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High Speed, High Fashion: Izod secures deal as IndyCar title sponsor

New beginnings demand new threads, and that's just what the reunited IndyCar Series has gained with the announcement that clothing label Izod has become the league's new title sponsor. The deal, which runs through 2015, is reportedly worth in the neighborhood of $10 million per year. Renaming the racing league as the Izod IndyCar Series, it forms part of a broad sports sponsorship initiative by parent company Phillips-Van Heusen which recently secured naming rights to the New Jersey Nets arena and the NFL Pro Hall of Fame. Last year, ... Read more →

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 ...

REPORT: Plans under way for harborfront IndyCar Grand Prix in Baltimore Noah Joseph

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 ...

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 ...

REPORT: Chevy won't be offering Indy 500 Camaro Pace Car replicas Jonathon Ramsey

The car above is the pace car for this year's Indianapolis 500, a special edition 2010 Camaro. If you want to see it in action, then you'll need to watch the race -- Chevrolet says it won't be making ...

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 ...

Rahal-Letterman to quit IRL unless a sponsor steps up 9 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 ...

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 ...

IndyCar Series signs new television deal with Versus 1 year ago on Autoblog

If you're keen to follow the reunited IndyCar Series, you may want to call up your cable or satellite provider and add Versus to your package. The channel has secured the rights to broadcast the series, moving the races over from ESPN. Although the lesser-known Versus reaches some 20 million fewer ...

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 ...

Champ Car champ and rookie crowned Down Under 2 years ago on Autoblog

The drivers after receiving traditional didgeridoos in Australia Fans of open-wheel racing awaiting the results of today's season-finale Brazilian Grand Prix had something to keep them busy in the meantime, as the results of the Champ Car race Down Under came in with this season's champion one ...

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 ...

Autoblog Podcast #71 2 years ago on Autoblog

We're shooting from the hip this week for Podcast #71. Rather than prepare, we're going with gut reactions. Starting it off, we mull over the loss of the USGP from Indianapolis, and postulate on where else F1 may pop up in the US. An F1 race on the Vegas strip would be the bomb. Staying with ...

Indianapolis loses F1, gains MotoGP in 2008! 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/MotoGP_coming_to_Indy_in_2008'; By now most have heard that F1 will not hold a race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2008, meaning that the fate of F1 in the U.S. is in question. Don't shed a tear for Indy, though, as it's just been announced that ...

My dad can beat up your IRL driver 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/My_dad_can_beat_up_your_IRL_driver_with_VIDEO'; Scott Dixon won the Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix this past weekend. Who cares? There was another altercation in the pits following the one between Danica Patrick and Dan Wheldon after the ...

Danica Patrick gets "fiesty" with Dan Wheldon after Milwaukee race 2 years ago on Autoblog

Last weekend's ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt 225 Indy race at the Milwaukee Mile saw Tony Kanann take the checkered flag, but a confrontation after the race between Danica Patrick and Dan Wheldon is getting more media attention than who stood atop the podium after the race concluded. On Lap 88, Danica ...

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 ...

Indy 500 features record 3 female drivers, but struggles to fill rest of grid 2 years ago on Autoblog

Equal rights activists note that, with few exceptions, motor racing is an almost entirely male-dominated sport. In fact, the vast majority of racing drivers are white men, with only a handful of pioneers like Narayan Karthikeyan, Danica Patrick and Lewis Hamilton breaking through the grid. But this ...

US Grand Prix could go into reverse 2 years ago on Autoblog

If the US Grand Prix remains at Indianapolis beyond 2007, which is by no means a foregone conclusion, it could switch to running counter-clockwise, the way IndyCars do. That's because Indy is trying to get a MotoGP race and having the bikes run clockwise through the banked turn 1 (turn 13 when ...

Goodyear racing chief inducted into Hall of Fame 2 years ago on Autoblog

American motor racing icon Leo Mehl has been inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, which finally honors Mehl with due recognition for his contribution to motor racing in America and around the world. Leo Mehl is known primarily for his role as head of Goodyear's competition ...

Chicago Preview: Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car edition 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view an additional 21 high-resolution images Nine times. No, we're not referring to how many times Ferris Bueller's been absent this quarter, we're referring to how many times the Chevrolet Corvette has handled the official pace duties of the Indianapolis 500. Actually, the ...

Indy chief crashes at Daytona 2 years ago on Autoblog

Tony George is a looming figure in American motorsports. He's the owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, founder of the IRL and host of the US Grand Prix. But that didn't stop him from crashing at Daytona on Friday. George hadn't driven a race car since 2001, but decided to enter the 24 Hours of ...

Champ Car teams receive new Panoz chassis 2 years ago on Autoblog

American motor racing has been steadily moving towards "Spec", that is, each team racing the same car with the same engine and other components. The Indy Racing League runs Dallara chassis powered by Honda engines. (Although NASCAR technically uses a few different cars with different engines from ...

Mickey Thompson murder trial begins 3 years ago on Autoblog

The murder of motorsports legend Mickey Thompson and his wife in 1988 was one of the most brutal crimes to hit the automotive world. Nearly two decades later, prosecutors in Pasadena, CA hope to bring the alleged perpetrator to justice. The trial against Michael Goodwin opened on Monday with claims ...

MINI Cooper takes on a Porsche GT3 and a Champ Car 3 years ago on Autoblog

Now we've seen some interesting races before, but this is something new: the Team Australia Speed Comparison, to be held in conjunction with the Lexmark Indy 300 later this month in Australia, will pit a MINI against a Porsche and a Champ Car. The John Cooper Works MINI Cooper S packs a ...

Canadian race shuffle: NASCAR comes to Montreal, CART moves to Tremblant 3 years ago on Autoblog

To battle its image as a form of motorsport exclusive to the South, NASCAR is going North – to Canada: "the True North, Strong and Free" (at least that's how the anthem goes). So with F1 drivers coming to NASCAR, NASCAR is going to an F1 track: it's been confirmed that next season's Busch ...

Reports: Villeneuve signed NASCAR deal with Roush 3 years ago on Autoblog

It's surely a credit to stock car racing that F1 drivers have been migrating to NASCAR. In the new parody movie Talladega Nights, it seems like a joke that the antagonist (pictured) is a French F1 driver come over to America to race stock cars, but that's looking less and less like a joke as it ...

Green Flag: IndyCars run on 100% Ethanol at Daytona 3 years ago on Autoblog

Yesterday marked a historical milestone for open-wheel racing and for the movement towards alternative energy motorsports as former IndyCar champions Tonny Kanaan and Sam Hornish Jr. ran tests on 100% ethanol fuel. The champs ran the new 3.5-liter Honda V8s around the road course at Daytona all day ...

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 ...

SPOILER ALERT: Indy 500 results 3 years ago on Autoblog

Did you watch it? We didn't, but after reading about the outcome we're regretting not being in front of the television for the thrilling finale of the Indianapolis 500. Sam Hornish Jr. edged out 19-year-old Marco Andretti, son of Michael Andretti, by a mere .0635 seconds for the checkered flag. ...

[Not TiVoSafe] Motorsports Highlights: April 1-2 3 years ago on Autoblog

April Fool's day weekend played host to some wild racing action around the world. Autoblog highlights: IRL: Fence-climbing legend Helio Castroneves (right) won the St. Petersburg street race for Marlboro Team Penske. After starting on the front row and leading much of the race, Scott Dixon finished ...

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 ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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