prix: Final Champ Car race gallery 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for huge high-res gallery of Champ Car action from Long Beach We already told you about the final Champ Car race, how it marks the end of the series while signaling the start of a new era in American open-wheel racing. Although we think that we might have been among only a handful of ...

Open Arms in Open Wheels: reunited IndyCar season kicks off at Homestead 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more high-res pics from the Gainsco 300 If you've got the Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway TiVo'd and are waiting to watch it, read no further. Chances are that you haven't or aren't going to, though. Because while a spirit of camaraderie prevailed at ...

Newman-Haas defecting from Champ Cars to IRL 1 year ago on Autoblog

Newman-Haas' Sebastien Bourdais at the 89th Indy 500 At several points in the last thirteen years since American open-wheel racing split, the two parties have tried to come to an agreement that would allow them to reunite, but none have yielded fruit. Carl Haas is tired of waiting, and has ...

Champ Car Atlantic champ turns down $2 million 1 year ago on Autoblog

Every year the driver who wins the Atlantic Series gets a $2 million grant earmarked towards moving up to the Champ Car World Series. Critics say it's not enough to secure a ride in the competitive racing class, but who's going to turn down a multi-million-dollar purse? Raphael Matos, that's who. ...

VIDEO: Franchitti's harrowing airborne crash during Firestone 400 2 years ago on Autoblog

Indianapolis 500 winner, current IndyCar points leader and husband of actress of Ashley Judd (rank those however you want) Dario Franchitti was involved in a spectacular airborne crash during this weekend's Firestone 400 at Michigan International Speedway, though fortunately he walked away with ...

Never be late again: Street-legal Dallara Indy Car 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image to view more shots of the street-legal Indy car var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/Never_be_late_again_Street_legal_Dallara_Indy_Car'; The DuPont Registry is the car shopping guide many of us use for that mission-critical research on what to buy when the good ship Powerball ...

Marco Andretti gets a second shot at F1 2 years ago on Autoblog

Looks like Honda Racing was pretty impressed with Marco, too. Marco Andretti, the teenage son of former CART champ and one-time F1 pilota Michael, and grandson of former F1 and CART campione, Mario, will be back in the saddle of the Honda RA 106 for a couple of days. Marco had a brief run at Jerez ...

Hydrogen 500: The world's first hydrogen race coming in 2009 2 years ago on Autoblog

AutoblogGreen just ran a story we wanted to make sure all of our readers were aware of, so we're running it here, too. It looks like the days of hybrids being seen by some people as pure exercises in extended fuel economy are numbered. Maybe someday soon people will start to associate fuel-cell ...

He's the real deal: Marco Andretti scores first big league win 3 years ago on Autoblog

In case you thought his nearly winning the Indy 500 was a fluke, on Sunday Marco Andretti became the youngest driver in U.S. history to win a major-league open wheel race when he captured the Infineon Indy Grand Prix in Sonoma, California. The 19 year-old son of Michael Andretti, and grandson of ...

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 ...

Spoiler Alert: IndyCar Series races in the rain, chaos ensues 3 years ago on Autoblog

The series formerly known as the IRL held its first-ever race in the rain on Sunday, in an eventful (and definitely TiVo-worthy) race at the famous Watkins Glen road course. Details after the jump... ...

[Not TiVoSafe] Motorsports Highlights: May 13-14 3 years ago on Autoblog

Formula 1: Spanish Grand Prix, Valencia World champion Fernando Alonso added to his 2006 championship lead this weekend, in the process becoming the first Spaniard ever to win the Spanish GP. Renault teammate Giancarlo Fisichella failed to hold off Michael Schumacher's Ferrari, losing his P2 ...

Motorsports this weekend: May 13-14 3 years ago on Autoblog

A busy racing weekend, particularly for open-wheel fans! North American TV broadcast times and channels from tvracer.com, all times shown as Eastern. American Le Mans Series: Lone Star Grand Prix, Houston A rare visit to a street circuit for the ALMS is proving tough for Champion Racing's venerable ...

Motorsports this weekend: April 22-23 3 years ago on Autoblog

A busy weekend coming up. U.S. TV coverage is shown (all times Eastern). Formula 1: The San Marino Grand Prix is underway at Imola, with Fernando Alonso (shown above at Imola) topping the time charts after Friday's very dusty practice sessions. Paddock talk at Imola suggests that the coveted 12th ...

Danica Patrick to race into bookstore near you 3 years ago on Autoblog

Indy Racing League fan favorite Danica Patrick will return to Indianapolis next month, where she hopes to improve on her fourth place finish in last year's rookie campaign. But Patrick isn't just gearing up for the race, the talented and comely racer is on the cusp of releasing her ...

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