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

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 points battle with just seven laps remaining in this, the final race of the season at Homestead, and might have won the race and the championship had this been any other race. You see, fuel consumption became an issue and Briscoe had to pit with just seven laps between himself and the trophy for a splash and go. The reason? This was the first IndyCar ... Read more →

Franchitti to stick to NASCAR, moves down to Nationwide Series Noah Joseph

Following the closure of his Sprint Cup ride last month, Dario Franchitti will run several races in the second-tier Nationwide Series before the end of the season. The Scottish driver was reportedly ...

Ganassi shuts down Franchitti's NASCAR ride Noah Joseph

Okay, we'll admit it. Most of us here at Autoblog aren't big NASCAR fans. But we have been intrigued by the recent migration of championship-winning open-wheel racers to the stock car series. Former ...

Dario Franchitti involved in pantless pursuit of Ashely Judd stalker John Neff

First of all, that's our favorite post title of the year so far. We don't get to write titles like that very often. Secondly, this intruder must be dumber than a bag of rocks or just ill-informed to ...

NASCAR nabs another: Dario Franchitti joins Chip Ganassi Racing Jonathon Ramsey

NASCAR is continuing to sample the international flavor of motorsports. The sport that began as moonshine runs in the wilds of the South has, in a short time, raised its profile here in America and ...

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 ...

So, yeah, the Indianapolis 500 happened last weekend 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image for more pics of this year's Indy 500 Usually we have little trouble covering the big auto events of the year. Bloggers line up to go to auto shows and even for those events we don't attend in person, which are often motorsport events, there's always one or two of us who care ...

Spoiler Alert: ALMS results and gallery from America's Monaco 2 years ago on Autoblog

Most of us here at AB love auto racing, especially seeing the action live at the track. As we recently reported, ALMS made its first visit to Long Beach this weekend, and it was just too good an opportunity to let slip by. This was an instance where being there was worth the trip even without a ...

Champ Car: Dario Franchitti joins series for final three races 3 years ago on Autoblog

Champ Car veteran and current IndyCar Series competitor Dario Franchitti looks set to be RuSport's replacement for the injured Cristiano da Matta for the final three Champ Car races of the 2006 season. In his most recent road course outing at Infineon Raceway (pictured), Franchitti finished a close ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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