Yahoo! Sports - IRL News
| Recent Articles |
Penske gives Power full-time ride (AP)
Penske Racing has hired Will Power to drive full time next year after giving the Indy Racing League driver a part-time gig last season.
Tags:
Autos
Franchitti's comeback made complete by IRL title (AP)
Dario Franchitti's path to another IndyCar series championship might have started when he broke his left ankle in a Nationwide Series crash last year at Talladega.
Tags:
Autos
Dario Franchitti
Patrick's plans add intrigue to IRL title weekend (AP)
Danica Patrick's moment of clarity came three years ago.
Tags:
Autos
Danica Patrick
South Florida's IRL drivers juggling distractions (PA SportsTicker)
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer
Tags:
Autos
Patrick remains quiet about future plans (AP)
Danica Patrick still isn't saying what she plans for next season.
Tags:
Autos
Danica Patrick
Patrick, Briscoe in the spotlight at Indy Japan (AP)
Danica Patrick will be looking to repeat history. Ryan Briscoe is hoping to make his own at the Indy Japan 300, the second-to-last event of the 2009 IndyCar series.
Tags:
Autos
Danica Patrick
Tweet Up! Fans, drivers connect, in person, too (AP)
Hours before the race, under a large white tent in the midway at Chicagoland Speedway, things are already moving along briskly at Vision Racing's ``tweetup.''
Tags:
Autos
Vision Racing
Briscoe, Franchitti, Dixon eyeing Homestead (AP)
Dario Franchitti won the IndyCar title in 2007, Scott Dixon took the series championship in 2008, and the Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammates are two of the three remaining contenders for this year's crown.
Tags:
Autos
Dario Franchitti
Scott Dixon
Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Injuries put early end to Power's IndyCar season (AP)
IndyCar driver Will Power is expected to miss the rest of this season but will not need surgery to repair the broken bones in his back.
Tags:
Autos
De Angelis breaks 200 mph barrier at Indy (PA SportsTicker)
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer
Tags:
Autos
Briscoe beats Dixon by a nose at Chicagoland (AP)
Ryan Briscoe grabbed the IndyCar series points lead by stringing together quietly consistent finishes. Then he took control by putting on a remarkable wheel-to-wheel show under the lights at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday night.
Tags:
Autos
Hayden hopes to duplicate Indy success (PA SportsTicker)
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer
Tags:
Autos
Dixon hoping to hang in points race at Chicagoland (AP)
Scott Dixon has been inconsistent this season, and has had a particularly bumpy ride the past month. And now he's trying to stay in the IRL points race at a track that hasn't always treated him kindly.
Tags:
Autos
Scott Dixon
IndyCar points leader Briscoe on Chicagoland pole (AP)
Ryan Briscoe took a small step to boost his IndyCar championship bid Friday, winning the pole for Saturday night's race at Chicagoland Speedway.
Tags:
Autos
MotoGP racers in Indy aim to give fans better show (PA SportsTicker)
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
Tags:
Autos
IndyCar driver Will Power released from hospital (AP)
IndyCar driver Will Power has been released from the hospital and returned home to Indianapolis after multiple injuries during a crash in Sonoma, Calif. last Saturday.
Tags:
Autos
MotoGP racers in Indy aim to give fans better show (PA SportsTicker)
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
Tags:
Autos
Little Al, Luyendyk like future of IndyCars (AP)
Al Unser Jr. and Arie Luyendyk have a few things in common. They're two-time winners of the Indy 500. And if asked, they agree on this much: they think Danica Patrick should stick to IndyCars.
Tags:
Autos
Danica Patrick
Power breaks vertebrae, sustains concussion (AP)
Driver Will Power of Team Penske broke two vertebrae in his lower back and sustained a concussion Saturday after crashing into Nelson Philippe of Conquest Racing during a practice session for the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma.
Tags:
Autos
Team Penske
De Ferran playing catch-up in race for IRL debut (AP)
Gil de Ferran's next big race is against the clock -- and he's already behind.
Tags:
Autos
Help wanted? Power using Penske ride as audition (AP)
Will Power grew up in Australia having older brother Nick push him around in a small plastic race car trying to emulate the moves of their father, a Formula 2 racer on the weekends.
Tags:
Autos
Andretti adds 5th car for Infineon (AP)
Frank Montagny has been hired to drive a fifth car for Andretti Green Racing later this month.
Tags:
Autos
Andretti Green Racing
Paul Tracy to fill in for Moraes at Mid-Ohio (AP)
Paul Tracy will fill in for Mario Moraes during the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio following the death of Moraes' father in Brazil.
Tags:
Autos
Hit the road: IndyCar moving away from ovals (AP)
Sarah Fisher grew up in Ohio, a couple of pit stops from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. She got hooked on the drama of the Indy 500 early, dreaming about zipping down the frontstretch on Memorial Day weekend at 220 mph.
Tags:
Autos
Sarah Fisher
Conquest Racing hires French driver (AP)
Nelson Philippe will drive in two more IndyCar races this season for Conquest Racing.
Tags:
Autos
At top speed, Castroneves still can't shake ordeal (AP)
Walking around Homestead-Miami Speedway on Tuesday, Helio Castroneves stopped to notice some new construction near the track.
Tags:
Autos
Helio Castroneves
Brazil, Alabama races added to 2010 IRL schedule (AP)
The IndyCar series is heading to Brazil and Alabama next year as part of an initiative to explore new markets.
Tags:
Autos
Patrick in no hurry to rush decision on future (AP)
Danica Patrick is in no hurry to make a decision about her racing future.
Tags:
Autos
Danica Patrick
Indy's new CEO pondering track's future plans (AP)
Jeff Belskus was content living life as Indianpolis Motor Speedway's No. 2 man.
Tags:
Autos
In The Pits: Pattie saves Montoya's day in Indy (PA SportsTicker)
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
Tags:
Autos
Former Indy CEO wants answers about his removal (AP)
Tony George has questions for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's board of directors. Lots of them.
Tags:
Autos
NASCAR, fans move on after '08 Indy debacle (PA SportsTicker)
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
Tags:
Autos
Earnhardt's Indy backup plan falls through (PA SportsTicker)
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
Tags:
Autos
Girls win of 4 of 6 titles in Soap Box Derby (PA SportsTicker)
A 10-year-old girl who is the 15th member of her family to participate in the national Soap Box finals has won the Stock Division of the 72nd All-American Soap Box Derby.
Tags:
Autos
Ill Earnhardt putting together backup plan at Indy (PA SportsTicker)
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
Tags:
Autos
Patrick: Video demonstrates issues of Internet age (AP)
Danica Patrick says the Erin Andrews video is yet another example of a public figure experiencing an invasion of privacy in the Internet age.
Tags:
Autos
Danica Patrick
Goodyear satisfied with practice results at Indy (PA SportsTicker)
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
Tags:
Autos
Suitability of stock cars in question at Indy (PA SportsTicker)
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
Tags:
Autos
Gordon is too busy to contemplate Indy 500 start (PA SportsTicker)
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
Tags:
Autos
New speedway chief vows support for IRL (PA SportsTicker)
By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press Writer
Tags:
Autos
True or false? Tires will be OK at Indy, Junior will win (PA SportsTicker)
(Sporting News) - Sporting News asked NASCAR notables to play a little game of fact or fiction with four debate-provoking statements:
Tags:
Autos
Paul Tracy's struggle: drive, watch, drive, watch (AP)
Danica Patrick and Paul Tracy are two of a kind and what the IndyCar Series needs in these difficult economic times. They attract attention -- on the racetrack and off it.
Tags:
Autos
Danica Patrick
Tony George says he declined staying as IRL chief (AP)
In his first public comments since being ousted, Tony George said Friday that he turned down a chance to remain president and CEO of the Indy Racing League because it would have created an ``unnecessary bureaucratic layer'' between the U.S. open-wheel ...
Tags:
Autos
Earnhardt says he'd like to race in Indy someday (PA SportsTicker)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. would jump at the chance to drive in the Indianapolis 500 if there were not a conflicting NASCAR race on the same day.
Tags:
Autos
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Matos has track record of championship success (AP)
Raphael Matos knew he could drive a race car, and he had the record to prove it -- six championships in a variety of go-kart series in his native Brazil.
Tags:
Autos
IRL says it's doing well (AP)
Four days after Tony George was ousted as president and chief executive officer of the IndyCar Series, the president of the commercial division said the series was on sound ground.
Tags:
Autos
IndyCar leaders fighting for position in points (AP)
Ryan Briscoe was on top of the IndyCar world a week ago.
Tags:
Autos
George to be replaced as head of Indy speedway (AP)
Tony George has been asked to step down as president and CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and his family's business, Hulman & Company, to spend more time running the Indy Racing League.
Tags:
